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Sputnik Sputnik Paul Dickson "On October 4, 1957, as Leave It to Beaver premiered on American television, the Soviet Union launced the first man-made object into space, a 184-pound satellite carrying only a radio transmitter. Wh… OL108513W
James Madison and the spirit of republican self-government James Madison and the spirit of republican self-government Colleen A. Sheehan In the first study that combines an in-depth examination of Madison's National Gazette essays of 179192 with a study of The Federalist, Colleen Sheehan traces the evolution of Madison's conception of… OL11876982W
Culture shock and Japanese-American relations Culture shock and Japanese-American relations Sadao Asada "Examines historical episodes in the interactions between the United States and Japan from 1890 to 2006, focusing on naval stategy before and during World War II and transpacific racism. Asada analye… OL12252480W
Digital assassination Digital assassination Richard Torrenzano "Two leading reputation experts reveal how the internet is being used to destroy brands, reputations and even lives, and how to fight back. From false Wikipedia entries, to fake YouTube videos, to F… OL16014477W
Sticky reputations Sticky reputations Gary Alan Fine "Sticky Reputations focuses on reputational entrepreneurs and support groups shaping how we think of important figures, within a crucial period in American history - from the 1930s through the 1950s.… OL16540508W
Science of the people Science of the people Solomon, Joan "How do people understand science? How do they feel about science, how do they relate to it, what do they hope from it and what do they fear about it? Science of the People: Understanding and using s… OL16769041W
Between the World and Me Between the World and Me Ta-Nehisi Coates Between the World and Me is a 2015 nonfiction book written by American author Ta-Nehisi Coates and published by Spiegel & Grau. It is written as a letter to the author's teenage son about the feeling… OL17201654W
Tides of Consent Tides of Consent James A. Stimson Politics is a trial in which those in government - and those who aspire to be - make proposals, debate alternatives, and pass laws. Then the jury of public opinion decides. It likes the proposals or … OL1951483W
Understanding public opinion Understanding public opinion Clyde Wilcox,Barbara Norrander "Understanding Public Opinion, edited by Barbara Norrander and Clyde Wilcox, is a collection of original essays that explores the sources, content, and effects of American public opinion at the close… OL20568421W
The macro polity The macro polity James A. Stimson,Michael B. Mackuen,Robert S. Erikson "The Macro Polity provides the first comprehensive model of American politics at the system level. Focusing on the interactions between citizen evaluations and preferences, government activity and po… OL20980120W
Louis XIV outside in Louis XIV outside in Tony Claydon,Charles-Édouard Levillain "Louis XIV -- the 'Sun King' -- casts a long shadow over the history of seventeenth-century Europe. Yet whilst he has been the subject of numerous works, much of the scholarship remains firmly rooted… OL22316422W
La fabrication de l'information La fabrication de l'information Florence Aubenas,Miguel Benasayag La critique des médias est à la mode (journalistes aux ordres, information spectacle, etc.) et pourtant, les lecteurs et les téléspectateurs ne modifient pas leurs modes de consommation. A partir d'e… OL24155953W
"Nous ne savions pas" "Nous ne savions pas" Peter Longerich Que savaient les Allemands de l'Holocauste? Quelle représentation de la propagande antijuive le régime nazi donnait-il à la population allemande et quelles informations filtraient hors des camps? Cet… OL24289187W
The myth of the Muslim tide The myth of the Muslim tide Doug Saunders "From the author of prize-winning Arrival City, a controversial and long-overdue rejoinder to the overblown fears of an Islamic threat that have spread throughout America and Europe and threaten our … OL24843632W
Counterterrorism and identities Counterterrorism and identities Jack Jedwab "Counterterrorism and Identities presents a detailed analysis of Canadian public opinion on questions of national security, terrorism, and counterterrorism. Where we live, our religious identificatio… OL27039044W
Propaganda Propaganda Edward L. Bernays “Bernays' honest and practical manual provides much insight into some of the most powerful and influential institutions of contemporary industrial state capitalist democracies.”—Noam Chomsky OL2781905W
"El Sur también existe" "El Sur también existe" Berta Raposo "La antigua dicotomía entre Norte y Sur condensa muchos de los estereotipos asociados a dos puntos cardinales más simbólicos que geográficos. Sin embargo, tampoco puede obviarse la geografía real que… OL28600589W
The death of Reconstruction The death of Reconstruction Heather Cox Richardson "Historians overwhelmingly have blamed the demise of Reconstruction on the South and on white Americans' persistent racism. Heather Cox Richardson argues instead that class, along with race, was crit… OL3348608W
Manliness and Militarism Manliness and Militarism Mark Moss "Euphoria swept Canada, and especially Ontario, with the outbreak of World War I. Young men rushed to volunteer for the Canadian Expeditionary Force, and close to 50 per cent of the half-million Cana… OL8006065W
Queer London Queer London Matt Houlbrook In August 1934, young Cyril L. wrote to his friend Billy about all the exciting men he had met, the swinging nightclubs he had visited, and the vibrant new life he had forged for himself in the big c… OL9173152W
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