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Identity and the Failure of America. From Thomas Jefferson to the War on Terror

Identity and the Failure of America. From Thomas Jefferson to the War on Terror


John Michael



Identity and the Failure of America. From Thomas Jefferson to the War on Terror...
Dreams of flight: general aviation in the United States

Dreams of flight: general aviation in the United States


Janet Rose Daly Bednarek, Michael H. Bednarek



Review “Dreams of Flight is a timely, concise, and readable history of general aviation in the United States over ...
These Days of Large Things: The Culture of Size in America, 1865-1930

These Days of Large Things: The Culture of Size in America, 1865-1930


Michael Tavel Clarke



These Days of Large Things: The Culture of Size in America, 1865-1930...
Restoring the chain of friendship: British policy and the Indians of the Great Lakes, 1783-1815

Restoring the chain of friendship: British policy and the Indians of the Great Lakes, 1783-1815


Timothy D. Willig



Review "Restoring the Chain of Friendship does an admirable job of exploring the complications of British policy, and it ...
The Coldest Winter Ever

The Coldest Winter Ever


Sister Souljah



From Publishers Weekly Hip-hop star, political activist and now writer, Sister Souljah exhibits a raw and true voice (tho...
Opening NATO's door: how the alliance remade itself for a new era

Opening NATO's door: how the alliance remade itself for a new era


Ronald D. Asmus



Review "Asmus has written a detailed insider's account of NATO enlargement." -- Robert McGeehan, Journal of American Studi...
Trans-Pacific Interactions: The United States and China, 1880-1950

Trans-Pacific Interactions: The United States and China, 1880-1950


Ruth Mayer, Vanessa Kunnemann



Review “The book provides insights into how national and individual identities within both China and the United St...
Testimonial Advertising in the American Marketplace: Emulation, Identity, Community

Testimonial Advertising in the American Marketplace: Emulation, Identity, Community


Marina Moskowitz, Marlis Schweitzer



Review “Steeped as we are today in celebrity brands and viral marketing, we find it difficult to imagine a world whe...
The Mohawk (The History & Culture of Native Americans)

The Mohawk (The History & Culture of Native Americans)


Samuel Willard Crompton



The Mohawk (The History & Culture of Native Americans)...
American Indian food (Food in American History Series)

American Indian food (Food in American History Series)


Linda Murray Berzok



Review "Relatively few titles have been written covering American Indian Foods; much less in depth: this fact makes all the...
Beautiful Children

Beautiful Children


Charles Bock



From Publishers Weekly A wide-ranging portrait of an almost mythically depraved Las Vegas, this sweeping debut takes in e...
Kit Carson and the Indians

Kit Carson and the Indians


Thomas W. Dunlay



From Publishers Weekly Nebraska historian Dunlay (Wolves for the Blue Soldiers) goes to great lengths in searching for th...
The National Museum of the American Indian: critical conversations

The National Museum of the American Indian: critical conversations


Amanda J. Cobb, Amy Lonetree



Review "A wide variety of significant topics offers readers an understanding of the cultural, academic, and political deb...
The American Research University from World War II to World Wide Web: Governments, the Private Sector, and the Emerging Meta-University (The Clark Kerr lectures on the role of higher education in society)

The American Research University from World War II to World Wide Web: Governments, the Private Sector, and the Emerging Meta-University (The Clark Kerr lectures on the role of higher education in society)


Charles M. Vest



About the Author Charles M. Vest is President Emeritus and Professor of Mechanical Engineering at the Massachusetts Insti...
The Theatre of Aphra Behn

The Theatre of Aphra Behn


Derek Hughes



Review ..riches on nearly every page... Choice About the Author Derek Hughes is Reader in English, University of...
Elias Cornelius Boudinot: a life on the Cherokee border

Elias Cornelius Boudinot: a life on the Cherokee border


James W. Parins



Review “James Parins’ revealing, expertly-researched, and brilliantly-written work on Elias Cornelius Boudi...
Redefining American Identity: From Cabeza de Vaca to Barack Obama

