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Presidents, Parties, and the State

A Party System Perspective on Democratic Regulatory Choice, 1884-1936

By: Scott C. James,Scott Curtis James

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Presidents, Parties, and the State

A Party System Perspective on Democratic Regulatory Choice, 1884-1936

By: Scott C. James,Scott Curtis James

Dominant theories of regulatory choice privilege the goals and actions of district-oriented legislators and organized groups. Presidents, Parties, and the State challenges this conventional frame, placing presidential elections and national party leaders at the centre of American regulatory state development. Historically the 'out-party' in national politics between 1884 and 1936, the Democratic party of Grover Cleveland, Woodrow Wilson and Franklin Roosevelt confronted a severe political quandary, one which pit long-term ideological commitments against short-term electoral opportunities. In short, Democrats, when in power, were forced to choose between enacting the regulatory agenda of their traditional party base, or legislating the programs of voting blocs deemed pivotal to the consolidation of national party power. Coalition-building imperatives drove Democratic leaders to embrace the latter alternative, prompting legislative intervention to secure outcomes consistent with national party needs. In the end, the electoral logic that fuelled Democratic choice proved consequential for the trajectory of American state development.

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321

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Cambridge University Press

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0521030021

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9780521030021

Face of the Enemy

By: Ron Scott

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Face of the Enemy

By: Ron Scott

Two men from opposite backgrounds fi nd themselves victims of circumstance - The Vietnam War. Brett Edwards, married, college graduate, retail executive living in suburban New York; James Curtis, single, high school dropout, youthful offender hardened by the mean streets of Newark, New Jersey. Both men receive a letter that will change their lives. James had been given a choice: join the Army or serve hard time in prison. Brett had become accustomed to years of draft deferments; unexpectedly, he receives the letter. The men forge a friendship; James credits fate with his new friendship, and attaches fearful premonitions from his past to preserving that friendship. When they enter the Vietnam War zone, there is only one priority- survival. The right to go home is earned. To earn that right, Brett and James struggle against the threat of losing their souls, the disease of Vietnam. Face of the enemy is inconceivable.

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418

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Xlibris Corporation

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1450033849

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9781450033848

Hank and Jim

The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart

By: Scott Eyman

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Hank and Jim

The Fifty-Year Friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart

By: Scott Eyman

“[A] remarkably absorbing, supremely entertaining joint biography” (The New York Times) from bestselling author Scott Eyman about the remarkable friendship of Henry Fonda and James Stewart, two Hollywood legends who maintained a close relationship that endured all of life’s twists and turns. Henry Fonda and James Stewart were two of the biggest stars in Hollywood for forty years, but they became friends when they were unknown. They roomed together as stage actors in New York, and when they began making films in Hollywood, they were roommates again. Between them they made such classic films as The Grapes of Wrath, Mister Roberts, Twelve Angry Men, and On Golden Pond; and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, The Philadelphia Story, It’s a Wonderful Life, Vertigo, and Rear Window. They got along famously, with a shared interest in elaborate practical jokes and model airplanes, among other things. But their friendship also endured despite their differences: Fonda was a liberal Democrat, Stewart a conservative Republican. Fonda was a ladies’ man who was married five times; Stewart remained married to the same woman for forty-five years. Both men volunteered during World War II and were decorated for their service. When Stewart returned home, still unmarried, he once again moved in with Fonda, his wife, and his two children, Jane and Peter, who knew him as Uncle Jimmy. For his “breezy, entertaining” (Publishers Weekly) Hank and Jim, biographer and film historian Scott Eyman spoke with Fonda’s widow and children as well as three of Stewart’s children, plus actors and directors who had worked with the men—in addition to doing extensive archival research to get the full details of their time together. This is not just another Hollywood story, but “a fascinating…richly documented biography” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) of an extraordinary friendship that lasted through war, marriages, children, careers, and everything else.

