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Mỹ Tóm tắt sách

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

The House of Blue Leaves

của John Guare • 1971

In Queens, a zookeeper chases Hollywood, pushed by his mistress, as his ailing wife unravels.

3.81

2.000+

🎭 Absurdist Dark Comedy 💭 Failed American Dream ✨ Hollywood Dreams 🧠 Mental Illness 💔 Love Triangle

The House of Blue Leaves

In Queens, a zookeeper chases Hollywood, pushed by his mistress, as his ailing wife unravels.

của John Guare 1971 80 trang

3.81

2.000+ đánh giá

🎭 Absurdist Dark Comedy 💭 Failed American Dream ✨ Hollywood Dreams 🧠 Mental Illness 💔 Love Triangle

The Left Behind

của Robert Wuthnow • 2018

Rural America's anger is grief: not for lost jobs, but for communities where belonging meant duty.

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🏡 Rural America 😤 Cultural Resentment 🏙️ Urban Rural Divide 📉 Moral Decline ⛪ Religion And Politics

The Left Behind

Rural America's anger is grief: not for lost jobs, but for communities where belonging meant duty.

của Robert Wuthnow 2018 200 trang

3.58

500+ đánh giá

🏡 Rural America 😤 Cultural Resentment 🏙️ Urban Rural Divide 📉 Moral Decline ⛪ Religion And Politics

Internal Improvement

của John Lauritz Larson • 2001

Public works were meant to knit the early republic together. Private capital drew the map instead.

3.73

🏛️ Early American Republic 🛤️ Infrastructure Politics 🚂 Railroad Development ⚖️ Federal Vs State Power 🦅 Republican Ideology

Internal Improvement

Public works were meant to knit the early republic together. Private capital drew the map instead.

của John Lauritz Larson 2001 342 trang

3.73

33 đánh giá

🏛️ Early American Republic 🛤️ Infrastructure Politics 🚂 Railroad Development ⚖️ Federal Vs State Power 🦅 Republican Ideology

The Last Romantics

của Tara Conklin • 2019

After their father dies and their mother retreats, four siblings raise themselves in feral freedom.

3.70

48.000+

💔 Parental Neglect ⭐ Golden Boy Downfall ✍️ Writer Narrator 🤫 Family Secrets 👵 Elderly Narrator

The Last Romantics

After their father dies and their mother retreats, four siblings raise themselves in feral freedom.

của Tara Conklin 2019 384 trang

3.70

48.000+ đánh giá

💔 Parental Neglect ⭐ Golden Boy Downfall ✍️ Writer Narrator 🤫 Family Secrets 👵 Elderly Narrator

They Call You Back

của Tim Z. Hernandez • 2024

1948 crash: 28 Mexican dead labeled 'deportees.' One writer's hunt to learn and return their names.

4.46

🕳️ Historical Erasure 🌳 Family History 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🦋 Mexican Diaspora 🇲🇽 Chicano Memoir

They Call You Back

1948 crash: 28 Mexican dead labeled 'deportees.' One writer's hunt to learn and return their names.

của Tim Z. Hernandez 2024 272 trang

4.46

35 đánh giá

🕳️ Historical Erasure 🌳 Family History 🧬 Intergenerational Trauma 🦋 Mexican Diaspora 🇲🇽 Chicano Memoir

The Ideological Origins of American Federalism

của Alison L. LaCroix • 2010

American federalism was born of protest, not design; courts enforce it since the convention refused.

3.52

📜 Constitutional History 🇺🇸 Early American Republic 🏛️ Legal History 🔀 Divided Sovereignty 🗽 American Political Thought

The Ideological Origins of American Federalism

American federalism was born of protest, not design; courts enforce it since the convention refused.

của Alison L. LaCroix 2010 320 trang

3.52

31 đánh giá

📜 Constitutional History 🇺🇸 Early American Republic 🏛️ Legal History 🔀 Divided Sovereignty 🗽 American Political Thought

The Black Hand

của Stephan Talty • 2017

One NYPD detective took on the Black Hand. His bosses barely cared if his people survived.

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2.000+

🕵️ Organized Crime 🇮🇹 Early Mafia 🏙️ Gilded Age 🧳 Immigrant Experience 👮 Police History

The Black Hand

One NYPD detective took on the Black Hand. His bosses barely cared if his people survived.

của Stephan Talty 2017 298 trang

3.63

2.000+ đánh giá

🕵️ Organized Crime 🇮🇹 Early Mafia 🏙️ Gilded Age 🧳 Immigrant Experience 👮 Police History

Nothing Like It in the World

của Stephen E. Ambrose • 2000

Shopkeepers, swindlers, and immigrant armies: the men who punched a railroad through a continent.

