Verso, London, 1997. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good Condition/Very Good. A clean copy, no damage to either the jacket or the book, no annotations. With invective all the more deadly for its grace and wit, Lapin presents a portrait of a feckless American establishment gone large in the stomach and soft in the head. His acerbic remarks on the 1996 presidential election take into account Steve Forbes' primary campaign, the non-candidacy of General Colin Powell, the coming and goings of Dick Morris, Senator Bob Dole's triumphant return to television as a pitch and for Air France, the building of Hillary Rodham Clinton's Potemkin village in Iowa, and the sublime vacuity of President Clinton's inaugural address. A previously unpublished and substantial concluding piece looks at the fate of indolent ruling classes through history. Â– Front fold over blurb Size: 8vo - over 7Â¾" - 9Â¾" tall. Please refer to accompanying picture (s). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Politics & Government; USA; 1990s; Sociology & Culture. ISBN: 1859848826. ISBN/EAN: 9781859848821. Inventory No: 0268572. . 9781859848821

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Timothy Brennan is professor of comparative literature, cultural studies, and English at the University of Minnesota. His books include At Home in the World: Cosmopolitanism Now and, most recently, Wars of Position: The Cultural Politics of the Left and Right . He writes for a number of journals, including New Left Review and The Nation . Saree Makdisi is a professor of English and comparative literature at UCLA. He lives in Los Angeles, California. Mahmood Mamdani is Herbert Lehman Professor of Government, and a member of the Departments of Anthropology and Political Science and the School of Public and International Affairs at Columbia University. His previous books include Good Muslim, Bad Muslim , Citizen and Subject , and When Victims Become Killers . From Kampala, Uganda, he now divides his time between New York and Kampala. Ilan Pappe is Professor of History at the University of Exeter. His many books include The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine and, most recently, Gaza in Crisis (with Noam Chomsky). He writes for, among others, the Guardian and the London Review of Books . Jacqueline Rose is Professor of English at Queen Mary University of London. Her books include Sexuality in the Field of Vision ; The Question of Zion ; and the novel Albertine .

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Bookseller: Syber's Books ABN 40533682787 (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 0268572
Title: Waiting for the Barbarians
Author: Lapham, Lewis
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - Very Good Condition
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
ISBN 10: 1859848826
ISBN 13: 9781859848821
Publisher: Verso
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1997
Keywords: BZDB2 Politics America 1996 Clinton Politics & Government; USA; 1990s; Sociology & Culture. Unbranded ISBN: 1859848826 EAN: 9781859848821 Lapham, Lewis Waiting for the Barbarians

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