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1	America is in the Heart: A Personal History more books like this by Carlos Bulosan, Carey McWilliams (Introduction by) add to wishlist First published in 1946, this autobiography of the well-known Filipino poet describes his boyhood in the Philippines, his voyage to America, and his years of hardship and despair as an itinerant labourer following the harvest trail in the rural West. see all copies from £5.61! new only from £7.36!
2	Southern California: An Island on the Land more books like this by Carey McWilliams add to wishlist Widely recognized as the best non-fiction book written about Southern California for the period 1920s through the 1940s. Southern California: An Island on the Land is packed with fascinating material on the region and its galaxy of personalities--from Helen Hunt Jackson to Aimee Semple McPherson, from Huntington the financier to Hatfield the ... see all copies from £9.92! new only from £9.92!
3	North from Mexico: The Spanish-Speaking People of the United States; New Edition, Updated by Matt S. Meier more books like this by Carey McWilliams, Matt S Meier (Editor) add to wishlist Now fully updated by Matt S. Meier to cover the period 1945 through 1988, McWilliams' classic book explores all aspects of the Chicano experience in the United States including family, employment, education, assimilation, political, cultural, and economic issues. see all copies from £11.19! new only from £27.55! \| first editions
4	California: The Great Exception more books like this by Carey McWilliams add to wishlist In 1949, lawyer, historian and journalist Carey McWilliams stepped back to assess the state of California at the end its first 100 years - its history, population, politics, agriculture, and social concerns. This edition of his text includes a new foreword. see all copies from £7.48! new only from £35.89! \| first editions
5	Factories in the Field: The Story of Migratory Farm Labor in California more books like this by Carey McWilliams add to wishlist Dramatizing the misery of the dust bowl migrants hoping to find work in California agriculture, this text starts with the scandals of the Spanish land grant purchases, and goes on to examine the experience of ethnic groups that have provided labour for California's agricultural industry. see all copies from £5.02! new only from £18.52! \| signed copies \| first editions
6	The Education of Carey McWilliams more books like this by Carey McWilliams add to wishlist see all copies from £5.61! signed copies \| first editions
7	Southern California Country: An Island on the Land more books like this by Carey McWilliams add to wishlist see all copies from £15.10! signed copies \| first editions
8	A Mask for Privilege: Anti-Semitism in America more books like this by Carey McWilliams add to wishlist This work seeks to expose the myths with which the anti-semite surrounds his position. By taking away the "mask of privilege" it reveals the source of such prejudice for what it is - the determination of the forces of special privilege, with their hangers-on, to maintain their select status. see all copies from £4.98! new only from £46.58! \| signed copies \| first editions
9	Brothers under the skin. more books like this by Carey McWilliams add to wishlist see all copies from £4.98! first editions
10	The Politics of Disappointment: American Elections, 1976-94 more books like this by Carey McWilliams add to wishlist Attuned to the contemporary popular mood of uncertainty and unhappiness, this text addresses the legacy of two decades of disillusionment in the American political culture. In a series of essays, it traces the long, slow unravelling of the economic and social fabric of the USA as a narrative thread through the historical passage from Jimmy Carter ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £5.22! \| first editions
11	Caverns of Fear more books like this by Mary Carey, Mary Carey McCabe, Alden McWilliams (Illustrator) add to wishlist see all copies from £4.98! new only from £9.04! \| first editions
12	Dance with Community (PB) more books like this by Robert Booth Fowler, Wilson Carey McWilliams (Editor), Lance Banning (Editor) add to wishlist Surveys more than 100 theories of community, taken from political, sociological, philosophical and theological thought, and backed by a bibliography of over 300 entries. Fowler proposes the idea of existential community as an alternative to liberalism and the standard communitarian ideal. see all copies from £5.92! new only from £12.03!
13	North from Mexico; the Spanish-speaking people of the United States. more books like this by Carey McWilliams add to wishlist see all copies from £4.98! first editions
14	The Election of 1996: Reports and Interpretations more books like this by Professor Gerald M Pomper (Editor), Walter D Burnham, Carey McWilliams add to wishlist The midterm elections of 1994 sent Bill Clinton a message that he listened to and acted on. The change could be seen in the President's metamorphosis on policy and politics. Some agreed and some disagreed with this chameleon-like behaviour, but the end result was re-election in 1996. Not since FDR had a Democrat been elected to a second term. The ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £16.81! \| first editions
15	John Adams & the Spirit of Lib.-PB more books like this by C Bradley Thompson, Wilson Carey McWilliams (Editor), Lance Banning (Editor) add to wishlist An examination of the political thought of John Adams. The author seeks to reconstruct the contours and influences of Adams's mental universe, the ideas he challenged, the problems he considered central to constitution-making, and the methods of his reasoning. see all copies from £11.38! new only from £12.65!
16 view cover	A Republic of Parties?: Debating the Two-Party System: Debating the Two-Party System more books like this by Theodore J Lowi, Joseph Romance, Carey McWilliams (Editor) add to wishlist Theodore J. Lowi and Joseph Romance debate the promises and pitfalls of the two-party system by outlining the history, evolution, and current status of this perennial debate. Supplemented by a collection of primary documents covering the entire history of the controversy, this book will be indispensable for American government, political parties, ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £12.17!
17	Constitution of the People (PB) more books like this by Robert E Calvert (Editor), Carey McWilliams (Designer) add to wishlist see all copies from £6.64! new only from £11.66!
18	The Idea of Fraternity in America more books like this by Carey McWilliams add to wishlist see all copies from £5.61! first editions
19 view cover	Beyond the Politics of Disappointment?: American Elections, 1980-1998 more books like this by Carey McWilliams add to wishlist This volume chronicles almost two decades of American elections marked by a politics of disappointment. Combining political science, history and literature, it addresses the varied electoral trends: distrust of government; yearning for a renewal of the American dream; decreasing voter turnout; desire for self-government; and debate over the future ... see all copies from £5.58! new only from £24.30!
20 view cover	The Active Society Revisited more books like this by Wilson Carey McWilliams add to wishlist "The Active Society", published in 1968, is the most ambitious book in Amitai Etzioni's remarkable career. In this new collection of essays, Wilson Carey McWilliams brings together scholars in a range of disciplines to analyze the significance and shortcomings of this important work. see all copies from £16.20! new only from £26.76!
21	Ill Fares the Land: Migrants and Migratory Labor in the United States more books like this by Carey McWilliams add to wishlist see all copies from £8.09! first editions
22 view cover	Fool's Paradise: A Carey McWilliams Reader more books like this by Dean Stewart (Editor), Jeannine Gendar (Editor), Carey McWilliams add to wishlist Carey McWilliams (1905-1980) -- lawyer, activist, historian, editor of The Nation for two decades -- wrote the history of California as no one else could, or would. Alternately scathing, amusing, and disturbing, his sharp and literate accounts shatter the myths meant to obscure the real workings of the state, revealing always the relationship ... see all copies from £5.61! new only from £14.99! \| first editions
23	North from Mexico Spanish more books like this by Carey McWilliams add to wishlist see all copies from £5.61! first editions
24	Mask of Evil more books like this by John Hughes, Al McWilliams (Photographer), Mary Carey add to wishlist see all copies from £5.61!
25	Ambrose Bierce, a Biography more books like this by Carey McWilliams add to wishlist see all copies from £30.73! first editions

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