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U.S. Government Publication

Ideological Development and Institutional Politics from the Founding to 1970

By: John Spencer Walters

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U.S. Government Publication

Ideological Development and Institutional Politics from the Founding to 1970

By: John Spencer Walters

Examines the forces that have deflected U.S. Government publication from becoming the public enterprise that Congress had conceived in the nineteenth century. Walters covers everything from the deeply embedded ideas of the American political consciousness and its inhibitive effect on the production, distribution, preservation, and quality of U.S. Government documents to reasons why the executive department circumvented the U.S. Government Printing Office to the causes behind the conspicuous lawlessness of government publication to how the folkways of science served to constrict the sphere of government publication to a narrow strip.

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Scarecrow Press

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0810848198

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9780810848191

Automatic

Changing the Way America Saves

By: William G. Gale,J. Mark Iwry,David C. John

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Automatic

Changing the Way America Saves

By: William G. Gale,J. Mark Iwry,David C. John

Automatic offers an innovative new way to think about how Americans can save for retirement. Over the past quarter century, America's pension system has shifted away from defined benefit plans and toward defined contribution savings programs such as 401(k)s and IRAs. There is much to be done to improve the defined contribution system. Many workers fail to participate and those who do often contribute too little, invest the funds poorly, and are not adequately prepared to manage funds while in retirement. To resolve these problems, the authors propose that employees should be automatically enrolled into a 401(k) plan when they are hired, with the right to opt out, change the amount that they contribute, or change investment choices if they choose. If the employer does not sponsor a 401(k) or similar retirement plan, they would be enrolled in a payroll deduction Automatic IRA. This vision of a transformed defined contribution system incorporates key positive features of defined benefit plans to improve retirement security. Employess contributions would increase over time, their investments would benefit from professional management and rebalancing, and they would receive lifetime income upon retirement. These automatic features will make the 401(k) and similar plans a more effective tool for retirement saving, and they can be extended to the many workers who do not currently have access to an employer plan. In Automatic, the authors present proposals to implement automatic features in all phases of the 401(k) and in IRAs for workers with no employer plan. They also draw from the experience of countries that have implemented automatic saving structures.

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Rowman & Littlefield

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0815703821

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9780815703822

Manipulating the Masses

Woodrow Wilson and the Birth of American Propaganda

By: John Maxwell Hamilton

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Manipulating the Masses

Woodrow Wilson and the Birth of American Propaganda

By: John Maxwell Hamilton

Winner of the Goldsmith Book Prize by the Harvard Shorenstein Center on Media, Politics and Public Policy Manipulating the Masses tells the story of the enduring threat to American democracy that arose out of World War I: the establishment of pervasive, systematic propaganda as an instrument of the state. During the Great War, the federal government exercised unprecedented power to shape the views and attitudes of American citizens. Its agent for this was the Committee on Public Information (CPI), established by President Woodrow Wilson one week after the United States entered the war in April 1917. Driven by its fiery chief, George Creel, the CPI reached every crevice of the nation, every day, and extended widely abroad. It established the first national newspaper, made prepackaged news a quotidian aspect of governing, and pioneered the concept of public diplomacy. It spread the Wilson administration’s messages through articles, cartoons, books, and advertisements in newspapers and magazines; through feature films and volunteer Four Minute Men who spoke during intermission; through posters plastered on buildings and along highways; and through pamphlets distributed by the millions. It enlisted the nation’s leading progressive journalists, advertising executives, and artists. It harnessed American universities and their professors to create propaganda and add legitimacy to its mission. Even as Creel insisted that the CPI was a conduit for reliable, fact-based information, the office regularly sanitized news, distorted facts, and played on emotions. Creel extolled transparency but established front organizations. Overseas, the CPI secretly subsidized news organs and bribed journalists. At home, it challenged the loyalty of those who occasionally questioned its tactics. Working closely with federal intelligence agencies eager to sniff out subversives and stifle dissent, the CPI was an accomplice to the Wilson administration’s trampling of civil liberties. Until now, the full story of the CPI has never been told. John Maxwell Hamilton consulted over 150 archival collections in the United States and Europe to write this revealing history, which shows the shortcuts to open, honest debate that even well-meaning propagandists take to bend others to their views. Every element of contemporary government propaganda has antecedents in the CPI. It is the ideal vehicle for understanding the rise of propaganda, its methods of operation, and the threat it poses to democracy.

