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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

€ 43.62

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

€ 67.33

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

€ 42.82

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

€ 63.00

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

€ 43.03

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

€ 43.67

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

€ 43.79

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

€ 36.04

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

€ 43.42

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

€ 36.04

Hardcover. The first full-scale, balanced account of President Truman's civil rights policies, tracing how the Missourian outgrew the bigotry of his Jackson County upbringing to become the president who integrated the military and lobbied for key civil rights legislation. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; HBJK; HBLW3; JPHL; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700619115
ISBN
9780700619115
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.71

Hardcover. A dual career biography of Tom and Ramsey Clark and their profound impact on American law and society. For nearly three quarters of a century, they influenced presidents, policies, and legal rulings, during careers that tracked closely with some of the most significant and controversial episodes in American history. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white plates. BIC Classification: BG; JPH; LAQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Univ Pr of Kansas
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700619160
ISBN
9780700619160
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.91

Hardcover. A study of Congress at the crossroads between the New Deal and the postwar era, showing that the wartime political dynamic established the dominant patterns for national politics through the remainder of the century. Reveals that moderates, not conservatives, determined the outcomes in key policy debates and examines how compromises were reached. Num Pages: 376 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBWQ; JPHV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700619177
ISBN
9780700619177
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.91

Hardcover. Tells the story of the life of Thomas Wilson Dorr and his 1842 rebellion that set off a firestorm of debate over the nature of the people's sovereignty in Jacksonian America and foreshadowed the breakup of the national Democratic Party in 1860. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: HBJK; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700619245
ISBN
9780700619245
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.49

Paperback. A thoroughly updated third edition of an urban politics classic. Analyzes the problematic trends facing America's cities and older suburbs and assesses what's needed to put America's urban crisis back on the national agenda. Series: Studies in Government and Public Policy. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JM; JPP; JPV; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700619276
ISBN
9780700619276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.35

Paperback. Third edition of a bestselling work by one of America's top Constitutional scholars. This update includes discussion of presidential actions during the administrations of George W. Bush and Barack Obama and challenges what the author views as their dangerous expansion of executive power. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPHC; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 224 x 25. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of Kansas United States
Edition
3 Revised
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700619313
ISBN
9780700619313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.47

Hardcover. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPA; JPHV; JPR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 41. Weight in Grams: 938.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700619382
ISBN
9780700619382
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.38

Paperback. A clear-headed, deeply researched, and convincing critique of the Warren Commission's investigation into the murder of President John F. Kennedy and its deliberate attempt to deceive the public with its "lone gunman" finding. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JPWL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 169 x 22. Weight in Grams: 696.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700619399
ISBN
9780700619399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.63

Hardcover. The story of Hoover's numerous wartime battles against Axis, American, and British adversaries, and how they transformed the FBI's culture and intelligence gathering capabilities, helps us understand why the Bureau occupies its powerful position in the national security apparatus today. Num Pages: 349 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: HBLW; HBWQ; JPSH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 33. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700619528
ISBN
9780700619528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.61

Hardcover. Provocative study of the 1968 election that pitted Richard Nixon against Hubert Humphrey and convincingly shows how the parties successfully managed a divided government during an era of social and political upheaval. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: JPHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700619634
ISBN
9780700619634
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: JPHC; JPHL; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
6th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700619986
ISBN
9780700619986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.62

Hardcover. A meditation on the chronic conundrums and contradictions in American political culture and its development over the course of four centuries. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; JFC; JPH; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
1 st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700620104
ISBN
9780700620104
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.76

Paperback. Num Pages: 584 pages. BIC Classification: JPHL; LND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700620128
ISBN
9780700620128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.76

Paperback. The first and only book to cover the World War II exploits and contributions of Detachment 101 considered by many to be the forerunner of today's Special Forces in Burma against the Japanese Imperial Army." Series: Modern War Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBWQ; JPSH; JWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700620180
ISBN
9780700620180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.74

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