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Classic Books On Political Science

	"Locke: Two Treatises of Government" [1690 classic] by John Locke [1632-1704]; Edited by Mark Goldie [1991] Tuttle/Everyman 7¾x5 pb [9/91] for $8.95 Kessinger/Everyman 11x8¼ pb [6/2004] for $10.95 Edited by Peter Laslett [1960] Cambridge Univ Press 8½x5½ pb [10/88] for $11.00 Cambridge Univ 8¾x6 hardcover [12/67] for $110.00 {sic}
	"On Liberty" [1859 classic] by John Stuart Mill [1806-73] Penguin 7¾x5 pb [2/75] for $9.95 Digireads 9x6 pb [1/2005] for $4.99 BN Publng audio CD [10/2005] for $19.99 Edition by David Bromwich & George Kateb [2003] Yale Univ Press 8¼x5½ pb [1/2003] for $12.95 Yale Univ Press 11x6½ hardcover [1/2003] for $27.50
	"Essays In The History of Liberty" [1877] by Lord Acton, edited by J. Rufus Fears Liberty Fund 8¾x6 pb [9/85] for $13.78 Liberty Fund 9¼x6¼ hardcover [9/85] for $22.80 "The History Of Freedom and Other Essays" [1907] by Lord Acton Obscure Press 8½x5½ pb [2/2006] for $34.95 Cosimo Classics 7¾x5 pb [8/2005] for $27.95 Ayer Co. Publng hardcover [orig 1907] for $31.95 John Emerich Edward Dalberg, Lord Acton [1834-1902] Wikipedia entry • Acton Institute [est. 1990]
	"Democracy and Education" [1916 classic] by John Dewey [1859-1952] For Dewey, democracy and education were both the means and end for the building of a good and just progressive society. Digireads 9x6 pb [1/2005] for $9.49 Dover 8½x5½ pb [4/2004] for $10.36 Free Press 8¼x5½ pb [2/97] for $16.95
	"It Is Later Than You Think: The Need For A Militant Democracy" [orig 1938, revised 1943] by Max Lerner [1902-1992] Transaction Publrs hardcover [1/89] for $39.95
	"Ideas Are Weapons: The History & Uses of Ideas" [1939 classic] by Max Lerner [1902-1992] Transaction Publrs 9¼x6¼ pb [1/91] for $34.95
	"Reveille For Radicals" [1946 classic; revised 1969] by Saul D. Alinsky [1909-72] Vintage 8¼x5¼ pb [10/89] for $13.60
	"The American Political Tradition & The Men Who Made It" [Knopf 1948 classic] by Richard Hofstadter [1916-70] Vintage 8¼x5¼ pb [4/89] for $9.72 A.C.L.S. 9x6 hardcover [12/99] for $45.00 2006 Hofstadter bio by David S. Brown Hofstadter entry at Wikipedia
	"The Origins of Totalitarianism" [1951 classic, rev 1973] by Hannah Arendt [1906-75] "Generally regarded as the definitive work on totalitarianism." Harvest Books 8x5½ pb [3/73] for $12.35 Schocken 9½x6½ hardcover [4/2004] for $22.05 book entry at Wikipedia
	"The Genius of American Politics" [1953 classic] by Daniel J. Boorstin Univ of Chicago Press 8x5.3 pb [6/53] for $19.00 Univ of Chicago press hardcover [6/53] out of print/used
	"The Conservative Mind: From Burke To Eliot" [orig 1953, rev 1986] by Russell Kirk [1918-94] Regnery 9x6 7th edition pb [11/2001] for $12.97 Regnery 9¼x6½ 7th edition hardcover [9/86] out of print/used Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal
	"Liberal Tradition In America: An Interpretation of American Political Thought Since The Revolution" [1955 classic] by Louis Hartz Harcourt 8x5¼ pb [5/91] for $10.40
	"Man, The State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis" [1959 classic] by Kenneth N. Waltz Columbia Univ Press 8x5¼ pb [4/2001] for $26.00
	"The Image: A Guide To Pseudo-Events In America" [1962 classic] by Daniel J. Boorstin Vintage 8x5¼ pb [9/92] for $10.47 Vintage pb [11/71] out of print/many used Peter Smith Publng hardcover [12/84] out of print/used Blackstone audio [8/97] 7 tapes for $49.95
	"On Revolution" [1963] by Hannah Arendt [1906-75] Penguin Classics pb [9/2006] for $10.40 Penguin Classics 7¾x5 pb [2/91] for $10.40 Greenwood Press 8¾x5¾ hardcover [10/82] for $94.94 [sic]
	"The Active Society: A Theory of Societal & Political Processes" [1968 classic] by Amitai Etzioni "The modern sociological classic that Etzioni considers his most important sociological work, [which] extends the analysis of effective government to the broader theoretical question of how and under what circumstances society can transform itself. In this context, [it] examines the respective roles of societal knowledge, strategy and decision making, consensus building, mobilization, coalition building, and basic human needs ... [weaving] together rich and complex social theory ... with the more universally accessible message that the people’s lives could be much improved by the systematic application of sociological theory and method to deliberate societal change." — Richard M. Coughlin, University of New Mexico Free Press hardcover [3/68] out of print/used Free Press pb [3/71] out of print/used
	"The Creation of The American Republic, 1776-1787" [1969] by Gordon S. Wood "One of the half dozen most important books ever written about the American Revolution." — The New York Times Book Review Univ NC Press 9x6 pb [4/98] for $19.95 Univ NC Press 9½x6½ hardcover [4/98] for $55.00
	"Rules For Radicals: A Pragmatic Primer For Realistic Radicals" [1971 classic] by Saul D. Alinsky [1909-72] Vintage 8x5 pb [10/89] for $9.60 Random House hardcover [5/71] out of print/used
	"Impeachment: A Handbook" [1974 classic] by Charles L. Black, Jr. [1915-2001] Foreward by Akhil Reed Amar of Yale Yale Univ Press 8¼x5¼ hardcover [10/98] for $27.00 Yale Univ Press 8x5 pb [10/98] for $11.95
	"The Conservative Intellectual Movement In America Since 1945" [1976 classic] by George H. Nash I.S.I. 9x6 pb [4/98] for $22.05 I.S.I. hardcover [12/96] for $15.72 publisher Intercollegiate Studies Institute [est. 1953]
	"The Populist Moment: A Short History of The Agrarian Revolt In America" [1978 abridged version of 'Democratic Promise'] Oxford Univ Press 8x5¼ pb [10/78] for $17.95 Oxford Univ Press 8½x6 hardcover [10/78] out of print/used "Democratic Promise: The Populist Moment in America" [1976 classic] by Lawrence Goodwyn Oxford Univ Press 9½x6½ hardcover [6/76] out of print/rare
	"Theory of International Politics" [1979 classic] by Kenneth N. Waltz McGraw-Hill 9¼x6½ pb [1/79] for $79.06
	"The Virtue of Civility: Selected Essays On Liberalism, Tradition & Civil Society" [1997] by Edward Albert Shils, edited by Steven Grosby recommended by Tony Hillerman Liberty Fund 9¼x6¼ pb [7/97] for $11.99 Liberty Fund 9¾x6½ hardcover [7/97] for $19.99
	"The Collapse of Complex Societies" [1988] by Joseph Tainter Cambridge Univ Press 9¾x7 pb [3/90] for $29.59 Cambridge Univ Press hardcover [5/88] out of print/rare
	"Post-Capitalist Society" [1993 bestseller] by Peter F. Drucker [1909-2005] Collins 8x5¼ pb [4/94] for $11.70 HarperCollins 9½x5½ hardcover [4/93] out of print/used
	"A People's History of The United States: 1492 - Present" [1999] by Howard Zinn Perennial Classics 8x5¼ pb [4/2003] for $13.26 HarperCollins 9½x6½ hardcover [rev 2/2003] for $24.45 "A People's History of the United States CD: Highlights From The 20th Century", narrated by Matt Damon HarperAudio audio CD [2/2003] for $20.37 HarperAudio ABR audio [12/99] for $17.65
	"The U.S. Constitution: And Fascinating Facts About It" [1999] by Terry L. Jordan Oak Hill 6¼x3.4 pamphlet [5/99] for $4.94

