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"Though unparalleled in its perfidy, our era is also the first in which people are trying to do something about crimes against humanity and such treacheries as torture and cruel and inhumane treatment of others. The first step toward remediation is exposure of wrongs, and this is the task ably researched and brilliantly presented by Laurel E. Fletcher and Eric Stover in The Guantanamo Effect. Their well-written narrative style makes the work a unique teaching resource, and the scholarship on this important topic is first rate. As such, it deserves widespread attention and public understanding

The border between the United States and Mexico, despite attempts at containment, remains a vast and uniquely malleable yet indefinable region. With Border Culture, Ilan Stavans has collected essays representative of the tangled experiences and issues central to life between cultures

Chicaza and the Mississippian world, ca. 1540-1541 -- The battle of Chicaza and Mississippian warfare, ca. 1541 -- The aftermath of Soto, ca. 1541-1650 -- The English invasion and the creation of a shatter zone, ca. 1650-1680 -- Eastern shock waves on western shores, ca. 1650-1680 -- Western expansion of the shatter zone, ca. 1680-1700 -- European imperialism and the intensification of the colonial Indian slave trade, ca. 1700-1710 -- The emergence of the colonial south, ca. 1710-1715

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 1 Creating Black Tremé -- CHAPTER 2 Afro-Creole Tremé -- CHAPTER 3 The Clearance for High Culture -- CHAPTER 4 Killing Claiborne's Avenue -- CHAPTER 5 A Park for Louis -- CHAPTER 6 National Park Savior -- CHAPTER 7 Saving Black Tremé -- Epilogue. Post-Katrina Tremé -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.