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Abraham Lincoln, president-elect
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Larry D. Mansch |
"This work utilizes newspaper accounts from across America, journals and diaries of his contemporaries, and correspondence. Lincoln's speeches also appear here as they did in newspapers in 1860 and 1… |
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De mooiste van het land
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Mark Traa |
In 1929 wordt de Zaandamse serveerster Johanna 'Jopie' Koopman door een jury van oudere heren verkozen tot de allereerste Miss Holland. In Amerika doet ze zelfs mee aan de Miss Universe-verkiezing. M… |
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The jewel of liberty
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David E. Long |
This provocative book, nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, marks a milestone in Civil War and Lincoln history. Dr. David E. Long, a professor of law and history, is the first to investigate deeply the … |
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Political control of the economy
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Edward R. Tufte |
Speculations about the effects of politics on economic life have a long and vital tradition, but few efforts have been made to determine the precise relationship between them. Edward Tufte, a politic… |
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Presidential elections
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Aaron Wildavsky,Nelson W. Polsby |
Describes and analyzes the process by which Presidents of the United States are nominated and elected, appraises voting behavior and the influence of nonparty, independent activists, and suggests pos… |
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The Brazilian voter
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Kurt von Mettenheim |
"Uses survey data from 1974, 1978, and 1982 elections. Analyzes voting and public opinion during the transition. Argues that voting studies need to be more open to national differences: Brazilian vot… |
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Authoritarianism in an Age of Democratization
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Jason Brownlee,Jason Brownlee |
Far from sweeping the globe uniformly, the 'third wave of democratization' left burgeoning republics and resilient dictatorships in its wake. Applying more than a year of original fieldwork in Egypt,… |
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