Government Executive, Volume 30, Number 11, November 1998
Washington, DC: Executive Publications, Inc., 1998. 28 cm, 68, wraps, illus. More about Government Executive, Volume 30, Number 11, November 1998
Immigration
Government Executive, Volume 32, Number 2, February 2000
Washington, DC: National Journal Group, Inc., 2000. 28 cm, 80, wraps, color illus. More about Government Executive, Volume 32, Number 2, February 2000
Government Executive, Volume 38, Number 13, August 1, 2006
Washington, DC: National Journal Group, Inc., 2006. 70, wraps, illus., Condoleezza Rice on cover. More about Government Executive, Volume 38, Number 13, August 1, 2006
Jewish Frontier, Section Two, June 1960
New York: Jewish Frontier, c1960. 32, Section 2 only, wraps, covers worn, soiled, & minor edge chips, some page discoloration. Issue on "Israel Seen from Within. " More about Jewish Frontier, Section Two, June 1960
People, Volume 87, Number 7, February 13, 2017
New York: Time, Inc., 2017. Presumed first printing thus. Wraps. 100 pages plus covers. Mailing information on front cover. Slight wear and soiling. Includes illustrations. Most illustrations in color. People is an American weekly magazine of celebrity and human-interest stories, published by Time Inc. With a readership of 46.6 million adults, People has the largest audience of any American magazine. People had $997 million in advertising revenue in 2011, the highest advertising revenue of any American magazine. In 2006, it had a circulation of 3.75 million and revenue expected to top $1.5 billion. It was named "Magazine of the Year" by Advertising Age in October 2005, for excellence in editorial, circulation and advertising. People ranked #6 on Advertising Age's annual "A-list" and #3 on Adweek's "Brand Blazers" list in October 2006. The magazine runs a roughly 50/50 mix of celebrity and human-interest articles. People's editors claim to refrain from printing pure celebrity gossip, enough to lead celebrity publicists to propose exclusives to the magazine, and evidence of what one staffer calls a "publicist-friendly strategy". People's website, focuses on celebrity news and human interest stories. In February 2015, the website broke a new record: 72 million unique visitors. People is perhaps best known for its yearly special issues naming the "World's Most Beautiful," "Best & Worst Dressed" and "Sexiest Man Alive". The magazine's headquarters are in New York and it maintains editorial bureaus in Los Angeles and in London. For economic reasons it closed bureaus in Austin, Miami, and Chicago in 2006. More about People, Volume 87, Number 7, February 13, 2017
Reader's Digest Index, January to December, 1983 Volume 122-123, Numbers 729-740
Pleasantville, NY: The Reader's Digest, 1984. Wraps. 12 p. More about Reader's Digest Index, January to December, 1983 Volume 122-123, Numbers 729-740
Voyage of the St. Louis
Washington, DC: United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, 1999. Wraps. [2], 38 p. Includes: illustrations, maps. List of Passengers. Chronology. Endnotes. Color illustration on front cover. Some illustrations in color. More about Voyage of the St. Louis
Remaking the American Mainstream; Assimilation and Contemporary Immigration
Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 2003. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. xiv, [2], 359, [7] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Richard D. Alba (born December 22, 1942) is an American sociologist, who is a Distinguished Professor at the Graduate Center, CUNY. He is known for developing assimilation theory to fit the contemporary, multi-racial era of immigration, with studies in America, France and Germany. Alba earned his B.A. in 1963 and Ph.D. in 1974 from Columbia University. Alba's text on assimilation theory (written with Victor Nee), Remaking the American Mainstream (2003) won the Thomas & Znaniecki Award of the American Sociological Association and the Eastern Sociological Society’s Mirra Komarovsky Award. It was one of the most highly cited works in sociology. Alba has also written about the historical realities of assimilation, using Italian Americans to exemplify them. His book, Ethnic Identity: The Transformation of White America, summarizes his thinking on the assimilation of the so-called white ethnics. More about Remaking the American Mainstream; Assimilation and Contemporary Immigration
Homelands and Waterways; The American Journey of the Bond Family, 1846 - 1926
New York: Pantheon Books, 1999. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. x, 694 pages. Family tree on endpapers. Illustrations. Maps. Plans, Notes. Index. DJ has slight wear, soiling and sticker residue. Adele Logan Alexander is an adjunct professor of history at George Washington University, where she has taught since 1983. She teaches the history of slavery, the civil rights movement, and African-American women. She has taught at Howard University, University of Maryland, and Trinity College. Her research focuses on the black Atlantic world, African-American history, and family history. She has written two books, Ambiguous Lives: Free Women of Color in Rural Georgia, 1789-1879, and Homelands and Waterways: The American Journey of the Bond Family, 1846-1926. The latter book won the non-fiction prize of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association. In 2003 the African American Historical and Genealogical Society recognized her contributions to family history with an award for Outstanding Lifetime Contribution. More about Homelands and Waterways; The American Journey of the Bond Family, 1846 - 1926