Redefining American Identity: From Cabeza de Vaca to Barack Obama


Benjamin Railton



Review “Benjamin Railton’s book offers a novel framework for understanding the formation of individual and ...
The Lost Quilter

The Lost Quilter


Jennifer Chiaverini



From Publishers Weekly In her 14th series installment, Chiaverini picks up the threads from The Runaway Quilt to spin ano...
Chinese American Masculinities: From Fu Manchu to Bruce Lee (Studies in Asian Americans)

Chinese American Masculinities: From Fu Manchu to Bruce Lee (Studies in Asian Americans)


Jachinson Chan



Review ...an important text...a valuable contribution to the growing scholarship on media and popular culture, masculinit...
Uncle Tom's Cabin

Uncle Tom's Cabin


George Aiken



Uncle Tom's Cabin...
Virtual America: sleepwalking through paradise

Virtual America: sleepwalking through paradise


John Opie



Review "This is the book for any intelligent, concerned, sensitive person who might be given to weeping over the screech ...
Alex Haley's Autobiography of Malcolm X (Bloom's Guides)

Alex Haley's Autobiography of Malcolm X (Bloom's Guides)


Harold Bloom



Alex Haley's Autobiography of Malcolm X (Bloom's Guides)...
Playing Monopoly with the Devil: Dollarization and Domestic Currencies in Developing Countries (Council on Foreign Relations Book)

Playing Monopoly with the Devil: Dollarization and Domestic Currencies in Developing Countries (Council on Foreign Relations Book)


Manuel Hinds



Review "In this remarkably lucid and fun book, Manuel Hinds explodes any remaining myths about the need for most countrie...
The Cambridge History of American Theatre (Volume 1)

The Cambridge History of American Theatre (Volume 1)


Christopher Bigsby, Don B. Wilmeth



Review "Editors Wilmeth (Brown Univ.) and Bigsby (Univ. of East Anglia, UK) and other top scholars weave a tapestry of pe...
Wild Ginger

Wild Ginger


Anchee Min



From Publishers Weekly A happy ending is relative to what precedes it in this case, it stands in contrast to a horrific, ...
Empress Orchid

Empress Orchid


Anchee Min



From Publishers Weekly Talk about story arc: poor girl from rural China auditions for a job as royal concubine, winds up ...
Until the Real Thing Comes Along

Until the Real Thing Comes Along


Elizabeth Berg



Amazon.com Review For the protagonist of Elizabeth Berg's Until the Real Thing Comes Along, the biological clock is tick...
Rogue Performances: Staging the Underclasses in Early American Theatre Culture (Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History)

Rogue Performances: Staging the Underclasses in Early American Theatre Culture (Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History)


Peter P. Reed



Review "Well-researched and discerning...Rogue Performances represents the best of scholarship in early American theatre....
Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story

Bloodsucking Fiends: A Love Story


Christopher Moore



Amazon.com Review Here's something different: a vampire novel that's light, funny, and not at all hackneyed. Between sce...
Bitch Factor

Bitch Factor


Chris Rogers



Amazon.com Review It's not surprising that Dixie Flannigan comes across as 250 pounds of attitude stuffed into a 120-pou...
Light on Snow

Light on Snow


Anita Shreve



From Publishers Weekly An after-school stroll leads to a life-altering event for widower Robert Dillon and his 12-year-ol...
Recovering History, Constructing Race: The Indian, Black, and White Roots of Mexican Americans (Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture)

Recovering History, Constructing Race: The Indian, Black, and White Roots of Mexican Americans (Joe R. and Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American and Latino Art and Culture)


Martha Menchaca



From Library Journal This volume is an examination of the history of Mexicans in the territory of the present-day United...
Life in the U.S. Armed Forces: (not) just another job

Life in the U.S. Armed Forces: (not) just another job


Anni P. Baker



Review "Historian Baker offers an extensive and supportive discussion of life in the military from recruitment to retiremen...
Rogue Nation: American Unilateralism And The Failure Of Good Intentions

