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  • Congressional Pathfinders

    "First" Members of Congress and How They Shaped American History

    by J. Michael Martinez ...
    Congressional Pathfinders: “First” Members of Congress and How They Shaped American History discusses those men and women whose service in the United States Congress, as improbable as it was, marked a turning point in history. To be the first black American or the first woman to serve in a largely white, male-dominated institution requires a level of moral courage seldom found in ordinary people. ... Read more

    $94.79 USD

  • Terrorist Attacks on American Soil

    From the Civil War Era to the Present

    by J. Michael Martinez ...
    Understanding the context of terrorism requires a trek through history, in this case the history of terrorist activity in the United States since the Civil War. Because the topic is large and complex, Terrorists Attacks on American Soil: From the Civil War to the Present does not claim to be an exhaustive history of terrorism or the definitive account of how and why terrorists do what they do. ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Congressional Giants

    Influential Leaders of Congress and How They Shaped American History

    by J. Michael Martinez ...
    The Congress of the United States operates in the shadow of the American presidency, which can make the legislative branch appear less important than the executive in our constitutional system of government. And yet Congress is a co-equal branch of government, deriving its powers from Article I of the United States Constitution. Love it or hate it, the institution is a source of incredible power. ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Congressional Lions

    Trailblazing Members of Congress and How They Shaped American History

    by J. Michael Martinez ...
    In some periods of American history, members of the legislative branch have been as influential, and sometimes more influential, than a particular president in crafting public policy and reacting to world events. Congressional Lions examines twelve influential members of Congress throughout American history to understand their role in shaping the life of the nation. The book does not focus ... Read more

    $39.69 USD

  • Scoundrels

    Political Scandals in American History

    by J. Michael Martinez ...
    "American history buffs will savor this detailed yet accessible roundup of political imbroglios." —Publishers WeeklyPolitical scandals have become an indelible feature of the American political system since the creation of the republic more than two centuries ago. In his previous book, Libertines: American Political Sex Scandals from Alexander Hamilton to Donald Trump, Michael Martinez explored ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Tarta Americana

    by J. Michael Martinez ...
    Series series Penguin Poets
    A suite of poems that channels the legendary singer-songwriter Ritchie Valens to examine and question mid-twentieth-century conceptions of race and art, identity and desireRagged and raging across the spectrums of cognition, race, and gender, Tarta Americana lyrically envisions forms of survival outside neuronormative perceptions and histories. Against the recent tide of white nationalism in the ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Public Administration Ethics for the 21st Century

    by J. Michael Martinez ...
    This volume establishes a foundation for a uniform code of professional ethics for public administrators in the United States.Public Administration Ethics for the 21st Century lays the ethical foundations for a uniform professional code of ethics for public administrators, civil servants, and non-profit administrators in the US. Martinez synthesizes five disparate schools of ethical thought as to ... Read more

    $22.19 USD

  • Libertines

    American Political Sex Scandals from Alexander Hamilton to Donald Trump

    by J. Michael Martinez ...
    Libertines seeks to understand why public figures sometimes take extraordinary risks, sullying their good names, humiliating their families, placing themselves in legal jeopardy, and potentially destroying their political careers as they seek to gratify their sexual desires. From Hamilton to Trump and the many in between, each case of sexual misconduct in this book shows the seamy side of ... Read more

    $30.79 USD

  • The Safety of the Kingdom

    Government Responses to Subversive Threats

    by J. Michael Martinez ...
    The horrendous events of September 11, 2001, heightened awareness of terrorism unlike all but a handful of major catastrophes in American history. Like the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, and President Kennedy’s assassination on November 22, 1963, 9/11 is a date forever enshrined in our national memory.But 9/11 once again raised the question: What should government do to ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • Terrorist Attacks on American Soil

    From the Civil War Era to the Present

    by J. Michael Martinez ...
    Understanding the context of terrorism requires a trek through history, in this case the history of terrorist activity in the United States since the Civil War. Because the topic is large and complex, Terrorists Attacks on American Soil: From the Civil War to the Present does not claim to be an exhaustive history of terrorism or the definitive account of how and why terrorists do what they do. ... Read more

    $34.09 USD

  • Carpetbaggers, Cavalry, and the Ku Klux Klan

    Exposing the Invisible Empire During Reconstruction

    by J. Michael Martinez ...
    Series series The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era
    In some places, the Ku Klux Klan (KKK) was a social fraternity whose members enjoyed sophomoric hijinks and homemade liquor. In other areas, the KKK was a paramilitary group intent on keeping former slaves away from white women and Republicans away from ballot boxes. South Carolina saw the worst Klan violence and, in 1871, President Grant sent federal troops under the command of Major Lewis ... Read more

    $34.79 USD

  • Coming for to Carry Me Home

    Race in America from Abolitionism to Jim Crow

    by J. Michael Martinez ...
    Series series The American Crisis Series: Books on the Civil War Era
    Coming for to Carry Me Home examines the history of the politics surrounding U.S. race relations during the half century between the rise of the abolitionist movement in the 1830s and the dawn of the Jim Crow era in the 1880s. J. Michael Martinez argues that Abraham Lincoln and the Radical Republicans in Congress were the pivotal actors, albeit not the architects, that influenced this evolution. ... Read more

    $31.59 USD