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“amanda koch”

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  • Hoosier Philanthropy

    A State History of Giving

    by Clay Robbins, James H. Madison, David P. King, Katherine Badertscher, Ruth C. Crocker, James J. Connelly, Paul C. Pribbenow, Caitlin Crowley, William H. Schneider, Nicole Etcheson, Tyrone McKinley Freeman, Elizabeth J. Van Allen, Peter Weber, Chen Ji, Amanda Koch, Ruth K. Hansen, Philip D. Byers, Xiaoyun Wang ...
    The first in-depth history of philanthropy in Indiana.Philanthropy has been central to the development of public life in Indiana over the past two centuries. Hoosier Philanthropy explores the role of philanthropy in the Hoosier state, showing how voluntary action within Indiana has created and supported multiple visions of societal good.Featuring 15 articles, Hoosier Philanthropy charts the ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

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  • Lessons Learned

    Reflections of a University President

    by William G. Bowen ...
    Series series The William G. Bowen Series
    An insider's account of higher education from a legendary university leaderLessons Learned gives unprecedented access to the university president's office, providing a unique set of reflections on the challenges involved in leading both research universities and liberal arts colleges. In this landmark book, William Bowen, former president of Princeton University and of the Andrew W. Mellon ... Read more

    $16.59 USD

  • Young and Restless

    The Girls Who Sparked America's Revolutions

    by Mattie Kahn ...
    **NPR's Books We Love 2023Glamour's "The 15 Best Nonfiction Books of 2023, So Far"*Vogue's "*Best Books of 2023 (So Far)"*Town & Country's "*The Best Books of 2023"A "heartening inspiration"(The New York Times), the untold story of the people who have helped spark America’s most transformative social movements throughout history: teenage girls**Nine months before Rosa Parks kicked off the bus ... Read more

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  • From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State

    Fraternal Societies and Social Services, 1890-1967

    by David T. Beito ...
    During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, more Americans belonged to fraternal societies than to any other kind of voluntary association, with the possible exception of churches. Despite the stereotypical image of the lodge as the exclusive domain of white men, fraternalism cut across race, class, and gender lines to include women, African Americans, and immigrants. Exploring the ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

  • Speak Now

    Marriage Equality on Trial

    by Kenji Yoshino ...
    A renowned legal scholar tells the definitive story of Hollingsworth v. Perry, the trial that stands as the most potent argument for marriage equalitySpeak Now tells the story of a watershed trial that unfolded over twelve tense days in California in 2010. A trial that legalized same-sex marriage in our most populous state. A trial that interrogated the nature of marriage, the political status of ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Imagining Black America

    by Michael Wayne ...
    Scientific research has now established that race should be understood as a social construct, not a true biological division of humanity. In Imagining Black America, Michael Wayne explores the construction and reconstruction of black America from the arrival of the first Africans in Jamestown in 1619 to Barack Obama’s reelection. Races have to be imagined into existence and constantly reimagined ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Teaching the American Civil Rights Movement

    Freedom's Bittersweet Song

    Edited by Julie Buckner Armstrong, Susan Hult Edwards, Houston Bryan Roberson, Rhonda Y. Williams ...
    The past fifteen years have seen renewed interest in the civil rights movement. Television documentaries, films and books have brought the struggles into our homes and classrooms once again. New evidence in older criminal cases demands that the judicial system reconsider the accuracy of investigations and legal decisions. Racial profiling, affirmative action, voting districting, and school voucher ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Schools for Misrule

    Legal Academia and an Overlawyered America

    by Walter Olson ...
    From Barack Obama (Harvard and Chicago) to Bill and Hillary Clinton (Yale), many of our current national leaders emerged from the rarefied air of the nation's top law schools. The ideas taught there in one generation often shape national policy in the next.The trouble is, Walter Olson reveals in Schools for Misrule, our elite law schools keep churning out ideas that are catastrophically bad for ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • The Permission Society

    How the Ruling Class Turns Our Freedoms into Privileges and What We Can Do About It

    by Timothy Sandefur ...
    Throughout history, kings and emperors have promised freedoms” to their people. Yet these freedoms were really only permissions handed down from on high. The American Revolution inaugurated a new vision: people have basic rights to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and government must ask permission from them. Sadly, today’s increasingly bureaucratic society is beginning to turn back ... Read more

    $18.99 USD

  • For the Common Good

    A New History of Higher Education in America

    by Charles Dorn ...
    Series series American Institutions and Society
    Are colleges and universities in a period of unprecedented disruption? Is a bachelor's degree still worth the investment? Are the humanities coming to an end? What, exactly, is higher education good for?In For the Common Good, Charles Dorn challenges the rhetoric of America's so-called crisis in higher education by investigating two centuries of college and university history. From the community ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • The University of Chicago

    A History

    by John W. Boyer ...
    The essential history of one of the United States's most influential institutions of higher learning in the world.The University of Chicago has a powerful and distinct identity, and its name is synonymous with intellectual rigor. With more than 170,000 alumni living and working in more than 150 countries, its impact is far-reaching and long-lasting.In this indispensable volume, John W. Boyer, Dean ... Read more

    $17.29 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Shortchanged

    How Advanced Placement Cheats Students

    by Annie Abrams ...
    "Shortchanged is a brilliant book."—The Washington Post Author and high school English teacher Annie Abrams reveals how the College Board's emphasis on standardized testing has led the AP program astray.Every year, millions of students take Advanced Placement (AP) exams hoping to score enough points to earn college credit and save on their tuition bill. But are they getting a real college ... Read more

    $20.49 USD