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925

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LSU Press

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0807174181

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9780807174180

Reagan's Cowboys

Inside the 1984 Reelection Campaign's Secret Operation Against Geraldine Ferraro

By: John B. Roberts II

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Reagan's Cowboys

Inside the 1984 Reelection Campaign's Secret Operation Against Geraldine Ferraro

By: John B. Roberts II

When rumors about Geraldine Ferraro--the first woman vice-presidential nominee by a major party in U.S history--reached First Lady Nancy Reagan during the 1984 presidential election, a secret operation was launched to investigate her. It revealed Ferraro's ties to organized crime and the extent to which she would have been subject to pressure or blackmail by the Mafia if elected. Written by an insider responsible for running the investigation, this never-before-told story goes behind the scenes as an incumbent president's campaign works to expose a political opponent's mob connections. Part detective story, part political thriller, the narrative features all the major players in the Reagan White House and 1984 reelection committee, with revealing anecdotes about Ronald and Nancy Reagan.

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McFarland

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1476641242

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9781476641249

Articulations of Capital

Global Production Networks and Regional Transformations

By: John Pickles,Adrian Smith

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Articulations of Capital

Global Production Networks and Regional Transformations

By: John Pickles,Adrian Smith

Articulations of Capital offers an accessible, grounded, yet theoretically-sophisticated account of the geographies of global production networks, value chains, and regional development in post-socialist Eastern and Central Europe. Proposes a new theorization of global value chains as part of a conjunctural economic geography Develops a set of conceptual and theoretical arguments concerning the regional embeddedness of global production Draws on longitudinal empirical research from over 20 years in the Bulgarian and Slovakian apparel industries Makes a major intervention into the debate over the economic geographies of European integration and EU enlargement

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317

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118632710

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9781118632710

The Knights of Columbus

Fifty Years of Columbianism in Maryland

By: John P. Bauernschub

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The Knights of Columbus

Fifty Years of Columbianism in Maryland

By: John P. Bauernschub

A history of the Knights of Columbus in Maryland.

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Wildside Press LLC

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1434474275

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9781434474278

Naval Order of the U.S.

By: John C. Rice, Jr.

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Naval Order of the U.S.

By: John C. Rice, Jr.

The origins and history of the Naval Order of the U.S.

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154

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Turner Publishing Company

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1563118734

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9781563118739

Criminal Women

Famous London Cases

By: John J. Eddleston

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Criminal Women

Famous London Cases

By: John J. Eddleston

Shocking portraits of women who have committed capital crimes in England’s capital city—from the author of Jack the Ripper: An Encyclopedia. Women have sometimes been seen as less criminally inclined than men. But, as John J. Eddleston shows in this revealing anthology of female crimes in London, this image is hard to mesh with reality, for the city’s history is crowded with cases of women who broke the law. In vivid detail, he reconstructs a series of dramatic, often harrowing, cases in which women were involved and puts their acts in the context of their times. Taking episodes from the eighteenth century to near the present day, he looks at criminal women of all types, from all walks of life. The work of the London police, the courts, and the prisons is an essential element in his study, and each chapter reveals much about how attitudes toward crime and punishment have changed over the centuries. Fascinating portraits of these criminal women as individuals emerge from their stories; their cases come to life—as does the London in which they lived. They include Catherine Hayes, who was burnt alive for murdering her husband; three women hanged on the same day for highway robbery; two women executed for rioting; Anne Hurle and Charlotte Newman, who were both hanged for forgery; Florence Bravo, who was sensationally acquitted of murder; and, perhaps most famous of all, Ruth Ellis, whose execution in 1955 provoked an outcry against capital punishment.

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246

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Wharncliffe

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1844683281

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9781844683284

Classic Movies The Best and the Worst Pictures to see! Films to avoid!

By: John Howard Reid

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Classic Movies The Best and the Worst Pictures to see! Films to avoid!

