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Mỹ Tóm tắt sách

The Destructionists

của Dana Milbank • 2022

Gingrich lit the match in 1993. Twenty-five years of arson later, Trump walked through the ashes.

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🐘 Republican Party 🏛️ American Conservatism 🔀 Political Polarization ⚠️ Democratic Backsliding 📺 Conservative Media

The Destructionists

Gingrich lit the match in 1993. Twenty-five years of arson later, Trump walked through the ashes.

của Dana Milbank 2022 416 trang

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🐘 Republican Party 🏛️ American Conservatism 🔀 Political Polarization ⚠️ Democratic Backsliding 📺 Conservative Media

Republican Gomorrah

của Max Blumenthal • 2007

The Christian right, built on crisis and submission, was destined to devour the GOP from inside.

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🗳️ American Politics ✝️ Christian Right 👑 Authoritarianism ⚔️ Culture Wars 📜 Theocratic Politics

Republican Gomorrah

The Christian right, built on crisis and submission, was destined to devour the GOP from inside.

của Max Blumenthal 2007 432 trang

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🗳️ American Politics ✝️ Christian Right 👑 Authoritarianism ⚔️ Culture Wars 📜 Theocratic Politics

Regulating the Poor

của Frances Fox Piven • 1971

Welfare has one rhythm: expand during riots, contract during calm, always to enforce cheap labor.

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🏛️ Welfare State 🔧 Work And Welfare 🎛️ Social Control 💰 Political Economy ✊ Social Movements

Regulating the Poor

Welfare has one rhythm: expand during riots, contract during calm, always to enforce cheap labor.

của Frances Fox Piven 1971 544 trang

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🏛️ Welfare State 🔧 Work And Welfare 🎛️ Social Control 💰 Political Economy ✊ Social Movements

Inharmonious

của Tammye Huf • 2025

A Black soldier passes as white while his sister builds the home America denies them.

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🎭 Racial Passing 🏚️ Jim Crow South 🪖 WWII Black Soldiers 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🏡 Housing Discrimination

Inharmonious

A Black soldier passes as white while his sister builds the home America denies them.

của Tammye Huf 2025 360 trang

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🎭 Racial Passing 🏚️ Jim Crow South 🪖 WWII Black Soldiers 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🏡 Housing Discrimination

The Transformation of Corporate Control

của Neil Fligstein • 1990

Antitrust, not markets, built the modern firm: four legal pivots that remade American business.

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🏢 Corporate History 📊 Economic Sociology ⚖️ Antitrust Law 🤝 Mergers And Acquisitions 🏛️ Corporate Governance

The Transformation of Corporate Control

Antitrust, not markets, built the modern firm: four legal pivots that remade American business.

của Neil Fligstein 1990 408 trang

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11 đánh giá

🏢 Corporate History 📊 Economic Sociology ⚖️ Antitrust Law 🤝 Mergers And Acquisitions 🏛️ Corporate Governance

Baumgartner

của Paul Auster • 2023

An elderly professor, a decade into widowhood, still makes coffee for his dead wife.

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🖤 Grieving Widower 🕰️ Aging And Memory 💔 Embodied Grief 🌙 Dream Visitation 🤝 Intergenerational Friendship

Baumgartner

An elderly professor, a decade into widowhood, still makes coffee for his dead wife.

của Paul Auster 2023 208 trang

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🖤 Grieving Widower 🕰️ Aging And Memory 💔 Embodied Grief 🌙 Dream Visitation 🤝 Intergenerational Friendship

Eisenhower

của Stephen E. Ambrose • 1990

A Kansas tantrum taught Eisenhower the restraint that held allies together and kept the peace.

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🏛️ Presidential Biography 🥶 Cold War History 🫡 Military Leadership 🤝 Alliance Diplomacy ☢️ Nuclear Deterrence

Eisenhower

A Kansas tantrum taught Eisenhower the restraint that held allies together and kept the peace.

của Stephen E. Ambrose 1990 635 trang

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🏛️ Presidential Biography 🥶 Cold War History 🫡 Military Leadership 🤝 Alliance Diplomacy ☢️ Nuclear Deterrence

The Court v. The Voters

của Joshua A. Douglas • 2024

We trust the Court to protect voting rights. Fifty years of rulings tell a different story.

