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The History and Development of the Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution

By Nelson Bernard Lasson

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Hardcover:

9780306715327 | Reprint edition (Da Capo Pr, June 1, 1970), cover price $40.00 | also contains American Exceptionalism: An Idea That Made a Nation and Remade the World

9780404612764 | Reprint edition (Ams Pr Inc, June 1, 1937), cover price $37.95

Culture and Democracy in the United States

Product Description: In his new introduction, Whitfield sets the scene of the early twentieth century to show what inspired Horace Kallen to write this book. He delves deeply into his background, discussing the influences on Kallen's life and work. Whitfield also examines the many changes that have occurred since Culture and Democracy in the United States was first written, and reveals that many of the ideas espoused by Kallen have become reality...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Horace M. Kallen

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Hardcover:

9780405005572 | Ayer Co Pub, June 1, 1970, cover price $26.95 | About this edition: In his new introduction, Whitfield sets the scene of the early twentieth century to show what inspired Horace Kallen to write this book.

Paperback:

9781560009665 | Transaction Pub, January 1, 1998, cover price $35.95 | About this edition: In his new introduction, Whitfield sets the scene of the early twentieth century to show what inspired Horace Kallen to write this book.

The Saga of the American Soul

Product Description: A reflective study of some of the basic images that have been important to the American experience, i.e. Promised Land, Paradise, Covenant, errand, new humanity, and wonder-working Providence. Drawing on the work of Bellah, Mead, and Marty, this book will be of use in courses on American religion...read more

By Richard E. Wentz

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9780819111500 | Univ Pr of Amer, September 1, 1980, cover price $26.99 | About this edition: A reflective study of some of the basic images that have been important to the American experience, i.

Myths That Rule America

By Herbert Ira London

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9780819114471 | Univ Pr of Amer, October 1, 1981, cover price $17.00

Military Doctrine and the American Character: Reflections on Airland Battle

By Herbert I. London

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9780887386145 | Transaction Pub, June 1, 1985, cover price $30.95

Real Time Systems and Their Programming Languages

Product Description: Building on the success of the first edition, this comprehensive book explores how real-time programming techniques are used in applications, such as robotics, factory automation and control. It is critical for these systems that the software is developed reliably and is capable of responding in 'real time' to changes in its environment...read more

By Alan Burns

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Hardcover:

9780201175295 | Addison-Wesley, January 1, 1990, cover price $41.95 | also contains Arguing Americanism: Franco Lobbyists, Roosevelt's Foreign Policy, And The Spanish Civil War

Paperback:

9780201403657, titled "Real-Time Systems and Their Programming Languages" | 2 sub edition (Addison-Wesley, November 1, 1996), cover price $61.00 | About this edition: Building on the success of the first edition, this comprehensive book explores how real-time programming techniques are used in applications, such as robotics, factory automation and control.

China and the French Revolution: Proceedings of the International Conference, Shanghai, 18-21 March 1989

By Zhang Zhilian (editor)

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Hardcover:

9780080372587 | Pergamon Pr, August 1, 1990, cover price $100.00 | also contains Stranger in a Strange Land: Encounters in the Disunited States

American Exceptionalism

Offers an account of one of the most important concepts underlying modern theories of American cultural identity. The author outlines how exceptionalism has contributed to the evolution of the US as an ideological and geographical entity from 1620 to the present day. (view table of contents)

By Deborah L. Madsen

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9781578061082 | Univ Pr of Mississippi, December 1, 1998, cover price $30.00

9781853312090 | Edinburgh Univ Pr, June 15, 1998, cover price $41.70 | About this edition: Offers an account of one of the most important concepts underlying modern theories of American cultural identity.

9780060639020, titled "Evil and the God of Love" | Revised edition (Harper San Francisco, January 1, 1978), cover price $9.95 | also contains Evil and the God of Love

Put Your Best Foot Forward: United States of America

Product Description: A cultural look at the United States for people doing business there. People from other countries will find the discussion of American values and customs helpful for developing business relationships with Americans. Americans will appreciate the regional and state chapters for their detailed descriptions of the cultural differences in different regions...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Mary Murray Bosrock

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9780963753090 | Intl Education Systems, January 1, 1999, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: A cultural look at the United States for people doing business there.

Who Are We?: The Challenges to America's National Identity

The author of The Clash of Civilians and the Remaking of World Order presents an analysis of American cultural rifts, evaluating the impact other civilizations are having on the United States while arguing that the country is risking the loss of its national identity, in an account that calls for a return to the nation's founding core values. Reprint. 50,000 first printing.

By Samuel P. Huntington

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9780684870533 | Simon & Schuster, May 1, 2004, cover price $27.00 | About this edition: Analyzes the gradual erosion of American identity over the recent decades because of bilingualism, multiculturalism, and other factors and explores signs of a revival of American identity in the wake of September 11th.

