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Marginalized in the Middle
by Alan Wolfe  Publisher Comments AcknowledgmentsI: Marginalized in the Middle II: The Changing Politics of Social Criticism III: Realism and Romanticism in Social Criticism IV: Talking About Race V: Thinking About Gender VI: Criticism Beyond Ideology VII: What Generations Owe to Each...
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My America: What This Country Means to Me by 150 Americans from All Walks of Life (Lisa Drew Books)
by Hugh Downs Publisher Comments "Some of these essays are powerful and poetic. Some seem to reflect a stunned condition on the part of the contributor. But all of them share a newborn or reawakened feeling about the country we live in -- an underlying concern for it, whether that...
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Crisis in American Institutions 10TH Edition
by Jerome H Skolnick Synopsis Presents articles on such social problems as corporate power, economic crisis, sexism, racism, and inequality....
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Making a Killing: The Business of Guns in America
by Tom Diaz Book News Annotation Argues that despite rhetoric about the right to bear arms, the reality is that the proliferation of guns and gun owners poses a threat to public health and safety. The book is divided into three parts: the gun business, the spiral of lethality, and...
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American Vistas, Vol. 1
by Leonard Dinnerstein Publisher Comments This two-volume anthology of readings introduces students to the diversity and excitement of U.S. history. Featuring articles by nationally-renowned scholars and journalists, American Vistas offers balanced and up-to-date coverage of America's social...
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Culture and the Radical Conscience
by Eugene Goodheart Publisher Comments Debates on culture, politics, and the university have hardly abated since the 1960s when the radical assault on the authority of culture first challenged the classical conception of higher education with imperious demands for relevance and ideological...
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America Under Attack: September 11, 2001 (Lucent Terrorism Library Series)
by Gail Stewart Publisher Comments The attacks that horrified the United States prompted a variety of responses - from heroic rescues from the World Trade towers and the Pentagon to a courageous attempt by passengers to fight back against their hijackers. This book details the...
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Cities on a Hill: A Journey Through Contemporary American Cultures
by Frances Fitzgerald Publisher Comments In Cities on a Hill, Frnaces FitzGerald, one of our most gifted and acclaimed writers and social historians, explorers what it is to be an American. In this major new work, she reports on four communities she sought out — cultural enclaves that took...
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Great American Stuff: People, Places and Products That Make Us Happy to Live in America
by Ray Jones Publisher Comments One of the most compelling and delightful popular culture anthologies published in decades, this volume tells the story of Ivory Soap and the Model-T Ford, probes the intricate glories of Navajo rugs and Frank Lloyd Wright architecture, and celebrates...
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Death Makes a Holiday: A Cultural History of Halloween
by David J Skal Publisher Comments From acclaimed cultural critic David J. Skal, an in-depth look at one of the most popular-and perplexing-holidays in America. Using a mix of personal anecdotes and brilliant social analysis, Skal examines the amazing phenomenon of Halloween, exploring...
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Searching for Alternatives: Drug-Control Policy in the United States
by Melvyn B Krauss Book News Annotation Reprint. Originally published in 1983, U. of Queensland Press. Dixon (linguistics, Australian National U.) provides readers with an accessible and interesting account of his adventures and discoveries as he studied the Australian aboriginal language...
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Mission Underway the History of the Pop
by Ray Broadus Browne Publisher Comments Originally published and copyrighted in 1989 by Bowling Green State University Popular Press under the name Against Academia: The History of the Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association and the Popular Culture Movement 1967...
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Where the road and the sky collide :America through the eyes of its drivers
by K T Berger Book News Annotation The narrative, based on interviews with various people who have something to say on the subject, e.g. drivers, accident victims, those in the industry, serves to summarize the problems connected with reliance on cars. The offered solutions include new...
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Declining Fortunes: The Withering of the American Dream
by Katherine S Newman Publisher Comments American society has reneged on its promise to the baby-boom generation. Young people for the first time find themselves unable to duplicate, let alone surpass, their own parents’ standard of living. Declining Fortunes sheds new light on a driving...
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100 Years on the Road: The Traveling Salesman in American Culture
by Timothy B Spears Publisher Comments Vividly illustrated, this lively book presents the first in-depth study of the traveling salesman, illuminating his role in American culture from 1830 to 1920. Drawing on letters, diaries, and autobiographies, as well as on literary works by Crane...
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Researching American Culture: A Guide for Student Anthropologists
by Conrad Phill Kottak Publisher Comments Applies anthropological techniques to the study of contemporary American behavior...
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Where We Stand: 30 Reasons for Loving Our Country
by Roger Rosenblatt Publisher Comments In these 30 essays, Roger Rosenblatt draws on his 27 years of reporting and commenting on America to reaffirm the core values of our complex and wonderful country. Famous for his ability to put wise and important ideas into witty and instructive prose...
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Big world, small screen :the role of television in American society
by Aletha Huston Publisher Comments Big World, Small Screen assesses the influence of television on the lives of the most vulnerable and powerless in American society: children, ethnic and sexual minorities, and women. Many in these groups are addicted to television, although they are not...
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The Secret Lives of Citizens: Pursuing the Promise of American Life
by Thomas Geoghegan Publisher Comments Now, at a time when the cynicism about our government's value is a topic of heated discussion, Thomas Geoghegan vividly redefines the terms of the debate. Combining memoir and trenchant observation, he uses his own life to explore what it means to be a...
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My Love Affair with America: The Cautionary Tale of a Cheerful Conservative
by Norman Podhoretz Publisher Comments In this touching and delightful memoir, Norman Podhoretz charts the ups and downs of his lifelong love affair with his native land, and warns that to turn against America, from the Right no less than from the Left, is to fall into the rankest ingratitude....
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