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🗳️ Voting Rights ⚖️ Constitutional Law 🏛️ Supreme Court 📋 Judicial Activism ⚠️ Democratic Erosion

The Court v. The Voters

We trust the Court to protect voting rights. Fifty years of rulings tell a different story.

của Joshua A. Douglas 2024 240 trang

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🗳️ Voting Rights ⚖️ Constitutional Law 🏛️ Supreme Court 📋 Judicial Activism ⚠️ Democratic Erosion

O Pioneers!

của Willa Cather • 1913

A Swedish immigrant's daughter inherits the Nebraska farm and bets on land the neighbors abandon.

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🏡 Pioneer Fiction 👩‍🌾 Female Pioneer 🧳 Immigrant Saga 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

O Pioneers!

A Swedish immigrant's daughter inherits the Nebraska farm and bets on land the neighbors abandon.

của Willa Cather 1913 159 trang

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🏡 Pioneer Fiction 👩‍🌾 Female Pioneer 🧳 Immigrant Saga 💔 Forbidden Love 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

J R

của William Gaddis • 1975

From a payphone, a sixth-grader builds a paper empire that consumes a struggling composer.

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📡 Postmodern Satire 🎨 Art Vs Commerce 🤝 Reluctant Accomplice 🏚️ Failing Institutions 🖤 Dark Satire

J R

From a payphone, a sixth-grader builds a paper empire that consumes a struggling composer.

của William Gaddis 1975 752 trang

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📡 Postmodern Satire 🎨 Art Vs Commerce 🤝 Reluctant Accomplice 🏚️ Failing Institutions 🖤 Dark Satire

Grease

của Ron De Christoforo • 1978

When a greaser's summer fling transfers to his high school, his heart collides with his rep.

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🕰️ 1950s Americana 💕 Good Girl Bad Boy 👥 Tight-Knit Gang ☀️ Summer Romance 💄 Makeover Romance

Grease

When a greaser's summer fling transfers to his high school, his heart collides with his rep.

của Ron De Christoforo 1978 224 trang

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🕰️ 1950s Americana 💕 Good Girl Bad Boy 👥 Tight-Knit Gang ☀️ Summer Romance 💄 Makeover Romance

The Red and the Blue

của Steve Kornacki • 2018

The prosperous 1990s: two men broke American politics, and we are still living in the wreckage.

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🏛️ Political Polarization 🗳️ Electoral History ⏳ Clinton Era 💥 Anti-Establishment 🔒 Congressional Gridlock

The Red and the Blue

The prosperous 1990s: two men broke American politics, and we are still living in the wreckage.

của Steve Kornacki 2018

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🏛️ Political Polarization 🗳️ Electoral History ⏳ Clinton Era 💥 Anti-Establishment 🔒 Congressional Gridlock

A Nation by Design

của Aristide R. Zolberg • 2006

America's open-border myth hides a centuries-long project of population engineering.

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🛂 Immigration Policy 🏛️ American Political Development 🚧 Border Enforcement History 🧬 National Identity Politics 👷 Labor Migration

A Nation by Design

America's open-border myth hides a centuries-long project of population engineering.

của Aristide R. Zolberg 2006 672 trang

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🛂 Immigration Policy 🏛️ American Political Development 🚧 Border Enforcement History 🧬 National Identity Politics 👷 Labor Migration

The Miracle of Love

của Montana Ross • 2021

Rejected for her infertility, she weds a Colorado widower who only needs a mother for his child.

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🪪 Mail-Order Bride 🤝 Marriage Of Convenience 🏔️ Frontier Romance 💔 Widower Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

The Miracle of Love

Rejected for her infertility, she weds a Colorado widower who only needs a mother for his child.

của Montana Ross 2021 83 trang

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🪪 Mail-Order Bride 🤝 Marriage Of Convenience 🏔️ Frontier Romance 💔 Widower Hero 🔥 Slow Burn Romance

Working Toward Whiteness

của David R. Roediger • 2005

Southern and Eastern Europeans were not white when they arrived. The journey that changed that.

