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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Muncy offers readers a biography of Progressive woman reformer-entrepreneur Josephine Roche, who has been largely overlooked by historians for her many contributions throughout the 20th century ... [A] fine book."--Choice "Relentless Reformer is a very necessary addition to the reading list of any student of the history of the United States of America. For those of a non-academic nature it is a jolly good read. It takes a worthy place in the comprehensive series Politics and Society in Twentieth-century America."--Don Vincent, Open History Journal "In her exemplary biography, Muncy never flinches from telling us the bad along with the good, drawing a portrait of a whole human being with profound lessons to teach."--Alice Kessler-Harris, Women's Review of Books "A model of biography as social and political history, Relentless Reformer tells the compelling story of one life as it shaped and exemplified a larger public life."--Barbara Melosh, Journal of American History "Muncy set out to return Roche to the prominence she deserves, while at the same time demonstrating how and why women's contributions are often ignored and or forgotten... She succeeded in accomplishing this, while writing an engaging and comprehensive biography."--Katherine G. Aiken, American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsACKNOWLEDGMENTS IX INTRODUCTION 1 PART I FIRST BURST OF PROGRESSIVE REFORM: ROCHE'S APPRENTICESHIP, 1886-1918 1 Childhood in the West, Education in the East, 1886-1908 13 2 Aspiring Feminist and Social Science Progressive, 1908-1912 26 3 Emergence as a Public Leader, 1912-1913 42 4 Seeking Fundamentals: The Colorado Coal Strike, 1913-1914 64 5 "Part of It All One Must Become": Progressive in Wartime, 1915-1918 79 PART II FIRST TEMPORARY REVERSAL OF PROGRESSIVE REFORM: ROCHE'S NEW DEPARTURES, 1919-1932 6 Work and Love in a Progressive Ebb Tide, 1919-1927 97 7 Migrating to a "Totally New Planet": Roche Takes Over Rocky Mountain Fuel, 1927-1928 110 8 "Prophet of a New and Wiser Social Order," 1929-1932 126 PART III SECOND BURST OF PROGRESSIVE REFORM: HEIGHT OF ROCHE'S RENOWN, 1933-1948 9 Working with the New Deal from Colorado, 1933-1934 143 10 At the Center of Power: Roche in the New Deal Government, 1934-1939 162 11 Generating a National Debate about Federal Health Policy, 1935-1939 177 12 Unmoored during Wartime, 1939-1945 193 13 Becoming a Cold War Liberal, 1945-1948 211 PART IV SECOND TEMPORARY REVERSAL OF PROGRESSIVE REFORM: ROCHE BUILDS A PRIVATE WELFARE SYSTEM IN THE COALFIELDS, 1948-1963 14 Creating "New Values, New Realities" in the Coalfields, 1948-1956 227 15 Democratic Denials and Dissent at the Miners' Welfare Fund, 1957-1963 247 PART V THIRD BURST OF PROGRESSIVE REFORM: ROCHE RECLAIMS THE FULL PROGRESSIVE AGENDA, 1960-1976 16 Challenged and Redeemed by the New Progressivism, 1960-1972 265 17 Only Ten Minutes Left? Epilogue and Assessment 289 ABBREVIATIONS 297 NOTES 299 SELECT PRIMARY SOURCES 375 INDEX 379

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Ryan Patrick Hanley has provided a succinct, witty and informative work on the relevance of Adam Smith today, mercifully released from the old 'father of capitalism' misrepresentation. . . . An excellent primer on the true Smith."---Stuart Kelly, Scotland on Sunday"[Adam] Smith had a way of pulling all aspects of human society together, from eating and drinking with friends to trading on the stock exchange. To separate them destroys the larger picture. . . . While Smith never advocated 'a single best way for all people to live,' . . . [he] deftly connected all human activity into a single, philosophical portrait, and Our Great Purpose makes a compelling case for us to study it closely."---David J. Davis, Wall Street Journal"An accessible, erudite, and concise introduction to Adam Smith in full, the moral philosopher of wisdom and prudence."---Jordan Ballor"Hanley is a distinguished political scientist at Boston College who has specialized in Smith; here in thirty short chapters he concentrates his accumulated expertize to deliver an Ariadne’s thread to guide the reader through the multiple issues Smith introduces and explores. . . . This should be passed out to all beginning students of Economics."---Patrick Madigan, Heythrop Journal"An essential text of practical wisdom."---David Lorimer, Paradigm Explorer"This excellent book deserves a wide audience and should be required reading for every college freshman."---J. H. Spence, Choice Reviews"A gem of a book, offering fresh insights into Smith’s writings and drawing holistic connections that make his philosophy come alive."---Jonathan Wight, The American Economist

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Impeccably produced and faithful to the editorial philosophy of the Jefferson Papers’ founding editor Julian P. Boyd, The Papers of Thomas Jefferson: Retirement Series sets a high standard for letterpress collections."---Christopher Childers, Journal of Southern History

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Winner of the Grand Prix de la Biographie Politique""Winner of the Prix littéraire de biographie historique Brantôme""A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year""A fascinating story. . . . Zunz’s account of Beaumont and Tocqueville’s journey and the subsequent writing of Democracy in America is riveting."---Lynn Hunt, New York Review of Books"[A] superbly written biography. . . . Accessible and erudite."---Stephen W. Sawyer, Times Literary Supplement"Zunz has written what must surely be the definitive account of the public life of Alexis de Tocqueville."---Alan Ryan, Literary Review"A masterpiece."---Peter McPhee, Australian Book Review"This biography gives us, often with just a few telling strokes, the ambitious but depressive young aristocrat . . . the Romantic literary self-creator . . . and the liberal politician.""---Jedediah Britton-Purdy, New Republic"Zunz, the foremost living Tocqueville expert, sensitively and masterfully examines the Frenchman’s life in full. . . . Engaging and informative."---Michael M. Rosen, Commentary"As a narrative biography, Olivier Zunz’s The Man Who Understood Democracy succeeds tremendously. The details of Tocqueville’s life—and the events he lived through—are rendered with engaging clarity."---Paul Sagar, The Critic"An informative biography. . . . Zunz explains what Tocqueville learned—and what he failed to notice—during his travels throughout the United States. . . . Zunz also provides a splendid account of Tocqueville’s career as a practical politician in France."---Glenn C. Altschuler, Minneapolis Star-Tribune"A major new biography . . . [Zunz] is ideally matched to his subject. . . . [Tocqueville] could not have a more deeply knowledgeable biographer."---Brooke Allen, Hudson Review"An exhaustively researched and discretely focused biography."---Barton Swaim, Wall Street Journal"The Man Who Understood Democracy must now stand as the authoritative biography of Alexis de Tocqueville, far surpassing the achievements of earlier biographers such as Hugh Brogan. From start to finish, it is elegantly written, judicious, erudite, and a hugely insightful and informative read."---Jeremy Jennings, Tocqueville21"A richly detailed intellectual biography. . . . Wide-ranging and meticulously argued." * Publishers Weekly *"Magisterial. . . . [A] virtuosic account of Tocqueville’s life and work."---Tarek Masoud, Journal of Democracy"A wide-ranging study of the life and thought of the French aristocrat. . . . [An] astute biography." * Kirkus Reviews *"An outstanding new biography of Alexis de Tocqueville that is sure to be the standard for years to come." * Choice *"A self-recommending biography of one of the greatest social science thinkers. Easy to read, and good for both the generalist and specialist reader."---Tyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution"Olivier Zunz’s The Man Who Understood Democracy is an excellent biography of this major figure of political philosophy. It is well-written and judicious in its use of detail."---Theodore Dalrymple, Law & Liberty"Tocqueville has a lot to offer us. The publication of this biography is as much an occasion to engage with his ideas as it is to be inspired by his longing for truth and his commitment to creating conditions conducive to human flourishing."---Suyash Rai, Carnegie India

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Book SynopsisTable of Contents*FrontMatter, pg. i*CONTENTS, pg. vii*ABBREVIATIONS, pg. ix*CHAPTER ONE: The Empire of Rye, Iron, and Ink, pg. 3*CHAPTER TWO: Apogee and Perigee of the Bismarck "Dictatorship", pg. 31*CHAPTER THREE: Internal Failure and External Success, pg. 70*CHAPTER FOUR: Connections and Disconnections, pg. 96*CHAPTER FIVE: Expansion Overseas, pg. 113*CHAPTER six: State Socialism, pg. 145*CHAPTER SEVEN: Political Stagnation and Mental Depression, pg. 185*CHAPTER EIGHT: External Crisis and Internal Conquest, pg. 216*CHAPTER NINE: The Year of Three Kaisers, pg. 263*CHAPTER TEN: Growing Frictions, pg. 302*CHAPTER ELEVEN: Division on Social Policy, pg. 327*CHAPTER TWELVE: Kaiser or Chancellor?, pg. 350*CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Leader of the Opposition, pg. 381*CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Legend in His Own Time, pg. 407*CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Conclusions, pg. 429*Index, pg. 459

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Book SynopsisThis is a study of James Madison, a central figure in American History. It illuminates his impact upon the America imagined by the farmers, his ongoing influence on the nation and the tragedy of his success in foreclosing the possibility of a radical Jeffersonian America that never was.

