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Columbia Studies in Contemporary America Prurient Interests: Gender Democracy and Obscenity in New York City 1909-1945 (Paperback)

Debate about what constitutes obscenity and how--if at all--it should be regulated has been at the center of the culture wars of the past two decades. While literature abounds on the contemporary politics of obscenity there has been little inquiry into... more

Columbia Studies in Contemporary America Law and Order: Street Crime Civil Unrest and the Crisis of Liberalism in the 1960s (Paperback)

Law and Order offers a valuable new study of the political and social history of the 1960s. It presents a sophisticated account of how the issues of street crime and civil unrest enhanced the popularity of conservatives eroded the credibility of... more

Pre-Owned A World Safe for Capitalism: Dollar Diplomacy and America s Rise to Global Power (Paperback 9780231125871) by Professor Cyrus Veeser

9780231125871. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 250. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 250 p. Contains: Illustrations. Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History. A World Safe for Capitalism unravels a... more

Columbia Studies in Contemporary America Jews Against Prejudice: American Jews and the Fight for Civil Liberties (Paperback)

America s dark history of anti-Semitism racism and ethnic bigotry--and many of the efforts to combat such prejudice--has received growing attention in recent years. Yet one of the most important stories in America s struggle to overcome ethnic and... more

Columbia Studies in Contemporary America Jews Against Prejudice: American Jews and the Fight for Civil Liberties (Hardcover)

America s dark history of anti-Semitism racism and ethnic bigotry--and many of the efforts to combat such prejudice--has received growing attention in recent years. Yet one of the most important stories in America s struggle to overcome ethnic and... more

Columbia Studies in Contemporary America Democrats Dilemma: Walter F. Mondale and the Liberal Legacy (Hardcover)

What does Walter Mondale s career reveal about the dilemma of the modern Democtratic party and the crisis of postwar American liberalism? Steven M. Gillon s answer is that Mondale s frustration as Jimmy Carter s vice president and his failure to unseat... more

Columbia Contemporary American Religion New Age and Neopagan Religions in America (Paperback)

From Shirley MacLaine s spiritual biography Out on a Limb to the teenage witches in the film The Craft New Age and Neopagan beliefs have made sensationalistic headlines. In the mid- to late 1990s several important scholarly studies of the New Age and... more

Pre-Owned: The Education of Ronald Reagan: The General Electric Years and the Untold Story of His Conversion to Conservatism (Columbia Studies in Contemporary Am (Paperback 9780231138611 023113861X)

The Education of Ronald Reagan: The General Electric Years and the Untold Story of His Conversion to Conservatism (Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History) ISBN-10 023113861X ISBN-13 9780231138611 Evans Thomas Illustrated edition 320 pages... more

Pre-Owned Herring: Aid To Russia Strategy Diplomacy And Origins Of Cold War (cloth): Strategy Diplomacy the Origins of the Cold War (Columbia Studies in Contemporary Paperback

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Pre-Owned The Politics of Equality: Hubert Humphrey and the African American Freedom Struggle 1945-1978 (Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History) Paperback

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Pre-Owned Tough Liberal: Albert Shanker and the Battles over Schools Unions Race and Democracy (Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History) Paperback

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Contemporary Security Studies Kennedy Johnson and NATO: Britain America and the Dynamics of Alliance 1962-68 (Paperback)

Kennedy Johnson and the Defence of NATO is an incisive reassessment of Anglo-American defence relations which form a crucial part of international security. Andrew Priest closely examines this key relationship by focusing on the so-called Nassau... more

Routledge Studies in Cultural History Cultural Organizations Networks and Mediators in Contemporary Ibero-America (Paperback)

This book proposes an innovative conceptual framework to explore cultural organizations at a multilateral level and cultural mediators as key figures in cultural and institutionalization processes. Specifically it analyzes the role of Ibero-American... more

Soas Studies in Music And We re All Brothers: Singing in Yiddish in Contemporary North America (Paperback)

The dawn of the twenty-first century marked a turning period for American Yiddish culture. The Old World of Yiddish-speaking Eastern Europe was fading from living memory - yet at the same time Yiddish song enjoyed a renaissance of creative interest... more

Palgrave Studies in Prisons and Penology: Prisons Inmates and Governance in Latin America (Paperback)

This edited collection addresses the topic of prison governance which is crucial to our understanding of contemporary prisons in Latin America. It presents social research from Nicaragua the Dominican Republic Venezuela Colombia Ecuador Brazil Peru... more

Routledge Global Popular Music: Made in Latin America: Studies in Popular Music (Paperback)

Made in Latin America serves as a comprehensive introduction to the history sociology and musicology of contemporary Latin American popular music. Each essay written by a leading scholar of Latin American music covers the major figures styles and... more

Oxford Studies in Social and Cultural An Irish America (Paperback)

Few writers have asked how the notion of an Irish-American ethnic identity in contemporary America can be reconciled with five six or seven generations of intermarriage and assimilation over the last century and a half. This study based on interviews... more

Contemporary Language Studies: Demystifying Career Paths After Graduate School: A Guide for Second Language Professionals in Higher Education (Paperback)

This edited book offers concrete information and useful suggestions to graduate students who are seeking employment at institutions of higher education in North America and other parts of the world. This book also targets entry-level faculty members... more

