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Paperback. Fred I Greenstein has long been one of our keenest observers of the modern presidency. This book provides an account of the presidential qualities that have served well and poorly in the Oval Office, beginning with Franklin D Roosevelt's first hundred days. Num Pages: 344 pages, 13 halftones. 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; HBLX; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691143835
- ISBN
- 9780691143835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.13
€ 43.99
€ 31.13
Hardback. The sprawling nominating process is the critical first step every four years in the election of the president. This work shows how the nominating process works, how that compares to other countries, and how it might be changed to give a more meaningful voice to a much larger number of voters. Series: American Political Challenges. Num Pages: 184 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JPHF; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 180 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742525931
- ISBN
- 9780742525931
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.39
€ 142.39
Paperback. The sprawling nominating process is the critical first step every four years in the election of the president. This work shows how the nominating process works, how that compares to other countries, and how it might be changed to give a more meaningful voice to a much larger number of voters. Series: American Political Challenges. Num Pages: 184 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTB; JPHF; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742525948
- ISBN
- 9780742525948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.00
€ 63.00
Hardcover. Blending history, law, and politics, this book provides a look at the application and scrutiny of president's use of the clemency power. It assesses whether independent counsel investigations and special prosecutors have prompted the executive to use the pardon as a weapon in interbranch political warfare. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700616466
- ISBN
- 9780700616466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.39
€ 70.39
Hardcover. This is presidential power in its rawest form, revealed alongside the private vulnerabilities of the world's most public man. Editor(s): Germany, Kent B.; Johnson, Robert David; McKee, Guian A.; Holland, Max; Shreve, David. Series Editor(s): May, Ernest. Series: The Presidential Recordings. Num Pages: 3536 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 168 x 150. Weight in Grams: 4320.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- Three-volume slipcased set
- Number of pages
- 3536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393062861
- ISBN
- 9780393062861
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.35€ 153.27
€ 165.35
€ 153.27
Hardcover. This is presidential power in its rawest form, revealed alongside the private vulnerabilities of the world's most public man. Editor(s): Coleman, David. Num Pages: 1728 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Box
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393081244
- ISBN
- 9780393081244
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.55€ 132.04
€ 141.55
€ 132.04
Hardcover. Num Pages: 672 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; JPHL; LAZ; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 241 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1262.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479839902
- ISBN
- 9781479839902
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.76
€ 47.76
Paperback. Explores the history of the world's greatest elective office and the role each incumbent has played in changing the scope of its powers. Using individual presidential portraits of each of the presidents, this title asks, and answers, a variety of crucial questions about each President. Num Pages: 976 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLW; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 42. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 976
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141042459
- ISBN
- 9780141042459
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.35
€ 26.99
€ 20.35
Paperback. Now in Paperback, the New York Times Bestseller that tells the story of the Civil War's record number of living former and current presidents, and how the ex-Presidents' Club-for and against Abraham Lincoln (but mostly against)-maneuvered, seceded, plotted, advised, and aided during the Civil War while Lincoln navigated the minefield they created. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 142 x 26. Weight in Grams: 33.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493009541
- ISBN
- 9781493009541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.50
€ 20.99
€ 17.50
Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 46 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Edition
- No Additional Printings Listed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781493011926
- ISBN
- 9781493011926
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.92
€ 30.99
€ 26.92
Hardback. Num Pages: 228 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; GTC; JPQ; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 190 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231070645
- ISBN
- 9780231070645
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.89€ 62.72
€ 80.89
€ 62.72
Hardback. Focuses on the relationship between political processes and macroeconomic consequences, especially in the area of monetary policy. Num Pages: 372 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCBM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792393009
- ISBN
- 9780792393009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.68
€ 201.68
Hardback. Provides statistical evidence on when the Administration tried to influence monetary policy and when the Federal Reserve did and did not respond. This book provides the statistical evidence on why the Federal Reserve behaved the way it did. Num Pages: 381 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; KCBM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 381
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792395614
- ISBN
- 9780792395614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 257.23
€ 257.23
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408123119
- ISBN
- 9781408123119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.78
€ 21.78
Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; BGH; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611470604
- ISBN
- 9781611470604
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.91
€ 161.91
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813569789
- ISBN
- 9780813569789
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.95
€ 44.99
€ 39.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JHB; LBBC; LNHD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9781479828807
- ISBN
- 9781479828807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
By the 1920s, a variety of "corporate stateshad proliferated across the nation, each shaped by a particular mix of taxation and public services, each offering a case study in how the business of America, as President Calvin Coolidge put it, became business. Series: Reconfiguring American Political History. Num Pages: 184 pages, 45, 45 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW; JPQB; KCP; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801870545
- ISBN
- 9780801870545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.95
€ 61.95
Paperback. Presents the conceptual difficulties involved in the project of racial reconciliation by a comparative analysis of South African Truth and Reconciliation and the demand for reparations in the United States. Series: Politics of Race & Ethnicity S. Num Pages: 264 pages, 10 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFSL; JPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472033805
- ISBN
- 9780472033805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.79
€ 32.99
€ 29.79
Paperback. In The Price of the Ticket, Fred Harris contends that Obama's success has, in reality, exacted a negative price. His victory has not only utterly transformed the forms of black politics that emerged in the 1960s and which laid the foundation for his eventual ascendance, Harris claims-it has profoundly weakened them. Series: Transgressing Boundaries: Studies in Black Politics and Black Communities. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; JFSL3; JP; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199325238
- ISBN
- 9780199325238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99
€ 42.99
Paperback. Documents the uneasy place Jews have held in America's racial culture since the late nineteenth century. This book traces Jews' often tumultuous encounter with race from the 1870s through World War II, when they became vested as part of America's white mainstream and abandoned the practice of describing themselves in racial terms. Num Pages: 320 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFFJ; JFSL; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691136318
- ISBN
- 9780691136318
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.19
€ 43.99
€ 31.19
Paperback. Under the 60-year dictatorship of General Alfredo Stroessner's Colorado party, wealth and power became concentrated in the hands of a small few; until elections in 2008 broke the party's hold on the country. This book tells the story of how Fernando Lugo, a bishop from a deprived diocese, swept to victory and what this means for his country. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KL; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848133136
- ISBN
- 9781848133136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.28
€ 46.99
€ 39.28
paperback. Series: American & European Philosophy S. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPC; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780271020266
- ISBN
- 9780271020266
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.21
€ 48.21
Paperback. Television drama and the rhetoric of U.S. cultural identity Num Pages: 248 pages, 10 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252073120
- ISBN
- 9780252073120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.98
€ 32.99
€ 29.98