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Title	Authors	Description	OpenBook ID
People of Plenty	David M. Potter	America has long been famous as a land of plenty, but we seldom realize how much the American people are a people of plenty -- a people whose distinctive character has been shaped by economic abundan…	OL10637673W
Gothic plays and American society, 1794-1830	M. Susan Anthony	"This first full-length study of early American Gothic drama examines the relationship between Gothic plays and the developing society in which they flourished. It discusses topics ranging from the n…	OL11989091W
Long time leaving	Roy Blount Jr.	"I left the South in search of the Enlightenment. I'm pro-choice, in favor of gay marriage, and against creationism and the war in Iraq. But both my parents' people are deep Southern from many genera…	OL14852825W
Works (American Notes / Pictures from Italy)	Charles Dickens	American Notes was the result of the author's five-month trip to America in 1842. Dickens's travelogue includes the glitter of Boston; a Broadway swarming with hogs; a gruesome penitentiary in Philad…	OL14868468W
What's so great about America	Dinesh D'Souza	America is under attack as never before. Not only from foreign terrorists, but also from within. Islamic terrorists declare America the "Great Satan." Many Europeans complain about America spreading …	OL15840960W
A visionary nation	Zachary Karabell	"America is a nation based on an idea. For nearly four centuries, Americans have shared the conviction that a perfect world is within reach. Running through our history is the presumption that we can…	OL15857770W
Staging the people	Elizabeth A. Osborne	"The Federal Theatre Project stands alone as the only national theatre in the history of the United States. This study re-imagines this vital moment in American history, considering the Federal Theat…	OL16011238W
Western culture at the American crossroads	Arthur Pontynen	America is experiencing a cultural malaise. As art historians Arthur Pontynen and Rod Miller show in this penetrating new book, our current cultural struggles result from repeated attempts to deny th…	OL16148749W
Power and willpower in the American future	Robert J. Lieber	"To argue against the widely proclaimed idea of American decline might seem a lonely task. After all, the problems are real and serious. Yet if we take a longer view, much of the discourse about decl…	OL16451544W
Memories of war	Thomas A. Chambers	"Charts the development of the public memory and historical understanding of the wars of the colonial and early national periods through the practice of battlefield tourism in the early American repu…	OL16592478W
In the Cause of Liberty	William J. Cooper, Jr.,John M. McCardell, Jr.	In this remarkable collection, ten premier scholars of nineteenth-century America address the epochal impact of the Civil War by examining the conflict in terms of three Americas--antebellum, wartime…	OL16805952W
Anthropologists and the rediscovery of America, 1886-1965	John S. Gilkeson	"This book examines the intersection of cultural anthropology and American cultural nationalism from 1886, when Franz Boas left Germany for the United States, until 1965, when the National Endowment …	OL16916215W
Inventing a Christian America	Steven K. Green	Among the most enduring themes in American history is the idea that the United States was founded as a Christian nation. A pervasive narrative in everything from school textbooks to political comment…	OL17639327W
Why America misunderstands the world	Paul R. Pillar	A host of social, economic, and geographical advantages has coarsened America's attitude toward other, less fortunate countries. Being insulated by two immense oceans makes it hard for Americans to a…	OL19663390W
The America syndrome	Betsy Hartmann	"In this thought-provoking, big-idea book, Betsy Hartmann sheds light on a pervasive but--until now--invisible theme shaping the American mindset: apocalyptic thinking, or the belief that the end of …	OL19735560W
Asia Pacific Security - Values and Identity	Leszek Buszynski	The main theme of this book is that security is not just about defence from external attack, but embraces the protection of identity and values which cultures regard as important, and which they may …	OL19828189W
The Truths We Hold	Kamala D. Harris	From Kamala Harris, one of America's most inspiring political leaders and Joe Biden’s pick for his 2020 running mate, a book about the core truths that unite us, and the long struggle to discern what…	OL20153281W
Falling in love with America again	Jim DeMint	" In his new role as president and CEO of The Heritage Foundation, Jim DeMint has travelled the country talking to Americans about how to return to our founding principles and restore and protect our…	OL23327765W
America embattled	Richard Crockatt	What causes Anti- Americanism and where are its historical roots? What is the impact of 9/11 on America's sense of itself and its role in the world? Is America paradoxically a victim of its own polit…	OL3477409W
Transfiguring America	Jeffrey Steele	"Transfiguring America is the product of more than ten years of research and numerous published articles on Margaret Fuller, arguably America's first feminist theorist and one of the most important w…	OL4958848W