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by Martin Gitlin
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013

Since the advent of network television, situation comedies have been a staple of prime-time programming. Classics of the genre have emerged in every decade, from The Honeymooners and Make Room for Daddy in the 1950sto 30 Rock, The Office, and Modern Family of the twenty-first century. Other shows...
by Arlene Hirschfelder, Paulette F. Molin, Yvonne Wakim
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1999

The world of contemporary American infants and young children is saturated with inappropriate images of American Indians. American Indian Stereotypes in the World of Children reveals and discusses these images and cultural stereotypes through writings like Kathy Kerner's previously unpublished essay...
by Robert C. Reinehr, Jon D. Swartz
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2010

The term Old Time Radio refers to the relatively brief period from 1926, when the National Broadcasting Company first began network broadcasting, until approximately 1960, when television became the dominant communication medium in the United States. During this time, radio was as popular and ubiquitous...
by Brett L. Abrams, Raphael Mazzone
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2012

The nation’s capital has been home to a rich basketball tradition that began more than 80 years ago with a start-up league in the 1920s and continues today with the Washington Wizards. Under Hall of Fame coach and general manager Red Auerbach, the Washington Capitols reached the finals of the Basketball...
by Justin Corfield
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2010

In spite of Singapore's small size, it has long had a major impact on the world because of its geographical location and its wealth. The British initially made the island a major port for the shipping of goods and later as an airline hub for the region. These factors, along with a steady government,...
by Joanne Arbuckle, Francesca Sterlacci
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2009

The history of clothing begins with the origin of man, and fashionable dress can be traced as far back as 25,000 years ago. Recent scientific explorations have uncovered graves in northern Russia with skeletons covered in beads made of mammoth ivory that once adorned clothing made of animal skin....

Living with Conflict

A Challenge to a Peace Church

by Susan Robson
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2013

In Living with Conflict: A Challenge to a Peace Church, Susan Robson explores the discomforts and denials that can arise when an organization committed to doing good suspects that it is not living up to its declared aims. This case study of Quakers in the United Kingdom closely examines the challenge...

The Rise of Advertising in the United States

A History of Innovation to 1960

by Edd Applegate
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2012

In this unique work of scholarship, Edd Applegate surveys the key figures and events that transformed the American business landscape from its colonial beginnings to that Mad Men moment when advertising “went professional.” In The Rise of Advertising in the United States: A History of Innovation...
by David M. Battles
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2008

The story of the long struggle of African Americans to attain civil rights, particularly in the South, is well documented. The story of the public library movement in America is also well documented. However, the story of the African American struggle for access to public libraries in the South is...

Archivists, Collectors, Dealers, and Replevin

Case Studies on Private Ownership of Public Documents

by Elizabeth H. Dow
Language: English
Release Date: May 10, 2012

Today, government archivists and manuscript collectors are often in conflict over government-created documents that come up for sale out of private hands. Such manuscripts are often archival material that escaped government control, and government archivists want that missing material back to complete...
by Bill Mallon, Randon Jerris
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2011

Golf has been called the greatest of all games, but it has also been derided by none other than Mark Twain as nothing more than a good walk spoiled. Traditional teaching holds that golf originated in Scotland around the 15th century. However, there is historical evidence of games similar to golf being...

Cellar Dwellers

The Worst Teams in Baseball History

by Jonathan Weeks
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2012

In 1890, baseball’s Pittsburgh Alleghenys won a measly 23 games, losing 113. The Cleveland Spiders topped this record when they lost an astonishing 134 games in 1899. Over 100 years later, the 2003 Detroit Tigers stood apart as the only team in baseball history to lose 60 games before July in a...

Exploring U2

Is This Rock 'n' Roll?: Essays on the Music, Work, and Influence of U2

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Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2011

Exploring U2: Is This Rock 'n' Roll? features new writing in the growing field of U2 studies. Edited by Scott Calhoun, with a foreword by Anthony DeCurtis, Exploring U2 contains selections from the 2009 inaugural gathering of "The Hype and The Feedback: A Conference Exploring The Music, Work...
by Steve Sullivan
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2013

From John Philip Sousa to Green Day, from Scott Joplin to Kanye West, from Stephen Foster to Coldplay, The Encyclopedia of Great Popular Song Recordings, Volumes 1 and 2 covers the vast scope of its subject with virtually unprecedented breadth and depth. Approximately 1,000 key song recordings from...
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