Download or read book Power Moves written by Kyle Shelton and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since World War II, Houston has become a burgeoning, internationally connected metropolis—and a sprawling, car-dependent city. In 1950, it possessed only one highway, the Gulf Freeway, which ran between Houston and Galveston. Today, Houston and Harris County have more than 1,200 miles of highways, and a third major loop is under construction nearly thirty miles out from the historic core. Highways have driven every aspect of Houston's postwar development, from the physical layout of the city to the political process that has transformed both the transportation network and the balance of power between governing elites and ordinary citizens. Power Moves examines debates around the planning, construction, and use of highway and public transportation systems in Houston. Kyle Shelton shows how Houstonians helped shape the city's growth by attending city council meetings, writing letters to the highway commission, and protesting the destruction of homes to make way for freeways, which happened in both affluent and low-income neighborhoods. He demonstrates that these assertions of what he terms "infrastructural citizenship" opened up the transportation decision-making process to meaningful input from the public and gave many previously marginalized citizens a more powerful voice in civic affairs. Power Moves also reveals the long-lasting results of choosing highway and auto-based infrastructure over other transit options and the resulting challenges that Houstonians currently face as they grapple with how best to move forward from the consequences and opportunities created by past choices.

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Download or read book The Protocol written by Keith Barton and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2001-02-20 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Doctor Robert Appleton is a promising young research psychiatrist who has patented a new drug to curb violence in humans. He recruits young women to consent to his sordid research design by injecting them with a street-drug “cocktail” of PCP, Ritalin, and cocaine. The U.S. Government is interested in Appleton’s work to quell a Muslim uprising in Indonesia in retaliation for the U.S. victory in the Gulf War. However, the U.S. intelligence community is compromised when Appleton’s secret obsession of sexually molesting young women is uncovered. Hounded by the Houston police, Appleton goes undercover with the CIA’s help. However, Appleton’s predilections propel him to kill again and again, safe within the government’s witness protection program. The reader is quickly immersed in the worlds of psychiatric research, espionage, and detective work as the CIA vows to protect Appleton’s identity at the expense of young girls dying to his sexual fantasies. At stake is global economic stability and the U.S. Government is not about to sacrifice its international reputation.

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Download or read book A Review of Pierce s Administration written by Anna Ella Carroll and published by University of Michigan Library. This book was released on 1856 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Review of Pierce's Administration: Showing Its Only Popular Measures to Have Originated With the Executive of Millard Fillmore The administration of Franklin Pierce is the subject of the chapters in this work. Had it been marked only by ordinary events, the writer would never have undertaken the task of reviewing it. But, as it has been one of the most extraordinary in its acts and policy which has characterized the annals of our country, and as history is philosophy teaching by experience, a true analysis and exposition of the principal acts of the administration have been deemed of paramount import ance, not only for the instruction and benefit of the present generation, but for statesmen and the rising generation who may come after us. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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Download or read book Leadership Under Fire written by Dr. G. Preston Burns and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2023-04-10 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ADAM SMITH was a Scottish philosopher who developed a theory of government that would promote his free market capitalistic ideas. This system, if followed carefully would create the wealthiest and most successful country ever. His book called The Wealth of Nations, which described his proposed system, was published in 1776. Our founding fathers read and studied his writings over the next ten to twelve years, melded it with our Declaration of Independence and produced our constitution. Alexander Hamilton, perhaps our most intelligent founding father, spent most of his years as Secretary of the Treasury under President Washington developing and implementing policies that would facilitate and promote Smith's ideas. Over the next 125 years our country closely followed Smith's teachings and we did become the richest most powerful country the world had ever seen. This treatise examines the lives of the presidents, giving insight into what in their formative years helped shape their philosophy of leadership. It also addresses how well they followed Smith's teachings while in office. Since 1913, we have had four significant turns away from Smith's guidance, which have cost us much blood and treasure. The last turn began in 1988, and we are still dealing with its ill effects. This is a concise history of the United States as seen through the lens of the lives and times of the presidents. -GERALD DALTAN, Retired attorney, Fredericksburg, Virginia. The theme of the book seems to be that knowledge is power, which produces confidence and courage, which leads to good decisions on difficult issues. On the other hand lack of knowledge is weakness, which leads to fear and anxiety, which elicits poor decisions. The better prepared a president is before he enters office the better he will perform while in office. This work spells out what good preparation is all about! -ESTELLE BRRENTINE, Former teacher and coach, North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Some of the information revealed in this text may cause many readers to re-evaluate some of their favorite presidents. This treatise should be used as a guide for the selection of candidates for the office of President of the United States and other high level positions in the federal government. Educators of government should find this book to be an excellent resource. -CAROL MURRAY, Former educator, Fairfax County, Virginia. The excellent summary of the characteristics of the presidents as shown in the charts will hopefully encourage further investigation of the importance of history as related to the political choices we make. The charts will enable teachers to easily assign classroom activities such as debates and to encourage lively discussions, all relating to the results of the various categories. It may even spark renewed interest in the works of Adam Smith. -JUDY JEFFERSON, Former teacher, Cobb County, Georgia

Download or read book Houston Lost and Unbuilt written by Steven Strom and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2010-02-15 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a fascinating look at what has been lost--and what might have been built--in Houston and sounds a call or preserve what is left of Houston's built heritage before more architectural treasures are lost forever.