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"The New World Order: An Economic Global Regime" [1999] by Carlo James, MA Dissertation 8½x5½ pb [10/99] for $19.95 |
  | "The Syndicate: The Story of The Coming World Government" [2004] by Nicholas Hagger O Books 8¾x6 pb [11/2004] for $13.46 |
  | "On Politics and The Art of Acting" [2001] by Arthur Miller [1915-2005] Amazon bargain edition 7x5¼ hardcover [10/2001] for $4.50 Viking 7x5¼ hardcover [10/2001] for $15.00 |
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"The Oxford Dictionary of Political Quotations" [orig 1980; 3rd edition 2006] Edited by Antony Jay Oxford Univ Press 7½x5 pb [2/2007] for $14.00 Oxford Univ Press 9¼x6½ hardcover [3/2006] for $17.86 |
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"A Brief History of Neoliberalism" [2005] by David Harvey Neoliberalism is the doctrine that market exchange is an ethic in itself, capable of acting as a guide for all human action Oxford Univ Press 7½x5 pb [12/2006] for $16.95 Oxford Univ Press 8½x5½ hardcover [8/2005] for $29.95 |
  | "Thinking Politically: Essyas in Political Theory" [2007] Essays by Michael Walzer, Introduction & edited by David Miller Yale Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [11/2007] for $22.80 Michael Walzer entry at Wikipedia |
  | "Thinking Politically: A Liberal In The Age of Ideology" [1997] Interviews with Raymond Aron, edited by Brian Anderson Transaction Publrs 8¾x6 pb [1/97] for $29.95 Raymond Aron [1905-83] entry at Wikipedia |
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"Break Through: From The Death of Environmentalism To The Politics of Possibility" [2007] by Michael Shellenberger & Ted Nordhaus "a new politics for a new century, one focused on aspirations, not complaints, [on] human possibility, not limits" Houghton Mifflin 8½x6 hardcover [10/2007] for $16.50 Break Through Institute website |
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"Beyond A Reasonable Doubt" [2006] Edited by Larry King
The title phrase is nowhere mentioned in the constitution and nowhere defined in our laws; in this book, over 80 influential scholars, attorneys, novelists, journalists, and religious figures discuss, explore, interpret, and define the phrase and its meaning. Phoenix Books 9x6¼ hardcover [11/2006] for $20.40 |
  | "The End of America: Letter of Warning To A Young  ![]() Patriot" [2007] by Naomi Wolf Wolf explains how events of the last six years parallel steps taken in the early years of the XXth Century’s worst dictatorships such as Germany, Russia, China & Chile Chelsea Green 8¼x5¼ pb [9/2007] for $11.16 publisher's bookpage American Freedom Campaign website |
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"Facing Fascism: The Threat To American Democracy In The 21st Century" [2006] by Jerry Sorlucco AuthorHouse 9x5¾ pb [8/2006] for $17.99 AuthorHouse 9x6 hardcover [8/2006] for $28.45 |
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"The Assault On Reason" [2007] by Al Gore, Jr. Penguin Press 9½x6½ hardcover [5/2007] for $15.57 Penguin audio CD [5/2007] for $19.77 |
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"Freedom's Power: The True Force of Liberalism" [2007] by Paul Starr Perseus Books 9¼x6¼ hardcover [4/2007] for $17.16 |
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"The Progressives' Handbook: Get The Facts & Make A Difference Now" [2006] by Heather Wokusch Vol. 1: U.S. Weapons of Mass Destruction, Women's Issues, Education, Mainstream Media BookSurge Publng pb [9/2006] for $15.99 Vol. 2: Elections & Voting, Environment, Foreign Policy BookSurge Publng pb [9/2006] for $15.99 official booksite |
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"Saving Democracy: A Plan For Real Representation In America" [2006] by Kevin O'Leary Stanford Univ Press 9x6 pb [9/2006] for $13.57 Stanford Univ Press 9x6¼ hardcover [9/2006] for $50.00 |
