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Co-founder and Senior Fellow @AmReformer

16 books
Book Cover for: The Eccentric Traveller: 1, André Masson

The Eccentric Traveller: 1

André Masson
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1. Interesting to see him compare Ann Arbor to Austin, which were comparable in size several decades back. Richard Florida believes that Michigan must scale up Ann Arbor and Lansing to compete.

Paperback, 2018

$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business, Alfred DuPont Chandler

The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business

Alfred DuPont Chandler
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Sometimes a book is both long and boring, but also fascinating and insightful at the same time. That's Alfred Chandler's The Visible Hand: The Managerial Revolution in American Business. It's an economic history of the US, the modern corp, and management. https://t.co/kAvA6AirbU

Paperback, 1993

$37.00$18.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia, E. Digby Baltzell

Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia

E. Digby Baltzell
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The sociologist E. Digby Baltzell had a great gifts for quotable lines and aphorisms. A selection from his "Puritan Boston and Quaker Philadelphia." A 🧵

Hardcover, 2017

$210.00$185.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book(max discount $25)
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Book Cover for: Demographics and the Demand for Higher Education, Nathan D. Grawe

Demographics and the Demand for Higher Education

Nathan D. Grawe
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The book “Demographics and the Demand for Higher Education” by Nathan D Grawe covers this in detail. https://t.co/vWVaWFdYjW

Hardcover, 2018

$42.00$21.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Weirdest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous, Joseph Henrich

The Weirdest People in the World: How the West Became Psychologically Peculiar and Particularly Prosperous

Joseph Henrich
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. @RichardHanania interviews Joseph Henrich, author of "The WEIRDest People in the World" https://t.co/OGqYS9nO7l

Paperback, 2021

$25.00$12.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World, James Davison Hunter

To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World

James Davison Hunter
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"To change the world is, at some point, to take power seriously" - sociologist James Davison Hunter

Hardcover, 2010

$46.99$23.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Working: People Talk about What They Do All Day and How They Feel about What They Do, Studs Terkel

Working: People Talk about What They Do All Day and How They Feel about What They Do

Studs Terkel
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Studs Terkel’s "Working" 50 Years On https://t.co/oEw2u2T373

Paperback, 1997

$24.99$12.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Carmageddon: How Cars Make Life Worse and What to Do about It, Daniel Knowles

Carmageddon: How Cars Make Life Worse and What to Do about It

Daniel Knowles
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Just released: Daniel Knowles critical take on our car-centric world, "Carmageddon" https://t.co/kNjxeg8qxw

Hardcover, 2023

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Evangelicalism: The Coming Generation, James Davison Hunter

Evangelicalism: The Coming Generation

James Davison Hunter
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@samueld_james If you haven't read it, you should grab a copy of James Davison Hunter's 1987 academic book Evangelicalism: The Coming Generation and check out the pages on evangelical approaches to gender. It's pretty brutal towards the strand that is becoming complementarianism, labeling it… https://t.co/XbH1iwzB63

Paperback, 1993

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Book Cover for: Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future, Patrick J. Deneen

Regime Change: Toward a Postliberal Future

Patrick J. Deneen
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It's curious that Catholic integralist post-liberal "regime change" is considered a legitimate position to hold but "Christian nationalism" is not. That Patrick Deneen is treated as legitimate where Stephen Wolfe is not. https://t.co/i0yYrzXOHy

Hardcover, 2023

$30.00$15.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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