Rogue Nation: American Unilateralism And The Failure Of Good Intentions


Clyde V. Prestowitz



From Publishers Weekly As the worldwide outpouring of post-9/11 sympathy for America has given way to worldwide anti-Amer...
Made in America: a social history of American culture and character

Made in America: a social history of American culture and character


Claude S. Fischer



From Publishers Weekly Starred Review. The more America changes, the more it stays the same, according to this engrossing...
The Korean War: A History (Modern Library Chronicles)

The Korean War: A History (Modern Library Chronicles)


Bruce Cumings



From Publishers Weekly For many, the Korean War is remembered more for Hawkeye and Klinger than General MacArthur and Syn...
U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History, Revised Edition

U.S. Destroyers: An Illustrated Design History, Revised Edition


Norman Friedman



Review "...vital reading for all who would like to understand the origins of the present destroyer force and its future."...
Bastard out of Carolina: (Plume Essential Edition)

Bastard out of Carolina: (Plume Essential Edition)


Dorothy Allison



From Publishers Weekly Allison's remarkable country voice emerges in a first novel spiked with pungent characters ranging...
Soldiers and citizens: an oral history of Operation Iraqi Freedom from the battlefield to the Pentagon

Soldiers and citizens: an oral history of Operation Iraqi Freedom from the battlefield to the Pentagon


Carl Mirra



Review "Why did the United States invade and occupy Iraq, and what happened when we did? Soldiers and Citizens provides a...
The Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877

The Buffalo Soldier Tragedy of 1877


Paul H. Carlson



Review “In high summer of 1877, a routine army patrol on the drought-stricken Llano Estacado of Texas turned into ...
Pregnancy and power: a short history of reproductive politics in America

Pregnancy and power: a short history of reproductive politics in America


Rickie Solinger



From Publishers Weekly This succinct, highly readable political and cultural history of a wide range of reproductive issu...
Multiculturalism and the Politics of Guilt: Towards a Secular Theocracy

Multiculturalism and the Politics of Guilt: Towards a Secular Theocracy


Paul Gottfried



About the Author Paul Edward Gottfried is Professor of Humanities at Elizabethtown College in Pennsylvania. He is the aut...
The Facts on File Companion to American Drama (Companion to Literature Series)

The Facts on File Companion to American Drama (Companion to Literature Series)


Jackson R. Bryer, Mary C. Hartig



From School Library Journal Grade 9 Up–This encyclopedic guide provides more than 600 informative and mostly well-...
The Pacific

The Pacific


Hugh Ambrose



Amazon.com Review The Pacific: An Opinionated History The Pacific presents the Pacific War, from America’s fir...
Selected Stories

Selected Stories


Andre Dubus



From Publishers Weekly Dubus, known as one of our most accomplished storytellers, has in his own life recently experience...
Restoring Growth in the Debt-Laden Third World: A Draft Task Force Report to the Trilateral Commission (Triangle Papers)

Restoring Growth in the Debt-Laden Third World: A Draft Task Force Report to the Trilateral Commission (Triangle Papers)


Martin, Herve, Koeikrugman, Narusawa, Paul Feldstein



Restoring Growth in the Debt-Laden Third World: A Draft Task Force Report to the Trilateral Commission (Triangle Papers)...
Machines in Our Hearts: The Cardiac Pacemaker, the Implantable Defibrillator, and American Health Care

Machines in Our Hearts: The Cardiac Pacemaker, the Implantable Defibrillator, and American Health Care


Kirk Jeffrey



Review The story is a complex one, and Professor Kirk Jeffrey follows its twists and turns with utter clarity, technical so...
The choice of war: the Iraq War and the just war tradition

The choice of war: the Iraq War and the just war tradition


Albert Loren Weeks



Review "Weeks (politics and foreign policy, Ringling School of Art and Design) critiques the George W. Bush administration'...