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"Losing Our Democracy: How Bush, The Far Right & Big Business Are Betraying Americans For Power & Profit" [2006] by Mark Green Sourcebooks 9x6¼ hardcover [8/2006] for $18.96 |
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"Diplomacy Lessons: Realism For An Unloved Superpower" [2006] by John Brady Kiesling Perseus Books pb [9/2007] for $13.57  
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"The Broken Branch: How Congress Is Failing America & How To Get It Back On Track" [2006] by Thomas E. Mann & Norman J. Ornstein Oxford Univ Press 8¼x6½ hardcover [6/2006] for $17.16 |
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"10 Steps To Repair American Democracy: An Owners Manual For Concerned Citizens" [2006] by Steven Hill, Foreword by Hendrik Hertzberg PoliPointPress pb [5/2006] for $8.80 publisher book page |
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"American Theocracy: The Peril & Politics of Radical Religion, Oil & Borrowed Money In The 21st Century" [2006] by Kevin Phillips Penguin pb [3/2007] for $10.88  
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"Going Dirty: The Art of Negative Campaigning" [2006] by David Mark Rowman & Littlefield 9x6¼ hardcover [3/2006] for $24.95 |
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"Crashing The Gate: Netroots, Grassroots & The Rise of People-Powered Politics" [2006] by Jerome Armstrong & Markos Moulitsas Zúniga Chelsea Green hardcover [3/2006] for $16.50 |
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"The Left Hand of God: Taking Back Our Country From The Religious Right" [2006] by Rabbi Michael Lerner HarperSFO 7¾x5¼ pb [3/2007] for $10.17  
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"Fundamentalism and American Culture: The Shaping of Twentieth-Century Evangelicalism" [orig 1980, rev 2006] by George M. Marsden Oxford Univ Press 9¼x6¼ pb [2/2006] for $11.02 Oxford Univ Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [2/2006] for $50.00 |
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"The Covenant With Black America" [2006] Edited by Tavis Smiley #1 non-fiction pb per New York Times Book Review (April 2006) Third World Press 9x6½ pb [1/2006] for $7.20 official booksite |
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"Off Center: The Republican Revolution & The Erosion of American Democracy" [2005] by Jacob S. Hacker & Paul Pierson Yale Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [10/2005] for $16.50 publisher's bookpage authors' booksite |
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"Freedom Reclaimed: Rediscovering The American Vision" [2004] by John E. Schwarz Johns Hopkins Univ Press 9x6 hardcover [10/2004] for $30.00 |
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"Common Sense Government: Works Better & Costs Less" [1995] by Al Gore, Jr. Univ Press of the Pacific 11x8¼ pb [5/2005] for $29.50 Random House 8x6 pb [10/95] for $19.00 |
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"Unequal Protection: The Rise of Corporate Dominance & The Theft of Human Rights" [2002] by Thom Hartmann Rodale 8¾x6 pb [4/2004] for $10.85 Rodale 9½x6½ hardcopver [10/2002] for $16.98 |
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"Strong Democracy: Participatory Politics For A New Age" [1984] by Benjamin R. Barber Univ CA Press 9x6 pb [2/2004] for $11.53 Univ CA Press hardcover [6/84] out of print/used |
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"California Rising: The Life & Times of Pat Brown" [2005] by Ethan Rarick Univ CA Press 9¼x6.6 hardcover [1/2005] for $19.77 |
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"Looking Forward To It: Or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying & Love The American Electoral Process" [2004] by Stephen Elliott Picador 8¾x5½ pb [10/2004] for $11.20 author website |
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"Unequal Contest: Bill Langer & His Political Enemies" [2004] by Robert Vogel Langer was a populist leader in North Dakota who fought for economic justice, was impeached as Governor, was re-elected, and then served as a U.S. Senator. Crain Grosinger pb [9/2004] for $17.95 |
