M E Sharpe: 36 books

This is the first analysis to place the George W. Bush presidency in a broad historical and theoretical context. Author Steven E. Schier goes beyond the perspective of contemporary political commentary to provide the first dispassionate, even-handed assessment Bush's years in office.

This timely book provides a wealth of information to help city managers, policy analysts, and government administrators identify relevant urban environmental problems and an array of potential solutions, analyze policy solutions and outcomes, and communicate with the public regarding urban environmental problems and policies.

Completely revised and updated, this rich and readable history of modern Ireland covers the political, social, economic, intellectual, and cultural dimensions of the country's development from the origins of the Irish Question to the present day. A new introductory chapter covers the period prior to...

Updated to cover a decade of policy developments and the impact of the recent economic crisis, this classic social insurance text includes in-depth discussion of all major programs to reduce economic insecurity in the United States, including Social Security, Medicare, workers compensation, unemployment compensation, and temporary disability insurance.

A historical novel that vividly brings alive the experiences of the newly freed slaves after the Civil War.

It was a momentous time in India -- the period between 1900 and the early 1930s -- the nationalist movement had become a mass movement; the British colonial power doled out representative institutions; and proponents of India's two major religions, Hinduism and Islam, had become competitors in newly...

History comes alive in this fascinating story of opposing views that continue to play a fundamental role in today's politics and economics. The Big Three in Economics traces the turbulent lives and battle of ideas of the three most influential economists in world history: Adam Smith, representing laissez...

Now updated to include more information on Adam Smith, Karl Marx, Joseph Stglitz, "imperfect" markets, and behavioral economics, Mark Skousen's popular work provides an accessible introduction to the major economic thinkers of the past 225 years--including little-known and often amusing facts about their personal lives.

Equally appealing for classroom use and general readers, this book provides a fresh approach to understanding the American combat soldier's experience in Vietnam that integrates such topics as the political culture, the experiences of training, the actual Vietnam experience, and the "homecoming."

Originally published in 1972, The Hessian tells the story of the capture, trial, and execution of a Hessian drummer boy by Americans during the Revolution. At the heart of the story is a Quaker family, who hide the boy after his landing party has been killed in an ambush. Because the captain of the Hessians...

Originally published in 1942, The Unvanquished is the story of the Continental Army and George Washington in the desperate early months when the American Revolution faced defeat and disintegration. The book begins with the retreat across Manhattan's East River that saved the Continental Army after the...

The story of the Cheyenne Indians in the 1870s, and their bitter struggle to flee from the Indian Territory in Oklahoma back to their home in Wyoming and Montana.

A poignant memoir of life under Communism by one of China's established women writers. Not only did her heroic intellectualism suffer under the restrictions of a repressive regime, but both her passionate devotion to women's rights and her fervent adherence to the precepts of Marxism were tested under often heartbreaking conditions.

Completely revised and updated with extensive new material, this acclaimed book offers an inside look at how influence is wielded in Albany. The authors--an Albany-based political scientist and a former State Assembly member, now joined by an expert on both state politics and political blogging and...