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Actively Seeking Work?: The Politics of Unemployment and Welfare Policy in the United States and Great Britain
by Desmond King  Publisher Comments AcknowledgmentsIntroductionCh. 1: Work-Welfare in Great Britain and the United StatesCh. 2: "A Permanent Club for the Unemployed"? Establishing Labor Exchanges in Great Britain and the United StatesCh. 3: "Financial Succour for the Unemployed"? The...
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Rest in Peace: A Cultural History of Death and the Funeral Home in Twentieth-Century America
by Gary Laderman Publisher Comments Though it has often been passionately criticized--as fraudulent, exploitative, even pagan--the American funeral home has become nearly as inevitable as death itself, an institution firmly embedded in our culture. But how did the funeral home come to hold...
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Cities on a Hill a Journey Through Con
by Frances Fitzgerald Publisher Comments "We must consider that we shall be A City Upon a Hill, the eyes of all people upon us," John Winthrop told his Pilgrim community crossing the Atlantic to found the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Four centuries later, Americans are still building Cities Upon...
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Violent Land: Single Men and Social Disorder from the Frontier to the Inner City
by David Courtwright Publisher Comments This book offers an explosive look at violence in America--why it is so prevalent, and what and who are responsible. David Courtwright takes the long view of his subject, developing the historical pattern of violence and disorder in this country. Where...
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Coming of Age: The Story of Our Century by Those Who've Lived It
by Studs Terkel Book News Annotation Terkel presents a collective portrait of the century, woven from the voices of 70 Americans from the ages of 70 to 99. Farmers, bankers, leaders of social movements, artists, and politicians trace the ways their lives have changed over the past...
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What's Love Got to Do with It?: A Critical Look at American Charity
by David Wagner Publisher Comments Now available in paperback, What's Love Got to Do with It? is an insightful debunking of the way charitable giving disguises American neglect of the public welfare. Award-winning Professor of Social Work and Sociology David Wagner points out that while...
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The Uncivil War: The Rise of Hate, Violence, and Terrorism in America
by Stephen Singular Publisher Comments On April 20, Adolf Hitler`s birthday, two students opened fire at Denver`s Columbine High School, wounding 20 students and killing 12 kids, 1 teacher, and themselves. It was the largest school shooting in American history and it shocked the nation. In...
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The Partly Cloudy Patriot
by Sarah Vowell Publisher Comments In The Partly Cloudy Patriot, Sarah Vowell travels through the American past and, in doing so, investigates the dusty, bumpy roads of her own life. In this insightful and funny collection of personal stories Vowell -- widely hailed for her inimitable...
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The American Dream: Stories from the Heart of Our Nation
by Dan Rather Publisher Comments The American Dream is inherently inclusive, and has the power to strike a chord in all of us. It defines us as a people, even as we add to its meaning with each new chapter in our national experience and our individual actions. [This book] is the result...
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Beyond the American Dream: Lifelong Learning and the Search for Meaning in a Postmodern World
by Charles D Hayes Synopsis This book is about the celebration of the intellect, How lifelong learning enables individuals a greater quality of life and by doing so helps us to create a better society. The thesis of Beyond the American Dream is that "America's greatest treasures...
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Murder At the Conspiracy Convention
by Paul Krassner About the Author Paul Krassner has been making countercultural history for more than forty years. Paul Krassner calls himself an investigative satirist. The FBI labeled him ?a raving, unconfined nut.? ?The FBI was right,? said George Carlin. ?This man is dangerous...
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Betting on America Why the Us Can Be
by James W Cortada Book News Annotation Cortada (an executive at IBM) and Wakin (communications, Fordham U.) provide the inevitable business management literature response to the September 11th crimes, suggesting that business (and the country) can "leverage" the consequent changes. Among...
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Here a Biography of the New American Con
by Anthony Depalma Publisher Comments A completely original, passionately rendered portrait of the nations of North America and their complicated relationships with one another, by a New York Times journalist who has lived in all three countries. Anthony DePalma has been bureau chief for...
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The atlas of contemporary America :portrait of a nation--politics, economy, environment, ethnic and religious diversity, health issues, demographic patterns, quality of life, crime, personal freedoms
by Rodger Doyle Book News Annotation Clear maps, with commentary, show various aspects of the country's demographic patterns; ethnic, linguistic, and religious divisions; environment and quality of life; politics; economy; health; and contentious issues, e.g. abortion, equal rights, job...
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A Region Not Home: Relections from Exile
by James Ala Mcpherson 
Publisher Comments In this deft collection of essays, Pulitzer Prize-winning author James McPherson offers poignant and lively interpretations of life that illuminate the ebb and flow of its sorrows and delights, and reveals his search for connections between everyday...
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30 Satires
by Lewis H Lapham Publisher Comments Widely celebrated for his political essays, Lewis Lapham is a satirist who belongs in the company of Ambrose Bierce, H.L. Mencken, and Mark Twain. Over the last twenty years he has experimented with satire in its several forms-as burlesque, pasquinade...
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A good place to live :America's last migration
by Terry Pindell Book News Annotation Gleaned from his research based on travels around the country, the author provides a detailed description of 16 of his favorite cities and towns with a healthy sense of community. The book emphasizes such features as communal gathering places, natural...
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The Faber book of America
by Christopher Ricks Book News Annotation Not an anthology of literature about America, or one of pious, platitudinous self-congratulation, but a remarkably varied collection of memoirs, speeches, commentary, poetry, and fiction, by residents and visitors alike, that portray the diversity of...
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America's downtowns :growth, politics & preservation
by Richard Collins Book News Annotation Reports on an effort by the National Trust for Historic Preservation to assess the effectiveness of efforts in 10 cities to integrate preservation values into the local policies that shape downtown growth and development. The cities studied are...
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American: Beyond Our Greatest Notion
by Chris Matthews Publisher Comments From Chris Matthews, host of MSNBC's Hardball, star of NBC's The Chris Matthews Show, and the New York Times bestselling author of Now, Let Me Tell You What I Really Think comes this celebration of the American Spirit. Fiercely independent, in love with...
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