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384

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Simon and Schuster

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1501102192

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9781501102196

Paul Robeson

Film Pioneer

By: Scott Allen Nollen

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Paul Robeson

Film Pioneer

By: Scott Allen Nollen

This is the first book-length study of the 12 films starring African American Renaissance man Paul Robeson (1898-1976). Singer, actor, author, lawyer, athlete, pacifist and civil rights activist, Robeson was also the first African American to receive top billing in motion pictures, delivering unforgettable characterizations in such classics as The Emperor Jones (1933), Sanders of the River (1935), Show Boat (1936) and The Proud Valley (1940). Original research is provided from primary materials housed at the Schomburg Center for Black Culture in Harlem and the FBI archives in Washington, D.C., and from Robeson's family and friends, including his son Paul Robeson, Jr. Two appendices cover Robeson's film work as offscreen narrator and singer and his many stage appearances. Rare illustrations include never-before-published original studio materials.

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217

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McFarland

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0786457473

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9780786457472

Resting Places

The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.

By: Scott Wilson

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Resting Places

The Burial Sites of More Than 14,000 Famous Persons, 3d ed.

By: Scott Wilson

In its third edition, this massive reference work lists the final resting places of more than 14,000 people from a wide range of fields, including politics, the military, the arts, crime, sports and popular culture. Many entries are new to this edition. Each listing provides birth and death dates, a brief summary of the subject's claim to fame and their burial site location or as much as is known. Grave location within a cemetery is provided in many cases, as well as places of cremation and sites where ashes were scattered. Source information is provided.

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887

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McFarland

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0786479922

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9780786479924

Pearl Harbor

The Way It Was

By: Scott C. S. Stone

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Pearl Harbor

The Way It Was

By: Scott C. S. Stone

This perennial best seller details the explosive events of December 7, 1941, the day Japanese war planes attacked Pearl Harbor, launching America into World War II. Historic photographs and detailed renderings help illustrate the insightful text by veteran author Scott C.S. Stone.

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Island Heritage

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089610219X

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9780896102194

Lion of Hollywood

The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer

By: Scott Eyman

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Lion of Hollywood

The Life and Legend of Louis B. Mayer

By: Scott Eyman

Lion of Hollywood is the definitive biography of Louis B. Mayer, the chief of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer—MGM—the biggest and most successful film studio of Hollywood’s Golden Age. An immigrant from tsarist Russia, Mayer began in the film business as an exhibitor but soon migrated to where the action and the power were—Hollywood. Through sheer force of energy and foresight, he turned his own modest studio into MGM, where he became the most powerful man in Hollywood, bending the film business to his will. He made great films, including the fabulous MGM musicals, and he made great stars: Garbo, Gable, Garland, and dozens of others. Through the enormously successful Andy Hardy series, Mayer purveyed family values to America. At the same time, he used his influence to place a federal judge on the bench, pay off local officials, cover up his stars’ indiscretions and, on occasion, arrange marriages for gay stars. Mayer rose from his impoverished childhood to become at one time the highest-paid executive in America. Despite his power and money, Mayer suffered some significant losses. He had two daughters: Irene, who married David O. Selznick, and Edie, who married producer William Goetz. He would eventually fall out with Edie and divorce his wife, Margaret, ending his life alienated from most of his family. His chief assistant, Irving Thalberg, was his closest business partner, but they quarreled frequently, and Thalberg’s early death left Mayer without his most trusted associate. As Mayer grew older, his politics became increasingly reactionary, and he found himself politically isolated within Hollywood’s small conservative community. Lion of Hollywood is a three-dimensional biography of a figure often caricatured and vilified as the paragon of the studio system. Mayer could be arrogant and tyrannical, but under his leadership MGM made such unforgettable films as The Big Parade, Ninotchka, The Wizard of Oz, Meet Me in St. Louis, and An American in Paris. Film historian Scott Eyman interviewed more than 150 people and researched some previously unavailable archives to write this major new biography of a man who defined an industry and an era.

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612

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Simon and Schuster

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1439107912

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9781439107911

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Presidents, Parties, and the State

Presidents, Parties, and the State

Face of the Enemy

Face of the Enemy

Hank and Jim

Hank and Jim

Paul Robeson

Paul Robeson

Resting Places

Resting Places

Pearl Harbor

Pearl Harbor

Lion of Hollywood

Lion of Hollywood

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