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How are public policies initiated in American politics? Do they spring fully formed from the furrowed brow of the President? Are they the product of congressional committees? This pathbreaking book...

A sweeping assessment of the state of higher education today from former Harvard president Derek BokHigher Education in America is a landmark work--a comprehensive and authoritative analysis of the...

This collection of essays focuses principally on ethnic relations in colonial America. While the principal concern of the book is the interaction of culture and races, its more specific focus is on...

Featuring a mix of primary source documents, articles, and illustrations, Women's Refocusing the Past has long been an invaluable resource. Now in its sixth edition, the book has been extensively...

This fourth edition is divided into two parts Industrial Democracy 1877-1920 and Mature Nation 1920 to the Present. The editors have selected articles written by scholars and journalists, presenting...

American Vistas 1607-1877 (Vol 1) [Jan 01, 1983] Dinnerstein, Leonard and Jackson, Kenneth T.

Nine actresses, from Madame Sul-Te-Wan in Birth of a Nation (1915) to Ethel Waters in Member of the Wedding (1952), are profiled in African American Actresses. Charlene Regester poses questions about...

In this provocative analysis of a nation in transition, one of America's most eminent historians examines the roots of America's shifting values and, in particular, how current changes in American...

Life on and behind the Television Screen.

Examines over 500 gardens

A richly illustrated, foldout graphic history of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the islands of the Caribbean. North American history unfolds in this graphic timeline that places the United...

Russell Hanson discovers in the history of democratic rhetoric in the United States a series of essential contests" over the meaning of democracy that have occurred in periods of political and...

The brilliant, controversial, bestselling critique of American culture that “hits with the approximate force and effect of electroshock therapy” (The New York Times)—now featuring a new afterword by...

Examines America's role in the world community in the light of our political history and moral responsibilities

"The Catholic Church in the United States stands at a crossroads between crisis and opportunity. At a time when only the second Catholic President in U.S. history is shaped by the culture and many...