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Book SynopsisOffers an understanding of George Washington and the history and government he helped to make. Phelps makes the case for the President's decisive importance to the development of American constitutional republicanism, emphasising the strength and coherence of his political philosophy.

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Book SynopsisNathan Bedford Forrest was a renowned cavalryman who fought during the American Civil War. This book presents an analysis of his life, from childhood in Mississippi, to wealth from the slave trade, his role as founder and Grand Wizard of the first Ku Klux Klan, and his death.

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Book SynopsisIn the hell that was World War II, the Eastern Front was its heart of fire and ice. Gottlob Bidermann served in that lethal theatre from 1941 to 1945, and this memoir of those years recaptures his gruelling experiences with an army marching on the road to ruin.

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Book SynopsisAnne Hutchinson was perhaps the most famous Englishwoman in colonial American history, viewed in later centuries as a crusader for religious liberty and a prototypical feminist. Michael Winship disentangles what really happened from the legends that have misrepresented her for so long.Trade ReviewCould easily replace . . . Edmund Morgan's The Puritan Dilemma. . . as an introduction to early American history." —Journal of Interdisciplinary History"Scholarly depth, elegant prose, and gently iconoclastic tone make this an excellent account of a misunderstood episode." —Journal of Religion"In lively and graceful prose and with great erudition lightly worn, Winship untangles central debates in reformed Protestantism." —William and Mary Quarterly"The finest, most delicate part of Winship's achievement is to consider Hutchinson in full, avoiding both condemnation and celebration." —New England Quarterly"A must read for those interested in early Massachusetts society . . . [and] in the church's endless search for heretics." —Journal of Church and State"The single most comprehensive account of the often-misinterpreted trials of one of America's first great dissenters. Winship's unparalleled understanding of seventeenth-century New England Puritanism supplies a context too frequently missing from previous accounts." —Mary Beth Norton, author of In the Devil's Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692"The prosecution of Anne Hutchinson was a defining movement in early American history. Winship vividly describes dramatic courtroom scenes, powerful personalities driven to the edges of their beliefs, and the relentless hounding of a highly intelligent woman who thought she understood God's will." —Amanda Porterfield, author of Female Piety in New England: The Emergence of Religious Humanism

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Book SynopsisExplores the shifting reputation of America’s most controversial founding father. Stephen Knott surveys the Hamilton image in the minds of American statesmen, scholars, literary figures, and the media, explaining why Americans are content to live in a Hamiltonian nation but reluctant to embrace the man himself.Trade ReviewThere is no Founding Father whose reputation has waxed and waned so dramatically, who has aroused so much hatred and contempt. In his invaluable new book, Knott does a marvelous job of gathering all the different views of Hamilton and weaving them into a clear and interesting narrative." —David Brooks in The Weekly Standard"An important and lasting contribution to future debates about the Founding's meaning." — First Things"An important book." —Claremont Review of Books"Makes a compelling case for Hamilton's importance." - History; Reviews of New Books

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Book SynopsisDescribes how, by tacking relentlessly to the centre, Bill Clinton revived the Democrats' presidential fortunes - but also, paradoxically, effectively erased the centre, in the process introducing the new political reality of extreme partisan divisiveness and dysfunctional government.Trade ReviewThe author of nearly two dozen books analyzing recent American political history, Michael Nelson of Rhodes College is one of the nation's most distinguished American political scientists. His latest work, Clinton's Elections: 1992, 1996, and the Birth of a New Era of Governance, will only add to this reputation. In a careful analysis of congressional and presidential elections going back to the election of 1968, Nelson argues that until 1992, Congress was partially or completely controlled by the Democrats while the Republicans mostly controlled the White House. This led to an increase in political partisanship. In 1992, Clinton was elected president, but in the 1994 midterm elections the Republicans took control of Congress for the first time since 1952 and held it throughout the remaining six years of his administration. Although Clinton was reelected in 1996, the result of divided government has been 'de facto divided government' and partisan polarization ever since. An absorbing and well-written analysis of a crucial development in American political history, this book should be of great significance to anyone interested in the modern age of US politics." - Burton I. Kaufman, author of The Post-Presidency from Washington to Clinton"Renowned presidency scholar and award-winning author Michael Nelson has penned a captivating analysis of Bill Clinton's two presidential election victories, situating them in the arc from the turbulent 1960s to the divisive age of Trump. Nelson masterfully argues that Clinton's centrism - the very core of his electoral successes - ironically resulted in the polarized extremism of twenty-first-century American politics." - Barbara A. Perry, author of Jacqueline Kennedy: First Lady of the New Frontier and The Michigan Affirmative Action Cases"Michael Nelson brings his distinctive blend of narrative verve and political science acumen to the story of Bill Clinton's two electoral victories. Just as in his prize-winning volume on the presidential election of 1968, Nelson's tale of how the Clinton years ushered in our current era of divided government and bitter partisanship makes for a fascinating read." - Bruce Miroff, author of Presidents on Political Ground: Leaders in Action and What They Face

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Book SynopsisAs controversial in politics as he was in the military, Ulysses S. Grant (1822-1885) was an embattled president, enormously popular with the American people, yet the target of unrelenting censure by political enemies. For the first time in almost a century, this book examines Grant’s administration in depth.Trade Review"A magnificent contribution to the study of the Grant presidency. It is a beautifully written and the most thorough study of the Grant administrations. What emerges is a staunch defense of Grant against the charges of corruption leveled by previous historians, and, a massive documentation of Grant’s steadfast commitment to the rights of black freedmen."—Michael F. Holt, author of By One Vote: The Disputed Presidential Election of 1876"Eminent historian Charles Calhoun’s new book takes Grant’s presidency beyond the superficial corrupt label it has been dismissed with into a more accurate place of importance. Without soft peddling the difficulties of Grant’s time in the Executive Mansion, Calhoun’s new book demonstrates just how important a president this quiet man was. Well-researched and well-written, this book is a must read for scholars and others interested in gaining accurate insight about a major American leader."—John F. Marszalek, Giles Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History and executive director of the Ulysses S. Grant Presidential Library, Mississippi State University"Once deemed one of the nation’s worst presidents by scholars and pundits alike, Ulysses S. Grant’s reputation as a politician and chief executive has improved during the past three decades. Now comes Charles W. Calhoun’s comprehensive overview of the eighteenth president’s administration, examining both its achievements and shortcomings with discerning insight. At last Grant can claim fair treatment in this judicious study."—Brooks D. Simpson, author of The Reconstruction Presidents"This extraordinary history helps restore the reputation of a genuine American hero. This volume, the first to cover the Grant presidency in over two generations, is a window on eight years of success and attempts to reconcile sections of a country still at war with itself. The author is fair in portraying Grant as energized, patriotic, and loyal—sometimes too loyal. Far from being a corrupt administration, Grant’s strengths as a leader have a profound positive effect on American culture in civil liberties for African Americans, the American economy, and diplomacy. This is a must read for all who cherish the American republic."—Frank J. Williams is the President of The Ulysses S. Grant Association and Presidential Library and the retired Chief Justice of the Rhode Island Supreme CourtTable of Contents Foreword Preface 1. Political Apprenticeship 2. “Jugular Politics” 3. Grant Takes Command 4. Reconstruction: Consummation without Closure 5. Reconstructing the Nation’s Finances 6. Brush with Disaster: The New York Gold Corner Conspiracy 7. Reconstructing American Foreign Policy 8. Revolt in Cuba 9. The Gate to the Caribbean Sea 10. The Battle of Santo Domingo 11. Launching the Peace Policy 12. Reform and Revolt 13. War at Home 14. Peace Abroad 15. Vindication 16. Second Term Woes 17. Crises Domestic and Foreign 18. Reconstruction under Siege 19. Sound Money, Crooked Whiskey 20. The President under Fire 21. Securing the Succession 22. Third Term Dreams Notes Bibliographical Essay Index

