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American Studies



American Studies

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80s to Present
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Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
Bright-Sided: How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America
by Barbara Ehrenreich
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A sharp-witted knockdown of America's love affair with positive thinking and an urgent call for a new commitment to realism. Americans are a positive people — cheerful, optimistic, and upbeat: this is our reputation as well as our self-image... (read more)

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Popular Culture
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The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference
by Malcolm Gladwell
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Why did crime in New York drop so suddenly in the mid-90s? How does an unknown novelist end up a bestselling author? Why is teenage smoking out of control, when everyone knows smoking kills? What makes TV shows like Sesame Street so good at teaching kids... (read more)

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General
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Assassination Vacation
Assassination Vacation
by Sarah Vowell
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From Buffalo to Alaska, Washington to Key West, cultural critic and radio commentator Vowell visits locations immortalized and influenced by assassination, reporting as she goes with her trademark blend of wisecracking humor, remarkable honesty, and... (read more)

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Pre World War I
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The Metaphysical Club: A Study of Ideas in America
The Metaphysical Club: A Study of Ideas in America
by Louis Menand
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Winner of the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for History A riveting, original book about the creation of modern American thought. The Metaphysical Club was an informal group that met in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1872, to talk about ideas. Its members included... (read more)

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20s to 40s
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In the Beginning: Fundamentalism, the Scopes Trial, and the Making of the Antievolution Movement
In the Beginning: Fundamentalism, the Scopes Trial, and the Making of the Antievolution Movement
by Michael Lienesch
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The current controversy over teaching evolution in the public schools has grabbed front-page headlines and topped news broadcasts all across the United States. In the Beginning investigates the movement that has ignited debate in state... (read more)

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Drugs and Culture
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California Series in Public Anthropology #21: Righteous Dopefiend
California Series in Public Anthropology #21: Righteous Dopefiend
by Philippe Bourgois
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This powerful study immerses the reader in the world of homelessness and drug addiction in the contemporary United States. For over a decade Philippe Bourgois and Jeff Schonberg followed a social network of two dozen heroin injectors and crack smokers on... (read more)

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50s, 60s, and 70s
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Steal This Book
Steal This Book
by Abbie Hoffman
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A driving force behind the social revolution of the 1960s and 1970s, Hoffman inspired a generation to challenge the status quo. Meant as a practical guide for the aspiring hippie, Steal This Book captures Hoffman's puckish tone and became a cult classic... (read more)

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Locked Case
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Steal This Book
Steal This Book
by Abbie Hoffman
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In 1970, Abbie Hoffman conceived the idea for his most ambitious book project yet. He had begun criss-crossing the country, ferreting out alternative ways of getting along in America--some illegal, but most of them having to do with survival techniques... (read more)

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American Nerd: The Story of My People
American Nerd: The Story of My People
by Benjamin Nugent
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Most people know a nerd when they see one but can't define just what a nerd is. American Nerd: The Story of My People gives us the history of the concept of nerdiness and of the subcultures we consider nerdy. What makes Dr. Frankenstein the archetypal... (read more)

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Suburban Nation : the Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream (00 Edition)
Suburban Nation : the Rise of Sprawl and the Decline of the American Dream (00 Edition)
by Andres Duany
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A manifesto by America's most controversial and celebrated town planners, proposing an alternative model for community design. There is a growing movement in North America to put an end to suburban sprawl and to replace the automobile-based settlement... (read more)

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