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  • War Photographs Taken on the Battlefields of the Civil War

    by Mathew B. Brady, Alexander Gardner ...
    Fought over the course of four years, the Civil War pitted countrymen against countrymen, North versus South, friend against friend, and brother against brother. The photographs within these pages document the war that united America as one.These rare shots were taken in the middle of the battlefield during the earliest days of photography. Selected from a collection of seven thousand original ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Original Photographs Taken on the Battlefields During the Civil War of the United States

    by Mathew B. Brady, Alexander Gardner, Francis Trevelyan Miller, Editor ...
    Original Photographs Taken on the Battlefields During the Civil War of the United States by Mathew B. Brady and Alexander GardnerWho operated under the Authority of the War Department and the Protection of the Secret Service Rare Reproductions from Photographs Selected from Seven Thousand Original Negatives Taken under Most Hazardous Conditions in the Midst of One of the Most Terrific Conflicts of ... Read more

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  • Party, Process, and Political Change in Congress, Volume 1

    New Perspectives on the History of Congress

    Edited by David W. Brady, Mathew D. McCubbins ...
    Series series Social Science History
    In recent decades, political scientists have produced an enormous body of scholarship dealing with the U.S. Congress, and in particular congressional organization. However, most of this research has focused on Congress in the twentieth century—especially the post-New Deal era—and the long history of Congress has been largely neglected. The contributors to this book demonstrate that this ... Read more

    $45.09 USD

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  • Democracy for Realists

    Why Elections Do Not Produce Responsive Government

    by Christopher H. Achen, Larry M. Bartels ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in Political Behavior
    Why our belief in government by the people is unrealistic—and what we can do about itDemocracy for Realists assails the romantic folk-theory at the heart of contemporary thinking about democratic politics and government, and offers a provocative alternative view grounded in the actual human nature of democratic citizens.Christopher Achen and Larry Bartels deploy a wealth of social-scientific ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Partisan Hearts and Minds: Political Parties and the Social Identities of Voters

    by Donald Green, Bradley Palmquist, Eric Schickler ...
    In this, the first major treatment of party identification in twenty years, three political scientists assert that identification with political parties still powerfully determines how citizens look at politics and cast their ballots. Challenging prevailing views, they build a case for the continuing theoretical and political significance of partisan identities.The authors maintain that ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The American Congress Reader

    by Steven S. Smith, Jason M. Roberts, Ryan J. Vander Wielen ...
    The American Congress Reader provides a supplement to the popular and updated American Congress undergraduate textbook. By the same authors who drew upon Capitol Hill experience and nationally recognized scholarship to present a crisp introduction and analysis of Congress's inner mechanics, the Reader compiles the best relevant scholarship on party and committee systems, leadership, voting, and ... Read more

    $66.49 USD

  • Race, Republicans, and the Return of the Party of Lincoln

    by Tasha Philpot ...
    Series series The Politics of Race and Ethnicity
    Whether their slogan is “compassionate conservatism” or “hawkish liberalism,” political parties have always sought to expand their electoral coalitions by making minor adjustments to their public image. How do voters respond to these, often short-term, campaign appeals? Race, Republicans, and the Return of the Party of Lincoln is Tasha Philpot’s insightful study of how parties use racial images to ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • The Changing Face of Representation

    The Gender of U.S. Senators and Constituent Communications

    by Kim Fridkin, Patrick Kenney ...
    Series series The Cawp Series In Gender And American Politics
    As the number of women in the U.S. Senate grows, so does the number of citizens represented by women senators. At the same time, gender remains a key factor in senators’ communications to constituents as well as in news media portrayals of senators. Focusing on 32 male and female senators during the 2006 congressional election year, Kim L. Fridkin and Patrick J. Kenney examine in detail senators’ ... Read more

    $29.49 USD

  • Gerrymandering in America

    The House of Representatives, the Supreme Court, and the Future of Popular Sovereignty

    by Anthony J. McGann, Charles Anthony Smith, Michael Latner, Alex Keena ...
    This book considers the political and constitutional consequences of Vieth v. Jubelirer (2004), where the Supreme Court held that partisan gerrymandering challenges could no longer be adjudicated by the courts. Through a rigorous scientific analysis of US House district maps, the authors argue that partisan bias increased dramatically in the 2010 redistricting round after the Vieth decision, both ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • The Inevitable Party

    Why Attempts to Kill the Party System Fail and How they Weaken Democracy

    by Seth Masket ...
    Seth Masket's The Inevitable Party is a study of anti-party reforms and why they fail. Numerous reform movements over the past century have designated parties as the enemy of democracy, and they have found a willing ally in the American people in their efforts to rein in and occasionally root out parties. Masket investigates several of these anti-party reform efforts - from open primaries to ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • The Color of Representation

    Congressional Behavior and Black Interests

    by Kenny J. Whitby ...
    The central domestic issue in the United States over the long history of this nation has been the place of the people of color in American society. One aspect of this debate is how African-Americans are represented in Congress. Kenny J. Whitby examines congressional responsiveness to black interests by focusing on the representational link between African-American constituents and the policymaking ... Read more

    $23.09 USD

  • In Defense of Judicial Elections

    by Chris W. Bonneau, Melinda Gann Hall ...
    Series series Controversies in Electoral Democracy and Representation
    One of the most contentious issues in politics today is the propriety of electing judges. Ought judges be independent of democratic processes in obtaining and retaining their seats, or should they be subject to the approval of the electorate and the processes that accompany popular control? While this debate is interesting and often quite heated, it usually occurs without reference to empirical ... Read more

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