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Liberty And The News by Lippmann Walter
$28.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Series: The\James Madison Library in American Politics Ser.
This little gem of a book, which first appeared in 1920, was written in Walter Lippmann's thirtieth year. He was still full of the passionate faith in democracy that was evident in his writings before the First World War. From today's point of view, Lippmann's argument seems unusually prescient. He was ...Show more
The Jungle by Upton Sinclair; Ronald Gottesman (Introduction by)
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Category: No Category | Series: American Library
A Lithuanian immigrant in Chicago struggles to support his family as they face harsh conditions in this elegantly designed edition of The Jungle.
The New Industrial State by John Kenneth Galbraith
$41.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Series: The James Madison Library in American Politics
With searing wit and incisive commentary, John Kenneth Galbraith redefined America's perception of itself in "The New Industrial State, one of his landmark works. The United States is no longer a free-enterprise society, Galbraith argues, but a structured state controlled by the largest companies. Adver ...Show more
The Rights of Man by Thomas Paine
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Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Series: The\Penguin American Library | Reading Level: good
One of the great classics on democracy, "Rights of Man" was published in England in 1791 as a vindication of the French Revolution and a critique of the British system of government. In direct, forceful prose, Paine defends popular rights, national independence, revolutionary war, and economic growth - ...Show more
Uncle Tom's Cabin or, Life Among the Lowly by Harriet Beecher Stowe
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Category: Classics | Series: Penguin American Library | Reading Level: very good
Published in 1852, Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel was a powerful indictment of slavery in America. Describing the many trials and eventual escape to freedom of the long-suffering, good-hearted slave Uncle Tom, it aimed to show how Christian love can overcome any human cruelty. "Uncle Tom's Cabin" has rem ...Show more
Varieties of Religious Experience by William James; Martin E. Marty (Editor, Introduction by); William James
$35.00 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Penguin American Library
The Varieties of Religious Experience came about as the result of William James's legendary lecture series at The University of Edinburgh. It consisted of 20 Lectures, 2 courses of 10 lectures each. In this series, James examines in detail the nature of religion, expanding on pragmatism in the process. ...Show more
Walden & Civil Disobedience by Henry David Thoreau
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Category: Classics | Series: American Library
Disdainful of America's booming commercialism and industrialism, Henry David Thoreau left Concord, Massachusetts, in 1845 to live in solitude in the woods near Walden Pond. Walden, the account of his stay, conveys at once a naturalist's wonder at the commonplace and a Transcendentalist's yearning for sp ...Show more
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