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New York, NY, U.S.A.: St. Martin's Press, 1980. This book examinesf the changing status of women's work and social position through history; drawing on a wide range of anthropological and historical evidence, the author shows that in primitive societies women's work was crucial to survival and that their social position reflected their economic importance, but that women's status declined under slavery, feudalism and merchant capitalism; industrialization has reduced the status of many women, but enabled some to rise through education and the demand for skillled labor (cover has some edgewear; dust jacket slightly sunned). First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Saint Martin's Press, 1978. Examines the scientific claims of Marxism, the development of communist theory and practice in the Soviet Union, and the phenomenon of Eurocommunism, concluding that Marxism is not a rational philosophy but a religion and predicting that the Soviet Union, as a multinational empire, is unlikely to survive for more than a few decades (dust jacket has large chip and small tears on edges, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy). First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

Pittsburgh, PA, U.S.A.: University of Pittsburgh Center for International Studies, 1975. Trade Paperback. Very Good. This book, a product of the Comparative Communism Program of Pittsburgh, is a comparative study of existing socialist systems, divided into four sections: the first deals with theoretical comparisions by using classification schemes, the second is devoted to comparisons of the political system, the third concentrates on the economics of socialist systems, and the fourth provides a summary an integration of the major findings of the volume (very slight edgewear, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

Amherst, MA, U.S.A.: University of Massachusetts Press, 1987. Bright red cloth with some corner wear, otherwise very good. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket.

Essex, England, U.K.: Longman, 1981. Trade Paperback. Very Good. In this book the author gives an account of the main characteristics of parties and pressure groups in Britain, within the context of their roles in the political system; it focuses on their policies, goals, and organization and relates their growth and behavior both to theories of democracy and to British history during the last century; relevant case studies are used to illustrate the actual working of parties and pressure groups; particular attention is given to major factions and sub-groups within the parties and to the main parties which rose to prominence in the 1970s; a final section assesses the impact of parties and pressure groups on the political system as a whole (green cover with minor shelf and edge wear, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Haworth Press, 1983. Trade Paperback. Very Good. A collection of essays whose purpose is to discuss menstration from a feminist perspective; originally published as Women & Health, Volume 8, Number 2/3, Summer/Fall 1983 (red & white cover, slight edgewear,, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

Chapel Hill, NC, U.S.A: Latin American Studies Association, 1976. Paperback. Very Good. An issue of the journal with articles on Catholicism in Brazil, Latin American Studies in the United States, income distribution in Latin America, and the Cuban Modernist poet Julian del Casal, as well as research notes and reports and book reviews (cover has slight edgewear, otherwise a good, clean, tight copy)

New York, NY, U.S.A: Praeger Publishers, 1983. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. This study was carried out under the auspices of the Center for Strategic and International Studies at Georgetown University and proceeds from the assumption that most of the military and political conflict in the future will take place in the Third World; it addresses itself to a series of questions: how aggressive a policy is the Soviet leadership likely to follow in the Third World, how much priority will be given to the Third World in Soviet strategic planning, what are the Soviet instrumentalities for developing relationships in the Third World, and what factors are likely to enhance or obstruct Soviet progress in Third World countries? (red cloth with gold lettering, slight edgewear, free front endpaper removed, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

New Brunswick, NJ, U.S.A: Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers University, 1975. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Condition: slight edgewear; collection of papers from conference on the economic decline of metropolitan areas, with numerous charts & tables

London, England, U.K.: European Jewish Publications, 1970. Paperback. Very Good. An issue of the publication Jews in Eastern Europe: A Periodical Survey of Events, which includes reports on individual cases, trials, arrests of Jews in the Soviet Union, statements, letters to the United Nations, etc. (yellow cover with black lettering, pages darkened)

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Sheridan Square Publications, 1984. Trade Paperback. Fine. This book is the first in-depth analysis of the world of counterintelligence; it examines the battle between the CIA's Clandestine Services and its Soviet counterparts, the foreign directorates of the KGB and the GRU; the author was a career intelligence officer in the National Security Agency and the Central Intelligence Agency, with undercover service in Cuba and Mexico; introduction by Thomas Powers (cover price effaced, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

New York: Quartet Books, 1982. Reprint (Orig Pub 1981). Hard Cover. As New/Very Good. A series of essays on the Palestinian question drawn from the speeches and writings of a Palestinian who served as Jordan's Permanent Representative to the United Nations

Harrisburg, PA, U.S.A.: Stackpole Books, 1970. This book applies a Marxist conceptual framework to the study of industrial relations,; it examines Marxist theories of class consciousness, collective bargaining, and revolutionary politics in terms of sociological data from Britain, Russia, the United States, China, and Yugoslavia (price-clipped dust jacket with slight edgewear; otherwise a bright, clean copy). First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

New York, NY, U.S.A.: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1936. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Selected works (not excerpts) of 18th century British writers, including Swift, Pope, Gay, Chesterfeld, Sterne, Walpole, Sheridan, Gibbon, Blake (beige cloth, faded gold lettering, spine darkened, end papers slightly foxed, former owner's bookplate on pastedown, otherwise a good, clean, sturdy copy)

Ann Arbor, MI, U.S.A.: University of Michigan Press, 1993. Trade Paperback. Very Good. A study of the work of the most important prose fiction writers in the former German Democratic Republic, including Christa Wolf, Jurek Becker, Anna Seghers, Stefan Heym, and Franz Fuhmann; the study is restricted to work that is available in English translation; the author discusses the role that this literature played in shaping historical events; in its relentless interrogation of the status quo, its persistent ability to create alternatives, and its demand for greater openness, East German literature anticipated and contributed to the events of 1989 (crease along upper right front corner, otherwise a fine, bright, clean copy)

Union City, NJ, U.S.A.: Wm. H. Wise & Co., 1980. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. An anthology of poetry and stories, a selection of the best work from the members of the US1 Poets' Cooperative, a diverse group of writers in central New Jersey; includes black & white drawings (gray cover with gold lettering and graphic, slight edgewear, otherwise a bright, clean, tight copy)

Berkeley, CA, U.S.A.: University of California Press, 1978. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. An analysis of Waiting for Godot that approaches the play as an exercise in paradox at all levels, from the single speech to the overall design (faint crease at lover right front corner, otherwise a fine, clean, tight copy)

Washington, D.C., U.S.A: American Historical Association, 1980. Paper Covers. Very Good. This pamphlet examined the important contributions made by historians of women and published during the previous fifteen years (1965-1980); it refered to writings that exemplify conceptual and methodological developments and the major themes of work, politics, and family and sexuality; it was also an attempt to assess the direction and achievement of the field at a time when historical studies of women had recently increased dramatically (red paper stapled cover with black lettering

Cambridge, MA, U.S.A.: Winthrop Publishers, 1980. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/No Jacket. Original studies in class analysis conducted at the Center for Social Organization at the University of Wisconsin at Madison (corners slightly bumped, spine ends creased, otherwise a bright, clean copy)

London, England, U.K.: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1976. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. A critical reappraisal of the relevance of Marxian analysis for a science of society which shows how various developments within sociology have had their counterparts in Marxism; the author analyses the status of Marx's work and the Marxist tradition in sociology and focuses upon those concerns which are common to both Marxian analysis and sociology (pages slightly yellowed, otherwise a bright, clean copy)