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- Robert's rules of order. by Robert, Henry M.(Henry Martyn),1837-1923.(CARDINAL)133078;
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- Subjects: Parliamentary practice.; Procédure parlementaire.;
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- I am Michelle Obama : the first lady / by Parker, Margina Graham.; Birge, Marco.;
Captures the life of Michelle Obama through the eyes of a young girl that aspires to be like her.- Subjects: Obama, Michelle, 1964-; Obama, Michelle, 1964-; African American women lawyers; Legislators' spouses; Presidents' spouses; African American women lawyers; Legislators' spouses; Presidents' spouses; Avocates noires américaines; Parlementaires;
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- The field of blood : violence in Congress and the road to civil war / by Freeman, Joanne B.,1962-author.(CARDINAL)663445;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Introductions: Tobacco-stained rugs and Benjamin Brown French -- The Union incarnate for better and worse: The United States Congress -- The mix of men in Congress: Meeting place of North and South -- The pull and power of violence: The Cilley-Graves duel (1838) -- Rules of order and the rule of force: Dangerous words and the gag rule debate (1836-44) -- Fighting for the Union: The compromise of 1850 and the Benton-Foote scuffle (1850) -- A tale of two conspiracies: The power of hte press and the battle over Kansas (1854-55) -- Republicans meet the slave power: Charles Sumner and beyond (1855-61) -- Epilogue: "I witnessed it all.""The Field of Blood offers a new and dramatically rendered portrait of American politics in its rowdiest years. Drawing on an extraordinary range of sources, historian Joanne B. Freeman shows that today's hyperpolarized environment cannot compare with the turbulent atmosphere of the decades before the Civil War, when the U.S. Congress itself was rife with physical conflict. Legislative sessions were routinely punctuated by canings, flipped desks, and all-out slugfests. One representative even killed another in a duel. And many were bullied in an attempt to intimidate them into compliance or silence, particularly on the issue of slavery. These fights didn't happen in a vacuum, and Freeman's accounts tell a larger story of how those behaviors--and a press that amplified conspiracy theories--raised tensions between North and South and fueled the coming war. The result is a fresh understanding of the workings of American democracy and the bond of Union on the eve of their greatest peril"--Back cover- Subjects: United States. Congress; Legislators; Legislators; Political violence; Political culture; Parlementaires; Violence politique;
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