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As historians have gradually come to recognize, the involvement of women was central to the anti-slavery cause in both Britain and the United States. Like their male counterparts, women abolitionists did not all speak with one voice. Among the major...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781668204481Author Evan OsnosFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams) 454gDimensions(mm) 231mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583677704Author Samir AminFormat HardbackPage Count 212Imprint Monthly Review Press,U.S.Publisher Monthly Review Press,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583677742Author Samir AminFormat HardbackPage Count 408Imprint Monthly Review Press,U.S.Publisher Monthly Review Press,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Subversive thought is none other than the cunning of reason when confronted with a social reality in which the poor and miserable are required to sustain the illusion of fictitious wealth. Yet, this subsidy is absolutely necessary in existing society, to...

This engaging work tells the story of democracy through the perspective of tragic drama. It shows how the ancient tales of greatness and its loss point to the potential dangers of democracy then and now. Greek Tragedy dramatized a variety of stories,...

The citizens of Western democracies have been relentlessly propagandized, lied to, and fed a steady diet of distortions and untruths by their media for decades. Editor Michael Walsh brings together a stellar collection of critical thinkers and writers to...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781551643151Author James PolkFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint Black Rose BooksPublisher Black Rose BooksWeight(grams) 618gDimensions(mm) 250mm * 160mm *...

"All we want is to aggrandize our own vainglory at second hand; and the less of real superiority or excellence there is in the person we fix upon as our proxy in this dramatic exhibition, the more easily can we change places with him, and fancy ourselves...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313238017Author James JenningsFormat HardbackPage Count 180Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing PlcWeight(grams) 369g

Crisis of Conservatism? assesses the status of American conservatism--its politics, its allies in the Republican Party, and the struggle for the soul of the conservative movement that became especially acute with the controversial policies of the Bush...

These boldly argued essays describe and analyse key developments in American politics and government in an era when political parties commanded mass loyalties and wielded unprecedented power over government affairs.Reviews'Perhaps the most stimulating...

A hundred and fifty years of conflict. What does that do to a person's soul, to the spirit of a nation? To both the occupied and the occupier?International Booker Prize-winning Israeli novelist David Grossman has spent decades campaigning for peace in...

This book commemorates the tenth anniversary of the Worcester Municipal Research Bureau, a private, non-profit organization which conducts independent, non-partisan research on issues facing Worcester's municipal government. In this book are lectures...

This volume of interviews from the popular online journal Logo, are organized around the critical and interconnected themes of the decline of politics and culture, neo-liberalism and the rise of American imperialism, the crisis in the Middle East and the...

When a progressive college professor runs for the Pennsylvania House of Representatives in a deeply conservative rural district, he loses. That's no surprise. But the story of how Ferrence loses and, more importantly, how American political narratives...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781772442786Author Robert W PassfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint New Road BooksPublisher New Road BooksWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

The presidential election of 2008 ushered in a period of dramatic transformation. For many Americans, this was to become a time of expansionist government and invasive bureaucratic authority. Although reaction to these government initiatives varied,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781619024472Author Wendell BerryFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint CounterpointPublisher Counterpoint

"AN AMERICAN IS NOT ONLY THE INDIVIDUAL WHO MAY FIND ON THESE SHORES A COMPANION IN PROVIDENTIAL IDEALS HOWEVER, IT IS TRULY AND ONLY THESE PROVIDENTIAL IDEALS THAT DEFINE AN AMERICAN! IT IS A PULSE THAT RESONATES WITH THE RHYTHM OF TRUTH IN PEOPLE OF...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781682753392Author Gary HartFormat PaperbackPage Count 130Imprint Fulcrum PublishingPublisher Fulcrum PublishingWeight(grams) 145gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

This volume includes all Dewey's writings for 1938 except for Logic: The Theory of Inquiry (Volume 12 of The Later Works), as well as his 1939 Freedom and Culture, Theory of Valuation, and two items from Intelligence in the Modern World. Freedom and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781941813195Author Jon LauckFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint South Dakota State Historical SocietyPublisher South Dakota State Historical Society

The bureaucracy is the fourth branch of government, often receiving attention in times of emergency or when it is the object of criticism from the media or politicians. Less understood is how bureaucratic institutions function in a democracy, both from...

In this rich and insightful collection of essays, leading anthropologist Ghassan Hage brings together academics across political science, philosophy, anthropology and sociology for an examination into the experience of waiting. What is it to wait? What...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781554813018Author Henry David ThoreauFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Broadview Press LtdPublisher Broadview Press LtdWeight(grams) 230gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583671184Author Leo PanitchFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint Monthly Review Press,U.S.Publisher Monthly Review Press,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583670491Author Leo PanitchFormat PaperbackPage Count 308Imprint Monthly Review Press,U.S.Publisher Monthly Review Press,U.S.

William Morris is perhaps best known today for the beautiful textile designs he created under the banner of Morris & Co, which continue to decorate homes around the globe. As one of the leading lights of British socialism, however, he is less well known,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780063354487Author Hannah ArendtFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 454g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788433964038Author Hans Magnus EnzensbergerFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint AnagramaPublisher AnagramaWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 218mm * 140mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781434463852Author Thomas CarlyleFormat HardbackPage Count 152Imprint Wildside PressPublisher Wildside PressWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

The events of 9/11 exposed and enhanced tensions between globalcapitalism and the nation-state. Governments struggle more than ever togovern populations and manage cross-border traffic without building newbarriers to trade and commerce. What does...

Two generations of students inspired by Harvey Mansfield come together here to demonstrate how their diverse approaches illuminate the topic of the arts of rule and speak to the wide scope of Mansfield's contributions. The essays collected here cover...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553213409Author Alexander HamiltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint Bantam Books IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 261gDimensions(mm)...

Some years-1789, 1929, 1989-change the world suddenly. Or do they? In 2020, a pandemic converged with an economic collapse, inequalities exploded, and institutions weakened. Yet these crises sprang not from new risks but from known dangers. The...

Liberal thinkers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries were alert to the political costs and human cruelties involved in European colonialism, but they also thought that European expansion held out progressive possibilities. In Progress, Pluralism,...

With "Skepticism and Freedom", Richard A. Epstein provides a spirited and systematic defence of classical liberalism against critiques mounted against it over the past 30 years. One of the most distinguished and provocative legal scholars writing today,...

This volumes explores the whole range of Alexis Tocqueville's ideas, from his political, literary and sociological theories to his concept of history, his religious beliefs, and his philosophical doctrines. Among the topics considered are: Tocqueville's...

A fascinating collection of predictions for the end-times in the year 2000 The Year 2000 is at hand. The end of the millennium means many things to many people, but it has significance for almost everyone. A thousand years ago, monks stopped copying...