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  • Presidential Greatness

    by Marc Landy, Sidney M. Milkis ...
    When a new president is elected in November, someone will be called to greatness. But it remains to be seen whether that call will be answered.In the wake of the Clinton scandal, the upcoming election presents an opportunity for candidates and citizens alike to reaffirm their belief that the office of the president demands greatness. But Marc Landy and Sidney Milkis suspect that the public will be ... Read more

    $34.99 CAD

  • American Government

    Enduring Principles and Critical Choices

    by Marc Landy ...
    To understand contemporary American politics and government students need to see how political ideas, institutions and forces have developed over time. The fourth edition of American Government dwells on the seminal role played by political memory and path dependency in shaping contemporary institutions, political forces and public opinion, as well as the critical choices that have caused them to ... Read more

    $59.99 CAD

  • The Politics of Environmental Reform

    Controlling Kentucky Strip Mining

    by Marc Karnis Landy ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    The Politics of Environmental Reform demonstrates how environmental laws affect local governments with Kentucky strip mining as its core example. Originally published in 1976, Landy’s research into environmental legislation in a state whose economy relies on the coal industry can easily be applied to all forms of government shedding light on issues such as policy initiation, federal-state ... Read more

    $40.99 CAD

  • Keeping the Republic

    A Defense of American Constitutionalism

    by Hale Dennis, Marc Landy ...
    Series series American Political Thought
    Keeping the Republic is an eloquent defense of the American constitutional order and a response to its critics, including those who are estranged from the very idea of a fixed constitution in which “the living are governed by the dead.” Dennis Hale and Marc Landy take seriously the criticisms of the United States Constitution. Before mounting their argument, they present an intellectual history of ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

  • The Obama Presidency in the Constitutional Order

    A First Look

    by David Alvis, Andrew E. Busch, James W. Ceaser, Anthony Corrado, Joshua Dunn, David K. Nichols, Stephen F. Knott, Marc Landy ...
    The Obama administration is shaping up to be one of the most consequential in recent American history. In this book, a diverse group of presidential scholars step back from the partisan debate to consider the first two years of the Obama presidency through the lens of the U.S. constitution's theory, structure, and powers. They ask how Barack Obama understands and exercises the President's formal ... Read more

    $57.99 CAD

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    Thomas Jefferson and Alexander Hamilton--two of the most influential Founding Fathers--were also fierce rivals with two opposing political philosophies and two radically different visions for America.While Jefferson is better remembered today, it is actually Hamilton’s political legacy that has triumphed--a legacy that has subverted the Constitution and transformed the federal government into the ... Read more

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  • Political Foundations of Judicial Supremacy

    The Presidency, the Supreme Court, and Constitutional Leadership in U.S. History

    by Keith E. Whittington ...
    Series series Princeton Studies in American Politics
    Should the Supreme Court have the last word when it comes to interpreting the Constitution? The justices on the Supreme Court certainly seem to think so--and their critics say that this position threatens democracy. But Keith Whittington argues that the Court's justices have not simply seized power and circumvented politics. The justices have had power thrust upon them--by politicians, for the ... Read more

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  • 9 Presidents Who Screwed Up America

    And Four Who Tried to Save Her

    by Brion McClanahan ...
    Of the forty-four presidents who have led the United States, nine made mistakes that permanently scarred the nation. Which nine? Brion McClanahan, author of The Politically Incorrect Guide to the Founding Fathers and The Founding Fathers' Guide to the Constitution, will surprise readers with his list, which he supports with exhaustive and entertaining evidence. 9 Presidents Who Screwed Up America ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

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  • Gold and Freedom

    The Political Economy of Reconstruction

    by Nicolas Barreyre ...
    Translated by Arthur Goldhammer ...
    Series series A Nation Divided
    Historians have long treated Reconstruction primarily as a southern concern isolated from broader national political developments. Yet at its core, Reconstruction was a battle for the legacy of the Civil War that would determine the political fate not only of the South but of the nation.In Gold and Freedom, Nicolas Barreyre recovers the story of how economic issues became central to American ... Read more

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  • The Real Lincoln

    A New Look at Abraham Lincoln, His Agenda, and an Unnecessary War

    by Thomas J. Dilorenzo ...
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  • The Divided Era

    How We Got Here and the Keys to America's Reconciliation

    by Thomas Del Beccaro ...
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  • We the Corporations

    How American Businesses Won Their Civil Rights

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    National Book Award for Nonfiction FinalistNational Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction FinalistA New York Times Notable Book of the YearA Washington Post Notable Book of the YearA PBS “Now Read This” Book Club SelectionNamed one of the Best Books of the Year by the Economist and the Boston GlobeA landmark exposé and “deeply engaging legal history” of one of the most successful, yet... ... Read more

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