Search Results: Social Issues from S. Howlett-West Books (member of ABAA & ILAB)

New York: McGraw-Hill Book Company. Near Fine in Very Good+ dust jacket. 1974. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0070232857 . This book is in Near Fine condition and has a Very Good+ dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some beginning bumping to the spine ends of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is mostly clean and bright, but does have some edge wear and rubbing to the spine ends and corners. There is one small spot of rubbing to the front cover of the dust jacket. "This book came into being during the spring of 1971, in a series Cross-country Exchanges, talks, lectures, rhapsodies by Allen Ginsberg with Fellow poets, students, scholars, Sadhus. In most of the Ginsberg speaks directly to those in school." .

Boston, MA: Chapman and Grimes Publisher. Very Good in Very Good- dust jacket. 1952. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends of the book covers have some light bumping and wear. The text pages are mostly clean and bright. There is noticeable foxing to the hinges of the endpapers. All edges of the text block have light, but noticeable foxing. The price clipped dust jacket has noticeable toning, foxing and spots of ground-in in dirt and fading. "Byram C. Campbell is an American race theorist and author of several books on race and the social order. He was a contributor to RIGHT, The Truthseeker and Northern World." .

New York, NY: Duell, Sloan and Pearce. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1941. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good- dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked gift notation on the front endpaepr. The dust jacket is crisp and clean. The dust jacket has a medium sized chip to the top spine end, and there is some light rubbing and wear to the spine ends and corners as well. "During World War II, MacLeish also served as director of the War Department's Office of Facts and Figures, and as the assistant director of the Office of War Information. These jobs were heavily involved with propaganda, which was well-suited to MacLeish's talents; he had written quite a bit of politically motivated work in the previous decade. He spent a year as the Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs and a further year… Read More

New York, NY: Hill & Wang Pub. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1987. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0809027429 . This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Near Fine dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There are several spots of white discoloration (light) to the front cover of the book. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket has an inch long tear to the top edge of the front flap joint. .

New York, NY: W W Norton & Co Inc. Very Good-. 1989. New Edition. Paperback. 0393306445 . This book is in Very Good- condition and was issued without a dust jacket. New / Revised edition, updating the information from the 1979 original printing. The book is mostly clean and bright, there is a slight rearward slant to the spine of the book. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some beginning bumping / rubbing. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a thin ink mark to the bottom edge of the text block (remainder mark). There is a bit of ground-in finger dirt to the foredge of the text block. "The festival has become widely regarded as a pivotal moment in popular music history as well as a defining event for the counterculture generation. The event's significance was reinforced by a 1970 documentary film, an accompanying soundtrack album, and a song written by Joni Mitchell that became a major hit for both Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and Matthews… Read More

San Francisco, CA: Julian Richardson Associates. Very Good+. 1969. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Pamphlet. This is a trade sized pamphlet with heavy cardstock covers and a stapled binding. The pamphlet is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The white covers have some toning and edge wear to the edges of the book covers. There is one small scribble mark to the top front panel. The text pages are clean and bright. laid in is a single sheet of paper (folded once) showing the "General Group Structuring in WASP America." "The essence of a racist society is death; the function of a racist society is murder - the aim of a racist society is annihilation. For too long, too many people have ignored the true nature of the Problem, while seemingly oblivious of its tragic severity and its second destructive ramifications into this nation's alleged existence." This pamphlet contains a… Read More

Taiwan, China: APACLROC / Asian Peoples' ANit-Communist League. Near Fine. 1967. Paperback. This is a trade sized paperback book. The book is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in clean, bright condition. There is some light rubbing to the spine joints of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "On 3 September 1965, the Chinese Communist People's Daily published an article entitled Long Live the Victory of the People's War written by Lin Piao, the Chicom Defense Minister. In his article, Lin bragged of the Administration and education of the People's Army and the strategy and tactics of the People's War." .

