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The Life Stories of Undistinguished Americans as Told by Themselves: Expanded Edition The Life Stories of Undistinguished Americans as Told by Themselves: Expanded Edition
by Hamilton Holt

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Hamilton Holt, editor of The Independent, collected these touching autobiographies of ordinary people -- new immigrants and sharecroppers, cooks and fisherman, women and men working in sweatshops, in the city, and on the land. First published in 1906... (read more)

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Socialism in America Socialism in America
by John L Bowman

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In 1835, Alexis de Tocqueville predicted a ...species of oppression...[with] which democratic nations are menaced...unlike anything which ever before existed in the world... It was a despotism that ...would be more extensive and...would degrade men... (read more)

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Blue Sky Dream: A Memoir of America's Fall from Grace (Harvest Book) Blue Sky Dream: A Memoir of America's Fall from Grace (Harvest Book)
by David Beers

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Beer’s “important...fascinating” book(Los Angeles Times) shows how suburban California came to epitomize the american Dream-until its affluent complacency was shattered by downsizing, anxiety, and distrust.... (read more)

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Starstruck: When a Fan Gets Close to Fame Starstruck: When a Fan Gets Close to Fame
by Michael Gross

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Journalist Michael Joseph Gross takes us deep into the world of celebrities and the people who love them. Why are we so obsessed with fame? Even if we don't read People, we all crane our necks to see the stars. As a teenager, Michael Joseph Gross amassed... (read more)

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Family Men: Middle-Class Fatherhood in Industrializing America Family Men: Middle-Class Fatherhood in Industrializing America
by Shawn Johansen

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In this book, Shawn Johansen seeks to explode the myth of the cold and distant Victorian patriarch, whose domestic roles were limited to those of provider and disciplinarian. Using a selection of personal writings he contends that their domestic lives... (read more)

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Writing on Drugs Writing on Drugs
by Sadie Plant

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Through a series of close, fascinating examinations of writing on drugs via, among others, Coleridge on opium, Freud on cocaine, Michaux on mescaline, and Burroughs on all of them, Writing on Drugs combines literary criticism with both socio-cultural... (read more)

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America Reborn: A Twentieth-Century Narrative in Twenty-Six Lives America Reborn: A Twentieth-Century Narrative in Twenty-Six Lives
by Martin Walker

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“One gets from Walker a lucid vision of American utopianism.”The Boston Globe From the Hardcover edition.... (read more)

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Smoke and Mirrors: The War on Drugs and the Politics of Failure Smoke and Mirrors: The War on Drugs and the Politics of Failure
by Dan Baum

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For sheer government absurdity, the War on Drugs is hard to beat. After three decades of increasingly punitive policies, illicit drugs are more easily available, drug potencies are greater, drug killings are more common, and drug barons are richer than... (read more)

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Blackout Blackout
by James Goodman

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On July 13, 1977, there was a blackout in New York City. With the dark came excitement, adventure, and fright in subway tunnels, office towers, busy intersections, high-rise stairwells, hotel lobbies, elevators, and hospitals. There was revelry in bars... (read more)

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Low-Wage America: How Employers Are Reshaping Opportunity in the Workplace Low-Wage America: How Employers Are Reshaping Opportunity in the Workplace
by Eileen Appelbaum

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About 34 million Americans — nearly 24 percent of the labor force — earn less than $8.70 an hour, not enough to keep a family of four out of poverty, even working full-time. Most of these workers lack a college degree, limiting their ability to... (read more)

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War on Drugs III (02 - Old Edition) War on Drugs III (02 - Old Edition)
by James A. Inciardi

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The War on Drugs IV: Continuing Saga of the Mysteries and Miseries of Intoxication, Addiction, Crime, and Public Policy Fourth Edition   James A. Inciardi, University of Delaware     Basic Approach   Written by a leading researcher... (read more)

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Generations of Youth: Youth Cultures and History in Twentieth-Century America Generations of Youth: Youth Cultures and History in Twentieth-Century America
by Joe Austin

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America has long been fascinated by youth and its cultural expressions. The notion of "youth" has played a central role in processes of social reproduction and historical change throughout the twentieth century. But when we turn a critical eye to youth... (read more)

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A Question of Intent: A Great American Battle with a Deadly Industry A Question of Intent: A Great American Battle with a Deadly Industry
by David Kessler

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Tobacco companies had been protecting their turf for decades. They had congressmen in their pocket. They had corrupt scientists who made excuses about nicotine, cancer and addiction. They had hordes of lawyers to threaten anyone—inside the industry... (read more)

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Apocalypse Culture Apocalypse Culture
by Adam Parfrey

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Two thousand years have passed since the death of Christ and the world is going mad. Nihilist prophets, born-again pornographers, transcendental schizophrenics and just plain folks are united in their belief in an imminent global catastrophe. What are... (read more)

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Staying Up Much Too Late: Edward Hopper's Nighthawks and the Dark Side of the American Psyche Staying Up Much Too Late: Edward Hopper's Nighthawks and the Dark Side of the American Psyche
by Gordon Theisen

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A fasinating study of Edward Hopper's iconic Nighthawks painting and its deep significance for understanding American culture. Staying up Much Too Late discusses the painting Nighthawks and the painter Edward Hopper and their central importance to... (read more)

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Houdini, Tarzan, and the Perfect Man: The White Male Body and the Challenge of Modernity in America Houdini, Tarzan, and the Perfect Man: The White Male Body and the Challenge of Modernity in America
by John F Kasson

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An important new work from one of our premier cultural historians. Houdini, Tarzan, and the Perfect Man considers the surprisingly complex evolution in representations of the white male body in late-nineteenth-century America, during years of rapid... (read more)

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In the Beginning: Fundamentalism, the Scopes Trial, and the Making of the Antievolution Movement 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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Peaceful Revolution: Constitutional Change and American Culture from Progressivism to the New Deal Peaceful Revolution: Constitutional Change and American Culture from Progressivism to the New Deal
by Maxwell Bloomfield

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Although Americans claim to revere the Constitution, relatively few understand its workings. Its real importance for the average citizen is as an enduring reminder of the moral vision that shaped the nation's founding. Yet scholars have paid little... (read more)

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Inside the Mouse: Work and Play at Disney World Inside the Mouse: Work and Play at Disney World
by Karen Klugman

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"A very inviting combination of high theory and informal memoir, "Inside the Mouse "reworks some of the groundrules for writing cultural studies. Concentrating on issues of family, work, consumption, pleasure, and representation, it is original, highly... (read more)

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Generation RX: How Prescription Drugs Are Altering American Lives, Minds, and Bodies Generation RX: How Prescription Drugs Are Altering American Lives, Minds, and Bodies
by Greg Critser

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Greg Critser's brilliantly incisive Generation Rx moves the conversation about prescription drugs to where it hits home: our own bodies. How, he asks, has "big pharma" created a nation of pharmaceutical tribes, each with its own unique beliefs, taboos... (read more)

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