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🧳 Immigration History 👥 Whiteness Studies 🏭 Racialized Labor 🏡 Housing Segregation ✊ Labor Unions And Race

Working Toward Whiteness

Southern and Eastern Europeans were not white when they arrived. The journey that changed that.

của David R. Roediger 2005 339 trang

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🧳 Immigration History 👥 Whiteness Studies 🏭 Racialized Labor 🏡 Housing Segregation ✊ Labor Unions And Race

One Nation Under God

của Kevin M. Kruse • 2015

The 'Christian nation' was invented in the 1930s by corporations fighting the New Deal.

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🏛️ Church And State 🕰️ American Religious History 🔍 Invented Tradition 🇺🇸 Religious Nationalism 💼 Corporate Influence

One Nation Under God

The 'Christian nation' was invented in the 1930s by corporations fighting the New Deal.

của Kevin M. Kruse 2015 384 trang

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🏛️ Church And State 🕰️ American Religious History 🔍 Invented Tradition 🇺🇸 Religious Nationalism 💼 Corporate Influence

The Age of Federalism

của Stanley Elkins • 1993

How the fight over Hamilton's bank and the French Revolution turned founders into partisan enemies.

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🏛️ Early Republic 💰 Financial Founding ⚖️ Constitutional Debates 📈 Political Economy 🌍 Diplomatic History

The Age of Federalism

How the fight over Hamilton's bank and the French Revolution turned founders into partisan enemies.

của Stanley Elkins 1993 944 trang

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🏛️ Early Republic 💰 Financial Founding ⚖️ Constitutional Debates 📈 Political Economy 🌍 Diplomatic History

The Populist Persuasion

của Michael Kazin • 1995

Anti-elite language once belonged to labor and farmers. A history of how conservatives captured it.

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🇺🇸 American Populism 🗣️ Political Rhetoric 🏗️ Class Politics 🔨 Labor History 🐘 Conservative Movement

The Populist Persuasion

Anti-elite language once belonged to labor and farmers. A history of how conservatives captured it.

của Michael Kazin 1995 387 trang

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🇺🇸 American Populism 🗣️ Political Rhetoric 🏗️ Class Politics 🔨 Labor History 🐘 Conservative Movement

Federalism

của Mark J. Rozell • 2019

The Constitution did not settle the fight between national and state power; it designed the arena.

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📜 Federalism ⚖️ Constitutional Law 🏛️ American Government 🌍 Comparative Politics 👨‍⚖️ Supreme Court

Federalism

The Constitution did not settle the fight between national and state power; it designed the arena.

của Mark J. Rozell 2019 160 trang

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📜 Federalism ⚖️ Constitutional Law 🏛️ American Government 🌍 Comparative Politics 👨‍⚖️ Supreme Court

The Most Dangerous Man In Detroit

của Nelson Lichtenstein • 1995

The labor leader who could have reshaped American capitalism settled for a cost-of-living clause.

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🏭 Labor History 🚗 Auto Industry 🌹 Social Democracy 🤝 Collective Bargaining ✊ Labor Militancy

The Most Dangerous Man In Detroit

The labor leader who could have reshaped American capitalism settled for a cost-of-living clause.

của Nelson Lichtenstein 1995 592 trang

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🏭 Labor History 🚗 Auto Industry 🌹 Social Democracy 🤝 Collective Bargaining ✊ Labor Militancy

The Death of Reconstruction

của Heather Cox Richardson • 2001

The North's faith in free labor built Reconstruction, then provided the arguments to tear it down.

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🏛️ Reconstruction Era ⚒️ Labor History 💰 Political Economy 🗳️ Voting Rights 🚫 Anti-Statism

The Death of Reconstruction

The North's faith in free labor built Reconstruction, then provided the arguments to tear it down.

của Heather Cox Richardson 2001 336 trang

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🏛️ Reconstruction Era ⚒️ Labor History 💰 Political Economy 🗳️ Voting Rights 🚫 Anti-Statism

The Partisan Sort

của Matthew Levendusky • 2009

Your party shapes your beliefs, not the reverse. Elite polarization is why.

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🇺🇸 American Electorate 🗳️ Voter Behavior 📊 Elite Polarization 🔀 Partisan Sorting 💔 Affective Polarization

The Partisan Sort

Your party shapes your beliefs, not the reverse. Elite polarization is why.

của Matthew Levendusky 2009 184 trang

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🇺🇸 American Electorate 🗳️ Voter Behavior 📊 Elite Polarization 🔀 Partisan Sorting 💔 Affective Polarization

The Rights Revolution

của Charles R. Epp • 1998

Judges didn't expand civil liberties. Organized plaintiffs, their lawyers, and their funders did.

