Political Sciences
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The Struggle Is Eternal: Gloria Richardson and Black Liberation [Hardback]
Joseph R. Fitzgerald (Author)
£37.50ISBN: 9780813176499
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Civil Rights and the Struggle for Black Equality in the Twentieth Century
Many prominent and well-known figures greatly impacted the civil rights movement, but one of the most influential and unsung leaders of that period was Gloria Richardson. As the leader of the Cambridge Nonviolent Action Committee (CNAC), a multifa... .... Learn More -
College for the Commonwealth: A Case for Higher Education in American Democracy [Hardback]
Michael T. Benson (Author); Hal R. Boyd (Author); E. Gordon Gee (Author)
£26.50ISBN: 9780813176598
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
In the past decade, states across the nation have cut higher education spending per student by more than 15 percent. Kentucky has experienced some of the largest cuts in the country, leading many to claim that higher education is in a state of cri... .... Learn More -
Pilates of the Mediterranean [Paperback]
Joseph Borg (Author)
£18.00ISBN: 9789993276081
Published by : Midsea Books
Not yet published - available for pre-order
The book is an analysis of contemporary society with particular emphasis on Maltese society. The book presents a collection of 73 short essays and proposes a vision for local politics based on the concept of Malta as our common home. It discusses ... .... Learn More -
Moonshiners and Prohibitionists: The Battle over Alcohol in Southern Appalachia [Paperback]
Bruce E. Stewart (Author)
£22.50ISBN: 9780813176192
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: New Directions in Southern History
Homemade liquor has played a prominent role in the Appalachian economy for nearly two centuries. The region endured profound transformations during the extreme prohibition movements of the nineteenth century, when the manufacturing and sale of alc... .... Learn More -
World Politics on Screen: Understanding International Relations through Popular Culture [Paperback]
Mark A. Sachleben (Author)
£19.00ISBN: 9780813176208
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Increasingly resistant to lessons on international politics, society often turns to television and film to engage the subject. Numerous movies made in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries reflect political themes that were of concern within th... .... Learn More -
Paving the Way for Reagan: The Influence of Conservative Media on US Foreign Policy [Hardback]
Laurence R. Jurdem (Author)
£34.00ISBN: 9780813175843
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
Series: Studies in Conflict, Diplomacy, and Peace
From 1964 to 1980, the United States was buffeted by a variety of international crises, including the nation's defeat in Vietnam, the growing aggression of the Soviet Union, and Washington's inability to free the fifty two American hostages held b... .... Learn More -
Migration and Asylum in Malta and the European Union: Rights and Realities 2002-2011 [Paperback]
Peter Xuereb (Editor)
£32.00ISBN: 9789990945652
Published by : Midsea Books
This book is the end result of a research project and two seminars held between January 2010 and January 2011 with the assistance of the European Commission’s Jean Monnet Programme. The aim of the project was to document the legal, policy, politic... .... Learn More -
Does it Matter Who Speaks?: Postmodern Papers on Politics, Ethics and Education [Paperback]
Kenneth Wain (Author)
£32.00ISBN: 9789990945768
Published by : Midsea Books
Kenneth Wain’s excellent publication brings together a number of papers on postmodern issues. They reflect the author’s lifelong professional interest in the areas of Politics, Ethics, and Education as well as his deep involvement with writers col... .... Learn More -
Decline and Economic Ideals in Italy in the Early Modern Age [Hardback]
Gino Barbieri (Author); Sergio Noto (Editor); Maria Cristina Gatti (Editor); David Colander (Author)
£32.50ISBN: 9788822263018
Published by : Olschki
Decline and Economic Ideals in Italy in the Early Modern Age (1940) is certainly the most important work of Gino Barbieri, who developed it from his PhD thesis. It is an example of deep economic insight, investigating the writings of theologians, ... .... Learn More -
Thinking About Liberty: An Historian's Approach [Paperback]
Quentin Skineer (Author)
£15.00ISBN: 9788822264602
Published by : Olschki
In Thinking About Liberty: An Historian’s Approach, the eminent historian Quentin Skinner traces a path in the history of ideas that involves different ways of thinking about liberty – a central concept in social and political thought in today’s W... .... Learn More
