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Age of Fracture
In the last quarter of the twentieth century, the ideas that most Americans lived by started to fragment. Mid-century concepts of national consensus, managed markets, gender and …
America on the World Stage
Recognizing the urgent need for students to understand the emergence of the United States' power and prestige in relation to world events, Gary W. Reichard and Ted Dickson reframe …
Atlantic Crossings
"The most belated of nations," Theodore Roosevelt called his country during the workmen's compensation fight in 1907. Earlier reformers, progressives of his day, and later New …
The Work Ethic in Industrial America 1850-1920
The phrase "a strong work ethic" conjures images of hard-driving employees working diligently for long hours. But where did this ideal come from, and how has it been buffeted by …
Contested Truths
Contention, argument, and power have always been the tradition in American political talk. Any country that began in a revolution was bound to have this history. But the language …