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⚖️ Judicial Politics 📜 Constitutional Rights 🏛️ Legal Mobilization 🔍 Comparative Politics 📚 Law And Society

The Rights Revolution

Judges didn't expand civil liberties. Organized plaintiffs, their lawyers, and their funders did.

của Charles R. Epp 1998 342 trang

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⚖️ Judicial Politics 📜 Constitutional Rights 🏛️ Legal Mobilization 🔍 Comparative Politics 📚 Law And Society

The Broken Branch

của Thomas E. Mann • 2006

Built to lead, Congress now defers to the president, skips debate, and legislates in the dark.

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🏛️ Congressional Dysfunction ⚔️ Partisan Polarization 📜 Legislative Process 🔀 Separation Of Powers 📉 Institutional Decline

The Broken Branch

Built to lead, Congress now defers to the president, skips debate, and legislates in the dark.

của Thomas E. Mann 2006 288 trang

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🏛️ Congressional Dysfunction ⚔️ Partisan Polarization 📜 Legislative Process 🔀 Separation Of Powers 📉 Institutional Decline

State of the Union

của Nelson Lichtenstein • 2002

Why American law expanded individual rights while dismantling the collective power of labor.

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🏭 Labor History 🇺🇸 American Labor Movement 📜 New Deal Era 👷 Working Class History 📉 Political Economy

State of the Union

Why American law expanded individual rights while dismantling the collective power of labor.

của Nelson Lichtenstein 2002 352 trang

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170 đánh giá

🏭 Labor History 🇺🇸 American Labor Movement 📜 New Deal Era 👷 Working Class History 📉 Political Economy

The Market Revolution

của Charles Grier Sellers • 1992

How capitalism conquered America: a 30-year clash that remade its courts, churches, and bedrooms.

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🏛️ Jacksonian Democracy 🕯️ Antebellum America ⚒️ Class Politics 🏭 Capitalist Development ⛪ Religious Revivalism

The Market Revolution

How capitalism conquered America: a 30-year clash that remade its courts, churches, and bedrooms.

của Charles Grier Sellers 1992 512 trang

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🏛️ Jacksonian Democracy 🕯️ Antebellum America ⚒️ Class Politics 🏭 Capitalist Development ⛪ Religious Revivalism

Law and the Shaping of the American Labor Movement

của William E. Forbath • 1989

American labor's early radicalism was crushed by a judge-made weapon, not conservative workers.

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🏛️ Legal History ⚖️ American Labor Law 🎩 Gilded Age America 💼 Business Unionism 📝 Liberty Of Contract

Law and the Shaping of the American Labor Movement

American labor's early radicalism was crushed by a judge-made weapon, not conservative workers.

của William E. Forbath 1989 230 trang

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🏛️ Legal History ⚖️ American Labor Law 🎩 Gilded Age America 💼 Business Unionism 📝 Liberty Of Contract

The Right To Vote The Contested History Of Democracy In The United States

của Alexander Keyssar • 2000

Voting rights advanced, then retreated. Each expansion triggered backlash, and the cycle continues.

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🗳️ Voting Rights 🇺🇸 American Democracy 💰 Class And Politics 🚫 Voter Suppression ⚖️ Constitutional Law

The Right To Vote The Contested History Of Democracy In The United States

Voting rights advanced, then retreated. Each expansion triggered backlash, and the cycle continues.

của Alexander Keyssar 2000 512 trang

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🗳️ Voting Rights 🇺🇸 American Democracy 💰 Class And Politics 🚫 Voter Suppression ⚖️ Constitutional Law

Seven Social Movements That Changed America

của Linda Gordon • 2025

Seven American movements, from the Klan to the farmworkers, and the hidden engine that powered them.

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🏘️ Grassroots Organizing 🔬 Social Movement Theory ⚠️ Authoritarian Movements ✊ Women Organizers 🔗 Intersectional Feminism

Seven Social Movements That Changed America

Seven American movements, from the Klan to the farmworkers, and the hidden engine that powered them.

của Linda Gordon 2025 528 trang

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🏘️ Grassroots Organizing 🔬 Social Movement Theory ⚠️ Authoritarian Movements ✊ Women Organizers 🔗 Intersectional Feminism

Witness to Gettysburg

của Richard Wheeler • 1919

Gettysburg: a general vanishes, a subordinate disobeys, and 12,500 men walk a mile into cannon fire.