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Book SynopsisComparing the present volume with its predecessors, how has scholarship devoted to Gibbon changed in the intervening years?The dominant theme of Gibbon studies during this recent period has been ‘disaggregation’, and this can be understood in two senses.Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgementsList of abbreviationsI Gibbon and EuropeII The Decline and fall: milieu, substance and receptionIII After The Decline and fallNotes on contributorsIndex

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Book SynopsisA political biography of the extraordinary feminist, socialist and anti-racist campaigner, Sylvia PankhurstTrade Review'Skilfully guides us through the maze of changing policies and the tactics in the suffrage movement, the early Labour and Communist parties and the anti-colonial struggles which characterised the political left of [Pankhurst's] time.' -- Camden New Journal'This well researched book sheds new light on the life of a remarkable woman and is much to be recommended' -- Labour Research'This book will be useful to those interested in the history of the interaction of socialism and feminism, and is a valuable addition to Pankhurst bibliography' -- Peace News'A convincing evaluation of Pankhurst's role in Marxist politics after 1918' -- History TodayTable of ContentsIntroduction Abbreviations Chronology 1. Separate Spheres - The Labour Movement and the Women’s Suffrage Movement 2. The Women’s Social and Political Union 3. The East End, World War One and the Revolutionary Tide 4. Feminism and Socialism 5. Communism 6. Anti-Racism 7. Assessment Notes and References Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisAn introduction to the most 'dangerous' and subversive figure of the French revolution.Trade Review'A fresh, welcome look at one of the most complex and fascinating figures of the French Revolution' -- Adam Hochschild, author of King Leopold's Ghost (1999) and Bury the Chains (2006)'A gripping introduction to the life of Marat and his role in the French Revolution' -- Richard Sheldon, Lecturer in Social and Economic History, University of Bristol'Clears away the cobwebs and prejudices and then reveals why we should love and admire this egalitarian revolutionary' -- Lynne Stewart, lawyer'This biography, written in an accessible and lively style, presents an activist and journalist from the French Revolution, and rescues him from myths and slanders' -- Ian Birchall, author of The Spectre of Babeuf (1997).'Cliff Conner's gracefully written and wisely observed biography of Jean Paul Marat tells the truth about this much maligned doctor and hero of the French revolution' -- Michael Ratner and Michael Steven Smith, human rights attorneys and authors of Who Killed Che? How the CIA Got Away With Murder. Michael Ratner is President Emeritus of the Center for Constitutional Rights.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction - The Phantom and the Historians 1. The Early Years 2. 1765–1789 – The Physician and the Physicist 3. January 1789–June 1791 – From the Estates General to the King’s Flight 4. July 1791–September 1792 – From the Champs de Mars Massacre to the September Massacres 5. September 1792–July 1793 – From the Convention Elections to the Assassination Conclusion - From the Cult of Marat to the Légende Noire and Beyond Notes Index

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Book SynopsisRescuing Kropotkin's anarchist philosophy from the neglect and misrepresentation it has suffered.Trade Review'I would recommend this book to anyone looking for a lively introduction to the man's writing and its implications' -- John Agnew, Distinguished Professor of Geography, UCLA'A deeply intellectual, yet readable account of Kropotkin's life and thought, set in the context of a stellar account of the development of scientific anarchism. Essential for all critical thinkers and political activists desperately in need of a dose of optimism in these sorry times' -- Richard Peet, Professor, Graduate School of Geography, Clark University'An excellent contribution to this 'anarchist Renaissance' and should be read and referenced by all those who hope to heed the call to revolutionary praxis' -- LSE Review of Books'[A] wonderful introduction to Kropotkin’s thought' -- Marx & Philosophy Review of Books'An excellent introduction to Kropotkin’s life and theory' -- Science & SocietyTable of Contents1. Anarchism Before Kropotkin 2. Kropotkin: The Education of an Anarchist 3. Kropotkin and the Legitimization of Anarchism 4. 'Scientific Anarchism’ and Evolutionary Theory: Towards an Ontology of Anarchist Ethics and Altruism 5. Kropotkin’s Anarchism and the Nineteenth-Century Geographical Imagination: Towards an Anarchist Political Geography Epilogue Notes Index

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Book SynopsisSixty illustrated profiles of those who fought in the International Brigades during the Spanish Civil WarTrade Review'A real treasure that we can't stop exploring' -- 'La Republica''Real and very human ... Reliving these lives, today, is more important than ever' -- 'Cazarabet''Told with skill, sensitivity and rigor, [...] these are the stories that Jordi Mart-Rueda has been collecting for years. They fought for ideals in a battle against fascism - a global threat that remains to this day' -- 'El Temps''An excellent introduction to the world of the International Brigades' -- 'AB Origine''Brings us close to the most human face of war' -- 'El Salto''An extraordinary book. Perceptively written, beautifully translated and accompanied by wonderful photographs, it brings us close to the heroism and sacrifices of those who risked their lives in the fight against fascism' -- Paul Preston, author of 'The Spanish Civil War: Reaction, Revolution and Revenge''A beautiful, touching tribute to the everyday heroes who battled so bravely in the fight against fascism' -- Maxine Peake, actorTable of ContentsForeword by Jordi Borràs Acknowledgments Translator’s Preface Introduction: Living and Reliving Lives of the Brigadistes: The Bravest Woman in Barcelona Painter and Miliciana The Nielsen Brothers Welcome to the War, Penny Phelps The Long March The Nurse from Harlem The Road The Enemy César Covo The Bullet That Didn’t Whistle The Girl With the Truck Words and Bullets Even the Olives Are Bleeding The Man Who Made History Smiles The Nameless The Decision Len Crome Capitana Etchebéhère Silence The Patient Dr. Jolly George Nathan’s Last Wish The Writer Who Didn’t Want to Write Hot Water Beating the Odds Mothers Harry Fisher Don’t Close Your Eyes Ernst Busch Annie Murray Erika Glaser Frank Ryan Merriman The Legend Jimmy Rutherford The Guerrilla Warrior Patience Darton The Irishman René Cazala’s Last Shot Valediction Fear The Man Who Invented Things Nan Green’s Blood The Heroine The Hill Hill 666 The Last Man A Glass of Wine Before Dying Braina Voss Courage Write My Name The Landless Paula Draxler Frida Stewart Roberto Vincenzi Where is My Home? Aileen Colonel Fabien Rol-Tanguy Notes Sources List of Photographs Index

