My American Century
by Studs Terkel


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For over thirty years, millions of readers have enjoyed Studs Terkel's groundbreaking, provocative, and moving oral histories. Now, in a pantheon of 'ordinary' Americans, Terkel collects the most memorable interviews from each of his eight classic works.... (read more)

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Teenage: The Creation of Youth Culture
by Jon Savage


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From the author of the critically acclaimed Englands Dreaming, a landmark cultural history of youth Teenagersas we have come to define themwere not, award-winning author Jon Savage tells us, born in the 1950s of rockers and Beatniks, when most histories... (read more)

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Something Happened: A Political and Cultural Overview of the Seventies
by Edward D Berkowitz


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In both the literal and metaphorical senses, it seemed as if 1970s America was running out of gas. The decade not only witnessed long lines at gas stations but a citizenry that had grown weary and disillusioned. High unemployment, runaway inflation, and... (read more)

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The Pyrotechnic Insanitarium: American Culture on the Brink
by Mark Dery




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From the far left to the far right, on talk radio and the op-ed page, more and more Americans believe that the social fabric is unraveling. Celebrity worship and media frenzy, suicidal cultists and heavily armed secessionists: modern life seems to have... (read more)

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Off Ramp: Adventures and Heartache in the American Elsewhere
by Hank Stuever


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In his unique, funny, and haunting reports, Steuver records the odd and touching realities of modern life in everyday places. Elsewhere might be revealed in tract-house adventures of a homedecor reality show, at a discount funeral home in a strip mall... (read more)

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American Intellectual Tradition #2: The American Intellectual Tradition: 1865 to the Present
by David A Hollinger


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Revised and updated, the fifth edition of this now standard two-volume anthology brings together some of the most historically significant writings in American intellectual history. Uniquely comprehensive, The American Intellectual Tradition includes... (read more)

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Maxed Out: Hard Times in the Age of Easy Credit
by James D Scurlock


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In this shocking and illuminating road trip through an America ravaged by debt, award-winning film director James Scurlock examines our multitrillion-dollar addiction to easy credit in all of its absurdities and contradictions. Maxed Out ventures beyond... (read more)

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The Hypocrisy of Disco: A Memoir
by Clane Hayward


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Born in San Francisco just before the Summer of Love, Clane Hayward grew up on hippie communes throughout the west. Her poignantly funny, sometimes melancholy, and always riveting memoir recounts her extraordinary life up until her thirteenth birthday... (read more)

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Burning Rainbow Farm: How a Stoner Utopia Went Up in Smoke
by Dean Kuipers


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The gripping story of two marijuana advocates gunned down by the FBI after a five-day standoff. On a mission to build a peaceful, pot-friendly Shangri-La, Tom Crosslin and his lover Rollie Rohm founded Rainbow Farm, a well-appointed campground and... (read more)

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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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The Cult of Pharmacology: How America Became the World's Most Troubled Drug Culture
by Richard Degrandpre


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America had a radically different relationship with drugs a century ago. Drug prohibitions were few, and while alcohol was considered a menace, the public regularly consumed substances that are widely demonized today. Heroin was marketed by Bayer... (read more)

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Auto Mania: Cars, Consumers, and the Environment
by Tom Mccarthy


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The twentieth-century American experience with the automobile has much to tell us about the relationship between consumer capitalism and the environment, Tom McCarthy contends. In Auto Mania he presents the first environmental history of the automobile... (read more)

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Random Family: Love, Drugs, Trouble, and Coming of Age in the Bronx
by Adrian Nicole LeBlanc




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In her extraordinary bestseller, Adrian Nicole LeBlanc immerses readers in the intricacies of the ghetto, revealing the true sagas lurking behind the headlines of gangsta glamour, gold-drenched drug dealers, and street-corner society. Focusing on two... (read more)

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Overdose: How Excessive Government Regulation Stifles Pharmaceutical Innovation
by Richard A Epstein


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This book is the first to offer a comprehensive examination of the pharmaceutical industry by following the tortuous course of a new drug as it progresses from early development to final delivery. Richard A. Epstein looks closely at the regulatory... (read more)

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A Nation Transformed: How the Civil War Changed America Forever
by Gerald Henig


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This comprehensive look at the changes the Civil War introduced and exacerbated in America illustrates just how deeply the war affected the nation--and how America would never be the same because of it.... (read more)

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Uniforms: Why We Are What We Wear
by Paul Fussell


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From Boy Scouts to soldiers, nurses to UPS workers, chefs to nuns, Paul Fussell describes, in sharp and telling anecdotes, the history and meanings of various uniforms. He reveals their secret language and unfolds their cultural significance. Focusing on... (read more)

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The Creation of the Media: Political Origins of Modern Communications
by Paul Starr


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America's leading role in today's information revolution may seem simply to reflect its position as the world's dominant economy and most powerful state. But by the early nineteenth century, when the United States was neither a world power nor a primary... (read more)

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Meth: Americas Home Cooked Menace
by Dirk Johnson


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A harrowing look at the personal, social, and environmental impact of America's newest drug abuse trend. Methamphetamine has been around for decades, but the recent surge in clandestine "cooking" labs in homes, hotel rooms, and even cars has made this... (read more)

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