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ANNE OF AUSTRIA
$33.95“The first scholarly biography of the woman who was the wife of Louis XIII and the mother of Louis XIV. Traditionally, scholars have dismissed Anne as almost a nonentity—lazy, fat,…
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CERTAIN OTHER COUNTRIES
$68.95“Certain Other Countries has been thoroughly researched primarily in the English, Irish, Scots, and Welsh press. The scholarship is sound and the arguments persuasive. It adds new and important dimensions…
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CHEAP SEATS
$32.95The longest continuous majority in the history of the U.S. House of Representatives came to a dramatic close with the 1994 midterm elections. The Democratic Party had controlled the House…
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COALITION GOVERNMENT, SUBNATIONAL STYLE
$29.95Coalition Government, Subnational Style examines parliamentary democracy in subnational legislative assemblies. Comparing three different European democracies—Germany, France, and Belgium—William M. Downs provides a powerful account of the ways politicians and…
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COALITION GOVERNMENT, SUBNATIONAL STYLE
$23.95Coalition Government, Subnational Style examines parliamentary democracy in subnational legislative assemblies. Comparing three different European democracies—Germany, France, and Belgium—William M. Downs provides a powerful account of the ways politicians and…
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CONTROLLING VICE
$19.95For eighteen years following the Civil War, the police in St. Paul, Minnesota, informally regulated brothel prostitution. Each month, the madams who ran the brothels were charged with keeping houses…
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CONTROLLING VICE
$21.95For eighteen years following the Civil War, the police in St. Paul, Minnesota, informally regulated brothel prostitution. Each month, the madams who ran the brothels were charged with keeping houses…
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COURTS AND COMMERCE
$52.95In Courts and Commerce, Deborah A. Rosen intertwines economic history, legal history, and the history of gender. Relying on extensive analysis of probate inventories, tax lists, court records, letter books,…
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COURTS AND COMMERCE
$29.95In Courts and Commerce, Deborah A. Rosen intertwines economic history, legal history, and the history of gender. Relying on extensive analysis of probate inventories, tax lists, court records, letter books,…
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DEATH OF CONTRACT
$21.95The Death of Contract is a masterful commentary on the common law, especially the law of promissory obligation known as contracts. In this slim and lively book, the late Yale…
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DESIGNING MODERN AMERICA
$52.95This fascinating book examines the Regional Planning Association of America (RPAA), a loosely organized association of ambitious and influential planners who hoped to guide the new urban and industrial developments…
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DETECTING THE NATION
$36.95In Detecting the Nation, Reitz argues that detective fiction was essential both to public acceptance of the newly organized police force in early Victorian Britain and to acclimating the population…
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