A highly original reinterpretation of how race and class shaped the entirety of Southern history through the experience of four interconnected family lines. The Southern Fault Line explores the under-appreciated division in the South between the oligarchic rule of plantation owners and industrialists on the one hand, and the more democratic mindset of the mountain-dwelling small farmers on the other. These two mindsets were in continual tension from the 1800s to the 1960s, when the adherents of the more democratic side of the struggle capitulated to the oligarchical side in response to the Civil Rights movement. Bryan Jones draws from his own family's centuries-old history in the region to explore the rise and fall of the "two minds" of the South. Through a comparison of the experiences of a slaveholding line in his family with three non-slaveholding lines, Jones provides a rich history of the politics of both class and race in the region from the Founding era to the present. The slaveholding side of his family settled in Black Belt Alabama, while ancestral members of the other side of his family were poorer uplanders. In the 1890s, the latter supported the burgeoning populist movement, which for a short window of time tried to unite poor Blacks and poor whites against the patrician planter class and industrialists. After a series of close elections, the planter class was able to stanch the populist tide. They did this in large part by sowing racial division among populism's supporters. Indeed, one of Jones' ancestors helped draft the 1901 Alabama constitution that made Jim Crow the law of the state. Throughout, Jones shows how deep the political differences were between the two regions, with oligarchy characterizing the slaveholding region and a more democratic ethos shaping the non-slaveholding areas. Jones serves as the final observer, a white boy observing not only the demise of the Jim Crow South, but--in the wake of the Civil Rights movement--the demise of the mountain democratic South as well. Today, the vast majority of Southern whites regardless of class support an oligarchical Republican Party.

The Southern Fault Line: How Race, Class, and Region Shaped One Family's History

History

Jones, Bryan

Americas

Oxford University Press

For the past 25 years, Americans have been lead to believe that government can cut taxes without adjusting future spending and not harm government finance. Simply put, our government's economic policies have not worked as advertised. That is the conclusion by two prominent scholars in the field-Bryan D. Jones and Walter Williams-and they support it with sharp and insightful analysis of the bad economic ideas that have shaped our economy. The authors look at the amazing resilience of these ideas and why they continue to survive, despite overwhelming evidence that they have caused damage to our long-term fiscal stability and the American economy. Ending on a positive note, Politics of Bad Ideas concludes with suggestions on how we can get out from under the dead weight of these destructive strategies. "Jones and Williams provide a valuable-and much needed-critique of "faith-based" analysis. This is essential reading for students of public policy." -George C. Edwards III, Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Jordan Chair in Presidential Studies, Texas A&amp;M University "A lucid, convincing, and devastating critique of supply-side economics and a starve-the-beast route to shrinking the size of government. Jones and Williams document the high cost of the triumph of ideology over neutral competence in national policymaking and suggest ways of restoring honesty and responsibility to public finance in America." - THOMAS E. MANN, Senior Fellow, The Brookings Institution, and co-author of The Broken Branch "Here's a good idea: Read The Politics of Bad Ideas. With care and without cant, Jones and Williams?an acclaimed political scientist and an accomplished policy expert?eviscerate the free lunch mantra of radical tax cutters. They show that the "great tax cut delusion" has eroded not just our government's fiscal capacity, but also the health of our representative democracy. - JACOB S. HACKER, Professor of Political Science, Yale University, and author of The Great Risk Shift "This lively book is a clear window into the very soul of American politics. It helps explain how analysts convince themselves of the things they want to believe and why citizens so easily believe what they want to hear. It's at once a keen assessment of where we've been and a sharp look at the big, inescapable policy puzzles that lie ahead-and the challenges that America's political institutions face in trying to solve them." -DONALD F. KETTL, Director, Fels Institute of Government, University of Pennsylvania "The Politics of Bad Ideas is a ringing indictment of bad fiscal policy and an explanation of why and how bad fiscal policy persists. Writing with incisive clarity, Bryan Jones and Walter Williams present a lively description of the decline of evidence-based policy making and a principled defense of the classic concept of neutral competence among career policy makers. The Politics of Bad Ideas is an important contribution to political science, to public administration, and to policy analysis." - H. GEORGE FREDERICKSON, Stene Professor of Public Administration, University of Kansas "Bryan Jones and Walter Williams have delivered a devastating critique, filled with lots of empirical evidence, of the faith-based style of policy-making that has been in vogue since the days of Ronald Reagan's presidency and which has reached its apotheosis under the presidency of George W. Bush. But even more searing than its exposure of the calamitous policies of the Bush administration is the critique by the authors of our broken system of government. - BERT A. ROCKMAN, Head and Professor of Political Science, Purdue University "In writing this book, Bryan Jones and Walter Williams have performed a valuable public service: they have laid out in clear terms the nexus of political and economic arguments underpinning debates over the economy and federal budget. No small achievement, since most such arguments are so ideologically driven and academic jargon-riven as to be unheard by any larger public. The authors are clear about their own preferences and they may well not persuade their opponents, but this book certainly deserves a large audience." - JOHN L. PALMER, University Professor, Maxwell School, Syracuse University

The Politics of Bad Ideas: The Great Tax Cut Delusion and the Decline of Good Government in America

