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Outlaw Culture Outlaw Culture Bell Hooks Bell hooks, one of America's leading black intellectuals, is also one of our most clear-eyed and penetrating analysts of culture. Outlaw culture--the culture of the margin, of women, of the disenfran… OL15053153W
What shall we do with the Negro? What shall we do with the Negro? Paul D. Escott Consulting a broad range of contemporary newspapers, magazines, books, army records, government documents, publications of citizens' organizations, letters, diaries, and other sources, Paul D. Escott… OL15300925W
Globetrotting Globetrotting Damion L. Thomas x, 209 pages ; 23 cm OL16591941W
The Norton anthology of literature by women The Norton anthology of literature by women Sandra M. Gilbert Contains selections written by over 150 women authors from English-speaking countries. Ranges from the fourteenth century to the present. OL17026636W
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz,Laural Merlington,Debbie Reese,Jean Mendoza Today in the United States, there are more than five hundred federally recognized Indigenous nations comprising nearly three million people, descendants of the fifteen million Native people who once … OL17640485W
American Negro slavery American Negro slavery Allen Weinstein Distinguished historians examine the genesis, development, and impact of slavery in America and explore related areas of study. OL1848349W
Lay bare the heart Lay bare the heart James Farmer The soul survivor of the Big Four, and founder of CORE, James Farmer writes to set the record straight regarding the evolution of the civil rights movement and to document the conditions under which … OL1891200W
FDR FDR Ted Morgan Morgan is one of the few biographers of Franklin Roosevelt to attempt a complete life in one volume. His Roosevelt, opportunistic and shallow as a young man, was transformed by his fight with polio. … OL1961779W
Journeys in new worlds Journeys in new worlds William L. Andrews Contains primary source material. OL19667171W
Strategic alliances among health and human services organizations Strategic alliances among health and human services organizations Darlyne Bailey,Kelly McNally Koney With a focus on relationship building, this book offers theoretical and practical information to organizations considering and negotiating this process. Throughout, the book employs actual case examp… OL20720154W
The progressive historians--Turner, Beard, Parrington The progressive historians--Turner, Beard, Parrington Richard Hofstadter The ideas and contributions of the three major interpretative historians of the U.S. in the twentieth century. OL2465561W
Confessions of an economic hit man Confessions of an economic hit man John Perkins,Perkins, John,John Perkins,Perkins, John Sinhalese translation of a controversial book on the economic policies of U.S. government with respect to developing countries. OL2693772W
The Way of the World The Way of the World Ron Suskind From Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist and bestselling author Ron Suskind comes a startling look at how America lost its way and at the nation's struggle, day by day, to reclaim the moral authority u… OL2755489W
Power and Poverty Power and Poverty Peter Bachrach,Morton S. Baratz A new and significant study in the field of community power, presenting a new approach to the analysis and correlates of power. OL4109331W
In the combat zone In the combat zone Kathryn Marshall Features the stories of twenty women who served in Vietnam as nurses, decoders, secretaries, cartographers, clerks, air traffic controllers, and "Kool-Aid Kids." OL4128689W
The eternal Adam and the new world garden The eternal Adam and the new world garden David W. Noble American literature reelects how humans came from Europe to what they thought would be a "new world" but could not escape the human (fallen) condition. OL5473302W
The Plot Against America The Plot Against America Philip A. Roth The Plot Against America is a novel by Philip Roth published in 2004. It is an alternative history in which Franklin D. Roosevelt is defeated in the presidential election of 1940 by Charles Lindbergh… OL74664W
Snow Falling on Cedars Snow Falling on Cedars David Guterson On San Piedro, an island of rugged, spectacular beauty in Puget Sound, home to salmon fishermen and strawberry farmers, a Japanese-American fisherman stands trial, charged with murder. The year is 19… OL8036957W
The mansion The mansion William Faulkner "The Mansion completes Faulkner's great trilogy of the Snopes family in mythical Yoknapatawpha County, Mississippi, which also includes The Hamlet and The Town. Beginning with the murder of Jack Hous… OL82917W
Private pleasure, public plight Private pleasure, public plight David Popenoe "This is a social and cultural analysis of community life in metropolitan areas of three nations - the United States, Sweden, and England. The author focuses on how environment and culture interact t… OL93573W
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