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"Multitude: War & Democracy In The Age of Empire" [2004] by Michael Hardt & Antonio Negri sequel to their 2000 book "Empire" below Penguin 8½x5½ pb [7/2005] for $16.00 Penguin 9½x6½ hardcover [8/2004] for $17.61 |
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"Imperial Designs: Neoconservatism & The New Pax Americana" [2004] by Gary Dorrien Routledge 9¼x6 pb [8/2004] for $31.00 |
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"What Would Jefferson Do?" [2004] by Thom Hartmann Three Rivers Press 8x5¼ pb [8/2005] for $11.20 Harmony 8¼x5¾ hardcover [7/2004] out of print/used |
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"The Right Nation: Conservative Power In America" [2004] by John Micklethwait & Adrian Wooldridge Penguin 8½x5½ pb [5/2005] for $10.40 Penguin 9½x6½ hardcover [5/2004] for $16.35 |
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"Freethinkers: A History of American Secularism" [2004] by Susan Jacoby Holt/Owl 8¼x5½ pb [1/2005] for $10.88 Holt/Metropolitan 9¾x6½ hardcover [5/2004] for $17.32 |
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"Rise of The Vulcans: The History of Bush's War Cabinet" [2004] by James Mann Penguin 8½x5½ pb [9/2004] for $10.88 Viking 9.3x6.3 hardcover [3/2004] for $16.35 |
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"The Price of Loyalty: George W. Bush, The White House & The Education of Paul O'Neill" [2004] by Ron Suskind S&S 8½x5½ pb [9/2004] for $10.20 S&S 9½x6.4 hardcover [1/2004] for $16.38 Audioworks ABR audio CD [1/2004] for $18.90 Audioworks ABR audio [1/2004] for $17.16 official booksite "El Precio de la Lealtad: Con una Cierta Mirada" Peninsular pb [5/2004] for $21.90 |
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"A Fierce Discontent: The Rise & Fall of The Progressive Movement in America, 1870-1920" [2003] by Michael McGerr Oxford Univ Press 9¼x6 pb [5/2005] for $13.57 Free Press 9¼x6.3 hardcover [9/2003] for $22.80 |
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"Power Play: The Twentieth-Century Struggle Over Electricity" [2003] by Sharon Beder "Deeply alarming ... Couldn't be timelier, particularly for Californians." – Merle Rubin, Los Angeles Times New Press 9½x6¼ [8/2003] for $18.17 |
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"The Fight Is For Democracy: Winning The War of Ideas In America & The World" [2003] 9 essays; edited by George Packer Perennial 8x5¼ pb [8/2003] for $11.16 |
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"Thieves In High Places: They've Stolen Our Country – And It's Time To Take It Back" [2003] by Jim Hightower Viking Press hardcover [8/2003] for $17.47 author website |
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"Overruling Democracy: The Supreme Court vs. The American People" [2003] by Jamin B. Raskin "[The author] offers a host of proposals to make politics in the United States more democratic and vibrant." — Alexander Keyssar, L.A. Times Book Review Section Routledge 9.4x6¼ hardcover [1/2003] for $19.25 |
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"Outgunned: Up Against The N.R.A. – The First Complete Insider Account of The Battle Over Gun Control" [2002] by Peter Harry Brown & Daniel G. Abel Free Press hardcover [12/2002] for $18.20 |
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"The Democracy Owners' Manual: A Practical Guide To Changing the World" [2002] by Jim Shultz Rutgers Univ Press 9x6 pb [2/2002] for $22.95 Rutgers Univ Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [2/2002] for $59.00 |
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"Our Media, Not Theirs: The Democratic Struggle Against Corporate Media" [2002] by Robert W. McChesney & John Nichols Seven Stories Press 7x5 pb [12/2002] for $9.95 {an expansion of pamphlet "It's The Media, Stupid"} SSP/Open Media 6¾x3¼ pamphlet [6/2000] out of print/used SSP Adobe Reader ebook [6/2000] for $5.00 |
