Richard Rothstein
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"Richard Rothstein explodes the myth that America's cities came to be racially divided through de facto segregation -- that is, through individual prejudices, income differences, or the actions of private institutions like banks and real estate agencies. Rather, The Color of Law incontrovertibly makes it clear that it was de jure segregation -- the laws and policy decisions passed by local, state, and federal governments -- that actually promoted...
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Description
In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading authority on housing policy, explodes the myth that America's cities came to be racially divided through de facto segregation-that is, through individual prejudices, income differences, or the actions of private institutions like banks and real estate agencies. Rather, The Color of Law incontrovertibly makes clear that it was de jure segregation-the laws...
Publisher
distributed by] LIVE Entertainment
Pub. Date
c1998, 1992
Description
Two soldiers who killed each other in Vietnam are brought back to life 25 years later for a secret government program as genetically enhanced killing machines with no memory, no feelings, and no free will. Everything goes awry when the memory of one man begins to return.
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2010]
Description
With stolen top-secret technology, terrorists have created a next-generation Universal Soldier, an elite fighter genetically altered into a programmable killing machine. With this 'UniSol' leading the way, they seize the crippled Chernobyl nuclear reactor, threating to unleash a lethal radioactive cloud. The only one who can stop the terrorists is Luc Deveraux, a UniSol who's been decommissioned for years. Deveraux must make a full-out assault on...