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Condition: good. The item shows wear from consistent use, but it remains in good condition and works perfectly. All pages and cover are intact including the dust cover, if applicable . Spine may show signs of wear. Pages may include limited notes and highlighting. May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials.…

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Very Good - Crisp, clean, unread book with some shelfwear/edgewear, may have a remainder mark - NICE Standard-sized.

Hardcover. Condition: Good. HARDCOVER Good - Bumped and creased book with tears to the extremities, but not affecting the text block, may have remainder mark or previous owner's name - GOOD Standard-sized.

Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Very good copy in softcover. One dog-eared page. White and grey spine with black and green titles.

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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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Paperback. Condition: New. Reasserting America in the 1970s brings together two areas of burgeoning scholarly interest. On the one hand, scholars are investigating the many ways in which the 1970s constituted a profound era of transition in the international order. The American defeat in Vietnam, the breakdown of the Bretton Woods exchange system and a string of domestic setbacks including Watergate, Three-Mile Island and reversals during the Carter years all contributed to a grand reappraisal of the power and prestige of the United States in the world. In addition, the rise of new global competitors such as Germany and Japan, the pursuit of détente with the Soviet Union and the emergence of new private sources of global power contributed to uncertainty. …

Paperback. Condition: New. This book explores the importance of public health for understanding the transformation of American power, both domestically and internationally, over the past century. Two pandemics Spanish Flu in 1918-1920 and Covid-19 in 2019-2021 provide the context for analysing the actions and responsibilities of the US government both domestically and internationally. It critically examines the provision of health as a public good in the context of the American Century the application of American power to achieve a democratic, just, and profitable world order under US leadership. By using these two major health crises as book-ends for extending the American Century rubric beyond its usual twentieth century periodisation, the book emphasises the central role that health has played in conceptions of security, state-market relations, and citizenship formation. It critically examines the ways in which race, gender, and class have shaped attitudes to and applications of public and global health as well as how the responses to the threat of disease have brought mixed results, often contradicting the stated goals of social improvement. By reconsidering the American Century through the lens of the political and social struggles surrounding public health, the book provides a unique analysis of US political and social history.…

PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Paperback or Softback. Condition: New. Public Health and the American State. Book.

Original Cloth. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. The boards and pages are clean and unmarked. Long creases to two pages near the front of the book but the pages are otherwise unmarked. The jacket has only slight edge and surface wear. The book is from the collection of Anthony Edwards, Life Fellow of Gonville & Caius College and retired Professor of Biometry at the University of Cambridge and was part of his collection of Cambridge books which was a reflection of his keen and active interest in the governance of the Collegiate University. First printing.…

Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. This book explores the importance of public health for understanding the transformation of American power, both domestically and internationally, over the past century. Two pandemics Spanish Flu in 1918-1920 and Covid-19 in 2019-2021 provide the context for analysing the actions and responsibilities of the US government both domestically and internationally. It critically examines the provision of health as a public good in the context of the American Century the application of American power to achieve a democratic, just, and profitable world order under US leadership. By using these two major health crises as book-ends for extending the American Century rubric beyond its usual twentieth century periodisation, the book emphasises the central role that health has played in conceptions of security, state-market relations, and citizenship formation. It critically examines the ways in which race, gender, and class have shaped attitudes to and applications of public and global health as well as how the responses to the threat of disease have brought mixed results, often contradicting the stated goals of social improvement. By reconsidering the American Century through the lens of the political and social struggles surrounding public health, the book provides a unique analysis of US political and social history. Explores the importance of public health for understanding the transformation of American power, both domestically and internationally, over the past century. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…

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paperback. Condition: Good. Frank Cass, London, c.2003, trade paperbk.prtg., 335pp., some penciling, ow VG- $.

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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

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PAP. Condition: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. 1st Edition. Shrinkwrapped and pristine. Netherlands edition of this major work, a collection of essays written by 94 scholars and edited and coordinated by three Roosevelt Study Center staff members. 1190 pages. Weighs around five pounds.

Paperback. Condition: Brand New. 1st edition. 256 pages. 8.98x5.91x0.94 inches. In Stock.