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Book Synopsis1. This is one of the most controversial books published in Europe in the last decade. It was an enormous success in Germany and is being translated into many languages. 2. The inside story of why Oskar Lafontaine broke away from the third way politics of Schr?dera s government 3.Trade Review'It is remarkable how much the key personalities in left-of-centre British and German politics seem to despise each other. For Cook hating Mandelson hating Mowlam hating Brown hating everyone, substitute Scharping, Vogel, Schröder and Lafontaine. Just as policy disagreements helped bring an end to the last two right-of-centre governments in Britain and Germany, Lafontaine's book makes clear, however unintentionally, that it is the abundance of personality clashes that will do the same for the current administrations in both countries. Michael Portillo once said that the Major Cabinet was a Cabinet of chums: on a personal level they actually rather liked each other. The Blair and Schröder cabinets are like vipers' nests. Both may meet sticky ends. 'He complains bitterly of the difficulty of governing with four conflicting centres of power - the party executive, the chancellor's office, the parliamentary party and the upper house. Lafontaine wanted complete control of all of them, but ended up with nothing. His experience should serve as a warning for every new Labour cabinet minister' Iain Dale, New Statesman 'A revealing account of his experiences in the lead-up to and the aftermath of the Red-Green coalition of 1998 ... Lafontaine was then, as he is now in his retrospective account, uncompromising in his commitment to what he sees as the core values of the Left. In the preface to this English translation, in a message directed explicitly at British readers, he argues that "the only chance that social democrats have of winning political majorities is by representing the interests of workers, the unemployed and pensioners".' London Review of Books 'Oskar Lafontaine's latest book presents his resignation from Gerhard Schroeder's government as a case study illustrating the fault lines within European Social Democracy ... the resignation issue was the abandonment of social democracy, in other words. This is itself makes the book worth reading, restoring one's faith in the politics of principle.' Red Pepper 'There is no intrinsic harm in standing out against prevailing orthodoxies: on the contrary, it can be an uncomfortable but brave position. On many of the above issues, at least until one reads this book, it is easy to sympathise with little Oskar, manfully beating his drum for what he claimed to believe in.' German PoliticsTable of ContentsPreface to the English edition. Preface. 1. In the Wake of Willy Brandt. 2. A New Economic and Fiscal Policy. 3. The Rush to Lower Taxation. 4. The Election Campaign. 5. Red Socks - Red Hands. 6. Running for Federal Office. 7. My Friendship with Gerhard Schr÷der. 8. Hammering out the Government's Programme. 9. Choosing a Team. 10. The Formation of a Coalition Government. 11. The Red-Green Coalition. 12. Getting off on the Wrong Foot. 13. The Elections in Hesse. 14. Germany and France. 15. International Fiscal Policy. 16. My Resignation. 17. The War in Kosovo. 18. The Medium is the Message. 19. Flexibility. 20. The Third Way is a Route to Nowhere. 21. A Glimpse of the Future. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis study presents William Hazlitt as a brilliant and perceptive essayist and critic whose critical impressions of his contemporaries and their work gave a sense of an age and the leading figures who populated it in a particularly vivid way.

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Book SynopsisJoseph de Maistre's reaction to the Enlightenment and the French Revolution was open and included theorising about human phenomena. This book provides a portrait of Maistre as a thinker in various fields, upsetting the image of him as a 'reactionary,' a reinterpretation furthered by interest in Counter-Enlightenment thought.

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Book SynopsisA Queer Love Story chronicles the poignant, incisive exchanges and intimate friendship that developed between Jane Rule, lesbian novelist and essayist, and Rick Bébout, gay journalist and activist, as they reflected on and participated in the key issues and events that shaped LGBT communities in the ’80s and ’90s.Trade ReviewThese smart, deeply felt missives constitute a more than 600-page archival record and reference tool. Enhanced by an excellent index, A Queer Love Story will be invaluable to those interested in the history of the queer movement in Canada as viewed by two of its most thoughtful, lifelong participants. -- Steven Maynard, historian of sexuality at Queen's University Kingston * BC Studies *It’s one of history’s all-time great queer love stories. -- Christine Sismondo * Toronto Star *A Queer Love Story … encompasses a quintessential period for the queer community in Canada … What emerges is not merely an engaging portrait of two provocative thinkers, but a snapshot of a period in Canadian history that saw a seismic change in the lives and attitudes and ideas of the nation’s queer community. -- Steven W. Beattie * Quill and Quire - Editor’s Choice, Starred Review *It is a joy reading this correspondence that allows us to truly get to know these two powerhouses of contemporary LGBT history, and to see how they grew as people due to the exchange of ideas and experiences that they shared with each other. -- Rachel Wexelbaum * Lambda Literary Review *A Queer Love Story is a wonderful book full of daily life's details, notes on the writing process, and commentary on gay and lesbian issues. It will introduce younger readers to two exemplary members of the gay community ... I felt privileged to be in the presence of these two gifted, courageous writers, both of whom left the U.S. for Canada when they were young. Imagine a book of 600 pages that seems to end too soon. Will we ever again, in this age of texting, have such a lively, spirited, and revealing correspondence? -- Margaret Cruikshank * The Gay & Lesbian Review *Both Rule and Bebout are fiercely intelligent, thoughtful, opinionated and perceptive writers ... This voluminous and essential collection offers delights on every page: beautifully crafted sentences and astute opinions on racism, health care, same-sex marriage, violence and publishing. -- Kevin Howell, independent reviewer and marketing consultant * Shelf Awareness *In an era when tweets, texts, and e-mails have surpassed the art and practice of letter-writing, this volume will delight historians of the LGBTQ movement and everyday readers. -- Evelyn C. White * Herizons *It is a pleasure and a privilege to “watch” their friendship grow. I highly recommend A Queer Love Story. -- Julie Thompson * The Lesbrary *... a fin-de-siècle dialogue of bicoastal and pan-Canadian sensibilities, A Queer Love Story is a tribute to exemplary citizenship and the ethics of personal responsibility in times of crisis. -- Daniel Gawthrop * The Georgia Straight *Reading a collection of letters can be something of a guilty pleasure. Marilyn Schuster’s edition of the letters of Jane Rule and Rick Bébout, by contrast, is a moving experience, deftly mingling genres of memoir, diary, and essay. Though reduced by three-quarters from the carefully chronologized 2700-page collection both correspondents agreed to present to the editor, covering fifteen eventful years of their correspondence (1981-1995), A Queer Love Story offers a deeply personal view of academic and publishing life from two of Canada’s leading gay authors. -- Patricia Demers * The Ormsby Review *Table of ContentsForeword / Margaret AtwoodIntroduction1981 “Any question of such censorship”1982 “An odd flu”1983 “It’s raining men”1984 “Moved by a stranger”1985 “Why is a star a word for the exceptional?”1986 “What is it we want when we want sex?”1987 “Life and its sheer wonder”1988 “Loving is a way of being”1989 “Xenophilia”1990 “The dying of the light”1991 “There is no fault”1992 “A lesbian in the ’40s”1993 “It’s all right (even useful) to write drunk, as long as one edits sober”1994 “I accept this degree”1995 “A public space for our views and values”The Last Chapter “I will do my best to live up to you”Dramatis PersonaeNotes

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Book SynopsisThere were moments in Ariel Sharon's astonishingly successful military career when he had an incredible way of pulling victory from the jaws of defeat. This is a biography of this controversial world leader, whose massive stroke and subsequent coma in January 2006 further complicated the already precarious scenario in the Middle East.

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Book SynopsisHow did the soldiers in the trenches of the Great War understand and explain battlefield experience, and themselves through that experience? Situated at the intersection of military history and cultural history, The Embattled Self draws on the testimony of French combatants to explore how combatants came to terms with the war. In order to do so, they used a variety of narrative tools at handrites of passage, mastery, a character of the soldier as a consenting citizen of the Republic. None of the resulting versions of the story provided a completely consistent narrative, and all raised more questions about the truth of experience than they answered. Eventually, a story revolving around tragedy and the soldier as victim came to dominateeven to silenceother types of accounts. In thematic chapters, Leonard V. Smith explains why the novel structured by a specific notion of trauma prevailed by the 1930s.Smith canvasses the vast literature of nonfictional and fictional testimTrade ReviewSmith's analysis of these narratives makes for absorbing reading.... I particularly enjoyed Smith's analysis of Marc Bloch's war diary and the narrative he wrote from it several months later. It is an illuminating example of the conundrum that faced the war writers—and perhaps all writers who attempt to construct narrative from experience. The Embattled Self stands on the intersection of literature and history.... The task of turning war experience into narrative was difficult—even perilous—work. For many, writing about the experience of war was as tortured as the war experience itself. Readers will gain from Smith's book a greater understanding and respect for both the genre of war testimony and its embattled practitioners. * H-France Reviews *This book's virtues include a diligent use of underutilized first-person French sources, a careful analytic eye to interpret those sources, and a sincere empathy for the men who lived through the horrendous wars of the trenches. By examining the soldier as witness to the great tragedy that the war represented, Smith dissects the scholarly tension of relying on testimonies that were themselves as much about the narratives of war as about soldiers’ actual, lived experiences. A reexamination of soldiers’ testimony, Smith posits, will return to them their basic humanity and introduce a great deal of complexity to a picture that has for too long been overly simplified. * American Historical Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Experience, Narrative, and Narrator in the Great War1. Rites of Passage and the Initiation to Combat2. The Mastery of Survival: Death, Mutilation, and Killing3. The Genre of Consent4. The Novel and the Search for ClosureConclusionBibliography Index

