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Cambria Press Publication: Giving this Country a Memory – Featured Author: Romaine Moreton
ByCambria Press September 16, 2015September 29, 2015

Romaine Moreton is a member of the Goernpul Jagara people of Stradbroke Island, which is off the south coast of Queensland, and the Bunjalung people from the coastal area of southern Queensland and northern New South Wales. Her three books of poetry, The Callused Stick of Wanting, post me to…

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Cambria Press Publication: Giving this Country a Memory – Featured Author: Kim Scott
ByCambria Press September 15, 2015September 29, 2015

Kim Scott is one of Australia’s best-known indigenous writers and has published three novels, True Country, Benang, and That Deadman Dance. Excerpt from Cambria Press Publication: Giving This Country a Memory (Chapter 1: Kim Scott) “Scott’s work reminds non-indigenous audiences of their proximity to indigenous peoples and their complex relationship with…

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Cambria Press Publication – Giving this Country a Memory: Contemporary Aboriginal Voices of Australia by Anne Brewster
ByCambria Press September 14, 2015September 13, 2015

Cambria Press Publication Announcement: Giving This Country a Memory Excerpt from the introduction: If contemporary literature creates a world of internal complexity, then historically the production of a private realm of contemplation and feeling has been reserved as the exclusive domain of Europeans. The concept of the expressive modern individual,…

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Cambria Press Author Ivan Sascha Sheehan is the Recipient of the 2015 President’s Faculty Award
ByCambria Press September 9, 2015September 9, 2015

Cambria Press is proud and pleased to congratulate author Ivan Sascha Sheehan, Associate Professor of Public and International Affairs at the University of Baltimore, was honored today for being selected by President Kurt Schmoke to receive the 2015 President’s Faculty Award for outstanding contributions related to teaching, research, and service in support of the…

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#APSA2015 David Parker & Doing Archival Research in Political Science
ByCambria Press September 3, 2015August 31, 2015

Cambria Press Publication Excerpt from Doing Archival Research in Political Science Much of what is known about congressional campaigns is observed from the outside—in the brochures that are produced, the campaign advertisements that are aired, the polls that are taken by media organizations, and the articles that are written in…

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Tough Times for the President
ByCambria Press September 2, 2015August 31, 2015

Cambria Press publication Tough Times for the President (Chapter Excerpts) Chapter 1: Presidents in Tough Times “Many presidents face situations of political adversity. Some even face adversity on more than one occasion. The case studies will enhance our understanding not only of the power of the presidency but of how…

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Jockeying for the American Presidency
ByCambria Press September 2, 2015August 31, 2015

Cambria Press publication Jockeying for the American Presidency (Chapter Excerpts) Chapter 1: Presidential Selection and Aspirant Opportunism “…to say that all presidents are opportunists does not mean that they are all the same. As previously mentioned, the opportunism of the presidents most probably varies across the individuals who have held…

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Can the American Elections be Saved?
ByCambria Press September 1, 2015August 31, 2015

Cambria Press publication: Saving American Elections (Chapter Excerpts) From Section I: Diagnosis Chapter 1: Symptoms Although Americans have many opportunities to vote, large proportions of the citizenry (majorities in most cases) often do not exercise their right to do so (figure 1.9 summarizes typical levels of participation for various types of…

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Presidential Electors and the Electoral College
ByCambria Press August 31, 2015August 31, 2015

Cambria Press Publication Presidential Electors and the Electoral College (Chapter Excerpts) Chapter 1: A Risk to the Republic? “The 2000 election marked the fourth time in American history that a candidate was elected president without having won the popular vote. This electoral oddity drew a wealth of national attention to…

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5 Must-Read Books for the 2016 Election
ByCambria Press August 26, 2015August 26, 2015

The following Cambria Press publications have received outstanding reviews not only from top academic journals but also scholars and practitioners. Select quotes and excerpts from the book reviews are provided below. 1. Jockeying for the American Presidency by Lara M. Brown Quote from the book: It is about understanding how presidential…

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