Andrew Hacker

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Andrew Hacker is a professor of political science at Queens College in New York City. He is a frequent contributor to The New York Review of Books, Time, and Fortune, among other periodicals. Mr. Hacker lives in New York City

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The Federalist Papers (1787) 9,989 exemplaren

Two Nations : Black and White, Separate, Hostile, Unequal (1992) 389 exemplaren

Higher Education?: How Colleges Are Wasting Our Money and Failing Our Kids---and What We Can Do About It (2010) 138 exemplaren

Money: Who Has How Much and Why (1997) 96 exemplaren

The Math Myth: And Other STEM Delusions (2010) 72 exemplaren

Mismatch : The Growing Gulf Between Women and Men (2003) 21 exemplaren

U/S : a statistical portrait of the American people (1983) 17 exemplaren

Political Theory: Philosophy, Ideology, Science (1968) 12 exemplaren

The End of the American Era (1970) 11 exemplaren

Corporation Take-Over (Essay index reprint series) (1964) 6 exemplaren

Downfall: The Demise of a President and His Party (2020) 6 exemplaren

The study of politics; the Western tradition and American origins (1972) 5 exemplaren

Congressional districting; the issue of equal representation (1963) 4 exemplaren

The New Yorkers : a profile of an American metropolis (1975) 2 exemplaren

Higher Education?: How Colleges Are Wasting Our Money and Failing Our Kids---and What We Can Do About It 1 exemplaar

The Athletics Incubus: How College Sports Undermine College Education (2011) 1 exemplaar

The Elected and the Anointed: Two American Elites 1 exemplaar

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Geboortedatum: 1929
Geslacht: male
Nationaliteit: USA
Opleiding: Amherst College
Oxford University
University of Michigan
Princeton University
Beroepen: professor
Organisaties: Cornell University
Queens College

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The Federalist Papers door Alexander Hamilton

I had read excerpts and individual papers hitherto - this time I went cover to cover. Some of the papers got a bit windy (Madison, mostly) but overall there's a reason this is considered one of our founding documents. It's that thorough, that well reasoned and well written to justify it's place in history. I think what surprised me most was their prescience - the founders understood that regional differences would lead to civil war if not restrained, and did their level best to prevent it. And while they weren't successful in preventing it, their Constitution provided the framework for recovering from it. This is vital history in the raw.… (meer)

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The Federalist Papers (Penguin Classics) door Alexander Hamilton

Just reread the arguments for adopting the new Constitution. I think every American citizen should read these essays -- along with the Anti-Federalist essays and the notes on the debates over the Constitution -- every now and again to remind ourselves of the genius of our system of government.

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The Federalist Papers door Alexander Hamilton

Several good chapters

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The Federalist Papers (Dover Thrift Editions… door Alexander Hamilton

Quoting from the preface of this book: "It is supposed that a collection of the papers which have made their appearance in the gazettes of this city, under the Title of the FEDERALIST, may not be without effect in assisting the public judgment on the momentous question of the constitution of the United States, now under consideration by the people of America. . ."

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