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Book SynopsisIn The Gumilev Mystique, Mark Bassin investigates the complex structure of Lev Gumilev's theories, revealing how they reflected and helped shape a variety of academic as well as political and social discourses in the USSR, and he traces how his authority has grown yet greater across the former Soviet Union.Trade Review"The Gumilev Mystique is by far the most authoritative account in English on the ideas and life of a scholar whose star is still rising in Eurasia. In this widely researched book, Mark Bassin explains the popularity of Gumilev and explores the process by which a somewhat repressed figure in the Stalinist period became a guru of the post-Soviet period. The book reads extremely well and has a quality to it that makes the reader want to know what will come next from this outlandish figure whose real life is stranger than fiction." -- David G. Anderson, University of Aberdeen, author of Identity and Ecology in Arctic Siberia: The Number One Reindeer Brigade"A son of two great Russian poets and an inmate of Stalin's Gulag, Lev Gumilev was the founding father of neo-Eurasianism, a powerful ideological framework for claiming Russia's special civilization and for justifying its predominance on the territory of the USSR. In tracing the origins and transformation of Gumilev’s theories, this book provides the best available explanation of the appeal of neo-Eurasianism in Russia,including among its top political leaders." -- Vera Tolz-Zilitinkevic, University of Manchester, author of Russia’s Own Orient: The Politics of Identity and Oriental Studies in the Late Imperial and Early Soviet Periods"In 1996, the government of independent Kazakhstan named a new university after him. In 2005, the capital of Tatarstan commemorated his work by erecting a statue in the middle of Kazan. There is a mountain peak in the Altai range and a street in the Kalmyk Elista named after him. A son of Russia's two major poets, a prisoner of the Gulag, a celebrity historian, and a key figure behind the revival of the Eurasianist movement, Lev Gumilev was the man who provided postsocialist nationalisms with a conceptual lexicon and theoretical models. In this lucid and informative book, Mark Bassin meticulously reconstructs historical details, social networks, and intellectual contexts that shaped Gumilev's essentializing theory of 'biological communities’ and their ethnogenesis. The Gumilev Mystique is an important and timely biography of the ideas that continue to constitute the theoretical core of nation building processes in postcommunist societies." -- Serguei Alex. Oushakine, Princeton University, author of The Patriotism of Despair: Nation, War, and Loss in RussiaTable of ContentsIntroduction Part 1 GUMILEV'S THEORY OF ETHNOS AND ETHNOGENESIS1. The Nature of Ethnicity2. Ethnogenesis, Passionarnost′, and the Biosphere 3. Varieties of Ethnic Interaction 4. The Ethnogenetic Drama of Russian History Part 2 THE SOVIET RECEPTION OF GUMILEV5. Soviet Visions of Society and Nature 6. Ethnicity as Ideology and Politics 7. Gumilev and the Russian Nationalists Part 3 GUMILEV AFTER COMMUNISM8. Neo-Eurasianism and the Russian Question 9. Biopolitics and the Ubiquity of Ethnicity 10. "The Patron of the Turkic Peoples" Conclusion: The Political Significance of Gumilev

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Book SynopsisThe Enlightenment of Cadwallader Colden traces the life and ideas of this fascinating and controversial "gentleman-scholar." John M. Dixon's lively and accessible account explores the overlapping ideological, social, and political worlds of this earliest of New York intellectuals.Trade ReviewDixon urges readers to revisit colonial culture and thought and to take them on their own terms rather than as simple precursors to the Declaration of Independence or the Constitution. Cadwallader Colden, Dixon argues, deserves to be recognized and studied because he 'was an important champion of colonial intellect who helped to define the social and ideological contours of moderate, transatlantic enlightenment' (p. 167). Dixon is absolutely correct and this book is a call for scholars to conduct more research on Colden and his transatlantic world. This book will appeal to anyone interested in the history of science, empire, British North America and intellectual history. -- Evan Rothera * British Journal for the History of Science *A welcome addition to scholarship on intellectual life in the eighteenth-century British Empire. Historians of science, early America, and the Atlantic will find that it raises a number of questions about a curious and neglected figure, and about the intersections of enlightenment and imperialism. * American Historical Review *A wonderful portrait of the nature of a colonial American society.... Dixon has provided us with a book that is as much about the nature of the eighteenth-century British Empire as about the history of science. * Isis *Table of ContentsIntroduction PART I. BEGINNINGS 1. Enlightened Age 2. Pursuit of Gentility 3. Intellectuals PART II. ACTIVE MATTERS 4. Knowledge of Empires 5. Otium 6. Philosophical Actions PART III. POLITICS 7. Against Partisanship 8. Colden's Ordeal