Energy and Economic Growth in the United States
Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1979. 1st MIT Press Edition. First? Printing. 24 cm, 206, ink notation on flyleaf, DJ slightly soiled, DJ corners rubbed. More about Energy and Economic Growth in the United States
Stone Voices: The Search for Scotland
New York: Hill and Wang, 2003. First American Edition. First Printing. 326, maps, bibliography, index. More about Stone Voices: The Search for Scotland
Until We Reach Home
Bloomington, MN: Bethany House Publishers, 2008. Trade paperback. 428, [4] p. More about Until We Reach Home
Open the Gates! A Personal Story of "Illegal" Immigration to Israel
New York: Atheneum, 1975. First Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 369, index, pencil erasure on half-title. Preface by Golda Meir. More about Open the Gates! A Personal Story of "Illegal" Immigration to Israel
Campaigning for Change: Reinventing NAFTA to Serve Immigrants
Washington, DC: Woodrow Wilson Int'l Center, c2000. 28 cm, 34, wraps. More about Campaigning for Change: Reinventing NAFTA to Serve Immigrants
Kenneth Roberts
New York: Twayne Publishers, 1993. First edition. First printing )stated0. Hardcover. xvi, 164, [4] p. Chronology. Notes and References. Selected Bibliography. Index. More about Kenneth Roberts
The Good Life: The Meaning of Success for the American Middle Class
New York: Knopf, 1989. First Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 361, index, DJ torn at top of spine, DJ edges worn, pencil erasure residue on flyleaf and in index. More about The Good Life: The Meaning of Success for the American Middle Class
Boiling Point: It Only Takes One Degree: Monitoring Cultural Shifts in the 21st Century
Ventura, CA: Regal Books, 2001. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Glued binding. Paper over boards. 327 pBibliography. More about Boiling Point: It Only Takes One Degree: Monitoring Cultural Shifts in the 21st Century
The Case Against Immigration; The moral, economic, social, and environmental reasons for reducing U.S. immigration back to traditional levels
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1996. First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. 287, [3] pages. Charts, Notes. Index. DJ has slight wear and soiling. Roy Howard Beck is an American journalist and public policy analyst who founded and has served as President of NumbersUSA since its inception in 1997. Beck was a journalist for three decades before founding NumbersUSA. He is former Washington D. C. bureau chief of Booth Newspapers and an environment-beat newspaper reporters, formerly with The Grand Rapids Press and The Cincinnati Enquirer. Beck was also the Washington DC editor of John Tanton's magazine The Social Contract. The New York Times credited Beck's NumbersUSA organization with applying enough pressure to U.S. Senators to defeat a comprehensive immigration bill in June 2007. He has been described as a "tutor" for U.S. Representative Tom Tancredo on immigration issues. More about The Case Against Immigration; The moral, economic, social, and environmental reasons for reducing...
Memoirs
New York: The World Publishing Company, 1970. First Printing. 216, illus., chronology, bibliography, some scuffing and scratches to DJ. More about Memoirs
America the Strong: Conservative Ideas to Spark the Next Generation
Carol Stream: Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., 2015. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. x, 277, [1] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Signed by author. Inscribed on fep--signed by both. More about America the Strong: Conservative Ideas to Spark the Next Generation
We Are Going to Pick Potatoes: Norway and the Holocaust, The Untold Story
Lanham, MD: Hamilton Books, 2010. Presumed first edition/first printing. Trade paperback. Glued binding. xiii, [1], 185, [1] p. Illustrations, black & white. More about We Are Going to Pick Potatoes: Norway and the Holocaust, The Untold Story
Land of Savagery, Land of Promise: The European Image of the American Frontier in the Nineteenth Century
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1981. First Edition. First Printing. 364, illus., footnotes, bibliographical notes, index, name of previous owner, DJ somewhat worn and soiled: edge tears/chips. More about Land of Savagery, Land of Promise: The European Image of the American Frontier in the Nineteenth...
Challenge and Encounter: Behind the Scenes in the Struggle for Jewish Survival
New York: Crown Publishers, [1967]. First? Edition. First? Printing. 22 cm, 279, illus., bibliographical footnotes, DJ torn at spine, pencil erasure on front endpaper. Foreword by Philip M. Klutznick. More about Challenge and Encounter: Behind the Scenes in the Struggle for Jewish Survival
The West's Last Chance: Will We Win the Clash of Civilizations?
Washington, DC: Regnery Publishing, Inc., 2005. First edition. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. [8], 232 p. Bibliography. Notes. Index. More about The West's Last Chance: Will We Win the Clash of Civilizations?
Wanted! The Search for Nazis in America
New York: Quadrangle, 1977. 2nd Pre-Pub Printing. 256, DJ slightly soiled, scratches to rear DJ. More about Wanted! The Search for Nazis in America