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⚔️ American Civil War 🪖 Military History 📜 Primary Sources 👁️ Eyewitness History 🎯 Decisive Battles

Witness to Gettysburg

Gettysburg: a general vanishes, a subordinate disobeys, and 12,500 men walk a mile into cannon fire.

của Richard Wheeler 1919 288 trang

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⚔️ American Civil War 🪖 Military History 📜 Primary Sources 👁️ Eyewitness History 🎯 Decisive Battles

Southern Nation

của David A. Bateman • 2018

After Reconstruction, the white South ran Congress and built white supremacy into American law.

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📜 Jim Crow Era 🗳️ Southern Politics 🏛️ Congressional History ⚖️ Institutional Racism 🚧 Legislative Obstruction

Southern Nation

After Reconstruction, the white South ran Congress and built white supremacy into American law.

của David A. Bateman 2018 488 trang

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📜 Jim Crow Era 🗳️ Southern Politics 🏛️ Congressional History ⚖️ Institutional Racism 🚧 Legislative Obstruction

Conservatism

của Edmund Fawcett • 2020

Conservatism's two-century fight: resist liberal modernity or adapt? Neither side ever fully wins.

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🏛️ Political Traditions 📚 Intellectual History 🗳️ Modern Conservatism 📢 Populism Studies 🗽 Democratic Theory

Conservatism

Conservatism's two-century fight: resist liberal modernity or adapt? Neither side ever fully wins.

của Edmund Fawcett 2020 544 trang

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🏛️ Political Traditions 📚 Intellectual History 🗳️ Modern Conservatism 📢 Populism Studies 🗽 Democratic Theory

The Myth of American Exceptionalism

của Godfrey Hodgson • 2009

America's founding myths were built on misreadings. Corrupted, they now fuel inequality and war.

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🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🏛 National Myths 📚 Historical Revisionism 💰 Global Inequality 🔗 Mass Incarceration

The Myth of American Exceptionalism

America's founding myths were built on misreadings. Corrupted, they now fuel inequality and war.

của Godfrey Hodgson 2009 240 trang

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🇺🇸 American Foreign Policy 🏛 National Myths 📚 Historical Revisionism 💰 Global Inequality 🔗 Mass Incarceration

The Federalist Society

của Michael Avery • 2013

The conservative capture of the courts was built by law students, not politicians.

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⚖️ Judicial Politics 📜 Constitutional Law 🐘 Conservative Movement 🏛️ Executive Power 🎓 Affirmative Action

The Federalist Society

The conservative capture of the courts was built by law students, not politicians.

của Michael Avery 2013

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⚖️ Judicial Politics 📜 Constitutional Law 🐘 Conservative Movement 🏛️ Executive Power 🎓 Affirmative Action

To Catch a Fascist

của Christopher Mathias • 2026

An infiltrator pulled 440 gigabytes of chat logs from a hate group, unleashing a wave of unmaskings.

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🏴 Modern Antifa 🇺🇸 American Far Right 💻 Open Source Intelligence 🎭 Unmasking Extremists 🕵️ Extremist Infiltration

To Catch a Fascist

An infiltrator pulled 440 gigabytes of chat logs from a hate group, unleashing a wave of unmaskings.

của Christopher Mathias 2026 336 trang

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🏴 Modern Antifa 🇺🇸 American Far Right 💻 Open Source Intelligence 🎭 Unmasking Extremists 🕵️ Extremist Infiltration

Indians and English

của Karen Ordahl Kupperman • 2000

Before conquest came curiosity: both sides studied each other as mutual puzzles.

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🇺🇸 Early American History ⚓ Colonial Encounters 📜 Ethnohistory 🏹 Native Agency 🌊 Atlantic World

Indians and English

Before conquest came curiosity: both sides studied each other as mutual puzzles.

của Karen Ordahl Kupperman 2000 320 trang

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🇺🇸 Early American History ⚓ Colonial Encounters 📜 Ethnohistory 🏹 Native Agency 🌊 Atlantic World

We Have Not a Government

của George William Van Cleve • 2017

State free-riding broke the first U.S. government. A debt crisis and revolt forced a grand bargain.