Political Science Documentary Films

	"The Power of Nightmares: The Rise of The Politics of Fear" [BBC2 documentary Aug 2004] Written & directed by Adam Curtis BN Publng CD-ROM [9/2005] for $19.99 BN Publng video CD-ROM [11/2005] for $19.95 feature DVD [11/2005] for $39.99 full credits at IMDb • B.B.C. News webpage
	"The Corporation" [docu feature Jan 2004] Co-directed by Jennifer Abbott & Mark Achbar; co-written by Harold Crooks from Joel Bakan's book; interviewees include Noam Chomsky, Peter Drucker, Milton Freidman, Ray Anderson & Michael Moore Zeitgeist color DVD [4/2005] 2 disks for $20.99 official movie website • full credits from IMDb
	"The Corporation: The Pathological Pursuit of Profit & Power" [2004] by Joel Bakan Free Press 9¼x6¼ hardcover [3/2004] for $17.00
	"Understanding Government Boxed Set: Executive Branch, Legislative Branch, Judicial Branch" [2000] Goldhil color VHS [10/2000] 3 tapes for $59.95

Magazines

"The Progressive" Magazine [est. 1909] The mission of The Progressive is to be a journalistic voice for peace and social justice at home and abroad. The magazine, its affiliates, and its staff steadfastly oppose militarism, the concentration of power in corporate hands, the disenfranchisement of the citizenry, poverty, and prejudice in all its guises. We champion peace, social and economic justice, civil rights, civil liberties, human rights, a preserved environment, and a reinvigorated democracy. subscription: 12/issues/year for $32.00

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