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Book SynopsisRussia's attempt to consolidate its authority in the North Caucasus has exerted a terrible price on both sides since the mid-nineteenth century. Michael Khodarkovsky tells a concise and compelling history of the mountainous region between the Black and Caspian seas during the centuries of Russia's long conquest (15001850s). The history of the region unfolds against the background of one man's life story, Semën Atarshchikov (18071845). Torn between his Chechen identity and his duties as a lieutenant and translator in the Russian army, Atarshchikov defected, not once but twice, to join the mountaineers against the invading Russian troops. His was the experience more typical of Russia's empire-building in the borderlands than the better known stories of the audacious kidnappers and valiant battles. It is a history of the North Caucasus as seen from both sides of the conflict, which continues to make this region Russia's most violent and vulnerable frontier.Trade ReviewBy the end of Michael Khodarkovsky's Bitter Choices... Atarshchikoc will reside as a hero in your memory.... Khodarkovsky’s insightful reporting of Atarshchikov’s experiences in this regard offers unusually detailed and remarkable observations that are rarely found in Russian history and literary works about Caucasus.... This is an important read for those conducting research on nineteenth-century Russian and Caucasian history, and could also be useful as a secondary source for those working on Russian literature about the Caucasus. In terms of teaching, Khodarkovsky’s impressive body of knowledge and attentive research make this a solid volume for use in its entirety and in an advanced course in Eurasian or Russian history and/or culture. -- Rachel Stauffer * Slavic and East European Journal *Readers familiar with Michael Khodarkovsky's two previous books on the Kalmyks and the Steppe Frontier will look forward to reading Bitter Choices.... In his conclusion Khodarkovsky seeks to explain why the Russians have failed until the present day to bring peace to the region. All this makes a fascinating story, and we must be grateful to the author for telling it so well. -- John P. LeDonne * Comptes Rendus *The Russian conquest of the Caucasus started around 1580; it is still under way. But even its acute phase, between 1790 and 1860, was a process of invasion, colonization, negotiation and genocide so complex, involving so many different indigenous nations, and witnessed by so many articulate participants, Russian and foreign, that to describe it in 200 pages requires considerable virtuosity. Michael Khodarkovsky takes as his thread the scantily documented life of Semyen Atarshchikov, a Cossack whose father was Chechen and mother a Turkic Kumyk. A lieutenant and translator for the Russian army, he was so sickened by colonial war that he twice defected to the Circassian resistance. On the second occasion he was mortally wounded by another Russian defector who had decided to return. Michael Khodarkovsky has achieved a miracle of compression and shown us why the North Caucasus remains a live political volcano. * Times Literary Supplement *This outstanding book explores the complex encounter between imperial Russia and the indigenous peoples of the north Caucasus region in the period from the Russian Empire's initial expansion into the region in the sixteenth century through the bloody, violent conquest in the nineteenth. * Choice *To tell the story of the North Caucasus, Khodarkovsky weighs the life of Semyen Atarshchikov. Born in 1807 and raised a Chechen, Atarshchikov... is caught between two cultures and [as an interpreter for the Russian army] witnesses the barbarity of Russia's military campaigns in the North Caucasus until his defection to the other side in 1841; his story ends with his murder in 1845.... Khodarkovsky leavens the tale with vivid details about the lives, cultures, and (often violent) fates of the different peoples of the region. One puts down this book with a much clearer sense of the challenge historically raised by this rebellious region for the Russians—a challenge that, in essence, remains today. -- Robert Legvold * Foreign Affairs *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1. The Frontiers of the North Caucasus 2. Atarshchikov's Childhood 3. Journey through the Northeast Caucasus 4. Inside Ermolov’s "Iron Fist" 5. St. Petersburg and Poland 6. Return to the North Caucasus 7. Interpreter and Administrator 8. Russian Policies and Alternatives 9. The First Desertion 10. From Semën Atarshchikov to Hajret Muhammed ConclusionNotes Glossary Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisWillard Sunderland tells the epic story of the Russian Empire's final decades through the arc of the life of Baron Roman Fedorovich von Ungern-Sternberg, which spanned the vast reaches of Eurasia.Trade Review[The Baron's Cloak] demonstrates just how important an understanding of the multinational and frontier aspects of the imperial state are to a comprehensive view of its last years, and perhaps even more importantly, to the transition from tsarist to Soviet empire.... Perhaps most significant is this work's contribution to our understanding of the process of imperial collapse through its analysis ofthe faliure of Ungern's efforts in Mongolia, in particular his attempt to reunite the various nationalities of the Russian state and reinstate imperial rule by bringing them together under the banner of loyalty to the monarchy. * The Russian Review *The Baron's Cloak succeeds in drawing our gaze away from the metropolitan centres in which we conventionally chart the upheavals of the 'Russian Revolution' to a periphery that turns out to have been far from peripheral. The revolution was an intrinsically imperial affair. The Baron's Cloak—a vastmulti-ethnic and multi-confessional state pulled apart by messy conflicts across fractured frontiers; a new one forged and contested by men and women with their own multilayered local, regional and imperial identities. Willard Sunderland's innovative analysis of the dynamics which both destroyed the Russian Empire and shaped its Soviet successor is a triumph of scholarship and imagination. * Times Literary Supplement *A specialist on the Russian Empire and borderlands, the historian Willard Sunderland in The Baron's Cloak draws on his considerable talents as a storyteller to craft a fluidly written and engaging account of the twilight of the Russian Empire as it succumbed to the hard-hitting blows of war, revolution, and civil war. * Journal of Modern History *In this magnificent book, Willard Sunderland, Associate Professor of History at the University of Cincinnati, invites the reader to perceive the Russian Empire from a different perspective. Rather than surveying it from the vantage point of 'policies, structures, or ideologies, as historians usually do,' we should step into the shoes of imperial people and look for another set of truths.... The result is an engaging combination of micro-history, historical geography, and insightful travelogue. * Journal of Historical Geography *Many scholars have analyzed the peculiar dynamics that make up the vast, diverse world of the former Russian Empire and Soviet Union, but few have produced works as engaging and insightful as Willard Sunderland's book, The Baron’s Cloak.... Centered on one man, the Russian-German noble, Baron Roman Fedorovich von Ungern-Sternberg, Sunderland’s work is a brilliant portrait of the Russian Empire and its collapse in the face of revolution and civil war. With eloquence and wit, The Baron’s Cloak brings a complex historical epoch to life and provides a highly readable primer for anyone seeking to understand the Russian Empire and the legacies of imperial rule across Eurasia. * Origins *Rare is the book this creative, engaging, and written with such unpretentious grace. The baron of the title is Roman von Ungern-Sternberg.... After the Bolsheviks took power, Ungern-Sternberg attempted to establish an independent state in Mongolia — a monarchy that he himself would rule. In 1921, that dream was crushed by the Red Army, which captured and executed the baron. Sunderland does a remarkable job of blending Ungern-Sternberg's life story with an exquisite portrait of the far-flung reaches of the Russian empire, producing an utterly absorbing tale of one man encountering historic change in almost incomprehensibly complex surroundings. * Foreign Affairs *The result is a splendidly readable microhistory that brings together much excellent recent work on the multiethnic imperial history of Russia—a literature to which Sunderland has been a leading contributor to show how 'the personal experience of empire has much to tell us about the bigger picture.... In sum, this is an exemplary and engaging study that newcomers to Russian history and the broader history of empires will find accessible and interesting—and that more seasoned readers will find enormously insightful. It deserves a very wide readership. * World History Connected *This book is a genuine page-turner and a scrupulously researched microhistory, a finely-stitched tapestry that captures well the loosely construed unity, diversity, and plural identities of Russia's borderlands of empire.... The book has lucid and elegant prose, and a deep sense of place. The Baron’s Cloak is full of insight and logistical sophistication, and Sunderland proves equal to the task. The final result is a gripping Bildungsreise (educational journey) and a model text for how historians should interrogate sources, depict the back-stories of scenes, change course, reconstruct identities, and tentatively formulate new questions about world history. * American Historical Review *This work is an imaginative kind of history in how it reveals the historian's craft, a sort of 'laying bare his technique,' as the Russian formalists who emerged from this same period would have expressed it. Sunderland not only paraphrases or translates from archival documents but he often traces how those documents got to the archive and what sorts of notes and marginalia he finds in them. He also reminds us how incomplete the archival record on his subject is, and he does a very conscientious job of finding alternative sources to help us better enter [his subject's] many intersecting and overlapping worlds. The Baron's Cloak is beautifully written and a wonderful contribution to borderlands history, to the history of empire and nation, and to the history of war, revolution, and civil war. * Slavic Review *The Baron's Cloak offers an important new interpretation of key issues in the late imperial period from colonialism and modernization to Russification and nationalism. The Baron's Cloak is a delight to read, and Sunderland's ability to combine forceful argument with a careful historian's circumspection is admirable. * Ab Imperio *Table of ContentsPreface Timeline Introduction 1. Graz 2. Estland 3. St. Petersburg, Manchuria, St. Petersburg 4. Beyond the Baikal 5. The Black Dragon River 6. Kobdo 7. War Land 8. The Ataman's Domain 9. Urga 10. Kiakhta 11. Red Siberia Conclusion

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Book SynopsisIn Where the River Burned, David Stradling and Richard Stradling describe Cleveland's nascent transition from polluted industrial city to viable service city during the administration of Carl Stokes, the first African American mayor of a major U.S. city.Trade ReviewFocusing on Cleveland's shift from industrial to postindustrial service city and mayor Carl Stokes's administration (1967-1971), David (history, Univ. of Cincinnati) and Richard (retired reporter) Stradling critique postwar liberalism's limited ability to solve the resulting environmental and social problems. Well written and interestingly told, this is a good survey of Cleveland's experience for a general audience. Summing Up: Recommended. * Choice *This impressive book's successes lie in the new connections the authors forge between environmental history and urban history, uniting the postwar urban crisis and the rise of environmentalism.... Where the River Burned contains important lessons in an era when environmental amenities aimed at upper middle-classes are seen as key for revitalizing cities such as Cleveland.... This relevance suggests the book deserves wide readership among environmental and urban historians, as well as among urban officials following in Stokes’s wake. -- Andrew Needham * Journal of American History *Table of ContentsIntroduction: The Crisis in the Urban Environment1. What Will Become of Cleveland?2. Hough and the Urban Crisis3. Downtown and the Limits of Urban Renewal4. Policy and the Polluted City5. The Burning River6. From Earth Day to EcoCityEpilogue: What Became of ClevelandNotes Bibliographic Essay Index