3.99

14.000+

🏜️ American West 💰 Gilded Age 🏗️ Infrastructure History 🚂 Railroad History ⛰️ Epic Engineering

Nothing Like It in the World

Shopkeepers, swindlers, and immigrant armies: the men who punched a railroad through a continent.

của Stephen E. Ambrose 2000 432 trang

3.99

14.000+ đánh giá

🏜️ American West 💰 Gilded Age 🏗️ Infrastructure History 🚂 Railroad History ⛰️ Epic Engineering

American Poison

của Eduardo Porter • 2020

White America starved the safety net to keep it from minorities. Then inequality came for everyone.

3.91

270

🧱 Us Race Relations 🔍 Structural Racism 🏛️ Welfare State ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 🗳️ Political Polarization

American Poison

White America starved the safety net to keep it from minorities. Then inequality came for everyone.

của Eduardo Porter 2020 272 trang

3.91

270 đánh giá

🧱 Us Race Relations 🔍 Structural Racism 🏛️ Welfare State ⛓️ Mass Incarceration 🗳️ Political Polarization

Kill Switch

của Adam Jentleson • 2021

The filibuster was born to protect slavery, not debate. That sin still decides who governs.

4.24

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🏛️ Congressional Gridlock ⏳ Filibuster History ⚖️ Minority Rule 🚧 Procedural Obstruction 🏚️ Institutional Decay

Kill Switch

The filibuster was born to protect slavery, not debate. That sin still decides who governs.

của Adam Jentleson 2021 352 trang

4.24

2.000+ đánh giá

🏛️ Congressional Gridlock ⏳ Filibuster History ⚖️ Minority Rule 🚧 Procedural Obstruction 🏚️ Institutional Decay

Jefferson's Empire

của Peter S. Onuf • 2000

An empire built on consent that required conquest: the paradox at the core of American identity.

3.56

📚 Intellectual History 🏛️ Early American Republic 🇺🇸 Nationhood And Identity 🌎 Imperial Ideology ⚖️ Race And Citizenship

Jefferson's Empire

An empire built on consent that required conquest: the paradox at the core of American identity.

của Peter S. Onuf 2000 250 trang

3.56

57 đánh giá

📚 Intellectual History 🏛️ Early American Republic 🇺🇸 Nationhood And Identity 🌎 Imperial Ideology ⚖️ Race And Citizenship

The Girls Who Went Away

của Ann Fessler • 2006

A million and a half women surrendered babies before Roe. What we believe about them is wrong.

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🏛️ American Adoption History 🎙️ Oral History ⚖️ Adoption Ethics ✊ Women's Bodily Autonomy 🤫 Silence And Shame

The Girls Who Went Away

A million and a half women surrendered babies before Roe. What we believe about them is wrong.

của Ann Fessler 2006 354 trang

4.24

11.000+ đánh giá

🏛️ American Adoption History 🎙️ Oral History ⚖️ Adoption Ethics ✊ Women's Bodily Autonomy 🤫 Silence And Shame

The Unexpected Diva

của Tiffany L. Warren • 2025

Robbed of home and protector, a Black singer in 1850s America stakes survival on her voice.

4.11

500+

📖 Biographical Novel 🏛️ Antebellum America ✊ Abolitionist Fiction 🎵 Women In Music 📜 Contested Inheritance

The Unexpected Diva

Robbed of home and protector, a Black singer in 1850s America stakes survival on her voice.

của Tiffany L. Warren 2025 1 trang

4.11

500+ đánh giá

📖 Biographical Novel 🏛️ Antebellum America ✊ Abolitionist Fiction 🎵 Women In Music 📜 Contested Inheritance

Presidents, Populism, and the Crisis of Democracy

của William G. Howell • 2020

The Constitution was designed for inaction; that structural flaw now fuels populist demagogues.

3.87

🇺🇸 American Politics 📢 Populism 📜 Constitutional Reform 🏛️ Presidential Power 🏢 Congressional Dysfunction

Presidents, Populism, and the Crisis of Democracy

The Constitution was designed for inaction; that structural flaw now fuels populist demagogues.

của William G. Howell 2020 256 trang

3.87

82 đánh giá

🇺🇸 American Politics 📢 Populism 📜 Constitutional Reform 🏛️ Presidential Power 🏢 Congressional Dysfunction

The Securitarian Personality

của John R. Hibbing • 2020

Trump's most loyal voters aren't authoritarians. An ancient instinct to guard their own drives them.

