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Presidential Campaigns
Oxford University Press 2004; US$ 19.99This title unveils the whole history of US presidential elections, from the seamless ascent of General George Washington to the bitterly contested election of George W. Bush. Each chapter contains a brief essay describing an election and presenting "campaign highlights" that bring to life the quadrennial confrontation in all its shame and glory. more...
Americans at the Gate
Princeton University Press 2008; US$ 42.00Unlike the 1930s, when the United States tragically failed to open its doors to Europeans fleeing Nazism, the country admitted over three million refugees during the Cold War. This dramatic reversal gave rise to intense political and cultural battles, pitting refugee advocates against determined opponents who at times successfully slowed admissions.... more...
Speaking of Freedom
Scribner 2009; US$ 19.99Through the lens of more than forty speeches from his presidency, George H. W. Bush takes a special look back on the momentous global events of 1989-1992 -- the fall of the Berlin Wall, the collapse of the Soviet Union, and the liberation of Kuwait, to name a few -- and reminisces about what it was like to be president through such unprecedented times.... more...
Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change
Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010; US$ 134.95Research in Social Movements, Conflicts and Change showcases deeply empirical and often multi-method research by senior and junior scholars alike. Comparative analysis and qualitative case studies push into new territories in this illuminating and important research which seeks to define and advance the multiple fields reflected in the series title. more...
Inside Gitmo
HarperCollins 2009; US$ 19.99The U.S. military detention center at Guantánamo Bay?known to the public as Gitmo?has been called the American Gulag, a scene of medieval horrors where innocent farmers and goat herders swept up in Afghanistan and Iraq have been sequestered, tortured, and abused for years on end without access to legal counsel or basic medical services. Gordon Cucullu,... more...
Full Disclosure
Cambridge University Press 2007; US$ 17.00Full Disclosure is the first analysis of national and international transparency policies. more...
Prostate Annual Report
Harvard Health Publications 2010; US$ 59.00Prostate disorders usually develop after age 50, but some men experience them at a younger age. The three most common conditions are prostatitis, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), and prostate cancer. Although they share some of the same symptoms, they are very different. Treatments vary, too. For example, two men with prostate cancer might opt for... more...
Historical Dictionary of Political Communication in the United States
ABC-CLIO 1999; US$ 101.95Entries in this dictionary focus on the people, organizations, events, and ideas that have been significant in the slightly more than two centuries of political communication in this country. The intent is to highlight those events and ideas that still have significance todayÑthus from the signing of the Declaration of Independence to the threshold... more...
My Fellow Americans
ABC-CLIO 1992; US$ 168.00The presidency, in Theodore Roosevelt's famous words, is a Bully Pulpit. No one has studied the presidency from this vantage point. This book, in a sense, is a study of American political history seen through the prism of selected presidential addresses. It reveals how presidents used major addresses to create a theme for their administrations,... more...
State of the Union
CQ Press, a Division of SAGE 2006; US$ 161.00Through an expansive collection of primary source materials and original, informative introduction and headnotes, State of the Union: Presidential Rhetoric from Woodrow Wilson to George W. Bush explores ways in which modern U.S. presidents have appealed directly to the public and how the public has responded. State of the Union: Presidential Rhetoric... more...









