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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
John Dewey and American Democracy John Dewey and American Democracy Robert B. Westbrook Intellectual biography of American philosophy John Dewey. Robert B. Westbrook is a professor of History at the University of Rochester. Epigraph: "To know where we stand toward Dewey's ideas is… OL12471323W
Where Have All the Liberals Gone? Where Have All the Liberals Gone? James R Flynn Professor James R. Flynn is renowned for his belief that the IQ gap between black and white Americans is not genetic, but environmental in origin. Flynn's controversial new book offers an alternative… OL15180542W
Supreme power Supreme power Jeff Shesol In the years before World War II, Franklin Roosevelt's fiercest, most unyielding opponent was neither a foreign power nor "fear itself." It was the U.S. Supreme Court. Beginning in 1935, in a series … OL15597012W
Charles Evans Hughes and American Democratic Statesmanship Charles Evans Hughes and American Democratic Statesmanship Dexter Perkins This is the tenth title in the now well-established Library of American Biographies (launched with Catton's U.S. Grant). The books are to be judged individually, and stand up exceedingly well as conc… OL15790569W
The good fight The good fight Mark Warren,Harry Reid We all know them: politicians' books that read as ifthey've been cobbled together from old speeches. TheGood Fight is as far from that as it is possible to get.In a voice that is flinty, real, and pa… OL15836665W
God's Own Party God's Own Party Daniel K. Williams When the Christian Right burst onto the scene in the late 1970s, many political observers were shocked. But, God's Own Party demonstrates, they shouldn't have been. The Christian Right goes back much… OL16099541W
Cold War, cool medium Cold War, cool medium Thomas Patrick Doherty "Conventional wisdom holds that television was a coconspirator in the repressions of Cold War America, that it was a facilitator to the blacklist and handmaiden to McCarthyism. But Thomas Doherty arg… OL16103179W
From exile to Washington From exile to Washington W. Michael Blumenthal "Born in Weimar Germany, W. Michael Blumenthal grew up during the ascent of the Third Reich. He and his family fled from the Nazis to the other side of the world--first to Shanghai, then to America. … OL17660200W
Maritain and America Maritain and America Christopher M. Cullen "Jacques Maritain was a leading French philosopher of the twentieth century. He came to know America first hand and taught at four American universities. This book explores his thought in its engagem… OL18572107W
Young Bob Young Bob Patrick J. Maney "Any list of best United States Senators would have to include "Young Bob" La Follette, whose career spanned the tumultuous years from Coolidge prosperity, through the Great Depression and World War … OL1867626W
Tales for little rebels Tales for little rebels Julia L. Mickenberg,Philip Nel From the Publisher: In 1912, a revolutionary chick cries, "Strike down the wall!" and liberates itself from the "egg state." In 1940, ostriches pull their heads out of the sand and unite to fight fas… OL18774256W
Era of Theodore Roosevelt and the Birth of Modern America, 1900-12 Era of Theodore Roosevelt and the Birth of Modern America, 1900-12 George Edwin Mowry Explores Roosevelt's political philosophy and actions in light of his times and the support and opposition he received. OL18982387W
Henry L. Stimson Henry L. Stimson David F. Schmitz The twentieth century witnessed the rise of the United States as the preeminent player on the world stage. While many individuals were responsible for the American ascension, few have left a larger l… OL1943059W
Twentieth-century America Twentieth-century America Carl Abbott,Jo Ann Argersinger,David R. Goldfield,Peter H. Argersinger xxiii, 527 p. : 26 cm OL19450966W
The age of acquiescence The age of acquiescence Steve Fraser "From the American Revolution through the Civil Rights movement, Americans have long mobilized against political, social, and economic privilege. Hierarchies based on inheritance, wealth, and politic… OL19662210W
The once and future liberal The once and future liberal Mark Lilla In The Once and Future Liberal, Mark Lilla offers an impassioned, tough-minded, and stinging look at the failure of American liberalism over the past two generations. Although there have been Democra… OL19715098W
Someone to watch over me Someone to watch over me Eric Burns Eleanor Roosevelt's loveless marriage with FDR was no secret, and she had a cold relationship with most of her family, as well. Yet she was a warm person, beloved by friends, and her humanitarian wor… OL20050097W
American Dreamer American Dreamer John C. Culver An outstanding economist and geneticist, Henry Wallace (1888-1965) was also the personification of New Deal liberalism. In this splendid biography, former senator Culver and journalist Hyde brilliant… OL492520W
Marching on Washington Marching on Washington Lucy G. Barber "Marching on Washington describes in detail six demonstrations and the protest movements behind them, beginning with Coxey's Army in 1894 and including marches for women's suffrage, veteran's bonuses… OL5954560W
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