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American Soul
The Contested Legacy of the Declaration of Independence
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2011
The Declaration of Independence has been the subject of competing interpretations since its adoption by the Continental Congress on the Fourth of July 1776, and for nearly two and a half centuries the political ideas expressed in its preamble have inspired reform movements both at home and abroad....
Prime Minister for Peace
My Struggle for Serbian Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2015
In this remarkable memoir, Milan Panic tells the formerly unknown story of his attempts to oust Slobodan Milosevic and his battles with the U.S. State Department in an effort to bring peace to the Balkans during the Yugoslav Wars. A young cycling champion who fought the Nazi occupation in Yugoslavia...
Vladimir Putin and the New World Order
Looking East, Looking West?
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2003
J. L. Black's latest work is a rich and carefully crafted attempt to expose the textures of Russia's perceptions of itself and its place in the world. Based almost entirely on Russian sources, J. L. Black found himself returning to the old practice of citing and decoding feature items from the Russian...
by H. W. Brands, Christina Duffy Burnett, David P. Currie
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2005
The 1803 purchase of the Louisiana Territory was a watershed event for the fledgling United States. Adding some 829,000 square miles of territory, the Louisiana Purchase set a striking precedent of Presidential power and brought to the surface profound legal and constitutional questions. As the nation...
Sad and Luminous Days
Cuba's Struggle with the Superpowers after the Missile Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2007
In October 1962 school children huddled under their desks and diplomats feverishly negotiated as the world sat on the brink of nuclear war. The Cuban Missile Crisis was the most dangerous moment in modern history and resulted in a changed worldview for the United States, the Soviet Union, and Cuba.
In...
Early American Decorative Arts, 1620-1860
A Handbook for Interpreters
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2010
Winterthur Museum is world renowned for its decorative arts collections and its exceptional educational programs. Adapted from the training materials developed at the museum, the revised and enhanced Early American Decorative Arts, 1620-1860: A Handbook for Interpreters is an indispensable guide for...
Perspectives on Western Sahara
Myths, Nationalisms, and Geopolitics
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
The ongoing conflict in Western Sahara is one of the more intractable legacies of European colonization in North Africa. Following the withdrawal of Spain, this territorial dispute escalated in 1975 into a war of independence between the Sahrawi people of the Polisario Front, who were backed by Algeria,...
The Taste of American Place
A Reader on Regional and Ethnic Foods
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1999
Tracing the intertwined roles of food, ethnicity, and regionalism in the construction of American identity, this textbook examines the central role food plays in our lives. Drawing on a range of disciplines_including sociology, anthropology, folklore, geography, history, and nutrition_the editors...
Lunch
A History
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2014
Can you be a good mother without packing a cute bento box for your child? Should lunch always be followed by a nap? Is lunch a place to demonstrate democracy or hierarchy? These questions and more are considered in Lunch: a History. This six-continent survey of the history, customs, and representations...
Cooking Lessons
The Politics of Gender and Food
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2001
Meatloaf, fried chicken, Jell-O, cake—because foods are so very common, we rarely think about them much in depth. The authors of Cooking Lessons however, believe that food is deserving of our critical scrutiny and that such analysis yields many important lessons about American society and its values....
Crisis Communications
Lessons from September 11
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2003
On September 11, 2001, AT&T's traffic was 40 percent greater than its previous busiest day. Wireless calls were made from the besieged airplanes and buildings, with the human voice having a calming influence. E-mail was used to overcome distance and time zones. And storytelling played an important...
Mañana es San Perón
A Cultural History of Perón's Argentina
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2002
The regime of Juan Perón is one of the most studied topics of Argentina's contemporary history. This new book—an English translation of a highly popular, critically acclaimed Spanish language edition—provides a new perspective on the intriguing Argentinian leader. Mariano Plotkin's cultural approach...
2012 and the End of the World
The Western Roots of the Maya Apocalypse
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2011
Did the Maya really predict that the world would end in December of 2012? If not, how and why has 2012 millenarianism gained such popular appeal? In this deeply knowledgeable book, two leading historians of the Maya answer these questions in a succinct, readable, and accessible style. Matthew Restall...
American Political Rhetoric
Essential Speeches and Writings
Language: English
Release Date: November 9, 2015
American Political Rhetoric is the only reader for introductory classes in American politics, government, and political communication designed to explore fundamental political principles through classic examples of political rhetoric. Now in its seventh edition, its selections include the entire political...