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Revolt of the Elites Revolt of the Elites
by Christopher Lasch

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In this spirited work, Lasch calls out for a return to community, schools that teach history not self-esteem, and a return to morality and even the teachings of religion. Writing in a nonpartisan manner, he looks to lessons of American history... (read more)

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Teenage: The Creation of Youth Culture Teenage: The Creation of Youth Culture
by Jon Savage

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From the author of the critically acclaimed England's Dreaming, a landmark cultural history of youth Teenagersas we have come to define themwere not, award-winning author Jon Savage tells us, born in the 1950s of rockers and Beatniks, when most histories... (read more)

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Going Broke: Why Americans Can't Hold on to Their Money Going Broke: Why Americans Can't Hold on to Their Money
by Stuart Vyse

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Over the last three decades, debt, bankruptcy, and home foreclosures have risen to epidemic levels. To make matters worse, the personal savings rate is at its lowest point since the Great Depression. Why, in the richest nation on earth, can't Americans... (read more)

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A Hundred Little Hitlers: The Death of a Black Man, the Trial of a White Racist, and the Rise of the Neo-Nazi Movement in America A Hundred Little Hitlers: The Death of a Black Man, the Trial of a White Racist, and the Rise of the Neo-Nazi Movement in America
by Elinor Langer

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [363]-381) and index.... (read more)

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Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas
by Chuck Klosterman

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One of Klosterman's most "dangerous ideas" may be his assertion that Billy Joel is a fantastic songwriter, but, oddly enough, his profile on the singer is not only fascinating, it earned him the wrath of Mr. Joel himself. How ironic! And yet, perhaps... (read more)

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A Nation of Religions: The Politics of Pluralism in Multireligious America A Nation of Religions: The Politics of Pluralism in Multireligious America
by Stephen Prothero

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The United States has long been described as a nation of immigrants, but it is also a nation of religions in which Muslims and Methodists, Buddhists and Baptists live and work side by side. This book explores that nation of religions, focusing on how... (read more)

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Steal This Book Steal This Book
by Abbie Hoffman

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A driving force behind the social revolution of the 1960s and 1970s, Hoffman inspired a generation to challenge the status quo. Meant as a practical guide for the aspiring hippie, Steal This Book captures Hoffman's puckish tone and became a cult classic... (read more)

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The Other Side of the River: A Story of Two Towns, a Death, and America's Dilemma The Other Side of the River: A Story of Two Towns, a Death, and America's Dilemma
by Alex Kotlowitz

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Alex Kotlowitz's There Are No Children Here was more than a bestseller; it was a national event. His beautifully narrated, heartbreaking nonfiction account of two black boys struggling to grow up in a Chicago public housing complex spent eight weeks on... (read more)

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Affluenza the All Consuming Epidemic Affluenza the All Consuming Epidemic
by John De Graaf

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Black Like You: Blackface, Whiteface, Insult & Imitation in American Popular Culture Black Like You: Blackface, Whiteface, Insult & Imitation in American Popular Culture
by John Strausbaugh

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A refreshingly clearheaded and taboo-breaking look at race in America reveals our culture as neither Black nor White nor Other, but a mix-a mongrel. Black Like You is an erudite and entertaining exploration of race relations in American popular culture... (read more)

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People Celebrates the 70s with CD (Audio) People Celebrates the 70s with CD (Audio)
by People Magazine

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A lively, affectionate salute to an over-the-top decade.... (read more)

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For America: Simple Things Each of Us Can Do to Make Our Country Better For America: Simple Things Each of Us Can Do to Make Our Country Better
by Sacha Zimmerman

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Organized into eight sections, this motivational book contains more than 120 simple actions every American can take to make the country a better place.... (read more)

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Drugs Drugs
by Leslie Iversen

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The twentieth century saw a remarkable upsurge of research on drugs, with major advances in the treatment of bacterial and viral infections, heart disease, stomach ulcers, cancer, and mental illnesses. These, along with the introduction of the oral... (read more)

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Americans, a collision of histories Americans, a collision of histories
by Edward Countryman

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Countryman (history, Southern Methodist U.) discusses the emergence of a distinctive American identity, born from the "collision" or interaction between Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans from European discovery through the Civil War to the... (read more)

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The Psychedelic Reader: Selected from the Psychedelic Review The Psychedelic Reader: Selected from the Psychedelic Review
by Timothy Leary

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This anthology examines the mind-expanding potential of both natural and synthesized psychedelics. The writers include Timothy Leary, Alan Watts, and Sir Julian Huxley.... (read more)

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Hail Babylon Hail Babylon
by Andrei Codrescu

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Andrei Codrescu takes us cross-country through the withered, yet alluring American urban landscape, visiting New York, Baltimore, New Orleans, Little Rock, San Antonio, Albuquerque, Las Vegas, and Portland, Oregon. He discovers that cities are at the... (read more)

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Apocalypse Pretty Soon: Travels in End-Time America Apocalypse Pretty Soon: Travels in End-Time America
by Alex Heard

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The inspired madness of America's apocalyptic and pre-millennial organizations may have reached a fever pitch with the turn of the twenty-first century, but intrepid cultural traveler Alex Heard spent a ten-year period witnessing the crescendo firsthand.... (read more)

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The American Way: Family and Community in the Shaping of the American Identity The American Way: Family and Community in the Shaping of the American Identity
by Allan Carlson

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The United States of America is arguably more family-centered than any other Western nation. If polling data can be trusted, the vast majority of Americans--a higher percentage than in any other nation--would rather build society around the family and... (read more)

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American Radicalism (Blackwell Readers in American Social and Cultural History) American Radicalism (Blackwell Readers in American Social and Cultural History)
by Daniel Pope

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This collection contains ten of the best scholarly essays on significant events and figures over the last two hundred years of the radical tradition in American history. Arranged chronologically, each chapter contains an introduction and one major... (read more)

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Tulia: Race, Cocaine, and Corruption in a Small Texas Town Tulia: Race, Cocaine, and Corruption in a Small Texas Town
by Nate Blakeslee

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In the summer of 1999, in the tiny west Texas town of Tulia, thirty-nine people, almost all of them black, were arrested and charged with dealing powdered cocaine. The operation, a federally-funded investigation performed in cooperation with the local... (read more)

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