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  • In Defense of Partisanship

    by Julian E. Zelizer ...
    “Contravening conventional wisdom, Zelizer offers a spirited defense of parties and partisanship.” —Frances Lee, Princeton UniversityPartisanship is a dirty word in American politics. If there is one issue on which almost everyone in our divided country seems to agree, it’s the belief that the intense loyalty within the electorate toward Democrats and Republicans is the source of our democratic ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Myth America

    Historians Take On the Biggest Legends and Lies About Our Past

    by Kevin M. Kruse, Julian E. Zelizer ...
    In this instant New York Times bestseller, America’s top historians set the record straight on the most pernicious myths about our nation’s past.“Outstanding … Wonderfully accessible.” —Washington PostThe United States is in the grip of a crisis of bad history. Distortions of the past promoted in the conservative media have led large numbers of Americans to believe in fictions over facts, making ... Read more

    Was $20.99 CAD Now $2.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Rumble on the Promenade

    The Clash of Justice and Power at the 1964 Democratic Convention

    by Julian E. Zelizer ...
    The dramatic confrontation between civil-rights activism and the establishment power of Lyndon Johnson that transformed the movement and national politics.In August 1964, at the Democratic National Convention in Atlantic City, a Mississippi sharecropper, Fannie Lou Hamer, challenged Lyndon Johnson and the party establishment with the stinging question, “Is this America?” Hamer was a leader of the ... Read more

    $37.99 CAD

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  • Jimmy Carter

    The American Presidents Series: The 39th President, 1977-1981

    by Julian E. Zelizer ...
    Series series The American Presidents
    The maverick politician from Georgia who rode the post-Watergate wave into office but whose term was consumed by economic and international crises.A peanut farmer from Georgia, Jimmy Carter rose to national power through mastering the strategy of the maverick politician. As the face of the "New South," Carter's strongest support emanated from his ability to communicate directly to voters who were ... Read more

    $21.99 CAD

  • The Fierce Urgency of Now

    Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society

    by Julian E. Zelizer ...
    A majestic big-picture account of the Great Society and the forces that shaped it, from Lyndon Johnson and members of Congress to the civil rights movement and the mediaBetween November 1963, when he became president, and November 1966, when his party was routed in the midterm elections, Lyndon Johnson spearheaded the most transformative agenda in American political history since the New Deal, one ... Read more

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    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Burning Down the House

    Newt Gingrich and the Rise of the New Republican Party

    by Julian E. Zelizer ...
    **A New York Times Notable Book!A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceThe story of how Newt Gingrich and his allies tainted American politics, launching an enduring era of brutal partisan warfare**When Donald Trump was elected president in 2016, President Obama observed that Trump “is not an outlier; he is a culmination, a logical conclusion of the rhetoric and tactics of the Republican ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Abraham Joshua Heschel

    A Life of Radical Amazement

    by Julian E. Zelizer ...
    Series series Jewish Lives
    A biography of the rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel, who became a symbol of the marriage between religion and social justice“When I marched in Selma, I felt my legs were praying.” So said Polish-born American rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel (1907–1972) of his involvement in the 1965 Selma civil rights march alongside Martin Luther King Jr. Heschel, who spoke with a fiery moralistic fervor, dedicated his ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Governing America

    The Revival of Political History

    by Julian E. Zelizer ...
    New perspectives on American political history from one of its leading writersIn recent years, the study of American political history has experienced a remarkable renaissance. After decades during which the subject fell out of fashion and disappeared from public view, it has returned to prominence as the study of American history has shifted its focus back to politics broadly defined. In this ... Read more

    $60.49 CAD

  • Arsenal of Democracy

    The Politics of National Security -- From World War II to the War on Terrorism

    by Julian E. Zelizer ...
    It has long been a truism that prior to George W. Bush, politics stopped at the water's edge -- that is, that partisanship had no place in national security. In Arsenal of Democracy, historian Julian E. Zelizer shows this to be demonstrably false: partisan fighting has always shaped American foreign policy and the issue of national security has always been part of our domestic conflicts. Based on ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • Fault Lines

    A History of the United States Since 1974

    by Kevin M. Kruse, Julian E. Zelizer ...
    Series series Fault Lines
    REVISED EDITION WITH A NEW CHAPTER AND EPILOGUETwo award-winning and best-selling historians explore the origins of a divided America in a new edition of Fault Lines.In this fully updated second edition of their masterful history, leading historians and best-selling authors Kevin M. Kruse and Julian E. Zelizer uncover the origins of our current moment, answering the question: When—and how—did ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • The Presidency of George W. Bush

    A First Historical Assessment

    Edited by Julian E. Zelizer ...
    An in-depth look at Bush’s presidency by some of America’s top historiansThe Presidency of George W. Bush brings together some of today's top American historians to offer the first in-depth look at one of the most controversial U.S. presidencies. Emotions surrounding the Bush presidency continue to run high—conservatives steadfastly defend its achievements, liberals call it a disgrace. This book ... Read more

    $50.59 CAD

  • Audiobook

    In Defense of Partisanship

    by Julian E. Zelizer ...
    Narrated by Robert Petkoff ...

    Unabridged

    5 hours 8 min

    “Contravening conventional wisdom, Zelizer offers a spirited defense of parties and partisanship.” —Frances Lee, Princeton UniversityPartisanship is a dirty word in American politics. If there is one issue on which almost everyone in our divided country seems to agree, it’s the belief that the intense loyalty within the electorate toward Democrats and Republicans is the source of our democratic ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

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    Also available as: eBook