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What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia

de Elizabeth Catte ...

An antidote to bigotry and a "perfect primer for readers seeking factual, realistic portrayals of the rural and working-class experience" ( Los Angeles Times).In 2016, headlines declared Appalachia ground zero for America's "forgotten tribe" of white working-class voters. Journalists flocked to the region to extract sympathetic profiles of families devastated by poverty, abandoned by establishment ... Leer más

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An antidote to bigotry and a "perfect primer for readers seeking factual, realistic portrayals of the rural and working-class experience" ( Los Angeles Times).In 2016, headlines declared Appalachia ground zero for America's "forgotten tribe" of white working-class voters. Journalists flocked to the region to extract sympathetic profiles of families devastated by poverty, abandoned by establishment
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Pure America

Eugenics and the Making of Modern Virginia

de Elizabeth Catte ...

"A well-told, richly contextualized investigation of an appalling episode in American history" ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review).Between 1927 and 1979, more than 8,000 people were involuntarily sterilized in five hospitals across the state of Virginia. From this plain and terrible fact springs Elizabeth Catte's Pure America, a sweeping, unsparing history of eugenics in Virginia, and by extension ... Leer más

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"A well-told, richly contextualized investigation of an appalling episode in American history" ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review).Between 1927 and 1979, more than 8,000 people were involuntarily sterilized in five hospitals across the state of Virginia. From this plain and terrible fact springs Elizabeth Catte's Pure America, a sweeping, unsparing history of eugenics in Virginia, and by extension
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The Virginia State Colony For Epileptics and Feebleminded

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de Molly McCully Brown, Elizabeth Catte, Meg Day, Paul A. Lombardo, Clare Mullaney, Kiki Petrosino ...

A tenth anniversary edition of one of the most important poetry collections in recent memory, a "devastating and beautiful" (New York Times) reimagining of the Virginia State Colony, a dark epicenter of the American eugenics movement.Haunted by the voices of those committed to the notorious Virginia State Colony, an epicenter of the American eugenics movement in the first half of the twentieth ... Leer más

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A tenth anniversary edition of one of the most important poetry collections in recent memory, a "devastating and beautiful" (New York Times) reimagining of the Virginia State Colony, a dark epicenter of the American eugenics movement.Haunted by the voices of those committed to the notorious Virginia State Colony, an epicenter of the American eugenics movement in the first half of the twentieth
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We Were Promised

How an Appalachian Grandmother Fought a Corporate Giant

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Karen "Momma K" Gorrell did not consider herself to be an activist. But when those she cared about were wronged, she refused to remain silent. With the economy still reeling from the Great Recession in 2011, Karen's husband and other retirees of the Century Aluminum plant—a pillar of industry in their rural community of Ravenswood—had their healthcare benefits terminated. The United Steelworkers ... Leer más

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Karen "Momma K" Gorrell did not consider herself to be an activist. But when those she cared about were wronged, she refused to remain silent. With the economy still reeling from the Great Recession in 2011, Karen's husband and other retirees of the Century Aluminum plant—a pillar of industry in their rural community of Ravenswood—had their healthcare benefits terminated. The United Steelworkers
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Left Elsewhere

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“Rural spaces,” writes Elizabeth Catte, author of What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia, “are often thought of as places absent of things, from people of color to modern amenities to radical politics. The truth, as usual, is more complicated.”With activists, historians, and political scientists as guides, Left Elsewhere explores the radical politics of rural America—its past, its priorities, ... Leer más

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“Rural spaces,” writes Elizabeth Catte, author of What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia, “are often thought of as places absent of things, from people of color to modern amenities to radical politics. The truth, as usual, is more complicated.”With activists, historians, and political scientists as guides, Left Elsewhere explores the radical politics of rural America—its past, its priorities,
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L'Histoire de la Standard Oil Company

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L'enquête choc qui a conduit à la chute de la Standard Oil Company, l'empire industriel de l'homme le plus riche de l'histoire, John D. Rockefeller." M. Rockefeller traitait ses détracteurs avec une habileté qui frisait le génie. Il les ignorait. "À l'aube du XXe siècle, une ressource d'un genre nouveau, tapie dans les entrailles de la terre, déchaîne tous les appétits : c'est l'or noir. Aux États ... Leer más

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Between 1927 and 1979, more than 8,000 people were involuntarily sterilized in five hospitals across the state of Virginia. From this plain and terrible fact springs Elizabeth Catte's Pure America, a sweeping, unsparing history of eugenics in Virginia, and by extension the United States. Virginia's twentieth-century eugenics program was not the misguided initiative of well-meaning men of the day, ... Leer más

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Between 1927 and 1979, more than 8,000 people were involuntarily sterilized in five hospitals across the state of Virginia. From this plain and terrible fact springs Elizabeth Catte's Pure America, a sweeping, unsparing history of eugenics in Virginia, and by extension the United States. Virginia's twentieth-century eugenics program was not the misguided initiative of well-meaning men of the day,
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What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia

de Elizabeth Catte ...

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In 2016, headlines declared Appalachia ground zero for America's "forgotten tribe" of white working class voters. Journalists flocked to the region to extract sympathetic profiles of families devastated by poverty, abandoned by establishment politics, and eager to consume cheap campaign promises. What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia is a frank assessment of America's recent fascination with ... Leer más

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In 2016, headlines declared Appalachia ground zero for America's "forgotten tribe" of white working class voters. Journalists flocked to the region to extract sympathetic profiles of families devastated by poverty, abandoned by establishment politics, and eager to consume cheap campaign promises. What You Are Getting Wrong About Appalachia is a frank assessment of America's recent fascination with
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What good are the arts? Why should we care about the past? For millennia, humanity has sought to understand and transmit to future generations not just the "know-how" of life, but the "know-why"—the meaning and purpose of our existence, as expressed in art, architecture, religion, and philosophy. This crucial passing down of knowledge has required the radical integration of insights from the past ... Leer más

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The Gettysburg Gospel

The Lincoln Speech that Nobody Knows

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The literature of the Gettysburg Address tends to fall into one of two extremes. At one end are those books that maintain that Lincoln wrote his speech hastily, even on a scrap of paper on the train en route from Washington to Gettysburg. In this version, Lincoln delivered his remarks to an uncomprehending public, which applauded politely, failing to appreciate his genius. Many of the books that ... Leer más

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The Shipwreck That Saved Jamestown

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The English had long dreamed of colonizing America, especially after Sir Francis Drake brought home Spanish treasure and dramatic tales from his raids in the Caribbean. Ambitions of finding gold and planting a New World colony seemed within reach when, in 1606, Thomas Smythe extended overseas trade with the launch of the Virginia Company. But from the beginning the American enterprise was a ... Leer más

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American Inheritance

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From a Pulitzer Prize winner, a powerful history that reveals how the twin strands of liberty and slavery were joined in the nation's founding."Gut-wrenching. . . . While acknowledging that the study of liberty and slavery in the Revolutionary era remains a 'partisan minefield,' Mr. Larson plunges in, sparing none of the era's most prominent revolutionaries from scrutiny." —Harold Holzer, Wall ... Leer más

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