A Renegade History of the United States

A Renegade History of the United States
Title A Renegade History of the United States PDF eBook
Author Thaddeus Russell
Publisher Simon and Schuster
Total Pages 402
Release 2011-07-05
Genre History
ISBN 1416576134

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From the Publisher: In this groundbreaking book, noted historian Thaddeus Russell tells a new and surprising story about the origins of American freedom. Rather than crediting the standard textbook icons, Russell demonstrates that it was those on the fringes of society whose subversive lifestyles helped legitimize the taboo and made America the land of the free. In vivid portraits of renegades and their "respectable" adversaries, Russell shows that the nation's history has been driven by clashes between those interested in preserving social order and those more interested in pursuing their own desires - insiders versus outsiders, good citizens versus bad. The more these accidental revolutionaries existed, resisted, and persevered, the more receptive society became to change. Russell brilliantly and vibrantly argues that it was history's iconoclasts who established many of our most cherished liberties. Russell finds these pioneers of personal freedom in the places that usually go unexamined - saloons and speakeasies, brothels and gambling halls, and even behind the Iron Curtain. He introduces a fascinating array of antiheroes: drunken workers who created the weekend; prostitutes who set the precedent for women's liberation, including "Diamond Jessie" Hayman, a madam who owned her own land, used her own guns, provided her employees with clothes on the cutting-edge of fashion, and gave food and shelter to the thousands left homeless by the 1906 San Francisco earthquake; there are also the criminals who pioneered racial integration, unassimilated immigrants who gave us birth control, and brazen homosexuals who broke open America's sexual culture. Among Russell's most controversial points is his argument that the enemies of the renegade freedoms we now hold dear are the very heroes of our history books - he not only takes on traditional idols like John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Andrew Carnegie, John Rockefeller, Thomas Edison, Franklin Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy, but he also shows that some of the most famous and revered abolitionists, progressive activists, and leaders of the feminist, civil rights, and gay rights movements worked to suppress the vibrant energies of working-class women, immigrants, African Americans, and the drag queens who founded Gay Liberation. This is not history that can be found in textbooks - it is a highly original and provocative portrayal of the American past as it has never been written before.

Renegade States

Renegade States
Title Renegade States PDF eBook
Author Stephen Chan
Publisher Manchester University Press
Total Pages 228
Release 1994
Genre History
ISBN 9780719031700

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One of the flashpoints of international relations is the tortuous relationship between established 'status quo' powers and revolutionary states such as China, North Korea, Iran, Nicaragua and Iraq. This textbook bridges the gap between analyses of revolutions, which tend to concentrate on their domestic causes, and the study of the impact of 'renegade' states on the international system. It sees revolutionary states as a central dynamic of modern international society, rather than as aberrations damaging an otherwise stable international body politic. The authors provide a series of historical and contemporary case studies, and theoretical analyses. They contribute significantly to a debate on the nature of international politics that has foundered into complacency and self-congratulation about the 'end of history'.

Renegade

Renegade
Title Renegade PDF eBook
Author Rochelle Alers
Publisher Harlequin Kimani
Total Pages 0
Release 2003-06-01
Genre Fiction
ISBN 9781583142721

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The final book in Alers's Hideaway series. Determined to expose a high school drug ring, DEA agent Summer Montgomery goes undercover as a teacher. But her mission is jeopardized by musician Gabriel Cole, whose passion leads her into a dangerous game. Original.

Renegades

Renegades
Title Renegades PDF eBook
Author Barack Obama
Publisher Crown
Total Pages 322
Release 2021-10-26
Genre Social Science
ISBN 0593236319

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Two longtime friends share an intimate and urgent conversation about life, music, and their enduring love of America, with all its challenges and contradictions, in this stunningly produced expansion of their groundbreaking Higher Ground podcast, featuring more than 350 photographs, exclusive bonus content, and never-before-seen archival material. Renegades: Born in the USA is a candid, revealing, and entertaining dialogue between President Barack Obama and legendary musician Bruce Springsteen that explores everything from their origin stories and career-defining moments to our country’s polarized politics and the growing distance between the American Dream and the American reality. Filled with full-color photographs and rare archival material, it is a compelling and beautifully illustrated portrait of two outsiders—one Black and one white—looking for a way to connect their unconventional searches for meaning, identity, and community with the American story itself. It includes: • Original introductions by President Obama and Bruce Springsteen • Exclusive new material from the Renegades podcast recording sessions • Obama’s never-before-seen annotated speeches, including his “Remarks at the 50th Anniversary of the Selma to Montgomery Marches” • Springsteen’s handwritten lyrics for songs spanning his 50-year-long career • Rare and exclusive photographs from the authors’ personal archives • Historical photographs and documents that provide rich visual context for their conversation In a recording studio stocked with dozens of guitars, and on at least one Corvette ride, Obama and Springsteen discuss marriage and fatherhood, race and masculinity, the lure of the open road and the call back to home. They also compare notes on their favorite protest songs, the most inspiring American heroes of all time, and more. Along the way, they reveal their passion for—and the occasional toll of—telling a bigger, truer story about America throughout their careers, and explore how our fractured country might begin to find its way back toward unity and global leadership.

Renegade Tribe

Renegade Tribe
Title Renegade Tribe PDF eBook
Author Clifford E. Trafzer
Publisher
Total Pages 264
Release 1986
Genre Social Science
ISBN

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This story of western expansion and Indian-white conflict is sensitively retold from the perspective of Native Americans. Renegade Tribe examines written and oral sources left by both cultures.

Renegade

Renegade
Title Renegade PDF eBook
Author Amy Carol Reeves
Publisher North Star Editions, Inc.
Total Pages 360
Release 2013-04-08
Genre Young Adult Fiction
ISBN 073873330X

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There’s a new malevolence afoot. Fishermen are being killed, their partially devoured bodies washing up on the shores of Scotland. Is the Ripper responsible? To save the man she loves, Abbie Sharp must comply with the Ripper’s dreadful orders—and put her own life in grave danger.

Renegades

Renegades
Title Renegades PDF eBook
Author Marissa Meyer
Publisher Feiwel and Friends
Total Pages 577
Release 2017-11-07
Genre Young Adult Fiction
ISBN 1250044669

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"The Renegades are a syndicate of prodigies--humans with extraordinary abilities--who emerged from the ruins of a crumbled society and established peace and order where chaos reigned. As champions of justice, they remain a symbol of hope and courage to everyone--except the villains they once overthrew. Nova has a reason to hate the Renegades, and she is on a mission for vengeance. As she gets closer to her target, she meets Adrian, a Renegade boy who believes in justice"--Amazon.com.