Business & Money

Economics

Longman

In cantankerous opinions, hard-headed advice, and free-swinging sketches of real farmers, Bryan Jones addresses everyone who feels the pull of the land. He accepts the emotional appeal of “going back to the land” and then takes the unconventional stand that, above all, farming can be a good way to make money. Against the grain of public policy that, he maintains, encourages big agriculture, Jones works out how a shrewd, stubborn small farmer can still make a go of it. His keen-eyed sketches of farmers at work show the variety of ways a farmer may succeed or fail. Even his own neighborhood, dominated by thousands of acres of corn and high technology, is peopled with “scalper” who makes a living in the cattle business with little more stake than a gooseneck trailer, a telephone, and his native wits; the sheep man who secretly grows rich while looking poor and raising an animal that other farmer disdain; the experimenter who never turns a nickel himself, but whose successful innovations are readily adopted by his neighbors; the hog raiser who makes a large family pay.The heart of the book is the primer for novices—and for city folk who dream of farming. Jones emphasizes the practicalities of farm finance and recommends sidelines for the beginner—welding, giving guitar lessons, keeping the books for a local elevator—as an alternative to starving. He urges newcomers to start small and to be sure that farming is something they really want to do. To interested bystanders, The Farming Game offers one farmer’s audacious, stimulating, and entertaining view of American agriculture today.

The Farming Game

Politics & Social Sciences

Sociology

Ballantine Books

Discusses modern farming, provides sketches of some typical farmers, and looks at farm financing and how to get started as a farmer

Farming Game

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

This Social Emotional Learning (SEL) storybook supports emotional health and connection! Parents, teachers, caregivers, and mental health professionals of children ages 3 - 8 years love using Feelings and Dealings to develop empathy. This therapeutic tool develops emotional intelligence and social skills through rhyme while moving through the alphabet. Kids discover a wide range of 26 common emotions which builds empathy, self and other awareness, and interpersonal connection. While reading, kids learn how to identify emotions through facial expressions, body language, and in social contexts.Let's name our emotions, Through the alphabet. We'll see kids dealing with feelings, With family, friends and pets! What you will find inside the book: • The alphabet with each letter assigned to an emotion for a total of 26 emotions, including 26 Individual Poses designed to develop emotional intelligence and 26 corresponding Social Scenes designed to develop social intelligence and social skills. • 26 Individual Poses: Each Individual Pose shows a child expressing an emotion through nonverbal cues such as facial expressions and body language. • 26 Social Scenes: Each Social Scene conveys an emotion in a realistic social situation involving family, friends, and pets in a variety of age-appropriate settings. • Each Individual Pose matches a Social Scene so kids discover 26 nuanced emotions including the basics (afraid, angry, happy, etc.) to modern, complex emotions (distracted, overwhelmed, etc.) in individual and social contexts. • A nice large format (8.5"x11" size) for young kids with small hands. Who and how it helps: • Aids Parents, Therapists, Teachers, and Caregivers: Counselors and Psychologists use this book in therapy, teachers use it in the classroom to teach empathy and social skills, and parents use it as conversation starters to connect with their children or simply as an educational aid in child development. • Supports emotional health and connection: Kids discover a wide range of 26 emotions which builds empathy, self and other awareness, interpersonal connection, and models ways to express needs. • Teaches empathy: When you have empathy, you can better understand another person’s emotions and actions. Empathy broadens our perspective, improves communication, better enables collaboration, and deepens relationships.

Feelings and Dealings: The ABC's of Emotions: An SEL Storybook to Build Emotional Intelligence, Social Skills, and Empathy

Children's Books

Childs, Camille

Literature & Fiction

Ofunlo Inc. dba Game On Family

This book is part of the Images of Wales series, which uses old photographs and archived images to show the history of various local areas in Wales, through their streets, shops, pubs, and people.

Canton (Images of Wales)

Europe

Tempus

Boreham a History of the Racing Circuit

Sports & Outdoors

Frankland, John

Miscellaneous

Ian Henry Pubns

Covering all areas of Oracle Grid computing, this guide is indispensable for any Oracle DBA who is charged with configuring and implementing Oracle11g Grid with server blades. This comprehensive manual presents a complete method for the installation, configuration and design of Oracle Grid and 11g RAC. It supplies expert internals of shared disk technology, raw devices and RAID, and exposes the internal configuration methods for server blades. Also demonstrated is the use of Oracle Grid using the Enterprise Manager Grid control utility.

Oracle 11g Grid & Real Application Clusters: Oracle 11g Grid Computing With Rac

Computers & Technology

Ault, Mike

Tumma, Madhu

Karam, Steve

Databases & Big Data

Rampant TechPress

In this adventure, Jr. and his little sister Lulu have come up with a plan to make some money. Jr. and Lulu will learn the importance of love and working as a team.

The Adventures of Jr. and Lulu

lulu.com

Zok the Martian joins The Tanner Family for a delightful dinner, where he learns about humans' table manners. Even though Zok makes mistakes, the Tanner Family gently guides him while teaching him mealtime social skills.This rhyming picture book is entertaining for parents to read aloud because of its tight rhymes and flowing cadence. Children of all ages will enjoy this book's funny moments while catching important lessons about table manners, etiquette, gratitude, politeness, and more.

Even Martians Have Manners: A Table Manners Book to Build Kids' Social Skills: A Fun, No Nagging, Rhyming Etiquette Picture Book to Help Parents Raise Kids to Be Better Guests and Hosts

Science Fiction & Fantasy

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