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One Nation, Two Cultures: A Searching Examination of American Society in the Aftermath of Our Cultural RevolutionFrom one of today's most respected historians and cultural critics comes a new book examining the gulf in American society--a division that cuts across class, racial, ethnic, political and sexual lines. One side originated in the tradition of republican virtue, the other in the...
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The Idea of India: 20th Anniversary EditionA classic since it was first published in 1997, The Idea of India is a magisterial historical study that addresses the paradoxes and ironies of the world's largest democracy. When, in 1947, the British divided and departed their most prized imperial possession, they handed...
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Unwarranted: Policing Without Permission"At a time when policing in America is at a crossroads, Barry Friedman provides much-needed insight, analysis, and direction in his thoughtful new book. Unwarranted illuminates many of the often ignored issues surrounding how we police in America and highlights why reform is so...
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Utopia Drive: A Road Trip Through America's Most Radical IdeaFor Erik Reece, life, at last, was good: he was newly married, gainfully employed, living in a creekside cabin in his beloved Kentucky woods. It sounded, as he describes it, like a country song with a happy ending. And yet he was still haunted...
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Genesis: Truman, American Jews, and the Origins of the Arab/Israeli ConflictA probing look at one of the most incendiary subjects of our time--the relationship between the United States and IsraelThere has been more than half a century of raging conflict between Jews and Arabs--a violent, costly struggle that has had catastrophic repercussions in a...
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Interesting Times: Writings from a Turbulent DecadeThe 2013 National Book Award Winner A New York Times BestsellerThroughout his career as a journalist, George Packer has always been attuned to the voices and stories of individuals caught up in the big ideas and events of contemporary history. Interesting Times unites brilliant...
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The Will of the People: How Public Opinion Has Influenced the Supreme Court and Shaped the Meaning of the ConstitutionIn recent years, the justices of the Supreme Court have ruled definitively on such issues as abortion, school prayer, and military tribunals in the war on terror. They decided one of American history's most contested presidential elections. Yet for all their power, the justices...
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America's Rasputin: Walt Rostow and the Vietnam WarDavid Milne's America's Rasputin provides the first major study of the man who pushed two presidents into Vietnam.Walt Rostow's meteoric rise to power--from Flatbush, Brooklyn, to the West Wing of the White House--seemed to capture the promise of the American dream. Hailing from humble...
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Thank You for Being Late: An Optimist's Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations#1 New York Times Bestseller - Los Angeles Times Bestseller One of The Wall Street Journal's 10 Books to Read Now - One of Kirkus Reviews's Best Nonfiction Books of the Year - One of Publishers Weekly's Most Anticipated Books of the YearShortlisted for...
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The Geography of Risk: Epic Storms, Rising Seas, and the Cost of America's CoastsThis century has seen the costliest hurricanes in U.S. history--but who bears the brunt of these monster storms? Consider this: Five of the most expensive hurricanes in history have made landfall since 2005: Katrina ($160 billion), Ike ($40 billion), Sandy ($72 billion), Harvey ($125...
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Remote as Ever: The Aboriginal Struggle for Autonomy in Australia's Western DesertIn Remote as Ever, David Scrimgeour tells the story of his working life as a doctor in isolated communities in Australia's Western Desert in the late 1970s. Being involved in the Homelands movement and the Aboriginal community-controlled health campaign gave him significant insight into...
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The Hydrogen Economy: The Creation of the Worldwide Energy Web and the Redistribution of Power on EarthRifkin's international bestseller presents the clearest, most comprehensive case for moving away from the destructive and waning years of the oil era toward a new kind of energy regime. Hydrogen--one of the most abundant substances in the universe--holds the key.Author: Jeremy RifkinPublisher: Polity PressPublished:...
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The Decline of the West; Volume IThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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Rural Development in the Digital Age: Exploring Neo-Productivist Eu Rural PolicyRural Development in the Digital Age explores current theoretical and policy developments in EU rural policy during the 4.0 period. The book offers an analysis of the contradictory and complex drivers and multiple impacts of Period 4.0 policy within the specific territorial context of...
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Political Ideologies: Their Origins and ImpactComprehensive yet accessible, this classic text, now in its thirteenth edition follows the evolution of political thought over 300 years. Organized chronologically, this text examines each ideology within a political, historical, economic, and social context. In addition to a thorough updating of examples and...
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India and Myanmar Borderlands: Ethnicity, Security and ConnectivityThis book explores the India-Myanmar relationship in terms of ethnicity, security and connectivity. With the process of democratic transition in Myanmar since 2011 and the ongoing Rohingya crisis, issues related to cross-border insurgency are one of the most important factors that determine bilateral ties...
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Post-Truth, Fake News and Democracy: Mapping the Politics of FalsehoodWestern societies are under siege, as fake news, post-truth and alternative facts are undermining the very core of democracy. This dystopian narrative is currently circulated by intellectuals, journalists and policy makers worldwide. In this book, Johan Farkas and Jannick Schou deliver a comprehensive study...
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Russia, Ukraine and Contemporary ImperialismThis book is a unique contribution to scholarship on the sources of the conflict in Ukraine. The volume brings together writers from Russia, Ukraine, Canada, the United States, Europe and Australia, many of whom attended a gathering of scholars and activists from all over...
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A New Narrative for Africa: Voice and AgencyThis book examines the perception of Africa in the global system, tracing Africa's transition from a problem to be solved into an agent with a rising voice in the world.Mixing Afro-optimism with heavy doses of Afro-reality and Afro-responsibility, this book calls for a new...
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Cases in Congressional Campaigns: Split DecisionThis carefully chosen sample of 2018 congressional campaigns provides readers with an account of the campaign battles that took place across the nation. Although Democrats seemed to be poised for a big blue wave of victory following Donald Trump's historic and divisive 2016 election,...
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