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  • Nations, States and Empires

    by John A. Hall ...
    In his new book John A. Hall traces the interactions between nations, states and empires in the making of the modern world.It is commonly assumed that nation states succeeded and replaced empires, relegating empires to the past: Hall argues that this is not the case. Empires have continued alongside nation states, shadowing them and overseeing them in the industrial era. The two world wars were ... Read more

    $18.00 USD

  • The Great Strike on the "Q"

    Enriched edition. Revealing the Railway Workers' Rebellion

    by John A. Hall, April Lane ...
    In "The Great Strike on the 'Q,'" John A. Hall intricately weaves a narrative that chronicles the labor unrest surrounding the railway sector during a crucial period in American history. The book employs a blend of vivid storytelling and rigorous analysis, illustrating the socio-economic conditions that led to widespread strikes. Hall deftly juxtaposes personal narratives with larger historical ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • International Institutions and Power Politics

    Bridging the Divide

    by Anders Wivel, T.V. Paul, J. Samuel Barkin, Patricia Weitsman, Norrin M. Ripsman, Georg Sørensen, Ben Rosamond, Austin Carson, Alexander Thompson0, Stacie Goddard1, Brad Nicholson2, Sarah-Myriam Martin-Brûlé3, Lou Pingeot4, Vincent Pouliot5, John A. Hall6, Frédéric Mérand7, Annette Freyberg-Inan8, Daniel H. Nexon9, Steven E. Lobell0 ...
    This book moves scholarly debates beyond the old question of whether or not international institutions matter in order to examine how they matter, even in a world of power politics. Power politics and international institutions are often studied as two separate domains, but this is in need of rethinking because today most states strategically use institutions to further their interests. Anders ... Read more

    $53.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • What Capitalism Needs

    Forgotten Lessons of Great Economists

    by John L. Campbell, John A. Hall ...
    From unemployment to Brexit to climate change, capitalism is in trouble and ill-prepared to cope with the challenges of the coming decades. How did we get here? While contemporary economists and policymakers tend to ignore the political and social dimensions of capitalism, some of the great economists of the past - Adam Smith, Friedrich List, John Maynard Keynes, Joseph Schumpeter, Karl Polanyi ... Read more

    $22.19 USD

  • England and the Orleans Monarchy

    by Major John A. Hall ...
    In this volume the story is told of the first entente cordiale and of the circumstances which led to its disruption. The questions which occupied the attention of the French and the British governments at that period have now passed into the domain of history. The resentment evoked by the Egyptian crisis of 1840 and the controversies raised by the Spanish marriages has died away. The attitude ... Read more

    $6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Great Strike on the "Q"

    by John A. Hall ...
    "The Great Strike on the 'Q'" by John A. Hall delves into the tumultuous events surrounding a significant labor strike that shook the foundations of the transportation industry. Hall meticulously chronicles the struggles of workers as they fought for better wages and working conditions, highlighting the social and economic factors that fueled their discontent. Through vivid storytelling and in ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The History of American Strikes: 3 Classic Books

    The Great Steel Strike and its Lessons, 30,000 Locked Out: The Great Strike of the Building Trades in Chicago, etc.

    by William Z. Foster, John A. Hall, James C. Beeks ...
    The History of American Strikes: 3 Classic Books is a seminal anthology that traverses the evolution of labor movements in the United States through three profound works. This collection delves into the varied forms of resistance employed by American workers, capturing the ethos of different eras through diverse narrative styles, from riveting firsthand accounts to incisive historical analyses. It ... Read more

    $1.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Paradox of Vulnerability

    States, Nationalism, and the Financial Crisis

    by John L. Campbell, John A. Hall ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in Global and Comparative Sociology
    Why are small and culturally homogeneous nation-states in the advanced capitalist world so prosperous? Examining how Denmark, Ireland, and Switzerland managed the 2008 financial crisis, The Paradox of Vulnerability shows that this is not an accident. John Campbell and John Hall argue that a prolonged sense of vulnerability within both the state and the nation encourages the development of ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • The Great Strike on the "Q"

    by John A. Hall ...
    The Great Strike on the 'Q' is a vivid and dramatic account of one of the most significant labor conflicts in American railroad history, set against the backdrop of the late nineteenth century. Authored by John A. Hall, the book delves into the events surrounding the 1888 strike on the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad—commonly known as the Q. Through a blend of narrative storytelling and ... Read more

    $29.99 USD

  • The World of States

    by John L. Campbell, John A. Hall ...
    Without nation-states Covid-19, climate change, international cyberattacks, and other threats would go unchecked. In The World of States, John L. Campbell and John A. Hall challenge the view that nation-states have lost their relevance in the context of globalization and rising nationalism. The book traces how states evolved historically, how contemporary states differ from one another, and the ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Is America Breaking Apart?

    by John A. Hall, Charles Lindholm ...
    Is the United States a nation of materialistic loners whose politics are dictated by ethnic, racial, religious, or sexual identities? This is what America has become in the eyes of many commentators. Americans seem to fear that their society is breaking apart, but how accurate is this portrayal and how justified is the fear? Introducing a balanced viewpoint into this intense debate, John Hall and ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Ernest Gellner

    An Intellectual Biography

    by John A. Hall ...
    Ernest Gellner (1925–95) was a multilingual polymath and a public intellectual who set the agenda in the study of nationalism and the sociology of Islam. Having grown up in Paris, Prague, and England, he was also one of the last great Jewish thinkers from Central Europe to experience directly the impact of the Holocaust. His intellectual trajectory differed from that of similar thinkers, both in ... Read more

    $9.99 USD