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  • Power without Victory

    Woodrow Wilson and the American Internationalist Experiment

    by Trygve Throntveit ...
    For decades, Woodrow Wilson has been remembered as either a paternalistic liberal or reactionary conservative at home and as a naïve idealist or cynical imperialist abroad. Historians' harsh judgments of Wilson are understandable. He won two elections by promising a deliberative democratic process that would ensure justice and political empowerment for all. Yet under Wilson, Jim Crow persisted, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Green New Deal and the Future of Work

    by Richard A. Walker, Hillary Angelo, Raj Patel, Jim Goodman, Alyssa Battistoni, Stephanie Luce, Wilson Sherwin, Dustin Guastella, Mindy Isser, Todd E. Vachon, Harvey Molotch, Daniel Aldana Cohen, J. Mijin Cha, Lara Skinner, Clark A. Miller, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Harry C. Boyte, Trygve Throntveit, Richard Lachmann ...
    Catastrophic climate change overshadows the present and the future. Wrenching economic transformations have devastated workers and hollowed out communities. However, those fighting for jobs and those fighting for the planet have often been at odds. Does the world face two separate crises, environmental and economic? The promise of the Green New Deal is to tackle the threat of climate change ... Read more

    $34.99 USD

  • The Green New Deal and the Future of Work

    by Richard A. Walker, Hillary Angelo, Raj Patel, Jim Goodman, Alyssa Battistoni, Stephanie Luce, Wilson Sherwin, Dustin Guastella, Mindy Isser, Todd E. Vachon, Harvey Molotch, Daniel Aldana Cohen, J. Mijin Cha, Lara Skinner, Clark A. Miller, Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Harry C. Boyte, Trygve Throntveit, Richard Lachmann ...
    Catastrophic climate change overshadows the present and the future. Wrenching economic transformations have devastated workers and hollowed out communities. However, those fighting for jobs and those fighting for the planet have often been at odds. Does the world face two separate crises, environmental and economic? The promise of the Green New Deal is to tackle the threat of climate change ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • William James and the Quest for an Ethical Republic

    by Trygve Throntveit ...
    Series series History (R0)
    Pragmatist philosopher William James has long been deemed a dubious guide to ethical reasoning. This book overturns such thinking, demonstrating the coherence of James's efforts to develop a flexible but rigorous framework for individuals and societies seeking freedom, meaning, and justice in a world of interdependence, uncertainty, and change. ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

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  • The American Experiment

    The Vineyard of Liberty, The Workshop of Democracy, and The Crosswinds of Freedom

    by James MacGregor Burns ...
    Series series The American Experiment
    The Pulitzer Prize–winning author's stunning trilogy of American history, spanning the birth of the Constitution to the final days of the Cold War.In these three volumes, Pulitzer Prize– and National Book Award–winner James MacGregor Burns chronicles with depth and narrative panache the most significant cultural, economic, and political events of American history. In The Vineyard of Liberty, he ... Read more

    $20.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Intellectuals and Society

    by Thomas Sowell ...
    The influence of intellectuals is not only greater than in previous eras but also takes a very different form from that envisioned by those like Machiavelli and others who have wanted to directly influence rulers. It has not been by shaping the opinions or directing the actions of the holders of power that modern intellectuals have most influenced the course of events, but by shaping public ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

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  • American History:A Very Short Introduction

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Paul S. Boyer ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    In a miracle of concision, Paul S. Boyer provides a wide-ranging and authoritative history of America, capturing in a compact space the full story of our nation. Ranging from the earliest Native American settlers to the presidency of Barack Obama, this Very Short Introduction offers an illuminating account of politics, diplomacy, and war as well as the full spectrum of social, cultural, and ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The S Word

    A Short History of an American Tradition...Socialism

    by John Nichols ...
    This fascinating history of socialism is “a chilling reminder of how much rich American history has been erased by shallow messaging” (Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine).During the Cold War, it became a dirty word in the United States, but “socialism” runs like a red thread through the nation’s history, an integral part of its political consciousness since the founding of the republic. In ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Power Elite

    by C. Wright Mills ...
    First published in 1956, The Power Elite stands as a contemporary classic of social science and social criticism. C. Wright Mills examines and critiques the organization of power in the United States, calling attention to three firmly interlocked prongs of power: the military, corporate, and political elite. The Power Elite can be read as a good account of what was taking place in America at the ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

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  • The Workshop of Democracy, 1863–1932

    by James MacGregor Burns ...
    Series Book 2 - The American Experiment
    The second volume of Burns's acclaimed history of America, from the end of the Civil War to the beginning of the Great DepressionAbraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address pointed to a new way to preserve an old hope—that democracy might prove a vibrant and lasting form of government for people of different races, religions, and aspirations. The scars of the Civil War would not soon heal, but with that ... Read more

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  • Fear Itself: The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time

    The New Deal and the Origins of Our Time

    by Ira Katznelson ...
    “Fear Itself deeply reconceptualizes the New Deal and raises countless provocative questions.”—David Kennedy, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Freedom from FearRedefining our traditional understanding of the New Deal, Fear Itself finally examines this pivotal American era through a sweeping international lens that juxtaposes a struggling democracy with enticing ideologies like Fascism and ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • The Cycles of American History

    by Arthur M. Schlesinger ...
    A Pulitzer Prize–winning historian discusses "the Cold War, political parties, the presidency, and many broader philosophical issues [with] incisive wit" ( Library Journal).A celebrated historian, speechwriter, and adviser to President Kennedy, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. draws on decades of astute observation to construct a dialectic of American politics, or as Time magazine called it, a "recurring ... Read more

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