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"Where Have All The Voters Gone?" [2002] by Martin P. Wattenberg Harvard Univ Press 8.4x5½ pb [11/2002] for $18.95 Harvard Univ Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [11/2002] for $39.95 |
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"Why The Left Hates America: Exposing The Lies That Have Obscured Our Nation's Greatness" [2002] by Daniel J. Flynn Unsupported blather from an angry fascist-racist-sexist right-wing Republican — do not buy this book! |
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"The Vanishing Voter: Public Involvement In An Age Of Uncertainty" [2002] by Thomas E. Patterson Knopf 9½x6½ hardcover [9/2002] for $17.50 |
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"The Silent Takeover: Global Capitalism & The Death of Democracy" [2002] by Noreena Hertz "One of the best books of the year" — The Sunday Times of London HarperBusiness 8x5.3 pb [9/2003] for $10.47 Free Press 9½x6¼ hardcover [6/2002] for $17.50 |
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"Perpetual War For Perpetual Peace: How We Got To Be So Hated" [2002] by Gore Vidal Thunder's Mouth Press 7.6x5 pb [3/2002] for $8.00 |
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"Blinded By The Right: The Conscience of An Ex-Conservative" [2002] by David Brock The author participated in the very real 'vast right-wing conspiracy' that sought to bring down the Clinton presidency; this book sets the record straight with much documentary evidence. Crown 9½x6½ hardcover [3/2002] for $18.17 Crown Adobe Reader ebook [4/2002] for $20.00 Crown M/S Reader ebook [4/2002] for $20.00 |
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"Stupid White Men ...and Other Sorry Excuses For The State of The Nation!" [2002] by gadfly filmmaker Michael Moore largest selling non-fiction book in America for 2002 Regan Books 9x5¾ hardcover [2/2002] for $14.97 New Millennium UNABR audio CD [5/2002] for $34.97 New Millennium UNABR audio [5/2002] for $24.47 |
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"Too Close To Call: The Thirty-Six-Day Battle To Decide the 2000 Election" [2001] by Jeffrey Toobin Random House pb [10/2002] for $10.47 Random House 9½x6.4 hardcover [10/2001] for $18.17 |
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"Who Rules America?: Power & Politics" [2001] by G. William Domhoff McGraw-Hill 8¾x6 pb [6/2001] for $37.65 |
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"The Conscience of A Liberal: Reclaiming The Compassionate Agenda" [2001] by Sen. Paul Wellstone Univ of MN Press 8½x5½ pb [10/2002] for $12.57 Random House 8½x5¾ hardcover [5/2001] for $16.77 |
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"Supreme Injustice: How The High Court Hijacked Election 2000" [2001] by Alan M. Dershowitz Oxford Univ Press pb [10/2002] for $10.47 Oxford Univ Press 9½x6.4 hardcover [6/2001] for $17.50 |
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"The Betrayal of America: How The Supreme Court Under- mined The Constitution & Chose Our President" [2001] by Vincent Bugliosi Thunder's Mouth Press 7½x5 pb [5/2001] for $9.95 |
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"Silent Theft: The Private Plunder of Our Common Wealth" [2001] by David Bollier "A tour de force narrative that draws the reader into high alert...." — activist Ralph Nader Routledge 9x6 pb [6/2003] for $12.57 Routledge 9¼x6.3 hardcover [3/2002] for $18.20 |
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"Empire" [2000] by Michael Hardt & Antonio Negri
"an unabashedly utopian work of political philosophy" Harvard Univ Press 9¼x6¼ pb [7/2001] for $17.95 Harvard Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [3/2000] for $45.00 also see their subsequent book "Multitude" at top "Empire's New Clothes: Reading Hardt & Negri" [2003] Edited by Paul A. Passavant & Jodi Dean Routledge 9x6¼ pb [11/2003] for $14.93 Routledge 9¼x6¼ hardcover [11/2003] for $104.95 [sic] |
