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  • Red Dynamite

    Creationism, Culture Wars, and Anticommunism in America

    Series series Religion and American Public Life
    In Red Dynamite**, Carl R. Weinberg argues that creationism's tenacious hold on American public life depended on culture-war politics inextricably embedded in religion.** Many Christian conservatives were convinced that evolutionary thought promoted immoral and even bestial social, sexual, and political behavior. The "fruits" of subscribing to Darwinism were, in their minds, a dangerous ... Read more

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  • The First-Year Urban High School Teacher

    Holding the Torch, Lighting the Fire

    The First-Year Urban High School Teacher: Holding the Torch, Lighting the Fire tracks co-author Paul Weinberg during his first year of teaching as he is introduced to the daily tribulations of an urban Los Angeles high school. Paul's father, Carl Weinberg, who fifty years earlier himself began his career in education as an urban secondary school teacher, shares his experiences side-by-side with ... Read more

    $57.99 CAD

  • Neuroimaging in Psychiatry

    New neuroimaging techniques are developing at a break neck pace-every academic journal contains glossy pictures of brain activity corresponding to a particular task emblazoned in glorious technicolor. Discoveries about brain function in psychiatric disorders have been made at an equally rapid rate. However, most books on the subject have been writt ... Read more

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  • The Family

    "Dazzling, passionate, a masterwork that ranks with Puzo's best."—Nicholas Pileggi, author of Wiseguys"One of his most satisfying works….A thoroughly entertaining posthumous present from one of the masters of popular fiction."— BooklistMario Puzo's final masterwork. A sweeping epic saga of corruption, greed, treachery, and sin, The Family is the ultimate crowning achievement of the #1 New York ... Read more

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  • The Age of American Unreason

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    A cultural history of the last forty years, The Age of American Unreasonfocuses on the convergence of social forces—usually treated as separate entities—that has created a perfect storm of anti-rationalism. These include the upsurge of religious fundamentalism, with more political power today than ever before; the failure of public education to create an informed citizenry; and the triumph of ... Read more

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  • The Chosen Folks

    Jews on the Frontiers of Texas

    Series series Jewish Life, History, and Culture
    An exploration of Jewish history in the Lone Star State, from the Jews who fled the Spanish Inquisition to contemporary Jewish communities.Texas has one of the largest Jewish populations in the South and West, comprising an often-overlooked vestige of the Diaspora. The Chosen Folks brings this rich aspect of the past to light, going beyond single biographies and photographic histories to explore ... Read more

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    Many American's today are taking note of the surprisingly strong political force that is the religious right. Controversial decisions by the government are met with hundreds of lobbyists, millions of dollars of advertising spending, and a powerful grassroots response. How has the fundamentalist movement managed to resist the pressures of the scientific community and the draw of modern popular ... Read more

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  • Conspiracies of Conspiracies

    How Delusions Have Overrun America

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  • What Went Wrong?

    The Creation & Collapse of the Black-Jewish Allia

    For nearly a century, blacks and Jews were allies in the struggle for civil rights and equality in America. Sometimes risking their lives, they waged battle in the courts, at lunch counters, and in the academy, advancing the cause of all minorities. Their historical partnership culminated in the landmark court decisions and rights legislation of the 1960s—achievements of which both groups are ... Read more

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