Boston, MA: Little, Brown and Company. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1926. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in mostly clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping. The paper label on the spine has noticeable fading. The text pages are clean and bright. The book includes biographical details and causes of the social changes that have changed history, including: Clara Barton and the Red Cross, Phillips Brooks , Frances E. Willard and Temperance, The Rockefellers and Wealth, Samuel Gompers Leading : Labor, Susan B. Anthony and Sufferage, Booker T. Washington and Slavery, and more. "Mark Antony De Wolfe Howe (also Anthony, DeWolf and Jr; Bristol, Rhode Island 1864 – December 6, 1960 in Cambridge, Massachusetts) was an American editor and author. He lived in Boston, Massachusetts and had a… Read More

San Francisco, CA: Canfield Press/ Harper & Row. Very Good. 1971. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. B&W Illustrations; This is a trade paperback book with heavy cardstock covers and a glued spine. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The front cover of the book has noticeable fading in splotches. The text pages are clean and bright. "As its title suggests, this book is an attempt to characterize the growth, development, and consequences of that ongoing phenomenon we call the Cultural Revolution, to stand back for a moment and engage in a series of conversations with the forces that are sweeping over the entire nation and seemingly changing its manners and mores." "Ramparts was a glossy illustrated American political and literary magazine, published from 1962 to 1975 and closely associated with the New Left political movement. Unlike most of the radical magazines of the day, Ramparts was expensively produced and graphically… Read More

New York, NY: Pocket Books. Very Good. 1971. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. This is a mass market paperback book. (PBO). The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book covers have some light, ground-in dirt and wear. The spine of the book has several small spots of discoloration. The text pages are mostly clean and bright, but have some light, generalized toning to the pages. " (from Encyclopedia website) .

New York: Seabury Press. Very Good+. 1964. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. This is a trade paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book cover has some edge wear and rubbing, along with a small nick to the front cover by the title. The rear cover has some ground-in dirt. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked gift notation on the inside front cover and a penciled previous owner's name and address on the front endpaper. "This is, I believe, the first book of its kind. Its purpose is to smooth the rough path to friendship between individual white and colored Americans. Through segregation, legal and de facto, one-tenth of our nations's citizens have become so estranged from the other nine-tenths that misinterpretation, friction, and pain often result when members of the two groups seek to become acquainted." .

New York: Bookmailer, Inc.. Very Good+. 1959. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. This is a trade sized paperback book. The book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The bottom front corner of the book cover has a bit of a curl and some beginning separation and fraying. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's inked name and address on the front endpaper. "This volume is for the skeptic. It consists entirely of quotations from official government documents. The material here reprinted has been selected from more than 100 published hearings." .

New York, NY: Oxford University Press. Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 1986. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 0195040899 . This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping. The text pages are clean and bright. There is a previous owner's embossed name stamp to the front endpaper, along with an inked name and date. "In an essay in the 1968 American Historical Review entitled "Some Recent Directions in American Cultural History", Davis urged historians to devote more attention to the cultural dimension to enhance understanding of social controversies, political decision-making, and literary expression. At a time when social history was ascendant, and cultural history was associated with the study of the arts, taste, and popular culture, and intellectual history with the study of abstract ideas largely divorced from specific social contexts, he called for a history that… Read More

New York, NY: Columbia University Press. Very Good+ in Good dust jacket. 1976. 2nd Printing. Hardcover. 0231035926 . This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Good dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The text pages are clean and bright. The glassine dust jacket has several large chips, edge tears, and general wear and tear. "The late Professor Raanan Weitz (1913-1998) , known as “Mr. Development, ” profoundly shaped rural development in Israel. Graduating from the University of Florence in 1937, Weitz embarked on a 47-year career pivotal to the nation’s development. As a regional planner and Director of the Settlement Department from 1963 to 1984, he oversaw the establishment of countless villages, catalyzing economic self-sufficiency and pioneering agricultural progress. Weitz’s legacy extends beyond his work. In 1991, he earned the “Israel Prize” for his book “From Peasant to Farmer” and his… Read More

