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"A lively, entertaining and well-researched portrait of a zealous reformer during the historic crusade that successfully launched his career in government."--Booklist COMMISSIONER ROOSEVELT: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt and the New York City Police, 1895 - 1897 When Theodore Roosevelt took office as New York's police commissioner in 1895, the Metropolitan Police force was barely more than a confederation of thugs and petty criminals whose chief activity was to extort protection money from local merchants. The thirty-seven-year-old Roosevelt rode roughshod over the corrupt bosses and power brokers and transformed the police into one of the first modern law enforcement agencies in the world. Combining the best elements of biography and social history, Commissioner Roosevelt reveals a fascinating episode from the life of one of America's most colorful cities, and one of her most charismatic leaders.

Looks at the nine men who have held the position of commissioner of baseball, from Judge Landis to Bud Selig

"A lively, entertaining and well-researched portrait of a zealous reformer during the historic crusade that successfully launched his career in government."--Booklist COMMISSIONER ROOSEVELT: The Story of Theodore Roosevelt and the New York City Police, 1895 - 1897 When Theodore Roosevelt took office as New York's police commissioner in 1895, the Metropolitan Police force was barely more than a confederation of thugs and petty criminals whose chief activity was to extort protection money from local merchants. The thirty-seven-year-old Roosevelt rode roughshod over the corrupt bosses and power brokers and transformed the police into one of the first modern law enforcement agencies in the world. Combining the best elements of biography and social history, Commissioner Roosevelt reveals a fascinating episode from the life of one of America's most colorful cities, and one of her most charismatic leaders.

With a true journalistic tone, Keith delivers an unparalleled account of the murder of Louisiana's political advertiser Jim Leslie and the case against Shreveport's corrupt police commissioner George D'Artois. Keith, who covered the crimes as a reporter for the Shreveport Times, recalls firsthand the tumultuous investigation of D'Artois and his plan to bring mob boss Carlos Marcello's organized crime to Shreveport. The Commissioner is a gripping description of Keith's personal experiences involving Leslie's assassination and the five courageous lawmen who struggled to stop D'Artois' tyranny.

The position of commissioner of Indian Affairs was one of the most important yet most anonymous in the federal bureaucracy. The commissioners figured prominently in the formulation of policy, negotiation of treaties, adjudication of claims, and a host of other matters that involved the federal government and its relations with the Indian population. Although a few commissioners have received considerable scholarly attention, almost nothing is known about most of them other than that they held office. This collection makes available, for the first time, biographical sketches of the forty-three men who served as Indian commissioner from 1824, when Thomas L. McKenney was appointed to the position (not yet formally established), to 1977, when the office was superseded by that of assistant secretary of the interior for Indian affairs. Information on their personal lives is provided where available, but the emphasis is on their careers as commissioner: the policies and procedures they favored, their relations with Congress and the president, and the achievements and failures of their administrations. Each sketch is followed by a bibliographical essay describing the important sources relating to the commissioner in question. In addition, the final chapter discusses major primary and secondary sources common to a majority of the commissioners. Indispensible as a reference tool as well as a guide to further research in the history of goverment-Indian relations, the biographies represent the work of thirty-one scholars, each an authority on his subject's administration. Both editors are archivists who have spent a great deal of time working with the records of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and answering requests for information about the commissioners.

With a true journalistic tone, Keith delivers an unparalleled account of the murder of Louisiana's political advertiser Jim Leslie and the case against Shreveport's corrupt police commissioner George D'Artois. Keith, who covered the crimes as a reporter for the Shreveport Times, recalls firsthand the tumultuous investigation of D'Artois and his plan to bring mob boss Carlos Marcello's organized crime to Shreveport. The Commissioner is a gripping description of Keith's personal experiences involving Leslie's assassination and the five courageous lawmen who struggled to stop D'Artois' tyranny.

Stylish, fast-paced political actioner stars Rod Taylor as Australian police detective Scobie Malone, sent to London to arrest compatriot James Quentin (Christopher Plummer), a high-profile diplomat who's been accused of murder. But Malone gets more than he bargained for when an audacious attempt on Quentins life casts him in the role of reluctant bodyguard. Lilli Palmer, Camilla Sparv, Clive Revill, Daliah Lavi also star. AKA: "Nobody Runs Forever." 101 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English Dol

New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1972. Hardbound, about 8.5 inches tall, 284 pages. Dust wrapper design by Lawrence Ratzkin.

hardcover and dustwrapper in very good condition; 342 pages, b/w photos, heavy book which will require excess postage outside Australia

Your purchase helps support Sri Lankan Children's Charity 'The Rainbow Centre'. Ex-library, so some stamps and wear, but in good overall condition. Our donations to The Rainbow Centre have helped provide an education and a safe haven to hundreds of children who live in appalling conditions.