3.66

🧠 Political Psychology 🛡️ Threat Perception 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🏛️ American Conservatism 👥 In-Group Bias

The Securitarian Personality

Trump's most loyal voters aren't authoritarians. An ancient instinct to guard their own drives them.

của John R. Hibbing 2020 304 trang

3.66

29 đánh giá

🧠 Political Psychology 🛡️ Threat Perception 🧬 Evolutionary Psychology 🏛️ American Conservatism 👥 In-Group Bias

Creating a New Racial Order

của Jennifer L. Hochschild • 2012

Genomics and a new generation erode racial boundaries. Poverty and prisons redraw them.

3.37

🏗️ Racial Formation 🧩 Multiracial Identity 🧬 Genomics And Race 🚧 Structural Racism ⛓️ Mass Incarceration

Creating a New Racial Order

Genomics and a new generation erode racial boundaries. Poverty and prisons redraw them.

của Jennifer L. Hochschild 2012 280 trang

3.37

19 đánh giá

🏗️ Racial Formation 🧩 Multiracial Identity 🧬 Genomics And Race 🚧 Structural Racism ⛓️ Mass Incarceration

Hacking the Electorate

của Eitan D. Hersh • 2015

Campaigns see you through public records, not profiles. State data laws decide who gets mobilized.

3.84

🗳️ Campaign Strategy 🧠 Voter Behavior 📊 Data-Driven Campaigns 🎯 Microtargeting 📢 Voter Mobilization

Hacking the Electorate

Campaigns see you through public records, not profiles. State data laws decide who gets mobilized.

của Eitan D. Hersh 2015 270 trang

3.84

55 đánh giá

🗳️ Campaign Strategy 🧠 Voter Behavior 📊 Data-Driven Campaigns 🎯 Microtargeting 📢 Voter Mobilization

Washington Square

của Henry James • 1880

A plain, shy heiress is courted by a charming man her father calls a fortune hunter.

3.71

26.000+

🧠 Psychological Realism 💰 Fortune Hunter 🌸 Quiet Heroine 🏠 Father-Daughter Conflict 😔 Melancholy

Washington Square

A plain, shy heiress is courted by a charming man her father calls a fortune hunter.

của Henry James 1880 240 trang

3.71

26.000+ đánh giá

🧠 Psychological Realism 💰 Fortune Hunter 🌸 Quiet Heroine 🏠 Father-Daughter Conflict 😔 Melancholy

The Heart of the Declaration

của Steve Pincus • 2016

The Declaration was not a small-government manifesto but a blueprint for a powerful, activist state.

3.64

🏛️ American Founding 💰 Political Economy 🏗️ State Formation 🌍 Imperial History 🫂 Public Welfare

The Heart of the Declaration

The Declaration was not a small-government manifesto but a blueprint for a powerful, activist state.

của Steve Pincus 2016 224 trang

3.64

36 đánh giá

🏛️ American Founding 💰 Political Economy 🏗️ State Formation 🌍 Imperial History 🫂 Public Welfare

Wise Blood

của Flannery O'Connor • 1952

War scarred him and God won't let go, so he founds a church that denies salvation.

3.82

38.000+

🏚️ Southern Gothic ⛪ Crisis Of Faith 😈 Religious Satire 🎭 False Prophets 🖤 Dark Comedy

Wise Blood

War scarred him and God won't let go, so he founds a church that denies salvation.

của Flannery O'Connor 1952 256 trang

3.82

38.000+ đánh giá

🏚️ Southern Gothic ⛪ Crisis Of Faith 😈 Religious Satire 🎭 False Prophets 🖤 Dark Comedy

If We Can Keep It

của Michael Tomasky • 2019

Polarization is older than the republic; what broke is the GOP's turn into a movement.

3.96

181

🏛️ American Politics 📜 American History ↔️ Political Polarization 💸 Economic Inequality 📻 Media Echo Chambers

If We Can Keep It

Polarization is older than the republic; what broke is the GOP's turn into a movement.

của Michael Tomasky 2019 288 trang

3.96

181 đánh giá

🏛️ American Politics 📜 American History ↔️ Political Polarization 💸 Economic Inequality 📻 Media Echo Chambers

Lynching and Leisure

của Terry Anne Scott • 2022

Lynching was entertainment, complete with chartered trains, souvenir bones, and Sunday sightseers.

