New Democracy. The Creation of the Modern American State, Hardback - William J. Novak

Conventional wisdom dates the origins of activist federal government to the New Deal. William J. Novak shows that the roots run deeper. Tracing the...

For generations the traditional focus for those wishing to understand the roots of the modern world has been France on the eve of the Revolution. T...

Reducere. History casts Tammany Hall as shorthand for the worst of urban politics: graft and patronage personified by notoriously crooked characters. In his ...

A ground-breaking new examination of the formation of the modern unconsciousIllustrations: No

Reducere. From New York Times bestselling author Scott Eyman, this is the story one of the most influential studios in film history, from its glory days unde...

Reducere. For the ruling and propertied classes of the late eighteenth century, the years following the French Revolution were characterized by intense anxie...

Examining the structure, politics and historic development of taxation in several countries, this book compares three quite different political dem...

Reducere. The American labor movement isn't dead. It's just moving from the bargaining table to the streets. In A New American Labor Movement, William Scheue...

Reducere. Democracy and higher education are inextricably linked: universities not only have the ability to be key arbiters of how democracy is advanced, but...

Reducere. At a young age, Sara knew she wanted to be free from slavery. She attempted many times to run away. On one of these attempts, she was caught by ano...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. DescriptionIn this remarkable collection, ten premier scholars of nineteenth-century America address the epochal impact of the Civil War by examini...

Publisher: AbramsAuthor(s): James FraioliNumber of pages: 288Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 211 x 261 x 29Cover type: HardbackRedescopera farmec...

This book shows what we might achieve from recasting the public sector as a platform and arena for co-creation. It provides a theoretical and pract...

Tensions of American Federal Democracy uses an original analytical framework combined with comparative perspectives - including those of other mode...

This student-friendly volume brings together English translations of the main narrative sources, and a small number of other relevant documents, fo...

This student-friendly volume brings together English translations of the main narrative sources, and a small number of other relevant documents, fo...

Publisher: Monthly Review Press, U.S.Author(s): Michael (Fitchburg State University, USA) PerelmanNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2006Dimensi...

Reducere. Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey, Bobby Jones, and Bill Tilden were the legendary quartet of the ``Golden Age of Sports`` in the 1920s. They transformed the...

Publisher: Penguin AdultAuthor(s): John FreemanNumber of pages: 496Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 139 x 212 x 35Cover type: Paperback / softback...

As democracy shows signs of decay, how do we not only arrest its decline but build something better - a state which is democratic in the fullest se...

Reducere. DescriptionThe intricate shapes of Sacred Geometry are explained as representations of the successive stages in the creation of the universe. Begin...

Reducere. Masonic Education has regrettably been reduced to teaching protocol, traditions, and catechism while ignoring the esoteric essence of the ritual. E...

Reducere. Rooted in the initial struggle of community members who staged a successful hunger strike to secure a high school in their Chicago neighborhood, Da...

Reducere. In this fascinating graphic novel, witness the real-life debates, disagreements, and compromises that led to the formation of the U.S. Constitution...

Reducere. This compact and accessible biography critically assesses the life and career of Dean Acheson, one of America's foremost diplomats and strategists....

Reducere. What happens when a democratic theory professor gets involved with the Democratic Party? In this political memoir, Claire Snyder-Hall shares lesson...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Emily J. LevineIllustration(s): 12 halftonesNumber of pages: 384Publication date: 2021Dimensio...

Bryan Fanning traces the development of European welfare states in this accessible analysis of social change from the Industrial Revolution onwards...

Publisher: World Scientific Europe LtdAuthor(s): Robert E (Univ Of Victoria, Canada & Univ Of Washington, Usa) BedeskiNumber of pages: 272Publicati...

Two rival businessmen meet in the Warsaw train station. "Where are you going?" says the first man."To Minsk, " says the second."To Minsk, eh? What ...

DescriptionUshering in a new era of confessional music that spoke openly about experiences of trauma, depression, and self-loathing, Nine Inch Nail...