wyszukanych pozycji: 4
Inside the Carnival: Unmasking Louisiana Politics
ISBN: 9780807131985 / Angielski / Miękka / 2006 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) A prominent Louisiana political scientist makes plain the reasons for the state's political peculiarities. In the popular American imagination, Louisiana may come closer than any other state to offering the experience of a foreign culture--a Spanish-moss-draped netherland filled with friendly but vaguely threatening Cajuns, seething creature-infested swamps, the whirling masked chaos of Mardi Gras, seductive N'awlins cadences, and most vividly, even pruriently, the train wreck of Louisiana politics: cash-under-the-table shenanigans, fat and sassy environmental polluters,...
A prominent Louisiana political scientist makes plain the reasons for the state's political peculiarities. In the popular American imagination, Louisi...
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108,19 zł |
The Louisiana Field Guide: Understanding Life in the Pelican State
ISBN: 9780807157763 / Angielski / Twarda / 2014 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) In Louisiana, every bite of food and each turn of phrase is an expression of cultural literacy. Correctly pronouncing "Tchoupitoulas" or "Atchafalaya," knowing the difference between the first Governor Long and the second one, being able to spot the artwork of Caroline Durieux, and honoring the distinction between a Creole and a Cajun roux serve not just as markers of familiarity; they represent acts of preservation. The Louisiana Field Guide: Understanding Life in the Pelican State expands on this everyday communion of history, delving into the cultural patchwork that makes the Gumbo... In Louisiana, every bite of food and each turn of phrase is an expression of cultural literacy. Correctly pronouncing "Tchoupitoulas" or "Atchafala... |
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173,24 zł |
Welcoming the Other: Student, Stranger, and Divine
ISBN: 9781793631206 / Angielski / Twarda / 2021 / 228 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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464,99 zł |
Blacks and the American Political System
ISBN: 9780813013732 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) These essays offer a current and comprehensive analysis of black politics and its impact at the national level on the American political system. Whether analyzing the Supreme Court, interest groups, public policy, the Congressional Black Caucus, or political attitudes and behavior, these essays demonstrate that African Americans participate in national politics in a substantial way, and that they have done so in a manner consistent with pluralist theory. However, they have been less active in executive policy making, and this trend is also explored and analyzed. " These essays offer a current and comprehensive analysis of black politics and its impact at the national level on the American political system. ... |
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157,77 zł |