Paperback:

9780684870540, titled "Who Are We: The Challenges to America's National Identity" | Reprint edition (Simon & Schuster, November 29, 2005), cover price $16.99 | About this edition: The author of The Clash of Civilians and the Remaking of World Order presents an analysis of American cultural rifts, evaluating the impact other civilizations are having on the United States while arguing that the country is risking the loss of its national identity, in an account that calls for a return to the nation's founding core values.

Among Empires: American Ascendancy And Its Predecessors

By Charles S. Maier

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Hardcover:

9780674021891 | Harvard Univ Pr, April 24, 2006, cover price $29.50

Paperback:

9780674025561 | Harvard Univ Pr, October 30, 2007, cover price $24.00

Stranger in a Strange Land: Encounters in the Disunited States

A New York foreign correspondent for The Guardian profiles contemporary America as a bitterly divided nation that is increasingly isolated from the rest of the world, in an account that includes discussions with such figures as Warren Beatty, Michael Moore, and Maya Angelou.

By Gary Younge

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Hardcover:

9780080372587, titled "China and the French Revolution: Proceedings of the International Conference, Shanghai, 18-21 March 1989" | Pergamon Pr, August 1, 1990, cover price $100.00 | also contains China and the French Revolution: Proceedings of the International Conference, Shanghai, 18-21 March 1989

Paperback:

9781595580689 | New Pr, May 31, 2006, cover price $17.95 | About this edition: Profiles contemporary America as a bitterly divided nation that is increasingly isolated from the rest of the world, in an account that includes discussions with such figures as Warren Beatty, Michael Moore, and Maya Angelou.

The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

Discusses the importance of empathy in politics. This book describes Barack Obama's experiences as a politician, about balancing his family life and his public vocation.

By Barack Obama

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Hardcover:

9781847670359 | Canongate Books Ltd, May 10, 2007, cover price $26.40 | also contains The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream | About this edition: Discusses the importance of empathy in politics.

Paperback:

9780307455871 | Reprint edition (Vintage Books, July 15, 2008), cover price $7.99 | also contains The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

9780739328187 | Large print edition (Random House Large Print, April 29, 2008), cover price $25.00 | also contains The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

Miscellaneous:

9780307382092 | Crown Pub, October 17, 2006, cover price $14.95 | also contains The Audacity of Hope: Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream

CD/Spoken Word:

9780739366417 | Abridged edition (Random House, November 6, 2007), cover price $19.99

9780739334089 | Abridged edition (Random House, October 10, 2006), cover price $29.95 | About this edition: The junior senator from Illinois discusses how to transform U.

The Averaged American: Surveys, Citizens, And the Making of a Mass Public

By Sarah E. Igo

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Hardcover:

9780674023215 | Harvard Univ Pr, January 15, 2007, cover price $37.00

Paperback:

9780674027428 | Harvard Univ Pr, April 30, 2008, cover price $24.00

Will America Change?

By Merryl Wyn Davies

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9781840468793 | Gardners Books, October 2, 2008, cover price $14.80

The New America

Product Description: Look beyond the American presidential election, and you will sense the beginning of a reinvention. As the United States are entering a new era, the age-old pioneering spirit of Americans and the cult of the individual are guiding that transformation, but so too is a combination of ethnic, generational and urban change...read more

By Mark Little

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9781848400122 | New Island Books, December 15, 2008, cover price $27.95 | About this edition: Look beyond the American presidential election, and you will sense the beginning of a reinvention.

The Merits of Memory: Concepts, Contexts, Debates

By Sabine Schindler (editor)

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9783825353155 | Isd, January 2, 2009, cover price $65.00

The Thirteen American Arguments: Enduring Debates That Define and Inspire Our Country

By Howard Fineman

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Hardcover:

9781400065448 | 1 edition (Random House Inc, April 15, 2008), cover price $25.00

Paperback:

9780812976359 | Reprint edition (Random House Inc, March 10, 2009), cover price $17.00

Understanding America: The Anatomy of an Exceptional Nation

Product Description: The idea of an exceptional America remains controversial. In this dazzlingly comprehensive collection of essays, some of the nation's best scholars and thinkers take on the weighty task of sizing up Goliath in a way Americans and others can comprehend...read more

By Peter H. Schuck (editor)

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Hardcover:

9781586485610 | 1 edition (Public Affairs, April 7, 2008), cover price $35.00

Paperback:

9781586486952 | Reprint edition (Public Affairs, April 6, 2009), cover price $34.99 | About this edition: The idea of an exceptional America remains controversial.

The New America: And the Rise of the Obama Generation

Product Description: As the United States enters a new era, the age-old pioneering spirit of Americans and the cult of the individual are guiding that transformation, but so too is a combination of ethnic, generational and urban change. Little's central thesis predicts a power shift from the east coast to the southwest of America, based on the stream of population migration in that direction, and explores the challenges ahead, nationally and globally...read more

By Mark Little

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9781848400399 | New Island Books, August 15, 2009, cover price $22.95 | About this edition: As the United States enters a new era, the age-old pioneering spirit of Americans and the cult of the individual are guiding that transformation, but so too is a combination of ethnic, generational and urban change.

The Open Space of Democracy