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Sites Unseen: Uncovering Hidden Hazards in American CitiesWinner of the 2020 Robert E. Park Award for Best Book from the Community and Urban Sociology Section of the American Sociological Association From a dive bar in New Orleans to a leafy residential street in Minneapolis, many establishments and homes in cities across...
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As Texas Goes...: How the Lone Star State Hijacked the American AgendaAs Texas Goes . . . provides a trenchant yet often hilarious look into American politics and the disproportional influence of Texas, which has become the model for not just the Tea Party but also the Republican Party. Now with an expanded introduction and...
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The Enemies ListWritten with the same acerbic wit and infectious humor that has made P. J. O'Rourke one of the most popular political satirists of all time, The Enemies List will keep you howling and his enemies scowling. From Noam Chomsky to Yoko Ono, from Peter,...
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Vineyards and Vaqueros: Indian Labor and the Economic Expansion of Southern California, 1771-1877volume 1Indian labor was vital to the early economic development of the Los Angeles region. This first volume in the new series Before Gold: California under Spain and Mexico explores for the first time Native contributions to early Southern California. Opening with a survey of...
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Moneybags Must Be So Lucky: On the Literary Structure of CapitalKarl Marx's great work, Capital, has intrigued and puzzled readers for more than a century by its mystifyingly intricate arguments and dramatic literary embellishments. In this book, Robert Paul Wolff dispels much of the mystery surrounding Capital by providing a literary-philosophical analysis of the...
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Savage Century: Back to BarbarismAt the dawn of the twentieth century, observers heralded a new era of social progress, seemingly limitless technological advances, and world peace. But within only a few years, the world was perched on the brink of war, revolution, and human misery on an unprecedented...
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Flag and Nation: Australians and Their National Flags Since 1901For too long Australians have lacked an authoritative text that explains their division over the national flag, especially the Union Jack which it honours. Flag and Nation reveals by examining a wide range of evidence, including many illustrations, the politics of patriotism behind Australians'...
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America's Second CrusadeIn this work William Henry Chamberlin offers his perspective as a seasoned journalist on the United States' involvement in World War II. Written only five years after the unconditional surrenders of Germany and Japan, the book is a window into its time. William Henry...
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Democracy in America / de la Démocratie En Amérique: Historical-Critical Edition of de la Démocratie En AmériqueIn 1831, Alexis de Tocqueville and his friend Gustave de Beaumont visited the United States. From Tocqueville's copious notes of what he had seen and heard came the classic text De la D mocratie en Am rique, published in two large volumes, the first...
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Essays on Church, State, and PoliticsThe works found in Essays on Church, State, and Politics, which originated as disputations, theses, and pamphlets, were direct interventions in the unresolved issue of the political role of religion in Brandenburg-Prussia, a state in which a Calvinist dynasty ruled over a largely Lutheran...
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An Historical View of the English GovernmentAn Historical View of the English Government traces the development of the "great outlines of the English constitution"--the history of institutions of English liberty from Saxon antiquity to the revolution settlement of 1689. Millar demonstrates serious concern for the maintenance of liberties achieved through...
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An Historical View of the English GovernmentAn Historical View of the English Government traces the development of the "great outlines of the English constitution"--the history of institutions of English liberty from Saxon antiquity to the revolution settlement of 1689. Millar demonstrates serious concern for the maintenance of liberties achieved through...
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Empire and Nation: Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania; Letters from the Federal FarmerTwo series of letters described as "the wellsprings of nearly all ensuing debate on the limits of governmental power in the United States" address the whole remarkable range of issues provoked by the crisis of British policies in North America out of which a...
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The Struggle for Sovereignty: Seventeenth-Century English Political TractsFor much of Europe the seventeenth century was, as it has been termed, an "Age of Absolutism" in which single rulers held tremendous power. Yet the English in the same century succeeded in limiting the power of their monarchs. The English Civil War in...
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Sovereignty: An Inquiry Into the Political GoodWho decides? Who is the Sovereign? What is a good act? In quest of answers to these vitally important questions, Bertrand de Jouvenel examines successively the nature and history of authority, the political good, the sovereign, and liberty. His concern is with "the prospects...
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Select Works of Edmund Burke: Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents and the Two Speeches on AmericaThis famed Payne edition of Select Works of Edmund Burke is universally revered by students of English history and political thought. Volume 1, Thoughts on the Cause of the Present Discontents and The Two Speeches on America, contains Burke's brilliant defense of the American...
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The Virtue of Civility: Selected Essays on Liberalism, Tradition, and Civil SocietyEdward Shils was one of the leading intellectual defenders of freedom in the twentieth century. In these nine essays, he explores the importance of civility and tradition to a free society. The essays' significance is enormous, for Shils was one of the first and...
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Are We Done Fighting?: Building Understanding in a World of Hate and DivisionPowerful tools for spreading peace in your community Unfounded beliefs and hateful political and social divisions that can cascade into violence are threatening to pull the world apart. Responding to fear and aggression strategically and with compassion is vital if we are to push...
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Creating Cohousing: Building Sustainable CommunitiesThe cohousing bible by the US originators of the concept. A man's home is his castle. But demographic and economic changes haveturned our castles into islands. How can we regain the elements of the traditional village - family, cooperation, community and a sense of...
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The Arab State and Neo-Liberal Globalization: The Restructuring of State Power in the Middle EastNow available in paperback, this collection of essays offers an alternative approach to the study of today's Arab states by focusing on their participation in neo-liberal globalization rather than on authoritarianism or Islam. The effects of the restructuring of traditional state power engendered by...
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