4.20

📜 Jim Crow Era 🩸 Racial Terror 🎪 Public Spectacle 👻 White Supremacy 🏭 Racial Capitalism

Lynching and Leisure

Lynching was entertainment, complete with chartered trains, souvenir bones, and Sunday sightseers.

của Terry Anne Scott 2022 394 trang

4.20

20 đánh giá

📜 Jim Crow Era 🩸 Racial Terror 🎪 Public Spectacle 👻 White Supremacy 🏭 Racial Capitalism

American Exceptionalism and Civil Religion

của John D. Wilsey • 2015

The belief that God chose America has fueled conquest, racism, and self-delusion. An honest history.

4.17

175

🏛️ Civil Religion 🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism ✝️ Christian Nationalism ⛪ Religion And Politics 📜 Political Theology

American Exceptionalism and Civil Religion

The belief that God chose America has fueled conquest, racism, and self-delusion. An honest history.

của John D. Wilsey 2015 263 trang

4.17

175 đánh giá

🏛️ Civil Religion 🇺🇸 American Exceptionalism ✝️ Christian Nationalism ⛪ Religion And Politics 📜 Political Theology

The Thinkers

của E.J. Fagan • 2024

American polarization has a hidden engine: think tanks that supply each party with its own facts.

3.80

🧠 Think Tanks 🇺🇸 American Politics ↔️ Political Polarization 📋 Public Policy 🔬 Policy Expertise

The Thinkers

American polarization has a hidden engine: think tanks that supply each party with its own facts.

của E.J. Fagan 2024 216 trang

3.80

15 đánh giá

🧠 Think Tanks 🇺🇸 American Politics ↔️ Political Polarization 📋 Public Policy 🔬 Policy Expertise

The Broom of the System

của David Foster Wallace • 1987

When her great-grandmother vanishes, a phone operator discovers that words are all she is.

3.85

24.000+

🌀 Postmodern Fiction 🪞 Metafiction 🧠 Philosophical Fiction 🗣️ Language As Trap 🤡 Absurdist Humor

The Broom of the System

When her great-grandmother vanishes, a phone operator discovers that words are all she is.

của David Foster Wallace 1987 467 trang

3.85

24.000+ đánh giá

🌀 Postmodern Fiction 🪞 Metafiction 🧠 Philosophical Fiction 🗣️ Language As Trap 🤡 Absurdist Humor

The Land Breakers

của John Ehle • 1964

Mooney Wright and his neighbors stake everything on a wild valley. The mountain always collects.

4.28

2.000+

🪓 Frontier Settlement ⛰️ Appalachian Life 🖤 Grieving Widower 👪 Blended Family 👴 Controlling Father

The Land Breakers

Mooney Wright and his neighbors stake everything on a wild valley. The mountain always collects.

của John Ehle 1964 356 trang

4.28

2.000+ đánh giá

🪓 Frontier Settlement ⛰️ Appalachian Life 🖤 Grieving Widower 👪 Blended Family 👴 Controlling Father

About Grace

của Anthony Doerr • 2004

A hydrologist foresees his daughter drowning, abandons his family, and spends decades seeking home.

3.45

27.000+

🔮 Prophetic Dreams ✍️ Lyrical Prose 🚶 Absent Father 🫂 Found Family 🌫️ Melancholy Atmosphere

About Grace

A hydrologist foresees his daughter drowning, abandons his family, and spends decades seeking home.

của Anthony Doerr 2004 402 trang

3.45

27.000+ đánh giá

🔮 Prophetic Dreams ✍️ Lyrical Prose 🚶 Absent Father 🫂 Found Family 🌫️ Melancholy Atmosphere

Joe Turner's Come and Gone

của August Wilson • 1988

A haunted man and his daughter seek a lost wife in a Pittsburgh boardinghouse.

3.96

3.000+

🚂 Great Migration 🕯️ African Spirituality 🔗 Lost And Found Kin ⛓️ Legacy Of Slavery 🏠 Found Family

Joe Turner's Come and Gone

A haunted man and his daughter seek a lost wife in a Pittsburgh boardinghouse.

của August Wilson 1988 94 trang

3.96

3.000+ đánh giá

🚂 Great Migration 🕯️ African Spirituality 🔗 Lost And Found Kin ⛓️ Legacy Of Slavery 🏠 Found Family

Zbig

của Edward Luce • 2025

A Polish immigrant who taught a president, outsmarted Kissinger, and foresaw the Soviet collapse.