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"While America Sleeps: Self-Delusion, Military Weakness, & The Threat To Peace" [2000] by historians Donald & Frederick W. Kagan Griffin 9¼x6 pb [11/2001] for $12.57 St. Martin 9¼x6¼ hardcover [9/2000] out of print/used |
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"If The Gods Had Meant Us To Vote, They Would Have Given Us Candidates" [2000] by Jim Hightower Harper 8x5¼ pb [2/2001] for $11.20 HarperCollins hardcover [3/2000] out of print/used author website |
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"The Electoral College Primer 2000" [1999] by Lawrence D. Longley & Neal R. Peirce Yale Univ Press 8¼x5½ pb [9/99] for $18.00 Yale Univ Press 8½x5¾ hardcover [10/99] out of print/used |
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"The Wave Principle of Human Social Behavior & The New Science of Socionomics" [1999] by Robert R. Prechter, Jr. New Classics Library hardcover [6/2002] for $27.30 New Classics Library 9¾x6½ hardcover [3/99] for $40.99 |
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"Achieving Our Country: Leftist Thought In Twentieth-Century America" [1998] by Richard Rorty [1931-2007] Rorty holds that the Critical Left offers few solutions, while the Progressive Left is committed to ongoing pragmatic achievement. Harvard Univ Press 8¼x5¾ pb [9/99] for $10.17 Harvard Univ Press 8¾x6 hardcover [4/98] for $25.00 book entry at Wikipedia |
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"An Economic Theory of Democracy" [1997] by Anthony Downs Addison Wesley 8x5½ pb [1/97] for $60.60 |
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"The Death & Rebirth of American Radicalism" [1996] by Stanley Aronowitz Routledge 9x6 pb [12/96] for $26.95 Routledge 9½x6¼ hardcover [12/96] for $96.99 [!] |
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"Up From Conservatism: Why The Right Is Wrong For America" [1996] by Michael Lind Free Press 8x6 pb [7/97] for $13.00 Free Press 10x6½ hardcover [7/96] out of print/used |
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"The Populist Persuasion: An American History" [1995] by Michael Kazin Cornell Univ Press 9½x6 pb [10/98] for $19.95 Basic Books 9¾x6½ hardcover [2/95] out of print/used author homepage |
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"The Death of Common Sense: How Law Is Suffocating America" [1995] by Philip K. Howard {chairman of Common Good} Warner 8x5¼ pb [3/96] for $11.16 Random House hardcover [1/95] out of print/used Publishing Mills audio [6/96] out of stock/used |
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"Criminal Justice?: The Legal System Versus Individual Responsibility" [14 essays; 1995] Edited by Robert James Bidinotto Fndtn for Economic Educ'n pb [6/95] out of print/used Fndtn for Economic Educ'n hardcover [6/95] out of print/used |
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"The Power Game: How Washington Works" [1988] by journalist Hedrick Smith Ballantine 8¼x5½ pb [9/96] for $11.53 Random House hardcover [2/88] out of print/used |
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"Democracy: Theory and Practice" [1992] by John Arthur Wadsworth 9¼x7½ pb [1/92] out of print/used at Amazon |
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"Why Americans Still Don't Vote: And Why Politicians Want It That Way" [1988] by Frances Fox Piven & Richard A. Cloward Beacon Press pb [rev 9/2000] for $12.60 |
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"The Politics of War: The Story of Two Wars Which Altered Forever The Political Life of The American Republic, 1890-1920" [1979] by Walter Karp Moyer Bell Ltd. 8¼x5¼ pb [11/2003] for $11.86 Harper & Row hardcover [1/79] out of print/used |
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"Culture and Society, 1780-1950" [1966] by Raymond Williams Columbia Univ Press 8¼x5½ pb [4/83] for $30.50 |
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