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  • The Conservatives

    Ideas and Personalities Throughout American History

    An even-handed, comprehensive assessment of conservative thought in America, from the Constitutional Convention to the present."A perceptive, rigorously balanced, and richly panoramic account of conservative ideas and thinkers in American politics and culture since 1787. This is a welcome indeed, necessary book." —George H. Nash, author of The Conservative Intellectual Movement in America Since ... Leer más

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  • I'm the Teacher, You're the Student

    A Semester in the University Classroom

    What is it really like to be a college professor in an American classroom today? An award-winning teacher with over twenty years of experience answers this question by offering an enlightening and entertaining behind-the-scenes view of a typical semester in his American history course. The unique result—part diary, part sustained reflection—recreates both the unstudied realities and intensely ... Leer más

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  • A Climate of Crisis

    America in the Age of Environmentalism

    Series series Penguin History American Life
    A provocative history of the environmental movement in America, showing how this rise to political and social prominence produced a culture of alarmism that has often distorted the factsFew issues today excite more passion or alarm than the specter of climate change. In A Climate of Crisis, historian Patrick Allitt shows that our present climate of crisis is far from exceptional. Indeed, the ... Leer más

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  • Religion in America Since 1945

    A History

    Series series Columbia Histories of Modern American Life
    Moving far beyond the realm of traditional "church history," Patrick Allitt here offers a vigorous and erudite survey of the broad canvas of American religion since World War II. Identifying the major trends and telling moments within major denominations and also in less formal religious movements, he asks how these religious groups have shaped, and been shaped by, some of the most important and ... Leer más

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