By: John Howard Reid

Gathered in this large volume paperback are some of Hollywood's best loved and most famous movies. In addition to the many film classics, however, the author has included a number of equally entertaining films that deserve to be better known. Many of these movies are now available on DVD. Full credits and detailed reviews are provided for over a hundred of these classic films. Over two hundred more movies are represented by short reviews. Many of the reviews contain DVD details. Of course, not all classic movies have surfaced on DVD to date, but they are being issued at the rate of around forty a month! If you love classic movies, this book will provide an invaluable guide to some of the enjoyable films that are now available (and also, of course, some of the disappointing films that you might wisely avoid).

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268

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Lulu.com

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1312962380

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9781312962385

Cagney

By: John McCabe

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Cagney

By: John McCabe

John McCabe's participation in the writing of James Cagney's autobiography, the many years of friendship that followed, and an intense period of interview and discussion in preparation for a musical comedy based on Cagney's life--a show that never saw the light of day--make him Cagney's ideal biographer. And, indeed, he has written a searching chronicle of this major actor's life and career, packed with history and anecdote, and profusely illustrated. Cagney came from a poor Irish-American New York family but once he found his métier as an actor, it was not long before he was recognized as a brilliantly energetic and powerful phenomenon. After the tremendous impact of Public Enemy--in which he notoriously pushed half a grapefruit into Mae Clarke's face--he was typecast as a gangster because of the terrifying violence that seemed to be pent up within him. Years of pitched battle with Warner Brothers finally liberated him from those roles, and he went on to star in such triumphs as the musicals Yankee Doodle Dandy (winning the 1942 Oscar for best actor) and Love Me or Leave Me. Even so, one of his greatest later roles involved a return to crime--as the psychopathic killer in the terrifying White Heat. He retired from films in 1961 after making Billy Wilder's One, Two, Three, only to return twenty years later for Ragtime. But however much Cagney personified violence and explosive energy on the screen, in life he was a quiet, introspective, and deeply private man, a poet, painter, and environmentalist, whose marriage to his early vaudeville partner was famously loyal and happy. His story is one of the few Hollywood biographies that reflect a fulfilled life as well as a spectacular career.

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701

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Knopf

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0307830993

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9780307830999

MEMOIRS

By: JOHN WARVELLE HARBAUGH

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MEMOIRS

By: JOHN WARVELLE HARBAUGH

John W. Harbaugh has had a career in geology and academia and is a Professor Emeritus of Geological Sciences at Stanford University. He is the author or coauthor of 12 books and has also been connected with oil industry for much of his career. He currently manages oil and gas properties in Oklahoma and Texas.

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270

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Lulu.com

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1300773332

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9781300773337

Vitruvius Britannicus

Second Series

By: J. Badeslade,J. Rocque,John Woolfe,James Gandon

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Vitruvius Britannicus

Second Series

By: J. Badeslade,J. Rocque,John Woolfe,James Gandon

This magnificent volume comprises three folios, originally published between 1739 and 1771. More than 100 plates depict facades, ground plans, exterior elevations, and perspective views of grand Neo-Palladian buildings.

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305

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Courier Corporation

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0486141268

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9780486141268

The Bucs!

The Story of the Pittsburgh Pirates

By: John McCollister

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The Bucs!

The Story of the Pittsburgh Pirates

By: John McCollister

Each generation of Pirate fans has been blessed with a pantheon of heroes: Honus Wagner, Pie Traynor, Bill Mazeroski, Roberto Clemente and Willie Stargell.

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241

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Taylor Trade Publishing

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1461661722

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9781461661726

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U.S. Government Publication

U.S. Government Publication

Automatic

Automatic

Manipulating the Masses

Manipulating the Masses

Reagan's Cowboys

Reagan's Cowboys

Articulations of Capital

Articulations of Capital

The Knights of Columbus

The Knights of Columbus

Naval Order of the U.S.

Naval Order of the U.S.

Criminal Women

Criminal Women

Classic Movies The Best and the Worst Pictures to see! Films to avoid!

Classic Movies The Best and the Worst Pictures to see! Films to avoid!

Cagney

Cagney

MEMOIRS

MEMOIRS

Vitruvius Britannicus

Vitruvius Britannicus

The Bucs!

The Bucs!

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