The Post-American World

This volume describes the many ways presidential actions have affected the development of capitalism in the post-World War II era. Contributors sho...

Reducere. By presenting a new political framework, the book looks at the sci-fi film genre's important critical role in a post-political world, deepening and...

Reducere. "Born in Tashkent, raised in Moscow and New York City, an editor in Odessa, a correspondent in Paris, there seems nowhere Davidzon hasn't been, no ...

DescriptionVictory Without Peace concentrates on the U.S. Navy in European and Near Eastern waters during the post-World War I era. As participants...

The Haunted States of America: Gothic Regionalism in Post-war American fiction focuses on existing regional Gothic strains to examine how the anxie...

Reducere. The collapse of the Soviet Union ushered in American global hegemony in world affairs. In the post-Cold War period, both Democrat and Republican go...

Reducere. DescriptionYoga and meditation have a proven track record of lowering stress levels, helping to treat mental health issues such as depression and p...

Reducere. Why Containment Works examines the conduct of American foreign policy during and after the Cold War through the lens of applied policy analysis. Wa...

Description Focusing on the decade following 9/11, this critical analysis examines the various portrayals of Muslims in American cinema. Compariso...

Reducere. The Concise New Partridge Dictionary of Slang and Unconventional English presents all the slang terms from The New Partridge Dictionary of Slang an...

DescriptionIn 1941 the magazine publishing titan Henry R. Luce urged the nation's leaders to create an American Century. But in the post-World-War-...

Reducere. In one of the most remarkable artistic pilgrimages in history, the nineteenth century saw scores of Western artists heading to the Middle East. Ins...

Reducere. STEVE HOLLAND: The World's Greatest Illustration Art Model is a visual celebration of the career of the most iconic male model whose face and form ...

The Greek Civil War (1946-1949) was one of the few instances in the post-World War II era of a clear-cut and permanent victory by right-wing govern...

Reducere. The untold story of the post-war battle for Adolf Hitler's giant Volkswagen factory and the Porsche-designed car that became an icon for generation...

Reducere. Examines how the Irish American community, the American public, and the American government played a crucial role in the making of a sovereign inde...

Reducere. In the aftermath of World War II, American policymakers turned to the task of rebuilding Europe while keeping communism at bay. In Germany, formall...

Reducere. Eye movement desensitization and reprocessing therapy (EMDR) is a unique, empirically validated approach that is recommended by the World Health Or...

Reducere. Equality is a fundamental American value. The nation's Declaration of Independence declared equality as a self-evident foundation for political lif...

The disastrous Buffalo Creek Treaty of 1838 called for the Senecas' removal to Kansas (then part of the Indian Territory). From this low point, the...

Reducere. African American Cinema through Black Lives Consciousness uses critical race theory to discuss American films that embrace contemporary issues of r...

DescriptionAfrica finds itself at the centre stage of world politics in the twenty-first century. To truly determine its rising influence and role ...

Reducere. Guard of Honor is a neglected masterpiece that stands comparison with the greatest novels of the Second World War--essayist Noel Perrin deemed it "...

Reducere. Born in Tashkent, raised in Moscow and New York City, an editor in Odessa, a correspondent in Paris, there seems nowhere Davidzon hasn't been, no o...

Reducere. Exiled Emissary is a biography of the colorful life of George H. Earle, III - a Main Line Philadelphia millionaire, war hero awarded the Navy Cross...

Reducere. This penetrating book sheds light on the psychology of fundamentalism, with a particular focus on those who become extremists and fanatics. What ac...

DescriptionDuring World War I, American army camps, navy stations and marine barracks formed football's first true all-star teams, competing agains...

How can we define "Judaism, " and what are the common threads uniting ancient rabbis, Maimonides, the authors of the Zohar, and modern secular Jews...

Reducere. Forty years after the destruction of civilization...man is reduced to salvaging the ruins of a broken world. One man's most prized possession is an...

Reducere. DescriptionSurfing today evokes many things: thundering waves, warm beaches, bikinis and lifeguards, and carefree pleasure. But is the story of sur...

Reducere. DescriptionThis book maps how American Methodists have responded to sexual change since World War II. It argues that the current United Methodist i...

DescriptionHow Black women in the spotlight negotiate the post-racial gaze of Hollywood and beyond From Oprah Winfrey, Michelle Obama, and Shonda R...

George H. and Constance M. Hilton Book Award Celebrated in history and song, the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company--the Rock Island...

Reducere. The world's best tractor salesman is back in this second installment of Alexander Botts and the Earthworm Tractor. In this series of humorous short...

Reducere. There's more than one way to fight the Civil War. The 1863 Battle of Gettysburg resulted in horrific slaughter that ultimately ended the Confederat...

