Anti-Intellectualism in American Life, Paperback - Richard Hofstadter

Winner of the 1964 Pulitzer Prize in Non-Fiction. In this award-winning classic work of consensus history, Richard Hofstadter, author of The Age of...

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This incisive study takes on one of the grimmest secrets in America's national life-the history of lynching and, more generally, the public punishm...

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An exploration of the hidden history of camping in American life that connects a familiar recreational pastime to camps for functional needs and po...

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Millions of people see themselves as spiritual, but not religious and they have very specific needs that most societies either ignore or even put d...

Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing GroupAuthor(s): Tyler CowenNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2019Dimensions: 156 x 233 x 23Cover type: Paper...

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Concentrating on presidents and cabinet members, from the birth of the US through the Carter administration, this book tells how they and their ass...

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The white nationalist movement in the United States is nothing new. Yet, prior to the 2017 "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, ma...