FlashPoints: Cannibal Translation : Literary Reciprocity in Contemporary Latin America (Series #44) (Hardcover)

This bold comparative study demonstrates the creative potential for translations that embrace reciprocity and resist assimilation. Isabel C. Gómez analyzes the creative translation practices of canonical Latin American writers such as Haroldo and... more

Critical Inuit Studies : An Anthology of Contemporary Arctic Ethnography (Paperback)

Over the past decade some of the most innovative work in anthropology and related fields has been done in the Native communities of circumpolar North America. Critical Inuit Studies offers an overview of the current state of Inuit studies by bringing... more

Contemporary Music Studies: Whole World of Music: A Henry Cowell Symposium (Paperback)

It is impossible to contain Henry Cowell within the boundaries of the consistencies of forms styles ensembles and genres of Western art music. John Cage once described Cowell as the open sesame for new music in America. Of the thousand or so works... more

Fra Girolamo Savonarola : A Biographical Study Based on Contemporary Documents (Hardcover)

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United... more

Contemporary Music Studies: Whole World of Music: A Henry Cowell Symposium (Hardcover)

It is impossible to contain Henry Cowell within the boundaries of the consistencies of forms styles ensembles and genres of Western art music. John Cage once described Cowell as the open sesame for new music in America. Of the thousand or so works... more

FlashPoints: Cannibal Translation : Literary Reciprocity in Contemporary Latin America (Series #44) (Paperback)

This bold comparative study demonstrates the creative potential for translations that embrace reciprocity and resist assimilation. Isabel C. Gómez analyzes the creative translation practices of canonical Latin American writers such as Haroldo and... more

Pre-Owned Placing Latin America: Contemporary Themes in Geography Hardcover Jackiewicz Edward L.

9781442212428. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. 2nd ed. Language: English. Pages: 268. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 268 p. Contains: Illustrations. This comprehensive study offers a thematic approach to Latin America focusing on the dynamic... more

Penguin Classics Democracy in America and Two Essays on America (Paperback)

A contemporary study of the early American nation and its evolving democracy from a French aristocrat and sociologist In 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville a young French aristocrat and ambitious civil servant set out from post-revolutionary France on a... more

Pre-Owned China s Transition (Study of the East Asian Institute) Paperback - USED

One of America s preeminent authorities on modern China explores the central issues facing the worlds most populous country. On democracy human rights and the move to integrate China into the international economy; on Mao Zedong s regime and the reform... more

Pre-Owned The Economy of Colonial America (Paperback) 0231049595 9780231049597

This popular study lauded by professors and scholars alike has been diligently revised to reflect the tremendous amount of new research conducted during the last decade and now includes a totally new chapter on women in the economy. Presenting a great... more

Pre-Owned John Mayer - Battle Studies (2009)

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Columbia Studies in Terrorism and Irregu Decoding Al-Qaeda s Strategy: The Deep Battle Against America (Hardcover)

By consulting the work of well-known and obscure al-Qaeda theoreticians Michael W. S. Ryan finds jihadist terrorism strategy has more in common with the principles of Maoist guerrilla warfare than mainstream Islam. Encouraging strategists and... more

Mickiewicz in Music: a Study of the Musical Uses to Which the Poems of Adam Mickiewicz Have Been Put Together With Twenty-five of the Many Songs Written to the Poet s Words From 1827-1947 (Hardcover)

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Pre-Owned Islam in America Second Edition (Columbia Contemporary American Religion Series) Paperback

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Pre-Owned The Fall of the House Roosevelt: Brokers Ideas and Power from FDR to LBJ Columbia Studies in Contemporary American History Hardcover Michael Janeway

In the 1930s and 1940s a band of smart and able young men-Thomas G. Corcoran Benjamin V. Cohen William O. Douglas Abe Fortas and James Rowe-helped Franklin D. Roosevelt build the modern American state and a progressive political coalition that seemed... more

Pre-Owned Protestantism in America (Columbia Contemporary American Religion Series) Paperback

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Columbia Contemporary American Religion (Hardcover): Roman Catholicism in America (Hardcover)

Who are American Catholics and what do they believe and practice? How has American Catholicism influenced and been influenced by American culture and society? This book examines the history of American Catholics from the colonial era to the present... more

Columbia Contemporary American Religion Protestantism in America (Paperback)

As America has become more pluralistic Protestantism with its long roots in American history and culture has hardly remained static. This finely crafted portrait of a remarkably complex group of Christian denominations describes Protestantism s history... more

Columbia Contemporary American Religion Buddhism in America (Hardcover)

Over the past half century in America Buddhism has grown from a transplanted philosophy to a full-fledged religious movement rich in its own practices leaders adherents and institutions. Long favored as an essential guide to this history Buddhism in... more

Pre-Owned Slaughterhouse Blues: The Meat and Poultry Industry in North America (Case Studies on Contemporary Social Issues) Paperback

An expanded second edition of SLAUGHTERHOUSE BLUES: THE MEAT AND POULTRY INDUSTRY IN NORTH AMERICA is now available. The authors a cultural anthropologist and a social geographer draw on three decades of research to present a detailed look at the... more