Reducere. The collapse of the Soviet Union ushered in American global hegemony in world affairs. In the post-Cold War period, both Democrat and Republican go...

This book honors Cornelia Bodea, academician, scholar, professor, teacher, and, above all, friend and colleague to three generations of American an...

Reducere. DescriptionThere was a time when Wyoming and other Rocky Mountain and midwestern states were as likely to elect a liberal Democrat to Congress as t...

Reducere. In the post--World War II era, Louisiana's coastal wetlands underwent an industrial transformation that placed the region at the center of America'...

How productivity culture and technology became emblematic of the American economic system in pre- and postwar Germany.The concept of productivity o...

Reducere. Hawaii Nei brings together three plays by one of Hawaii's finest playwrights. A compassionate portrait of early nineteenth- century Hawaii, The Con...

"American Time Bomb is a vital read for this moment. " --Heather Ann Thompson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Blood in the Water: The Attica ...

Ranging from Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson to Henry Kissinger, Ronald Reagan, and James Baker, America in the World t...

DescriptionCritical Praise for Gene Smith On Until the Last Trumpet Sounds ""The best recent compact study of the commander of the American Expedit...

Reducere. "Cullen's strength comes from his understanding of how the different strands of American society intertwine in imaginative, unpredictable ways ... ...

Reducere. "My Christian faith taught me always to fight hard but only to fight back with the truth. Sadly, I learned that the opposition to Judeo-Christian f...

Reducere. Flying Camelot brings us back to the post-Vietnam era, when the US Air Force launched two new, state-of-the art fighter aircraft: the F-15 Eagle an...

Reducere. Most fort histories end when the military lowers the flag for the last time and the soldiers march out. In contrast, Fort Robinson--occupied and us...

Reducere. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - This thrilling novel kicks off what Stephen King calls "a trilogy that will stand as one of the great achievements in A...

Reducere. On June 25, 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court heard the case Adoptive Couple vs. Baby Girl, which pitted adoptive parents Matt and Melanie Capobianco ag...

Reducere. At the confluence of the Arkansas River and Fountain Creek, Native Americans were the first to inhabit Pueblo and its surroundings. Pueblo means vi...

Reducere. Established outside Columbus, Georgia in October 1918 by the United States Army as Camp Benning, the base was moved to its permanent location, nine...

Reducere. Located near the Palmetto State's historic city of Beaufort, the United States Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Parris Island, South Carolina is one of ...

Reducere. With unprecedented scope and consummate skill, Norman Mailer unfolds a rich and riveting epic of an American spy. Harry Hubbard is the son and gods...

Reducere. From a prize-winning journalist and the co-author of the best-selling Zahra's Paradise, a sweeping graphic history of electronic surveillance from ...

Claiming Belonging dives deep into the lives of Muslim American advocacy groups in the post-9/11 era, asking how they form and function within thei...

Reducere. DescriptionThe life of John Marshall, Founding Father and America's premier chief justice In 1801, a genial and brilliant Revolutionary War veteran...

Reducere. With a new preface by the author Controversial in nature, this book demonstrates that the United States did not need to use the atomic bomb against...

Reducere. This authoritative and readable survey is a comprehensive historical overview of federal taxation and fiscal policy in the United States, extending...

DescriptionWhile reporting on citizens fighting natural gas pipelines and transmission lines planned to cut right across their homes, Howard Mansfi...

Reducere. A remarkable collection of deeply felt writings on the experience of studying the embodied spiritual discipline of Bharata Natyam, the Classical Da...

In July 2004, federal agents raided the homes of five Palestinian-American families, arresting the five dads. The first trial of the ``Holy Land Fo...

Reducere. This volume will collect the second half of Gilbert Hernandez's acclaimed magical-realist tales of "Palomar, " the small Central American town, beg...

This intelligence guide was prepared in response to requests from law enforcement executives for guidance in intelligence functions in a post-Septe...

Analyzing how tennis turned pro The arrival of the Open era in 1968 was a watershed in the history of tennis--the year that marked its advent as a ...

Reducere. A WASHINGTON POST BOOK WORLD NOTABLE BOOK After the American Revolution, the British Empire appeared to be doomed. Yet it grew to become the greate...

Reducere. Vivid character-driven narrative, fused with important new economic and political reporting and research, that busts the myths about middle class d...

Side A: 1. The Threat Is Real 4: 212. Dystopia 4: 583. Fatal Illusion 4: 154. Death From Within 4: 475. Bullet To The Brain 4: 29Side B: 1. Post Am...

Carter and Ralph Stanley--the Stanley Brothers--are comparable to Bill Monroe and Flatt & Scruggs as important members of the earliest generation o...

Reducere. An Asian American immigrant's journey from poverty in India to the heights of the medical profession in America--and the faith that made his accomp...