Pressmen's Home, TN: International Printing Pressmen. Very Good+. 0. Stapled wraps. This group consists of five small format booklets with cardstock covers and stapled spines, all of them in Very Good+ to Near Fine condition. The booklets were issued without dust jackets. Each of the booklets is in clean, bright condition. There is some very beginning bumping and rubbing to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "The union was founded on 8 October 1889, as the International Printing Pressmen's Union of North America, a split from the International Typographical Union (ITU). By 1894, it had grown sufficiently that the ITU agreed to give the new union jurisdiction over pressroom workers, and to transfer its remaining members in the field. On 3 November 1895, the union was chartered by the American Federation of Labor. The union began accepting press feeders into membership, and in 1897, it adopted its final name. [1]In 1911, the union… Read More

London, England: Hodder and Stoughton Ltd.. Very Good+. 1932. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This is a small format book (approximately 3" x 5"). The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light edge wear. The endpapers are marbled. The text pages are clean and bright. "Stanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley, KG, PC, PC (Can) , JP, FRS (3 August 1867 – 14 December 1947) was a British Conservative statesman who dominated the government of the United Kingdom between the world wars, serving as prime minister on three occasions. Born to a prosperous family in Bewdley, Worcestershire, Baldwin was educated at Hawtreys, Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He joined the family iron and steel making business and entered the House of Commons in 1908 as the Member of Parliament for Bewdley, succeeding his father Alfred. He served as Financial Secretary to the Treasury… Read More

Los Angeles: National Committee To Abolish the House Un-American Activities Committee. Near Fine. 1964. Stapled wraps. This is a small trade sized booklet with cardstock covers and has a stapled spine. The booklet is in Near Fine condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The text pages are clean and bright. "In 1948, Anne and Carl Braden immersed themselves in Henry Wallace's run on the Progressive Party for the presidency. Soon after Wallace's defeat, they left mainstream journalism to apply their writing talents to the interracial left wing of the labor movement through the FE (Farm and Equipment Workers) Union, representing Louisville's International Harvester employees. Even as the postwar labor movement splintered and grew less militant, civil rights causes heated up. In 1950, Anne Braden spearheaded a hospital desegregation drive in Kentucky. She endured her first arrest in 1951 when she led a delegation of southern white women organized by the Civil Rights… Read More

New York: State University of New York Press. Very Good. 1998. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Paperback. 0791436608 . This is a trade sized paperback book. The book is in Very Good condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumping and rubbing. There is some ground-in dirt to the bottom edge of the text block. The text pages are clean and bright. "The Maratha caste is originally formed from the amalgamation of families from the yeoman castes in Maharashtra. Many of them took to military service in the 16th century such as the Deccan sultanates or the Mughals. Later in the 17th and 18th centuries, they served in the armies of the Maratha empire, founded by Shivaji. The leading Maratha generals were granted fiefs by the rulers for their service. According to the Maharashtrian historian B. R. Sunthankar, and scholars such as Rajendra Vora, the… Read More

Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Publications. Very Good+ in Very Good- dust jacket. 1930. Trade Edition. Paperback. c1930. This is a trade paperback book with cardstock covers and a stapled spine. This book is in Very Good+ condition and was issued without a dust jacket. The book is in mostly clean bright condition, with some sunning to the spine and edges of the covers. The text pages are clean, but toned. "After working for various newspapers, Julius rose to particular prominence as an editor (1915-1922) of the Appeal to Reason, a socialist newspaper with a large but declining national circulation. He and his first wife, Marcet Haldeman (whose last name he adopted in hyphenate), purchased the Appeal's printing operation in Girard, Kansas and began printing 3.5" x 5" pocket books on cheap pulp paper (similar to that used in pulp magazines), stapled in paper cover. These were first were called The Appeal's Pocket Series and sold in 1919 for 25 cents. The covers were… Read More

New York: American Book Company. Very Good+. 1937. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. B&W Illustrations; SIGNED EDITION. This copy has been signed by the author, with a 5 line inscription. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The spine ends and corners of the book covers have some light bumpin and rubbing. The spine has some light fading to the spine. The text pages are clean and bright. "The American Sociological Association, founded in 1905, is the national professional membership association for sociologists and others who are interested in sociology. ASA’s mission is to serve sociologists in their work, advance sociology as a science and profession, and promote the contributions and use of sociology to society. ASA members include students, scholars and teachers working in a full range of educational institutions, and people employed in government agencies and nonprofit and private sector organizations" (from their website) ; Signed… Read More