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Buying the Vote: A History of Campaign Finance Reform
Robert E. Mutch · Oxford University Press; 1 edition
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Are corporations citizens? Is political inequality a necessary aspect of a democracy or something that must be stamped out? These are the questions that have been at the heart of the debate surrounding campaign finance reform for nearly half a century. But as Robert E. Mutch demonstrates... |
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The Victory with No Name: The Native American Defeat of the First American Army
Colin G. Calloway · Oxford University Press; 1 edition
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In 1791, General Arthur St. Clair led the United States army in a campaign to destroy a complex of Indian villages at the Maumee River in northwestern Ohio. Almost within reach of their objective, St. Clair's 1,400 men were attacked by about one thousand Indians. The U.S. force was decimated,... |
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Servants: A Downstairs History of Britain from the Nineteenth Century to Modern Times
Lucy Lethbridge · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover |
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The vividly told lives of British servants and the upper crust they served. From the immense staff running a lavish Edwardian estate and the lonely maid-of-all-work cooking in a cramped middle-class house to the poor child doing chores in a slightly less poor household, servants were essential... |
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Holiday Symbols and Customs
Keith Jones · Omnigraphics Inc
Pages: 1437
Format: Hardcover |
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"Describes the origins of over 365 holidays around the world. Explains where, when, and how each event is celebrated, with detailed information on the symbols and customs associated with the holiday. Includes contact information and web sites for related organizations"-- |
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The New Digital Age: Reshaping the Future of People, Nations and Business
Eric Schmidt · Knopf; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover |
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In an unparalleled collaboration, two leading global thinkers in technology and foreign affairs give us their widely anticipated, transformational vision of the future: a world where everyone is connected—a world full of challenges and benefits that are ours to meet and to harness.... |
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The War Within: Israel's Ultra-Orthodox Threat to Democracy and the Nation
Yuval Elizur · Overlook Hardcover
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In recent years there has been a war raging within Israel -- but not the interminable conflict between the Israelis and Palestinians, as one might assume. For many Israelis, it is the internecine conflict with the ultra-orthodox Haredim that impacts their lives the most. The majority of Haredim... |
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The Great War: A Combat History of the First World War
Peter Hart · Oxford University Press |
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Named one of the Ten Best Books of 2013 by The EconomistWorld War I altered the landscape of the modern world in every conceivable arena. Millions died; empires collapsed; new ideologies and political movements arose; poison gas, warplanes, tanks, submarines, and other technologies appeared.... |
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How to Write Anything: A Complete Guide
Laura Brown · W W Norton
Pages: 596
Format: Hardcover |
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A practical guide to everything you'll ever need to write -- at work, at school, and in your personal life. With more than two hundred how-to entries and easy-to-use models organized into three comprehensive sections on work, school, and personal life, How to Write Anything covers a wide... |
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What Philosophy Can Do
Gary Gutting · W. W. Norton & Company
Pages: 320
Format: Hardcover |
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A leading American philosopher brings the tools of his trade to contentious contemporary debates.How can we have meaningful debates with political opponents? How can we distinguish reliable science from over-hyped media reports? How can we talk sensibly about God?In What Philosophy Can Do, Gary... |
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In the Balance: Law and Politics on the Roberts Court
Mark Tushnet · W. W. Norton & Company; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover |
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An examination of the initial years of the Roberts Court and the intellectual battle between Roberts and Kagan for leadership. When John Roberts was appointed chief justice of the Supreme Court, he said he would act as an umpire. Instead, his Court is reshaping legal precedent through decisions... |
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Rendez-vous with Art
Martin Gayford · Thames & Hudson; 1 edition
Format: Hardcover |
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The fruits of a lifetime of experience by a cultural colossus, Philippe de Montebello, the longest-serving director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in its history, distilled in conversations with an acclaimed critic Beginning with a fragment of yellow jasper -- all that is left of the face... |
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Wounded: A New History of the Western Front in World War I
E R Mayhew · Oxford University Press
Pages: 275
Format: Hardcover |
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The number of soldiers wounded in World War I is, in itself, devastating: over 21 million military wounded, and nearly 10 million killed. On the battlefield, the injuries were shocking, unlike anything those in the medical field had ever witnessed. The bullets hit fast and hard, went deep... |
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