State & Local Government

Vincent Cannato takes us back to the time when John Lindsay stunned New York with his liberal Republican agenda, WASP sensibility, and movie-star good looks. With peerless authorit… More

This book presents a geographical analysis of the new Russia that has emerged from the ruins of the Soviet Union since 1991. The author provides the reader with a comprehensive an… More

Mary P. Ryan traces the fate of public life and the emergence of ethnic, class, and gender conflict in the nineteenth-century city in this ambitious retelling of a key period o… More

Venice's reputation for political stability and a strong, balanced republican government holds a prominent place in European political theory. Edward Muir traces the origins and de… More

In their provocative new book, The Paradoxes of the American Presidency, Cronin and Genovese explore the complex institution of the American Presidency by viewing it as a series of… More

Battle lines have been drawn. It's the North vs. the South once again. But this time it's the Bay Area Brahmins against the Angelenos; the cultured vs. the philistines; old money v… More

Spin Cycle is the first behind-the-scenes account of the White House political operation as it packages and shapes the news by manipulating, misleading, and in some case… More

Color Me Arnold, an original work of political satire, combines the rollicking fun of coloring books designed to entertain children (connect-the-dots, mazes, etc.) with inane quote… More