The Fall of Kentucky's Rock. Western Kentucky Democratic Politics since the New Deal, Hardback - George G. Humphreys

Draws on extensive archival research and oral history interviews to explore political history in Kentucky.Publisher: The University Press of Kentuc...

Publisher: The New PressAuthor(s): Robert KuttnerNumber of pages: 192Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 223 x 148 x 24Cover type: HardbackRedescoper...

Offers commentary and an illustrated history of the representations of people of African descent ranging from the ancient images of Pharaohs create...

Reducere. What makes it so difficult to enact and sustain comprehensive social welfare policy that would aid the disadvantaged in the United States? Addressi...

The general prevention of apublic discourse and competition along societal cleavages under Gaddafi'stotalitarian ideology has resulted in an all-ou...

Reducere. DescriptionWestern man is a shadow of his former self: his mind enslaved, his body weakened, his spirit corrupted and the courage and bravery he on...

An urgent account of the state of our oceans today-and what we must do to protect themPublisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s): Chris ArmstrongNum...

The story of the holocaust survivors who settled in Kentucky and their new lives.Publisher: The University Press of KentuckyAuthor(s): James C. Klo...

Reducere. In this bold and uncompromising book, George G. M. James argues that the "Greek philosophy" in which nearly all of Western culture has its roots ac...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Page duBoisNumber of pages: 312Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 162 x 239 x 30Cover type: Har...

What part should corporate actors play in global governance? With regard to concerns over such issues as public health, education, human rights, an...

A tour d'horizon of the role Islam plays in politics and the private sphere in Central Asia and the Caucasus.

The contributors to Nervous Systems reassess contemporary artists' and critics' engagement with social, political, biological, and other systems as...

Losing Afghanistan features twenty-one critical essays by analysts, politicians, soldiers, commentators and practitioners - interspersed with power...

The compelling story of what really happened inside the famous prison walls of the Narcotic Farm.Illustrations: 141 b&w photos

Focuses on large and problematic groups from Western Europe's past (the Irish in the United Kingdom, the Poles in Germany, and the Italians in Fran...

DescriptionFor at least two centuries, democratic representation has been at the center of debate. Should elected representatives express the views...

Reducere. Western Philosophy and Civilization did not begin in ancient Greece, as is commonly assumed; many centuries before, the Ancient Egyptians began the...

A fascinating auto-biography of the life of George Stevens Jr. and his life on movie sets.Publisher: The University Press of KentuckyAuthor(s): Geo...

Reducere. James F. Sulzby Book AwardCombining biography with regional and national history, Dan T. Carter chronicles the dramatic rise and fall of George Wal...

Reducere. Bourbon whiskey is perhaps Kentucky's most distinctive product. Despite bourbon's prominence in the social and economic life of the Bluegrass state...

Leading historians and political scientists explore the changes and continuities in world politics that emerged from the end of the Cold War. Using...

Reducere. At a time when food is becoming increasingly scarce in many parts of the world and food prices are skyrocketing, no industry is more important than...

Brings together new scholarship that considers the role of children and teenagers in shaping American political life during the decades following t...

In the aftermath of Donald Trump's victory in 2016, Americans finally faced a perplexing political reality: Democrats, purported champions of worki...

In Contested Lands, T. G. Fraser untangles the threads of history in the Middle East and, in doing so, weaves a detailed and insightful picture of ...

Reducere. America is under attack. Its institutions and values are under daily assault. But the principal culprits are not foreign terrorists. They are influ...

Reducere. A radical and powerful reappraisal of the impact of Constantine's adoption of Christianity on the later Roman world, and on the subsequent developm...

This book takes a fresh look at British radicalism in the first-half of the nineteenth century from the new perspective of the history of emotions....

The book is necessary reading for political theorists and scholars interested in democracy and the welfare state, providing a new analysis of the r...