Digital Destiny: New Media and the Future of Democracy
by Jeff Chester


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The celebrated media advocate's clarion call for new media to serve the public instead of corporate interests--and what's involved in this high-stakes struggle. <BR>With the explosive growth of the Internet and broadband communications, we now have... (read more)

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Everything Bad Is Good for You: How Today's Popular Culture Is Actually Making Us Smarter
by Steven Johnson


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Forget everything you've read about the age of dumbed-down, instant-gratification culture. In this provocative, intelligent, and convincing endorsement of today's mass entertainment, national bestselling author Steven Johnson argues that the pop culture... (read more)

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The Gospel of Food: Everything You Think You Know about Food Is Wrong
by Barry Glassner


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From the author of the national bestseller "The Culture of Fear" comes a rallying cry to abandon food fads and myths for calmer and more pleasurable eating.... (read more)

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The Book of Snobs
by William Makepeace Thackeray


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England may not have a monopoly on snobbery, but the nation is a past master in its practice, as Thackeray realized when he embarked on his priceless satirical account of the snobs of England. Serialized in Punch in 1846/47, his hilarious portraits... (read more)

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The State of America's Children Yearbook, 1999: A Report from the Children's Defense Fund
by Childrens Defense Fu


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Introduction by Marian Wright Edelman The flagship publication of the most powerful political force for children in this country --Parenting The State of America 's Children is the must-have handbook for child workers, activist parents, teachers... (read more)

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The Dumbest Generation: How the Digital Age Stupefies Young Americans and Jeopardizes Our Future (Or, Don't Trust Anyone Under 30)
by Mark Bauerlein


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This shocking, lively exposure of the intellectual vacuity of today's under thirty set reveals the disturbing and, ultimately, incontrovertible truth: cyberculture is turning us into a nation of know-nothings. Can a nation continue to enjoy political and... (read more)

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The Power of Place: Geography, Destiny, and Globalization's Rough Landscape
by Harm De Blij


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In recent years a spate of books and articles have argued that the world today is so mobile, so interconnected and so integrated that it is, in one prominent assessment, flat. But as Harm de Blij contends in The Power of Place, geography continues to... (read more)

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Keeping Women and Children Last Revised
by Ruth Sidel


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A renowned sociologist revists the explosive issue of women, children, and poverty in this hard-hitting sequel to her searing expose. Sidel explores the condition of America's poor women today, with particular focus on the federal government's attempts... (read more)

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The Spirit of Disobedience: Resisting the Charms of Fake Politics, Mindless Consumption, and the Culture of Total Work
by Curtis White


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The intersection of religion and politics is among the most hotly... (read more)

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Going Local: Creating Self-Reliant Communities in a Global Age
by Michael H Shuman


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National drug chains squeeze local pharmacies out of business, while corporate downsizing ships jobs overseas. All across America, communities large and small are losing control of their economies to outside interests. Going Local shows how some cities... (read more)

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Contemporary Voices of White Nationalism in America
by Carol M Swain


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These candid interviews with white nationalists allow a better understanding of this threat to integration.... (read more)

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Crabgrass Frontier: The Suburbanization of the United States
by Kenneth Jackson


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This first full-scale history of the development of the American suburb examines how "the good life" in America came to be equated with the a home of one's own surrounded by a grassy yard and located far from the urban workplace. Integrating social... (read more)

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Hip: The History (P.S.)
by John Leland


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Hip: The History is the story of how American pop culture has evolved throughout the twentieth century to its current position as world cultural touchstone. How did hip become such an obsession? From sex and music to fashion and commerce, John Leland... (read more)

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Between Hierarchies and Markets: The Logic and Limits of Network Forms of Organization
by Grahame F Thompson


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Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-261) and Index.... (read more)

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Branded Nation: The Marketing of Megachurch, College, Inc., and Museumworld
by James B Twitchell


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Branding has become so successful and so ubiquitous that even cultural institutions have embraced it. In this witty and trenchant social analysis, James Twitchell shows how churches, universities, and museums have learned to embrace Madison Avenue rather... (read more)

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Last Harvest: From Cornfield to New Town
by Witold Rybczynski


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When Witold Rybczynski first heard about New Daleville, it was only a developer's idea, attached to ninety acres of cornfield an hour and a half west of Philadelphia. Over the course of five years, Rybczynski met and talked to everyone involved in the... (read more)

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The Culture Struggle
by Michael Parenti


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One of America's most astute and engaging political analysts turns his attention to how culture is perceived. Richly informed and well written with style and dashes of ironic humor, this is a buffet of ideas that explain the world.... (read more)

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Snobbery: The American Version
by Joseph Epstein




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"Snobbery" is Epstein's "deliciously readable" ("Harper's Bazaar") collection of essays skewering all manner of elitism. Filled with dishy detail, "Snobbery" takes up its subject in contemporary America, examining the discriminating qualities in all.... (read more)

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