Fleming James 1943 (3 results)

hardcover. Condition: Near Fine. includes dust-jacket. DETAILS: near fine dust-jacket with only slightest wear, fresh attractive copy, near fine blue cloth, appears unused. INSCRIBED on title page to named recipient (probably identifiable) and SIGNED Jim Fleming. FLEMING, JAMES S. Window on Congress: a congressional biography of Barber B. Conable, Jr. Rochester, N.Y: University of Rochester Press, 2004, xvii, 429pp., . "Barber B. Conable Jr. served as a Republican congressman from western New York from 1965 to 1985. He is recognized as one of the most respected members of the House of Representatives in recent years. This biography explores his twenty-year congressional career, focusing on his educational abilities as a teacher-legislator. Using excerpts from Conable's private journal, his newsletters and news columns, and from personal interviews, James S. Fleming has crafted a book that enables readers to appreciate why Conable was held in high regard by his constituents, his colleagues, the press, and congressional scholars. Political scientist Charles O., Jones expressed the opinion of many when he observed that "Barber Conable was just about everybody's idea of what a congressman should be.", "Recognizing the importance of Conable's western New York heritage, James S. Fleming traces Conable's story from his childhood in Warsaw, New York to his election to the historic Eighty-ninth Congress of 1965-1966. Fleming's chronicle of Conable's subsequent legislative career offers a window on Congress and on an historic period in American history. As the fourth-ranking Republican leader in the House, Conable played a critical role in the Watergate investigation that led to the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon. As the ranking Republican leader of the Ways and Means Committee, he was a key contributor to the tax legislation passed during the Ford, Carter, and Reagan administrations., The highlight of his legislative career was his crucial work in solving the 1983 Social Security crisis. Fleming concludes the biography with a look at Conable's service as World Bank President and his retirement to his western New York home.". 9781580461283 ISBN 158046128X.…

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Physical description; xii, 208 p.: ill. (some col.), maps, ports.; 28 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary; Follow the way social attitudes and historical events-among them, slavery and materialism, wars and plagues-influenced how glassworking developed in the Roman world from the mid-first century B.C. to the late sixth century A.D. Woven into this story is the place of glassware in Roman everyday life, from the lady-of-the-house's cosmetic preparations each morning to the setting of table for the evening meal. Included are two special appendices: one considers the technology of ancient glassmaking, the other summarizes ancient opinions on the properties and merits of glass. Subjects; Glass trade - Rome. Material culture - Rome. Glass - History - Rome. Glass blowing and working - Rome. Glassware, Roman - Exhibitions. Consumer goods - Rome - Social aspects. Rome - Social life and customs. Archaeology; History; Sociology, social studies. HISTORY / Ancient / Rome. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology. ART / History / Ancient & Classical. 1.1 Kg.…

1st edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Literally as new. Physical description; xii, 208 p.: ill. (some col.), maps, ports.; 28 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Summary; Follow the way social attitudes and historical events-among them, slavery and materialism, wars and plagues-influenced how glassworking developed in the Roman world from the mid-first century B.C. to the late sixth century A.D. Woven into this story is the place of glassware in Roman everyday life, from the lady-of-the-house's cosmetic preparations each morning to the setting of table for the evening meal. Included are two special appendices: one considers the technology of ancient glassmaking, the other summarizes ancient opinions on the properties and merits of glass. Subjects; Glass trade - Rome. Material culture - Rome. Glass - History - Rome. Glass blowing and working - Rome. Glassware, Roman - Exhibitions. Consumer goods - Rome - Social aspects. Rome - Social life and customs. Archaeology; History; Sociology, social studies. HISTORY / Ancient / Rome. SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology. ART / History / Ancient & Classical. 1.1 Kg.…