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Book SynopsisHoward Gillette Jr. draws on more than one hundred interviews with representative members of the Yale class of ’64 to examine how they were challenged by the issues that would define the 1960s.Trade Review"Class Divide is an elegantly crafted account of the effect sixties-era cultural and political rebellion had on a very select group of Americans: the Yale class of 1964. Howard Gillette Jr.'s ability to put the lives of his classmates into sharply drawn historical contexts is quite remarkable. Gillette's subjects went on to do spectacular things and many became nationally known figures, which makes this tale particularly significant as a work of both historical scholarship and cultural criticism." -- David Farber, Temple University, author of Everybody Ought to Be Rich: The Life and Times of John J. Raskob, Capitalist"Class Divide says a lot about America before and after the watershed of the 1960s. Howard Gillette Jr. has transformed the personal stories of Yale's class of '64 into a political and cultural narrative about American society in transition. This insider's collective biography illuminates in a compelling way a key juncture in U.S. history." -- Joseph Soares, Wake Forest University, author of The Power of Privilege: Yale and America’s Elite Colleges"Drawing on the stories and reflections of his classmates in the Yale class of '64, Howard Gillette Jr. weaves a compelling portrait of these privileged and idealistic young men as they confronted a world in the midst of upheaval. Gillette's keen historical insights illuminate the complexities of the 1960s and show how the deep divisions of those years continue to shape our nation today." -- Elaine Tyler May, author of America and the Pill: A History of Promise, Peril, and Liberation"In this engaging and insightful portrait of the Yale class of '64, Howard Gillette Jr. adds to our growing awareness of just how revolutionary the sixties were." -- Andrew Hartman, author of A War for the Soul of America: A History of the Culture WarsTable of ContentsIntroduction: What a Hinge Generation Can Tell Us1. Bright College Years, 1960–19642. Into the "Long Sixties," 1964–19743. Civil Rights4. War and Peace5. The Greening of '646. God and Man7. Sex and Marriage8. Culture Wars and the UniversityConclusion: After a Long Journey, a Lasting DivideNotes Acknowledgments Index

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Book SynopsisMany know the name Uncas only from James Fenimore Cooper's The Last of the Mohicans, but the historical Uncas flourished as an important leader of the Mohegan people in seventeenth-century Connecticut. In Uncas: First of the Mohegans, Michael Leroy...Trade ReviewFor his nicely nuanced and minutely detailed narrative, historians of native southern New England owe much to Michael Oberg. -- William B. Hart, Middlebury College * The Journal of American History *Oberg has composed what is clearly the most comprehensive and strongest treatment of Uncas thus far.... The author has successfully employed the framework of ethnohistory to construct a balanced and contextualized interpretation of Uncas' life, something that has been heretofore elusive. The Uncas that emerges from Oberg's pages is neither a bronzed hero of English providence, nor a convenient straw man who can be battered in the name of white guilt over and justification for imperial conquests. -- Akim D. Reinhardt, Towson University * Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History *

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Book SynopsisFirst published in 1988, Marc Egnal''s now classic revisionist history of the origins of the American Revolution, focuses on five coloniesMassachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and South Carolinafrom 1700 to the post-Revolutionary era. Egnal asserts that throughout colonial America the struggle against Great Britain was led by an upper-class faction motivated by a vision of the rapid development of the New World. In each colony the membership of this group, which Egnal calls the expansionist faction, was shaped by self-interest, religious convictions, and national origins. According to Egnal, these individuals had long shown a commitment to American growth and had fervently supported the colonial wars against France, Spain, and Native Americans.While advancing this interpretation, Egnal explores several salient aspects of colonial society. He scrutinizes the partisan battles within the provinces and argues that they were in fact clashes between the expansionists andTrade ReviewA challenging new interpretation, well written and solidly supported. * Library Journal *This book first appeared in 1988 with a forthright argument about the intersections between political economy and the American Revolution... [and] remains a vital voice amid the cacophonous babble of interpretative approaches to the Revolutionary era.... A Mighty Empire remains a provocative thesis, and it may yet prove to be the building block of a fruitful body of scholarship on the American Revolution. Interested scholars should be grateful to the press for reissuing the book. -- Benjamin L. Carp * The Historian *Table of ContentsPreface 2010 Preface to the First EditionIntroductionPART ONE THE FACTIONS EMERGE, 1690–1762 1. Massachusetts to 1741: Three Parties Were Formed 2. Massachusetts, 1741–1762: Coalition Politics 3. New York: Traders and Warriors 4. Pennsylvania: Quaker Party Ascendancy 5. Virginia: Rise of the Northern Neckers 6. South Carolina: Factions Times TwoPART TWO REVOLUTIONARY POLITICS, 1763–1770 7. The Depression of the 1760s 8. Massachusetts: Patriot Alliance 9. New York: Reluctant Revolutionaries 10. Pennsylvania: Challenging the Quaker Party 11. Virginia: Conflict and Cooperation 12. South Carolina: Triumphant PatriotsPART THREE THE QUIET YEARS, 1771–1773 13. The Quiet YearsPART FOUR THE EXPANSIONISTS PREVAIL, 1774–1776 14. Northern Colonies: Antagonists High and Low 15. Southern Colonies: Maintaining Control 16. Beyond IndependenceAppendix. Members of the Factions Index

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Book SynopsisHow did the soldiers in the trenches of the Great War understand and explain battlefield experience, and themselves through that experience? Situated at the intersection of military history and cultural history, The Embattled Self draws on the testimony of French combatants to explore how combatants came to terms with the war. In order to do so, they used a variety of narrative tools at handrites of passage, mastery, a character of the soldier as a consenting citizen of the Republic. None of the resulting versions of the story provided a completely consistent narrative, and all raised more questions about the truth of experience than they answered. Eventually, a story revolving around tragedy and the soldier as victim came to dominateeven to silenceother types of accounts. In thematic chapters, Leonard V. Smith explains why the novel structured by a specific notion of trauma prevailed by the 1930s.Smith canvasses the vast literature of nonfictional and fictional testimTrade ReviewSmith's analysis of these narratives makes for absorbing reading.... I particularly enjoyed Smith's analysis of Marc Bloch's war diary and the narrative he wrote from it several months later. It is an illuminating example of the conundrum that faced the war writers—and perhaps all writers who attempt to construct narrative from experience. The Embattled Self stands on the intersection of literature and history.... The task of turning war experience into narrative was difficult—even perilous—work. For many, writing about the experience of war was as tortured as the war experience itself. Readers will gain from Smith's book a greater understanding and respect for both the genre of war testimony and its embattled practitioners. * H-France Reviews *This book's virtues include a diligent use of underutilized first-person French sources, a careful analytic eye to interpret those sources, and a sincere empathy for the men who lived through the horrendous wars of the trenches. By examining the soldier as witness to the great tragedy that the war represented, Smith dissects the scholarly tension of relying on testimonies that were themselves as much about the narratives of war as about soldiers’ actual, lived experiences. A reexamination of soldiers’ testimony, Smith posits, will return to them their basic humanity and introduce a great deal of complexity to a picture that has for too long been overly simplified. * American Historical Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Experience, Narrative, and Narrator in the Great War1. Rites of Passage and the Initiation to Combat2. The Mastery of Survival: Death, Mutilation, and Killing3. The Genre of Consent4. The Novel and the Search for ClosureConclusionBibliography Index

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Book SynopsisEunice Lipton was a fledging art historian when she first became intrigued by Victorine Meurent, the nineteenth-century model who appeared in Edouard Manet's most famous paintings, only to vanish from history in a haze of degrading hearsay. But had...Trade ReviewA rare alchemy. A melding of art history and autobiography. * Village Voice *Beautifully written—brisk, poignant and humorous. A witty critique of the art historical profession and a sexy, sad memoir with a happy ending. Alias Olympia is the most original art book to emerge from my feminist art generation. -- Lucy R. Lippard * Women's Review of Books *In this wonderfully digressive blend of art history and autobiography, Eunice Lipton chronicles her search for Victorine Meurent, the model for two of Edouard Manet's most famous paintings, 'Olympia' and 'Dejeuner sur l'Herbe.' In the end, and much to the reader's delight, Lipton has done what she set out to do: rescue Victorine Meurent from history. It is a marvelous recovery. * New York Times Book Review *Scholarly research-as-usual is converted into a cliffhanger... a pioneering attempt to fashion a counter—or post-academic self in print.... Alias Olympia will Liptonize art historians in the popular imagination. * Art in America *The elegance and clarity of Lipton's prose make Alias Olympia a joy to read.... Significantly advances our knowledge about lesbians in the visual arts. * Lambda Book Report *Think of Alias Olympia as a Canterbury Tale; a life-story told on a pilgrimage. It is an exploration in a dizzying variety of senses, from her laborious attempt to unearth the real life of her subject to reflections on her own childhood and career to the igniting effect of the feminist movement to musings on the fact that Victorine and Eunice have a common etymology, both signifying 'triumph.' Alias Olympia stands for part of the truth... but its humanity is entire. -- Richard Eder * Los Angeles Times *

