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The Fifties
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David Halberstam |
The Fifties is a sweeping social, political, economic, and cultural history of the ten years that Halberstam regards as seminal in determining what our nation is today. Halberstam offers portraits of… |
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How the West Was Lost
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Dambisa Moyo |
"In How the West Was Lost, the New York Times bestselling author Dambisa Moyo offers a bold account of the decline of the economic supremacy of the West. She examines how the West's flawed financial … |
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This Is Who We Were in the 1940s - 1940-1949
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Mars, Laura |
This is Who We Were: In the 1940s provides the reader with a deeper understanding of what life was like in America in 1940-1949 and how it compares statistically to life today. Using original materia… |
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The Rise and Fall of American Growth
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Gordon, Robert J. |
The trajectory and impetus of American growth from the end of the Civil War until now. |
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American mojo, lost and found
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Peter D. Kiernan |
Argues that America's might lies in its middle class and calls for a focused directive to reinvigorate the class in order to return the nation to greatness.
Award-winning author Peter D. Kiernan foc… |
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The road taken
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Henry Petroski |
"Physical infrastructure in the United States is crumbling. The American Society of Civil Engineers has, in its latest report, given American roads and bridges a grade of D and C+, respectively, and … |
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Survival of the Richest
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Donald Jeffries,Richard Syrett |
xviii, 258 pages ; 24 cm |
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Fulfillment
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Alec MacGillis |
In 1937, the famed writer and activist Upton Sinclair published a novel bearing the subtitle A Story of Ford-America. He blasted the callousness of a company worth “a billion dollars” that underpaid … |
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Beyond our means
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Alfred L. Malabre |
Examines American values and expectations which have led to a huge national debt and the economic consequences which may now be at hand. |
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