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The Constitutional Revolution in the Age of RooseveltFor almost sixty years, the results of the New Deal have been an accepted part of political life. Social Security, to take one example, is now seen as every American&'s birthright. But to validate this revolutionary legislation, Franklin Roosevelt had to fight a ferocious battle against the...

This is the first collection of the complete writings of Susanna Wesley, the mother of John, Charles, and Samuel Wesley, the founding fathers of Methodism. As an outstanding female figure of the seventeenth and eighteenth century, her writings should interest not only Methodists' but feminists and scholars of English social and religious history as...

Having a Ball and Christmas EveJose Tomas de Cuellar (1830-1894) was a Mexican writer noted for his sharp sense of humor and gift for caricature. Having a Ball and Christmas Eve are two novellas written in the costumbrista style, made popular in the mid-nineteenth century by the periodical press in which these sketches of contemporary manners were...

Explaining the Development Gap Between Latin America and the United StatesIn 1700, Latin America and British North America were roughly equal in economic        terms. Yet over the next three centuries, the United States gradually pulled away,        and today the gap is huge. In Falling Behind, acclaimed author Francis Fukuyama        gathers...

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