Books by James Traub and Complete Book Reviews
James Traub, Author . Random $25.95 (336p) ISBN 978-0-375-50788-5
The first part of Traub's learned cultural history focuses on Times Square (originally Longacre Square before it was renamed in 1904) when it was the center of New York's—and the nation's—entertainment industry. Evoking the
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James Traub, Author . Farrar, Straus & Giroux $25 (272p) ISBN 978-0-374-15847-7
Traub (The Best Intentions
) tries to rescue the policy of democracy-promotion from the ashes of the Iraq War in this book that is both a critique of contemporary politics and a nimble history of the continuities in American foreign policy....
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James Traub, Author Addison Wesley Publishing Company $25 (371p) ISBN 978-0-201-62227-0
From 1847 through the 1960s, City College in Manhattan was renowned for the excellent education it provided free of charge (tuition was not imposed until 1976) to poor and middle-class urban students. Responding to student protests against the low...
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James Traub. Basic, $35 (640p) ISBN 978-0-465-02827-6
Foreign policy specialist Traub (The Freedom Agenda) synthesizes the extensive writings of John Quincy Adams (1767–1848) alongside a broad spectrum of primary and published sources in this essential biography of a complex man. “Guarded and taciturn,”
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James Traub. Basic, $30 (320p) ISBN 978-1-541-61685-1
A once glorious, now besieged creed gets a searching critique in this shrewd political history. Journalist Traub (John Quincy Adams: Militant Spirit) explores liberalism’s development through the ideas of leading theoreticians, from James Madison’s...
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James Traub, Author, James Taub, Author Doubleday Books $21.95 (379p) ISBN 978-0-385-26182-1
The name Wedtech has become synonomous with corporate corruption and political sleaze. Traub, a freelance N.Y. journalist, skillfully explains why in this sordid tale of white-collar crime. He shows how a machine shop engaged in ``nickel and dime''...
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James Traub. Basic, $35 (528p) ISBN 978-1-541-61957-9
Journalist Traub (What Was Liberalism?) offers an admiring biography of firebrand politician Hubert Humphrey (1911–1978). Raised in a small South Dakota community, Humphrey attended the University of Minnesota. In 1945, he became the mayor of...
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