Decades after Jessica Mitford stunned America with vivid accounts of corruption and abuse in the death industry, not much has improved. Families are manipulated into buying expensive goods and services they don't need or want. Prepaid funeral mone......
Providing an often-overlooked historical perspective, Gordon Lloyd and David Davenport show how the New Deal of the 1930s established the framework for today's U.S. domestic policy and the ongoing debate between progressives and conservatives. The......
Denise Von Glahn explores the relationship between listening and musical composition focusing on nine American women composers inspired by the sounds of the natural world: Amy Beach, Marion Bauer, Louise Talma, Pauline Oliveros, Joan Tower, Ellen ......
A beautifully written and fully illustrated experience of the Great War from a participant . . .Though the United States was late to enter the Great War, a number of idealistic young Americans wished to take part from the beginning....
A major, surprising new history of New York’s most famous political machine—Tammany Hall—revealing, beyond the vice and corruption, a birthplace of progressive urban politics. For decades, history has considered Tammany Hall, New......
In no other country has health care served as such a volatile flashpoint of ideological conflict. America has endured a century of rancorous debate on health insurance, and despite the passage of legislation in 2010, the battle is not yet...
The lifework of a trailblazer in American civil liberties history
Author: Lorence, James J.
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Illustration: N
Language: ENG
Title: Palomino: Clinton Jencks and Mexican-American Unionism in the American Southw......
During the past forty years, activists have repeatedly used the court system to accomplish substantive policy results that could not otherwise be obtained through the ordinary political processes of government, both in the United States and abroad......
In no other country has health care served as such a volatile flashpoint of ideological conflict. America has endured a century of rancorous debate on health insurance, and despite the passage of legislation in 2010, the battle is not yet...
This wide-ranging book shows why Paul Longmore is one of the most respected figures in disability studies today. Understanding disability as a major variety of human experience, he urges us to establish it as a category of social, political, and...
"The Case for Gridlock: Democracy, Organized Power, and the Legal Foundations of American Government" by Marcus E. Ethridge delves into the intriguing paradox of American governance. The book examines how the progressive movement, aiming for a more egalitarian and forward-thinking...
Book Jungle provides classic literature in a modern format. Thousands of historical titles are now readily available to the public. Because of the original condition of many of these historical manuscripts, imperfections are possible. The va......
A book of poetry inspired by Native North American culture. Also included are some brief biographies and a bibliography for further reading.Author: Robinson, MargaretPublisher: eBook Publishing UKIllustration: NLanguage: ENGTitle: Native Ame......
The American Robin is North America's most widespread songbird, with a range extending from Alaska, Canada, and Newfoundland to the highlands of Mexico and Guatemala. Its ruddy red breast and cheerful song have also made it one of our most...
"Bird Feathers: A Guide to North American Species" by Scott S. David and Casey McFarland, published by Stackpole Books, offers a comprehensive visual guide to the feathers of North American bird species. This guide features over 400 high-quality photographs showcasing...
"Reclaiming Our Health: A Guide to African American Wellness" by Michelle A. Gourdine is a comprehensive resource designed to empower African Americans in taking control of their health and well-being. The guide acknowledges the stark disparities in health outcomes experienced...
An American Robinson Crusoe is the outcome of many years of experience with the story in the early grades of elementary schools. It was written to be used as a content in giving a knowledge of the beginning and development...
As an inventor, statesman, philosopher, and writer, Benjamin Franklin left his mark on American life in innumerable ways. From his early days as a printer's apprentice to his final days as a diplomat in France during the Revolutionary War, Frankli......
In this brilliant study, Marc Robinson explores more than two hundred years of plays, styles, and stagings of American theater. Mapping the changing cultural landscape from the late eighteenth century to the start of the twenty-first, he explores ......
The Korean War, the Bay of Pigs, the Cuban Missile Crisis, Vietnam, Cambodia, Lebanon, El Salvador, Grenada, Iran-Contra, Nicaragua, Panama, the Gulf War, Somalia, Kosovo, Afghanistan, IraqWhat do these events and scores of others have in common? ......