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Book SynopsisThis classic work is significant both as a source of insight into the influences on the eighteenth-century philosopher's intellectual development and as one of the earliest and most sophisticated examples of philosophical autobiographyTrade ReviewGiambattista Vico, the greatest philosopher of the eighteenth century, is generally considered the founder of the modern philosophy of history.... This autobiography contains not only an account of the basic facts of Vico's personal and professional life, but also a good deal of interesting information concerning his intellectual background and the genesis of his thought. It is hence a good introduction to his major philosophical work, the New Science. * Philosophical Review *The Autobiography... as a general survey of Vico's ideas and of the divergences between his theory of society and those of his contemporaries. Especially interesting are Vico's comments on mathematical reasoning and on the difference between the mathematical and historical sciences.... The translators are to be congratulated upon an excellent performance of a task that was eminently worth doing. * Journal of Philosophy *Table of ContentsPreface INTRODUCTION by Max Harold Fisch I. Porcia's "Proposal" and Vico's Autobiography II. The Autobiography and the New Science III. The New Science A. The European Background B. The Genesis of the New Science C. The Principles of the New Science IV. Vico's Reputation and Influence A. In Italy B. In Germany C. In France D. In Great Britain and Ireland E. In the United States F. In the Marxist TraditionTHE LIFE OF GIAMBATTISTA VICO Part A, 1725 Part B, 1725, 1728 Continuation by the Author, 1731 Continuation by Villarosa, 1818Notes to the Introduction Notes to the Autobiography Supplementary Notes (1962) Chronological Table Index of Personal Names

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Book SynopsisHis Life and Adventures offer an inside account of the brawling racism common in the early nineteenth century and sharply detail the rowdy male subculture of the times.... History of My Own Times is one of the few first-person accounts of a rural artisan in pre-genteel America.Trade ReviewOtter's life story opens doors into our understanding of northern Jacksonian, including their acceptance of Indian removal, and their lack of concern over slavery. This is a disturbing but significant publication. * Journal of the Early Republic *This edition of Otter's autobiography is a welcome addition to the scant volume of literature dealing with the rural laboring men of the early national period. Otter's autobiography also offers an interesting commentary on the nature of nineteenth century American character, highlighting its admirable as well as its contemptible qualities. For these reasons, and many others, this work deserves recognition and further discussion by scholars and students of American history alike. * The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biographies *William Otter's History of My Own Time is a riveting, disturbing window into the world of rural artisans in the early republic. Paul Stott's thorough, thoughtful, and sometimes brilliant editing and commentary greatly enhance the text. Local historians, students, and academics will love it and hate it all at once, while the old families of Frederick County will either cringe to find their ancestors in league with Otter or sigh with relief at their absence from the History. * Maryland Historical Magazine *Table of ContentsIntroduction History of My Own Times Preface England New York Philadelphia Pennsylvania Hanover Cincinnati, the Eastern Shore, and Baltimore EmmitsburgPostscript Commentary: William Otter and the Society of Jolly Fellows in the Early RepublicAppendix: Articles of an Agreement between Rev. John DuBois & William Otter, 11 October 1823 Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewA first step in identifying important themes for historians and political scientists to reconsider in the future after we have some more time to assess this most paradoxical and puzzling presidency. Perspectives on Political ScienceTable of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgmentsContributorsPart I. The Legacy of the Reagan YearsChapter 1. Looking Back on the Reagan PresidencyChapter 2. Thinking about the Reagan YearsPart II. Foreign PolicyChapter 3. The Centrality of Central AmericaChapter 4. The Middle EastChapter 5. U.S.-Soviet RelationsPart III. Economic and Fiscal PolicyChapter 6. Constitutional Principles and Economic PolicyChapter 7. Ideology and Economic PolicyChapter 8. Reagan's Tax PolicyPart IV. Institutional ChangeChapter 9. From Nixon's Problem to Reagan's Achievement: The Federal Executive ReexaminedChapter 10. The Presidency after Reagan: Don't Change It—Make It WorkChapter 11. Reagan's Judicial StrategyPart V. Electoral and Congressional RelationsChapter 12. After the Reagan Revolution: A Postelectoral Politics?Chapter 13. The Ruptured Legacy: Presidental-Congressional Relations in Historical PerspectiveChapter 14. Meager Patrimony: The Reagan Era and Rpublican Representation in CongressPart VI. PostscriptChapter 15. Looking Back: Meanings and PuzzlesIndex

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Book SynopsisOriginal and well told, this account argues that the greatest patriotic contribution of America's Midnight Rider was his work in helping the nation develop from a craft to an industrial economy.Trade ReviewMartello succeeds superbly in using Paul Revere as a lens to view the social, economic, and technological landscape of early America... Revere's adept transitions are matched only by Martello's adept retelling of them. Highly recommended. Choice 2011 Revere sensed that he was living in a time of unprecedented opportunity, and unlike some contemporaries who returned to small shops, he moved quickly from artisan to manager, from craftsman to industrialist. As Martello demonstrates in this fascinating study, the transition was not easy. Times Literary Supplement 2011 Martello's account of Revere's life is a welcome addition to the literature on American industry and on the founding fathers. -- Lawrence A. Peskin Common-Place 2011Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. Artisan, Silversmith, and Businessman (1754–1775) Chapter 2. Patriot, Soldier, and Handyman of the Revolution (1775–1783)Chapter 3. Mercantile Ambitions and a New Look at Silver (1783–1789)Chapter 4. To Run a "Furnass": The Iron Years (1788–1792)Chapter 5. Bells, Cannon, and Malleable Copper (1792–1801)Chapter 6. Paul Revere's Last Ride: The Road to Rolling Copper (1798–1801) Chapter 7. The Onset of Industrial Capitalism: Managerial and Labor Adaptations (1802–1811)Chapter 8. Becoming Industrial: Technological Innovations and Environmental Implications (1802–1811) Conclusion Acknowledgments Appendixes1. Major Events in the Narratives of Paul Revere and America 2. Four Proto-industrial Production Factors and Major Linkages 3. Prevalent Craft and Industrial Practices in the Proto-industrial Period 4. Selected Revere Engravings 5. Furnace Startup Expenses for 1787–1788 6. April 1796 Payments to Faxon 7. Revere's Second Letter to Benjamin Stoddert, February 26, 1800 8. Employee Salaries, 1802–1806 9. Typical Stages in the Growth of a Large Technological System Notes Index

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Book SynopsisFew books explore in such a comprehensive fashion the political, economic, ideological, diplomatic, and technological dimensions of this defining moment in world history.Trade ReviewBuel's Joel Barlow is the first biography in two generations, and the best. No earlier biographer has given nearly as detailed and rich a portrait of Barlow's perhaps singularly expansive role in the cultural life, commerce, politics, and intrigue of the age of revolution. Guardian 2011Table of ContentsList of IllustrationsIntroduction1. Beginnings2. Ambitious Goals3. Uncharted Waters4. Dead Ends5. Literary Recognition6. Land Fever7. Disgrace8. Revolutionary Adventurer9. The Terror10. Commercial Interlude11. Mission to Algiers12. Franco-American Crisis13. Republican Prophet14. Responding to France's Apostasy15. Mixed Reception16. Washington Insider17. Europe Redux18. FinaleAcknowledgmentsAbbreviationsNotesEssay on SourcesIndex

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Book SynopsisKay's local study of the debate over cultural modernism in Imperial Germany makes a significant contribution both to the study of modernism and to the history of German culture.

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Book SynopsisClosely Guarded is written by a man who was privy to some of the most closely guarded state secrets in Canada. From 1942 to 1973, John Starnes was engaged in such areas as communications intelligence and, during his tenure as the first civilian director-general of the RCMP Security Service, in counter-espionage and counter-subversion. His recollection of these confidential activities and the part he played in them is supported by a wealth of formerly classified official documentation recently released under the Access to Information Act.This is a highly personal narrative, brought vividly to life with excerpts from the letters that Starnes wrote home from London during the Second World War, when he moved in intelligence circles and met many prominent diplomats and policy-makers. His story recalls several of the key political moments of this century, including the creation of the United Nations, the glory days of External Affairs, the Six Day War between Israel and Eg

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