Across the country, communities rely on their planning commissions for guidance. But who guides the planning commissioners? This step-by-step guidebook gets new commissioners off on the right foot and helps experienced commission members navigate their roles. The authors, all practicing planners, have worked extensively with planning commissions for decades. They have watched commissioners scramble up a steep learning curve, sit in the hot seat of controversy, and strive to make sound decisions for the places they call home. In this helpful handbook, the authors share ideas, insights, and information to help commissioners succeed. Eight detailed chapters cover everything from the nuts and bolts of development applications to the nuances of legal issues to the part commissioners play in long-range planning. Readers will learn how to prepare for their first commission meeting, review a development plan, invite productive public input, and steer clear of ethical dilemmas. Added resources include a glossary of planning terms, a list of training resources, and the American Planning Association’s Statement of Ethical Principles in Planning. For anyone serving on a planning commission, The Planning Commissioners Guide is essential reading.

Across the country, communities rely on their planning commissions for guidance. But who guides the planning commissioners? This step-by-step guidebook gets new commissioners off on the right foot and helps experienced commission members navigate their roles. The authors, all practicing planners, have worked extensively with planning commissions for decades. They have watched commissioners scramble up a steep learning curve, sit in the hot seat of controversy, and strive to make sound decisions for the places they call home. In this helpful handbook, the authors share ideas, insights, and information to help commissioners succeed. Eight detailed chapters cover everything from the nuts and bolts of development applications to the nuances of legal issues to the part commissioners play in long-range planning. Readers will learn how to prepare for their first commission meeting, review a development plan, invite productive public input, and steer clear of ethical dilemmas. Added resources include a glossary of planning terms, a list of training resources, and the American Planning Association’s Statement of Ethical Principles in Planning. For anyone serving on a planning commission, The Planning Commissioners Guide is essential reading.

24.0 x 17.00cms, 342pp, b/w illusts, very good paperbakc & cover This book marks the centenary of posting Sir George Reid as Australia's first High Commissioner to London. It tracks Australian- British relations throughout the 20th century.

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Between 1873 and 1932, Indian policy on the prairies was the responsibility of federal government appointees known as Indian Commissioners. Charged with incorporating Native society into the apparatus of the emergent state, these officials directed a complex configuration of measures that included treaties, the Indian Act, schools, agriculture, and to some degree, missionary activity. In this study, Brian Titley constructs critical biographical portraits of the six Indian Commissioners, examining their successes and failures in confronting the challenges of a remarkable period in Canada's history.

"The King's Commissioners" stimulates children to think about the place value structure of our number system. The story also helps children see how mathematical techniques and symbols are used to represent numberical quantities. While there is mathematical content in "The King's Commissioners", keep in mind that the book is meant to engage and delight children, stimulate their imaginations, and encourage them to develop a love of books and reading. This book is one of the "Marilyn Burns Brainy Day Books" which invite children into the world of mathematics with stories that engage and delight them. Mathematical ideas are woven throughout, dispelling the myth that math is dry, unimaginative, and inaccessible.

A popular and practical guide on how to be an effective planning commissioner. Filled with checklists and outlines, it's both a good introduction and a handy reference. Includes a training checklist for new commissioners, criteria for keeping a master plan in working order, lists of tools to guide growth, advice on how to deal with professional staff, and dos and don'ts for conducting successful public meetings. This edition sharpens the focus on how commissioners and their staffs can operate under four core principles for planning commissioners: citizen involvement, smaller is better, living in a market-driven system, and orderly growth.

In 1908, a very public crusade against opium was in full swing throughout China, and the provincial capital and treaty port of Fuzhou was a central stage for the campaign. This, the most successful attempt undertaken by the Chinese state before 1949 to eliminate opium, came at a time when, according to many historians, China's central state was virtually powerless. This volume attempts to reconcile that apparent contradiction.The remarkable, albeit temporary, success of the anti-opium campaign between 1906 and 1920 is as yet largely unexplained. How these results were achieved, how that progress was squandered, and why China's opium problem proved so tenacious are the questions that inspired this volume. The attack on this social problem was led by China's central and provincial authorities, aided by reformist elites, and seemingly supported by most Chinese. The anti-opium movement relied on the control and oversight provided by a multilayered state bureaucracy, the activism and support of unofficial elite-led reform groups, the broad nationalistic and humanitarian appeal of the campaign, and the cooperation of the British government. The extent to which the Chinese state was able to control the pace and direction of the anti-opium campaign and the evolving nature of the political space in which elite reformers publicized and enforced that campaign are the guiding themes of this analysis.