The Age of Reform, Paperback

Presents an account of the reconstruction of prehuman history of the earth. This title takes readers from the post-Napoleonic Restoration in Europe...

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Offers an indepth perspective on the 42nd president of the United States and the transformative era over which he presided. Patrick Maney goes beyo...

This book studies the complex relationship of religion to modernity and argues that modernity should be understood as the consequence, not the caus...

A necessary rhetorical history of women's work in utopian communities, Utopian Genderscapes focuses on three prominent yet understudied intentional...

Winner of the 1964 Pulitzer Prize in Non-Fiction. In this award-winning classic work of consensus history, Richard Hofstadter, author of The Age of...

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A valuable resource by the leading experts in the field for students, academics, and lawyers interested in constitutional and criminal law and proc...

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DescriptionIn this classic argument for curriculum reform in early education, Jerome Bruner shows that the basic concepts of science and the humani...

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Contributor(s): Author: W. Caleb McDanielWinner of the Merle Curti Award Winner of the SHEAR James Broussard First Book PrizeIn The Problem of Demo...

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Since its initial publication in Berlin in 1928, Jan Tschichold's The New Typography has been recognized as the definitive treatise on book and gra...

Description What's left after a lifetime of service in the Chinese government? At the age of 66, Ouyang Wantong, the former governor of Qinghe prov...

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DescriptionThe Essential Hirschman brings together some of the finest essays in the social sciences, written by one of the twentieth century's most...

Sarah Carter Edgarton, author of several publications on the subject of flowers, applied her expertise to the 19th-century popularity of fortune-te...

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In the latter decades of the nineteenth century, in the midst of dramatic and far-reaching developments, humanity's ancient relationship with God w...

Reducere. A volume of Thomas Paine's most essential works, showcasing one of American history's most eloquent proponents of democracy. Upon publication, Thom...

Between the 1880s and 1910s, thousands of African Americans passed civil service exams and became employed in the executive offices of the federal ...

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'The most esteemed philosopher to have produced a general introduction to his discipline since Bertrand Russell' Independent In these essays, one o...

One of the most influential writers and reformers of his age, Thomas Paine successfully publicized the issues of his time in pamphlets that clearly...

It is the year 2000-and full employment, material abundance and social harmony can be found everywhere. This is the America to which Julian West, a...

A young teen escapes to America from Mao's China in the early 60s and experiences the consequent culture shock of cruel racism, financial hardships...

DescriptionCatherine the Great's letters present a vivid picture of Russia in a momentous age. They also offer a unique account of her personal dev...

This is a clear and concise introduction to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and an overview of its debates and controversies. Where did the I...

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Philip Neri, Il santo amabile, the loveable saint, lived in the most important century for the history of the Catholic faith, and even the modern w...

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The Roman centurion, holding the legionaries steady before the barbarian horde and then leading them forward to victory, was the heroic exemplar of...

Reducere. DescriptionRed Bird, Red Power tells the story of one of the most influential--and controversial--American Indian activists of the twentieth centur...

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Part of The World in a Life series, this brief, inexpensive text provides insight into the life of slave soldier Malik Ambar. Malik Ambar: Power an...

Reducere. Sir Ebenezer Howard (1850-1928) was a prominent British urban planner. He travelled to America from England at the age of 21, moved to Nebraska, an...

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