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📜 Constitutional History 🇺🇸 Early Republic 🏛️ Federalism 🏴 State Sovereignty 💰 Political Economy

We Have Not a Government

State free-riding broke the first U.S. government. A debt crisis and revolt forced a grand bargain.

của George William Van Cleve 2017 390 trang

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📜 Constitutional History 🇺🇸 Early Republic 🏛️ Federalism 🏴 State Sovereignty 💰 Political Economy

Us Against Them

của Donald R. Kinder • 2009

An instinct to split the world into us and them shapes nearly every American political opinion.

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🧠 Political Psychology 📊 Public Opinion 👥 Intergroup Relations 🎯 In-Group Bias 🔍 Prejudice Research

Us Against Them

An instinct to split the world into us and them shapes nearly every American political opinion.

của Donald R. Kinder 2009 354 trang

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33 đánh giá

🧠 Political Psychology 📊 Public Opinion 👥 Intergroup Relations 🎯 In-Group Bias 🔍 Prejudice Research

Red State Revolt

của Eric Blanc • 2019

How illegal teacher strikes in red states won, and what it reveals about working-class power.

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🍎 Teachers Strikes ✊ Union Activism 🏭 Labor History 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 💪 Working-Class Politics

Red State Revolt

How illegal teacher strikes in red states won, and what it reveals about working-class power.

của Eric Blanc 2019 224 trang

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🍎 Teachers Strikes ✊ Union Activism 🏭 Labor History 🌱 Grassroots Organizing 💪 Working-Class Politics

The Little Book of Campaign Etiquette

của Stephen Hess • 1998

The unwritten rules campaigns and journalists keep breaking, and the case for writing them down.

1.00

⚖️ Campaign Ethics 📰 Political Journalism 🔍 Media Bias 💰 Campaign Finance 🗳️ Election Reform

The Little Book of Campaign Etiquette

The unwritten rules campaigns and journalists keep breaking, and the case for writing them down.

của Stephen Hess 1998 160 trang

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1 đánh giá

⚖️ Campaign Ethics 📰 Political Journalism 🔍 Media Bias 💰 Campaign Finance 🗳️ Election Reform

The People's Welfare

của William J. Novak • 1996

Before laissez-faire, 19th-century America ran on local rules: markets, morals, everything.

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🏛️ American Legal History 🕰️ 19th-Century America 🏘️ Local Self-Government ⚖️ Common Law 🚫 Anti-Laissez-Faire

The People's Welfare

Before laissez-faire, 19th-century America ran on local rules: markets, morals, everything.

của William J. Novak 1996 408 trang

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🏛️ American Legal History 🕰️ 19th-Century America 🏘️ Local Self-Government ⚖️ Common Law 🚫 Anti-Laissez-Faire

The Pursuit of Loneliness

của Philip Slater • 1970

America chose self-reliance. It got loneliness, and the hidden need for others is turning to rage.

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🏛️ Cultural Criticism 🇺🇸 American Culture 🏚️ Social Alienation 🧍 Individualism Critique ⚙️ Technological Critique

The Pursuit of Loneliness

America chose self-reliance. It got loneliness, and the hidden need for others is turning to rage.

của Philip Slater 1970 208 trang

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🏛️ Cultural Criticism 🇺🇸 American Culture 🏚️ Social Alienation 🧍 Individualism Critique ⚙️ Technological Critique

American Amnesia

của Jacob S. Hacker • 2016

America's wealth was built by government, not just markets. Forgetting that is undoing us.

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🏛️ Political Economy 🇺🇸 American Politics 📉 Market Failures 🏢 Corporate Power ⚡ Political Polarization

American Amnesia

America's wealth was built by government, not just markets. Forgetting that is undoing us.

của Jacob S. Hacker 2016 464 trang

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500+ đánh giá

🏛️ Political Economy 🇺🇸 American Politics 📉 Market Failures 🏢 Corporate Power ⚡ Political Polarization

In the Distance

của Hernan Diaz • 2017

A Swedish immigrant, severed from his brother, becomes an unwilling legend crossing the frontier.

