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Attack Politics: Negativity in Presidential Campaigns since 1960 Secon...
Buell, Emmett H., Sigelman, Lee
Paperback. A study of negativity in presidential campaigns since 1960. It includes a chapter on the 2008 contest between Barack Obama and John McCain. It systematically analyzes negative campaigning and offers an overview of modern presidential races. It is suitable for those interested in the vagaries of those campaigns. Series: Studies in Government and Public Policy. Num Pages: 396 pages, 71 tables, 26 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JMC; JPVL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- 2nd Revised and Updated ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700616800
- ISBN
- 9780700616800
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.69
€ 45.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- 44054th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700616893
- ISBN
- 9780700616893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.50
€ 45.50
Hardcover. Offers a look at how Jimmy Carter alienated his own supporters, why Ted Kennedy ran against him, what the Kennedy campaign has to say about America in the 1970s, and whether or not the 1980 election really was a turning point in electoral history. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPN; JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700617029
- ISBN
- 9780700617029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.56
€ 60.56
Paperback. Organized interests are perennially under fire for distorting public policies. This book explores the development of interest-group politics in the United States through the defining lens of four key advocacy associations in two major and highly contested policy domains, the small business and environmental lobbies. Series: Studies in Government and Public Policy. Num Pages: 236 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700617043
- ISBN
- 9780700617043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28
Hardcover. In 1955, Louis Hartz offered perhaps the most famous interpretation of American history of the second half of the twentieth century in his book "The Liberal Tradition in America". This book considers whether Hartz's analysis should be repudiated or updated and whether a study of America as a 'liberal society' is still a rewarding undertaking. Editor(s): Hulliung, Mark. Series: American Political Thought. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700617081
- ISBN
- 9780700617081
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.22
€ 71.22
Hardcover. A vivid account of one of the most critical elections in American history. Sheds new light on this crucial contest and shows like no other work that the success of the fragile new government under the Constitution was tentative at best." Series: American Presidential Elections. Num Pages: 248 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- 1st edition,
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700617425
- ISBN
- 9780700617425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.56
€ 55.56
Paperback. Tackles the crucial questions about the Founding: Were the Framers motivated by their economic interests; how democratic was their Constitution; should we interpret the Founding using philosophical or strictly historical approaches; and what traditions of political thought were most important to the Founders? Series: American Political Thought. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- 2nd Revised, Expanded ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700617524
- ISBN
- 9780700617524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.58
€ 45.58
Hardcover. The first biography of Pat Nixon in 25 years. Moves beyond the over-simplified appraisals of this oft-misunderstood first lady. Offers a far more complex interpretation than the standard "Plastic Pat" caricature and depicts a complicated, conflicted, but ultimately effective first lady who balanced public responsibilities and private pain. Series: Modern First Ladies. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700617715
- ISBN
- 9780700617715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.35
€ 71.35
Paperback. A fresh interpretation of the disputed presidential election of 1876 between Rutherford Hayes and Samuel Tilden, which was characterized by allegations of election fraud and a narrow victory by a single electoral vote. Many historians consider this election the precursor to the bitterly divisive 2000 Bush-Gore election. Series: American Presidential Elections. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; HBJK; HBLL; JPHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700617876
- ISBN
- 9780700617876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.57
€ 44.57
Paperback. Originally published in hardcover in 2002. Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: JPSH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700617883
- ISBN
- 9780700617883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.88
€ 34.88
Paperback. Hailed as "perhaps the best scholarly overview of the conservative movement in print" (American Conservative), this book depicts, as no other book has, the wild ride of the Republican Right. Newly updated and available for the first time in paperback, it offers the best account of the conservative struggle to reverse the momentum of the New Deal. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: JPFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- 2 Rev Exp
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700617951
- ISBN
- 9780700617951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.88
€ 34.88
Hardcover. Edited and introduced by a leading historian of the Progressive Era, these 113 letters all but a few never before published represent a rare glimpse into the mind of a chief executive speaking candidly about individuals and issues. Opens a new window on Washington early in the twentieth century and on a presidency that was changing with the times." Editor(s): Gould, Lewis L. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; BJ; HBJK; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 673.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700618002
- ISBN
- 9780700618002
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.26
€ 66.26
Paperback. A leading scholar on the Progressive tradition in American politics revisits Theodore Roosevelt's legendary 1912 campaign, which set in motion the rose of mass democracy and the expansion of national administrative power both of which continue to shape American politics almost a century later." Series: American Political Thought. Num Pages: 362 pages. BIC Classification: JPH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700618170
- ISBN
- 9780700618170
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.97
€ 44.97
Paperback. A comprehensive overview that seeks to explain what happened in the 1960s and what happened to how we remember it. Reveals how the mass media have shaped the popular image of a raucous decade in ways that have curtailed its democratic possibilities." Num Pages: 406 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; HBJK; HBLW; JFD; JPHV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700618224
- ISBN
- 9780700618224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.46
€ 45.46
Paperback. An award-winning historian's pathbreaking book uses federal education policy from the Great Society to Reagan's New Morning to demonstrate how innovative policies become entrenched irrespective of who occupies the White House. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: JNL; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700618552
- ISBN
- 9780700618552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.01
€ 46.01
Paperback. A leading political historian explains the enduring significance of the dynamic 1912 election featuring four candidates three with previous White House experience and one a future prison inmate as they dealt with pressing issues such as free trade, the political role of women, and a socialist movement at its apex." Series: American Presidential Elections. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: HBT; JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700618569
- ISBN
- 9780700618569
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.12
€ 38.12
Paperback. Prev. title: Leading from the center, c2008. Num Pages: 360 pages, ill. BIC Classification: BGA; JPHC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Edition
- Second Edition with a new Afterword
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700618835
- ISBN
- 9780700618835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.37
€ 45.37
Paperback. Provides a corrective to the famous but flawed classic, "The Making of the President." Looks closely at the nuts and bolts of the election, and at a candidate whose hard-won victory depended upon hoards of money, an effective organization, television image-making, and LBJ's campaigning in the South." Num Pages: 250 pages, ill. BIC Classification: JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700618873
- ISBN
- 9780700618873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.12
€ 38.12
Paperback. Reveals how Cold War U.S. presidents intervened in Latin America not, as the official argument stated, to protect economic interests or war off perceived national security threats, but rather as a way of responding to questions about strength and credibility both globally and at home. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KL; HBJK; HBLW; JPHC; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700618880
- ISBN
- 9780700618880
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.61
€ 33.61
Paperback. The tragic tale of Iva Ikuku Toguri, an American citizen wrongly convicted of treason fo r allegedly engaging in traitorous acts as World War II's infamous Toyko Rose. Series: Landmark Law Cases and American Society. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; JPVH; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Univ Pr of Kansas
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700619054
- ISBN
- 9780700619054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.28
€ 29.28