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  • Declaration House

    During the drafting of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, Thomas Jefferson and enslaved valet Robert Hemmings spent several months at 700 Market Street in Philadelphia. The editors and contributors to Declaration House reflect on the history of this site and illuminate the entangled legacy of freedom and enslavement at the core of our nation’s founding. They expand our history by revisiting ... Leer más

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  • A Wall of Our Own

    An American History of the Berlin Wall

    Series series Studies in United States Culture
    The Berlin Wall is arguably the most prominent symbol of the Cold War era. Its construction in 1961 and its dismantling in 1989 are broadly understood as pivotal moments in the history of the last century. In A Wall of Our Own, Paul M. Farber traces the Berlin Wall as a site of pilgrimage for American artists, writers, and activists. During the Cold War and in the shadow of the Wall, figures such ... Leer más

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    A Reckoning with the History of Slavery Across America

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  • The Free World

    Art and Thought in the Cold War

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    "An engrossing and impossibly wide-ranging project . . . In The Free World, every seat is a good one." —Carlos Lozada, The Washington Post**"The Free World sparkles. Fully original, beautifully written . . . One hopes Menand has a sequel in mind. The bar is set very high." —David Oshinsky, The New York Times Book Review | Editors' ChoiceOne of The New York Times's 100 best books of 2021 | One of ... Leer más

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  • All That She Carried

    The Journey of Ashley's Sack, a Black Family Keepsake

    de Tiya Miles ...
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  • Science of Coercion

    Communication Research & Psychological Warfare, 1945–1960

    Series Libro 13 - Forbidden Bookshelf
    A provocative and eye-opening study of the essential role the US military and the Central Intelligence Agency played in the advancement of communication studies during the Cold War era, now with a new introduction by Robert W. McChesney and a new preface by the authorSince the mid-twentieth century, the great advances in our knowledge about the most effective methods of mass communication and ... Leer más

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  • Ghostland

    An American History in Haunted Places

    de Colin Dickey ...
    **One of NPR’s Great Reads of 2016“A lively assemblage and smart analysis of dozens of haunting stories…absorbing…[and] intellectually intriguing.” —The New York Times Book ReviewFrom the author of The Unidentified, an intellectual feast for fans of offbeat history that takes readers on a road trip through some of the country’s most infamously haunted places—and deep into the dark side of our ... Leer más

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  • Vienna

    How the City of Ideas Created the Modern World

    How can one European capital be responsible for most of the West’s intellectual and cultural achievements in the twentieth century?Viennese ideas saturate the modern world. From California architecture to Hollywood Westerns, modern advertising to shopping malls, orgasms to gender confirmation surgery, nuclear fission to fitted kitchens—every aspect of our history, science, and culture is in some ... Leer más

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  • Stony the Road

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  • Fascism Comes to America

    A Century of Obsession in Politics and Culture

    de Bruce Kuklick ...
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  • When Reason Goes on Holiday

    Philosophers in Politics

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  • Travels with George

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