Political Science
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Goethes Verhältnis zur Musik: Nichts kapiert und alles verstandenGoethe mochte Schubert nicht? Er lie sich von Musikfreund Zelter zu viel sagen? Eigentlich stimmt das nicht. Aber Goethes Verst ndnis von Musik wurde gerne untersch tzt. Schuberts Komposition des "Erlk nig" begeisterte Goethe, und viele musikalische Fragen durchschaute er tiefer als Fachmann Zelter....
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Guts: The Lane Evans StoryLane Evans was arguably one of the most progressive members of the U.S. Congress during his 12-term tenure in a Midwestern swing district. In Guts: The Lane Evans Story, author Devin Hansen explores Lane's career as a man who had the guts to vote...
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Blackout: How Black America Can Make Its Second Escape from the Democrat PlantationNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER It's time for a black exit. Political activist and social media star Candace Owens addresses the many ways that Democrat Party policies hurt, rather than help, the African American community, and why she and many others are turning right. Black...
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The Rise of Politics and Morality in Nietzsche's Genealogy: From Chaos to ConscienceNietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morals has become a central text for understanding the thinker and his impact on moral philosophy. Yet his account of the rise of political society and its relation to morality has generally been overlooked, in large part because of...
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Deism versus Theism: 2-7 in the Scientific Arena of the 20th CenturyThis book explains the nine fundamental discoveries of the 20th century, to wit (i) the "Big Bang" (cosmology); (ii) the origin of life (biology); (iii) the origin of human intelligence (genetics); (iv) the universal claim of fundamental rights (human behavior); (v) the origin of...
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The Forgotten Ninth Amendment [1955]: A Call for Legislative and Judicial Recognition of Rights Under Social Conditions of TodayThis provocative essay considers the historical background, meaning and effect of the Ninth Amendment, which states "the enumeration in the Constitution of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people." Patterson feels the amendment was "forgotten" because...
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Food InequalitiesFood inequality in the United States can take many forms. From the low-income family unable to afford enough to eat and the migrant farm worker paid below minimum wage to city dwellers stranded in an urban food desert, disparities in how we access and...
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Imperial Violence and the Path to Independence: India, Ireland and the Crisis of EmpireIn the aftermath of World War I, the British Empire was hit by two different crises on opposite sides of the world--the Jallianwala Bagh, or Amritsar, Massacre in the Punjab and the Croke Park Massacre, the first 'Bloody Sunday', in Ireland. This book provides...
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The Albanians: A Modern HistoryThis is the first full account of a country that, following decades of isolation, has undergone unprecedented changes to its political system: the collapse of communism, the progression to multi-party elections and the upheaval that followed the March 1997 uprising. Miranda Vickers traces the...
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How Armies Respond to Revolutions and WhyAn exploration of military responses to revolutions and how to predict such reactions in the future We know that a revolution's success largely depends on the army's response to it. But can we predict the military's reaction to an uprising? How Armies Respond to...
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Deep Roots: How Slavery Still Shapes Southern PoliticsThe lasting effects of slavery on contemporary political attitudes in the American South Despite dramatic social transformations in the United States during the last 150 years, the South has remained staunchly conservative. Southerners are more likely to support Republican candidates, gun rights, and the...
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The Loud Minority: Why Protests Matter in American DemocracyHow political protests and activism influence voters and candidates The "silent majority"--a phrase coined by Richard Nixon in 1969 in response to Vietnam War protests and later used by Donald Trump as a campaign slogan--refers to the supposed wedge that exists between protestors in...
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Bastard Republic: Encounters Along the Tattered Edge of Fallen EmpireIn the best traditions of literary journalism, Bastard Republic takes us inside two of the defining developments of the 20th century--the collapse of communism in Europe and the implosion of the Soviet Union. Through a compelling mix of memoir, reportage, history and travel writing,...
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An Innocent Bystander: The Killing of Leon KlinghofferThe definitive story of one American family at the center of a single, shocking act of international terrorism that manages to capture the essence of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict (Dan Ephron).On October 3, 1985, Leon Klinghoffer, a disabled Jewish New Yorker, and his wife boarded...
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The Radio Right: How a Band of Broadcasters Took on the Federal Government and Built the Modern Conservative MovementIn the past few years, trust in traditional media has reached new lows. Many Americans disbelieve what they hear from the "mainstream media," and have turned to getting information from media echo chambers which are reflective of a single party or ideology. In this...
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Imagined Cosmopolis: Internationalism and Cultural Exchange, 1870s-1920sThe period from the 1870s to the 1920s was marked by an interplay between nationalisms and internationalisms, culminating in the First World War, on the one hand, and the creation of the League of Nations, on the other. The arts were central to this...
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A Most Wicked Conspiracy: The Last Great Swindle of the Gilded AgeA tale of Gilded Age corruption and greed from the frontier of Alaska to America's capital.In the feverish, money-making age of railroad barons, political machines, and gold rushes, corruption was the rule, not the exception. Yet the Republican mogul Big Alex McKenzie defied even...
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Beatriz Allende: A Revolutionary Life in Cold War Latin AmericaThis biography of Beatriz Allende (1942-1977)--revolutionary doctor and daughter of Chile's socialist president, Salvador Allende--portrays what it means to live, love, and fight for change. Inspired by the Cuban Revolution, Beatriz and her generation drove political campaigns, university reform, public health programs, internationalist guerrilla...
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Campaign Finance and American Democracy: What the Public Really Thinks and Why It MattersIn recent decades, and particularly since the US Supreme Court's controversial Citizens United decision, lawmakers and other elites have told Americans that stricter campaign finance laws are needed to improve faith in the elections process, increase trust in the government, and counter cynicism toward...
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Democracy Declined: The Failed Politics of Consumer Financial ProtectionAs Elizabeth Warren memorably wrote, "It is impossible to buy a toaster that has a one-in-five chance of bursting into flames and burning down your house. But it is possible to refinance an existing home with a mortgage that has the same one-in-five chance...
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