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Reassessing The Reagan Presidency
Richard S. Conley, editor
University Press of America, Inc.
4720 Boston Way, Lanham, MD 20706
www.univpress.com
0761824839 $43.00 1-800-462-6420
Reassessing The Reagan Presidency is a compilation of scholarly history and
political science essays by various authors concerned with objectively
appraising the deeds and repercussions of the Regan Administration. Chapters
address the international effects of the Regan Revolution and conservative
backlashes against the welfare state worldwide, a comparison of the veto
records of Regan and George Bush, Regan's decision-making style compared to
Franklin Roosevelt, and much more. A scholarly and serious assessment that is
concerned about facts, statistics, and rational conclusions to be drawn rather
than partisan hype.
The Presidents Fact Book
Roger Matuz, Edited by Bill Harris
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
151 West 19th St, New York, NY 10011
1579123899 $24.95 1-800-722-7202
The price tag for The Presidents Fact Book: A Comprehensive Handbook To The
Achievements, Events, People, Triumphs, And Tragedies Of Every President From
George Washington To George W. Bush is a bargain for a weighty, sweeping survey
of American presidential biographies as presented by Roger Matuz in over 700
pages of detail: any high school, college or general public library collection
with an interest in Presidential history and biographies will appreciate this
review of the lives and times of all the nation's presidents. Included are not
only biographical sketches, but boxed details on key historical figures of
their times, first ladies, and lesser-known presidential facts.
Boricuas In Gotham
Gabriel Haslip-Viera, et al.
Markus Wiener Publishing
231 Nassau St, Princeton, NJ 08542
1558763562 $24.95 markuswiener.com
Collaboratively compiled and edited by the team of Gabriel Haslip-Viera
(Director of the Program in Latin American and Latino Studies, City College,
CUNY), Angelo Falcon (Senior Policy Executive for the Puerto Rican Legal
Defense and Education Fund), and Felix Matos Rodriguez (Director of the Center
for Puerto Rican Policy, Hunter College), Boricuas In Gotham: Puerto Ricans In
The Making Of Modern New York City anthologizes essays reinterpreting and
updating the history of New York's Puerto Rican community and its leadership
from the beginnings of the great migration in the 1940s down to the present
day. Organized in chronological order and including chapters by noted
historians, sociologists, and political scientists, Boricuas In Gotham covers
diverse issues of culture, demography, language, economic status, politics, and
community organization. Also available in a hardcover edition (1558763554,
$69.95), Boricuas In Gotham is a seminal work of impressive scholarship and a
welcome contribution to Latino Studies supplemental reading lists as well as
20th Century American History reference collections.
Zydeco Shoes
Earl Hebert, et.al.
Pelican Publishing Company
1000 Burmaster Street, Gretna, LA 70053
www.pelicanpub.com
1589802462 $39.95 1-800-843-1724
Enthusiasts of Louisiana and Zydeco art, folk culture, and music will find it
all in one gift-appropriate package in Zydeco Shoes: A Sensory Tour Of Cajun
Culture, a gorgeous package blending an oversized art book blending Cajun art
with recipes and descriptions of Cajun culture to a cd by The Lucky Playboys,
Plus D'chance-que D'l Esprit (More Luck Than Sense). The oversized presentation
and striking arrangement juxtaposing art works with recipes, cultural insights
and music assures recipients receive a full taste of Zydeco culture.
The Jews Of The United States
Hasia R. Diner
University of California Press
2120 Berkeley Way, Berkeley, CA 94720
0529227735 $29.95 www.ucpress.edu
Jews have long tried to entwine their fate and fortunes with the U.S. and this
history of the Jews in this country begins in 1654 with the first wave of
Jewish immigrants and continues to modern times. In The Jews Of The United
States, 1654 To 2000 (the newest title in the outstanding "Jewish Communities
in the Modern World" series from the University of California Press) Hasia
Diner focuses on Jewish participation in and contributions to American history
and politics, considers the blends of Jewish and American culture which have
resulted from centuries of assimilation, and analyzes the structure of modern
Jewish communities and institutions. An excellent, comprehensive history for
any college-level Jewish studies collection.
Loyalty On Trial
Erik V. Wolter with Robert J. Masters
iUniverse.com, Inc.
2021 Pine Lake Road, #100, Lincoln, NE 68512
0595327036 $26.95 www.iuniverse.com
Loyalty On Trial is an in-depth case study and true story of the FBI's and
American government's persecution of a German-American citizen during World War
II. Arthur Wolter's membership in an organization targeted as "un-American" by
J. Edgar Hoover and Wolter's own writings were used against him in an attempt
to take away his citizenship; thousands of German-Americans like him were
confronted with internment, forced expatriation, or worse due to fears of
internal sabotage. Arthur Wolter's son is the author of Loyalty trial; he
pieces together the story from a 700 page trial transcript, Arthur Wolter's FBI
file, newspaper clippings referring to the trial, and other sources. Loyalty On
Trial relies so heavily on primary sources and the transcript of the trial
itself that it does not pretend to read like a novel; instead, it offers the
straight facts to the reader, leaving him or her to judge Wolter's loyalty and
the dubious American policy that almost certainly forced unjust imprisonment
and deportation upon thousands of innocent German-Americans. A highly
recommended, keenly relevant account especially in relation to modern-day
desires to bend the limits of American rights.
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