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The Pursuit of Loneliness: American Culture at the Breaking Point
by Philip Ellio Slater  Publisher Comments 'In a classic indictment of American individualism and isolationism, Philip Slater analyzes the great ills of modern society—violence, competitiveness, inequality, and the national \"addiction\" to technology.'...
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Culture As History
by Warren I. Susman Book News Annotation Fourteen essays by Warren Susman (1927-1985) explore 20th-century American culture. Topics include, for example, the nature of American conservatism, the cultural contradictions of a consumer society, and the role of the urban experience in the...
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My Love Affair with America: The Cautionary Tale of a Cheerful Conservative
by Norman Podhoretz Synopsis In a moving and witty memoir, Podhoretz shows his style as a natural-born storyteller with a sure sense of character and anecdote and the ability to construct a compelling narrative that opens a window onto an exemplary American life....
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Guns, Crime and Freedom
by Wayne R Lapierre Publisher Comments A definitive manual for taking part in the political debate, and preserving your right to keep and bear arms. --Tom Clancy A New York Times Best Seller....
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Better Together: Restoring the American Community
by Robert D. Putnam 
Publisher Comments In his acclaimed Bowling Alone, Robert Putnam describes the United States as a nation in which we have become increasingly disconnected from one another and in which our social structures have disintegrated. But in the final chapter of that book he...
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Defining a Nation: Our America and the Sources of Its Strength
by David Halberstam Publisher Comments The freer we are ... the stronger we are, writes David Halberstam in this probing compilation of original essays which distill the essence of America, an evergreen subject rendered even more timely by recent world events that highlight cultural clashes...
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The Greater Generation: In Defense of the Baby Boom Legacy
by Leonard Steinhorn Publisher Comments The Greatest Generation gets credit for winning World War II and braving the Depression. But the Baby Boomers? All they get credit for is knowing how to order a tall skim double latte. What really is the true legacy of the Boomers? Summoning the amazing...
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My American Century
by Studs Terkel Synopsis This book collects the best of Pulitzer Prize-winner Studs Terkel's interviews and the Introductions from each of this eight classic books. "A summing up of the best of Terkel".--"Doubletake"....
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American Characters: Selections from the National Portrait Gallery, Accompanied by Literary Portraits
by R W B Lewis Synopsis Portraits of 160 famous American figures--selected from the National Portrait Gallery--are highlighted and presented through paintings, sculptures, photos and cartoons. 160 illustrations, 69 in color....
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Ethnomimesis: Folklife and the Representation of Culture
by Robert Cantwell Publisher Comments Wide-ranging and provocative, this book will fascinate all those intrigued by how we create and perpetuate our representations of folklife and culture. Ethnomimesis is Robert Cantwell's word for the process by which we take cultural influences...
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Moral Freedom the Search for Virtue in A
by Alan Wolfe Book News Annotation Focusing on the traditional virtues of loyalty, honesty, self- restraint, and forgiveness, Wolfe (religion and American public life, Boston College) describes the state of contemporary moral thinking in the United States. He describes the struggle for...
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Hitting Home
by Bernard Sternsher Synopsis Twelve historical articles describe the problems of the Great Depression in town and country, on a scale we can all comprehend. A real breakthrough in our understanding of the depression. --Alfred B. Rollins, Jr....
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Social Change in America: From the Revolution To the Civil War (06 Edition)
by Clark Synopsis The processes of social change in the late colonial period and early years of the new Republic made a dramatic imprint on the character of American society. These changes over a century or more were rooted in the origins of the United States, its rapid...
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Beauty Junkies: In Search of the Thinnest Thighs, Perkiest Breasts, Smoothest Faces, Whitest Teeth, and Skinniest, Most Perfect Toes i
by Alex Kuczynski Publisher Comments A star writer for the New York Times Styles section captures the follies, frauds, and fanaticism that fuel the American pursuit of youth and beauty in a wickedly revealing excursion into the burgeoning business of cosmetic enhancement. Americans are...
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Ruling America : History of Wealth and Power in a Democracy (05 Edition)
by Steve Fraser Publisher Comments Ruling Americaoffers a panoramic history of our country's ruling elites from the time of the American Revolution to the present. At its heart is the greatest of American paradoxes: How have tiny minorities of the rich and privileged consistently...
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One Potato, Two Potato
by Mary Knapp Synopsis Children's folklore--those customs, rhymes, games, jeers, songs, superstitions, stories, and pranks that children play among themselves--serves an important purpose: it helps them deal with feelings and taboo subjects which they are unable to express...
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Knocking on the Door: The Federal Government's Attempt to Desegregate the Suburbs
by Christophe Bonastia Publisher Comments Knocking on the Door is the first book-length work to analyze federal involvement in residential segregation from Reconstruction to the present. Providing a particularly detailed analysis of the period 1968 to 1973, the book examines how the U.S...
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Violence in America: A Public Health Approach
by Mark L Rosenberg Publisher Comments Injury is the leading cause of years of potential life lost in the United States, and one third of all fatal injuries are a result of intentional injuries or violence. Today, public health officials have identified violence as comparable in importance...
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To the Flag: The Unlikely History of the Pledge of Allegiance
by Richard Ellis Publisher Comments For over one hundred years, it has been deeply ingrained in American culture. Saluting the flag in public schools began as part of a national effort to Americanize immigrants, its final six words imbuing it with universal hope and breathtaking power. Now...
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The Eagle's Shadow: Why America Fascinates and Infuriates the World
by Mark Hertsgaard
Publisher Comments What America looks like to the rest of the worldAmericans rarely used to think about the outside world. As the mightiest nation in history, the United States could do as it pleased. Now Americans have learned the hard way that what outsiders think...
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