History Policy – Bücher, CDs, Blu-ray Discs und mehr, Seite 8

Stephen Azzi, Patrice Dutil
Statecraft

Statecraft delves into the intricate relationships between Canadian prime ministers and their cabinets since Confederation. Through twenty critical essays, leading scholars systematically analyse the chal…

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John Carson
The Measure of Merit

A wide-ranging account of American and French understandings of merit, talent, and intelligence over the past two centuriesHow have modern democracies squared their commitment to equality with their fear …

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Towns Between Empires

Towns between Empires contains contributions regarding urban administration and governance in the historical regions that are now in Romania, and that fall under the early modern concept of good governanc…

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Nancy Siegel
Political Appetites

Coming soon: Political Appetites by Nancy Siegel.

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A Mechele Dickerson
The Middle-Class New Deal

New York Times bestseller As seen on The Daily Show "This book is music to my ears."--Jon StewartA bold, accessible story about how the American middle class was built and what we can do to save…

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Paul Howe
The Perils of Populism

Populism has upended politics around the world over the past decade. Claiming to speak for the people, populist leaders denigrate mainstream politicians, threaten democratic norms, and take aim at immigra…

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Matthew D Lassiter
The Suburban Crisis

How the drug war transformed American political cultureSince the 1950s, the American war on drugs has positioned white middle-class youth as sympathetic victims of illegal drug markets who need rehabilita…

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Violent Atmospheres

"In Southeast Asia, atmospheric violence emerges from the haze plumes of burning of palm oil plantations, the invisible but powerful spread of viral flows, and the subordination of upland farmers who…

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Tyler Priest
Offshore Oildom

Offshore Oildom tells the riveting story of the United States' quest to secure the oil riches of the sea. Drawing on a wealth of untapped sources, Tyler Priest reveals how the offshore oil industry emerge…

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Anny Gaul
Nile Nightshade

Best Culinary History Book in the World, Gourmand World Cookbook Awards 2025 "Leaves few cultural-societal stones unturned in chronicling how the tomato gradually came to be a constant presence in Eg…

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Nina Mackert
Inventing the Calorie

Traces how the calorie became America's way to quantify food, police bodies, and moralize behaviorFrom packaged foods, to lifestyle magazines, and public health discussions, calories are deeply woven into…

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Seamus Higgins
Food and Us

What are your favourite foods? Did you grow up liking Angel Delight, instant mash, prawn cocktail, chicken Kyiv, and Arctic rolls as the author did? The 1970s were once described as "the decade that …

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Shiuon Chu
Reinventing Examination and the State in Twentieth-Century China and Taiwan

Reinventing Examination and the State traces the ideological evolution of civil service and state-organized educational examinations in the twentieth-century China and Taiwan, showing how modern examinati…

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David Zweig
An Abundance of Caution

A searing indictment of the American public health, media, and political establishments' decision-making process behind pandemic school closures.An Abundance of Caution is a devastating account of the dec…

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Paul Schmitz
New York's Family Grocer

From pushcart to pantry staple in the city that never sleepsNew York's Family Grocer tells how a neighborhood name became part of the city's daily rhythm. Patsy and Nicholas D'Agostino arrived from Italy,…

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David Zweig
An Abundance of Caution

"Investigates the initial decisions that led to school closures in the spring of 2020, and looks at why so many schools remained closed despite mounting evidence that schools could be safely reopened…

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Stephen Azzi, Patrice Dutil
Statecraft

Statecraft delves into the intricate relationships between Canadian prime ministers and their cabinets since Confederation. Through twenty critical essays, leading scholars systematically analyse the chal…

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Nicholas L Caverly
Demolishing Detroit

Pioneering field work reveals how infrastructural systems-buildings, laws, algorithms, excavators, regulations, toxins-maintain white supremacy within the urban landscapeFor decades, Detroit residents, po…

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Robert H Latiff
Future Peace

Future Peace urges extreme caution in the adoption of new weapons technology and is an impassioned plea for peace from an individual who spent decades preparing for war.Today's militaries are increasingly…

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Claire A Dunlop, Jonathan C Kamkhaji, Claudio M Radaelli, Gaia Taffoni
Designing Rulemaking

In Designing Rulemaking, the authors examine how governments around the world have adopted access to information legislation and how these innovations, designed to open up rulemaking process and make regu…

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