4.10

26.000+

🏜️ Revisionist Western 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🐻 Gentle Giant 🎭 Myth Versus Man 🌫️ Melancholy

In the Distance

A Swedish immigrant, severed from his brother, becomes an unwilling legend crossing the frontier.

của Hernan Diaz 2017 256 trang

4.10

26.000+ đánh giá

🏜️ Revisionist Western 🧳 Immigrant Experience 🐻 Gentle Giant 🎭 Myth Versus Man 🌫️ Melancholy

Doc

của Mary Doria Russell • 2011

A dying dentist gambles his way through Dodge City, holding to music and hope of belonging.

4.00

17.000+

🏜️ Revisionist Western 🫂 Found Family 💔 Doomed Friendship 🔥 Volatile Love Affair 🌅 Elegiac Tone

Doc

A dying dentist gambles his way through Dodge City, holding to music and hope of belonging.

của Mary Doria Russell 2011 394 trang

4.00

17.000+ đánh giá

🏜️ Revisionist Western 🫂 Found Family 💔 Doomed Friendship 🔥 Volatile Love Affair 🌅 Elegiac Tone

The Second Mrs. Astor

của Shana Abe • 2021

At eighteen she married a scandal-ridden tycoon. Their honeymoon escape ended on the Titanic.

4.09

265

📜 Biographical Fiction 💞 Age Gap Romance 🕰️ Edwardian Era 🚢 Titanic Sinking 👁️ Public Eye

The Second Mrs. Astor

At eighteen she married a scandal-ridden tycoon. Their honeymoon escape ended on the Titanic.

của Shana Abe 2021 55 trang

4.09

265 đánh giá

📜 Biographical Fiction 💞 Age Gap Romance 🕰️ Edwardian Era 🚢 Titanic Sinking 👁️ Public Eye

A Boy Named Shel

của Lisa Rogak • 2007

He drew for Playboy, wrote for Johnny Cash, and authored The Giving Tree. Then he vanished.

3.42

500+

📚 Children's Authors 🎵 Songwriters ✏️ Creative Process 🎭 Countercultural Figures 🕶️ Privacy And Fame

A Boy Named Shel

He drew for Playboy, wrote for Johnny Cash, and authored The Giving Tree. Then he vanished.

của Lisa Rogak 2007 256 trang

3.42

500+ đánh giá

📚 Children's Authors 🎵 Songwriters ✏️ Creative Process 🎭 Countercultural Figures 🕶️ Privacy And Fame

Last Night in Brooklyn

của Xóchitl González • 2026

A woman caught between old Brooklyn and new follows a fashion designer's IPO into glamour and ruin.

3.65

4.000+

🏗️ Gentrifying Brooklyn 🔥 Ambitious Women 👯 Found Family 📉 Tragic Rise And Fall 💔 Love Triangle

Last Night in Brooklyn

A woman caught between old Brooklyn and new follows a fashion designer's IPO into glamour and ruin.

của Xóchitl González 2026 256 trang

3.65

4.000+ đánh giá

🏗️ Gentrifying Brooklyn 🔥 Ambitious Women 👯 Found Family 📉 Tragic Rise And Fall 💔 Love Triangle

Scandal in Babylon

của Barbara Hambly • 2021

A British scholar in 1920s Hollywood must find the killer who framed her movie-star sister-in-law.

3.77

469

🎬 Golden Age Hollywood 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth ⚖️ Frame Up Plot 👪 Found Family 🎷 Jazz Age

Scandal in Babylon

A British scholar in 1920s Hollywood must find the killer who framed her movie-star sister-in-law.

của Barbara Hambly 2021 240 trang

3.77

469 đánh giá

🎬 Golden Age Hollywood 🕵️ Amateur Sleuth ⚖️ Frame Up Plot 👪 Found Family 🎷 Jazz Age

The Making of American Exceptionalism

của Kim Voss • 1993

The Knights of Labor fell to an employer offensive, not infighting, and U.S. unions never recovered.

3.80

🏭 Labor History 🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism 💰 Gilded Age 👥 Working-Class Formation ⚔️ Union Busting

The Making of American Exceptionalism

The Knights of Labor fell to an employer offensive, not infighting, and U.S. unions never recovered.

của Kim Voss 1993 290 trang

3.80

10 đánh giá

🏭 Labor History 🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism 💰 Gilded Age 👥 Working-Class Formation ⚔️ Union Busting

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