4.58

500+

🥶 Cold War 🌐 Foreign Policy 🔍 Sovietology ✊ Human Rights ⛓️ Totalitarianism

Zbig

A Polish immigrant who taught a president, outsmarted Kissinger, and foresaw the Soviet collapse.

của Edward Luce 2025 560 trang

4.58

500+ đánh giá

🥶 Cold War 🌐 Foreign Policy 🔍 Sovietology ✊ Human Rights ⛓️ Totalitarianism

The Girl Next Door

của Jack Ketchum • 1989

In 1950s suburbia, a boy watches his neighbors slowly destroy the orphan girl next door.

3.91

58.000+

🩸 Extreme Horror 🏘️ Suburban Horror 👁️ Bystander Guilt 🔒 Captive Torture 📰 Based On True Crime

The Girl Next Door

In 1950s suburbia, a boy watches his neighbors slowly destroy the orphan girl next door.

của Jack Ketchum 1989 370 trang

3.91

58.000+ đánh giá

🩸 Extreme Horror 🏘️ Suburban Horror 👁️ Bystander Guilt 🔒 Captive Torture 📰 Based On True Crime

Corporation Nation

của Charles Derber • 1998

The biggest threat to American democracy isn't in the White House. It's in the corner office.

3.74

🏢 Corporate Power 💰 Corporate Welfare 🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism 🗳️ Economic Democracy ✊ Labor Movements

Corporation Nation

The biggest threat to American democracy isn't in the White House. It's in the corner office.

của Charles Derber 1998 384 trang

3.74

65 đánh giá

🏢 Corporate Power 💰 Corporate Welfare 🤝 Stakeholder Capitalism 🗳️ Economic Democracy ✊ Labor Movements

The Moviegoer by Walker Percy

của Walker Percy • 1961

A New Orleans stockbroker drifts through pleasure and routine, searching for a life that feels true.

3.64

31.000+

🎭 Southern Gothic 🤔 Existential Novel 🎬 Disaffected Narrator 🌊 Melancholy 🏙️ Mid-Century America

The Moviegoer by Walker Percy

A New Orleans stockbroker drifts through pleasure and routine, searching for a life that feels true.

của Walker Percy 1961

3.64

31.000+ đánh giá

🎭 Southern Gothic 🤔 Existential Novel 🎬 Disaffected Narrator 🌊 Melancholy 🏙️ Mid-Century America

My Dear Hamilton

của Stephanie Dray • 2018

She survived Hamilton's scandal and his duel. His death began her fight to write history.

4.30

54.000+

🇺🇸 Revolutionary America 💍 Political Marriage 👤 Wife Behind The Legend 💔 Marriage After Betrayal 📜 Epic Historical Saga

My Dear Hamilton

She survived Hamilton's scandal and his duel. His death began her fight to write history.

của Stephanie Dray 2018 652 trang

4.30

54.000+ đánh giá

🇺🇸 Revolutionary America 💍 Political Marriage 👤 Wife Behind The Legend 💔 Marriage After Betrayal 📜 Epic Historical Saga

The Republic of Violence

của J.D. Dickey • 2022

The abolitionists' greatest enemy wasn't slavery; it was the mob violence that met their every move.

4.03

🏛️ Antebellum America ✊ American Abolitionism 🔥 Racial Violence 🎩 Jacksonian Era ⛪ Evangelical Reform

The Republic of Violence

The abolitionists' greatest enemy wasn't slavery; it was the mob violence that met their every move.

của J.D. Dickey 2022 408 trang

4.03

34 đánh giá

🏛️ Antebellum America ✊ American Abolitionism 🔥 Racial Violence 🎩 Jacksonian Era ⛪ Evangelical Reform

In the Hurricane's Eye

của Nathaniel Philbrick • 2018

Yorktown was won not by siege but by hurricane season and a French admiral's wild gamble.

4.13

5.000+

🗽 American Revolution ⚓ Naval Warfare 🎖️ Military Leadership 🌊 Maritime History ⛓️ Slavery And Revolution

In the Hurricane's Eye

Yorktown was won not by siege but by hurricane season and a French admiral's wild gamble.

của Nathaniel Philbrick 2018 366 trang

4.13

5.000+ đánh giá

🗽 American Revolution ⚓ Naval Warfare 🎖️ Military Leadership 🌊 Maritime History ⛓️ Slavery And Revolution

In the Country of Last Things. by Paul Auster

của Paul Auster • 1987

Anna searches a nameless, crumbling city for her brother while hunger and forgetting consume all.

3.91

16.000+

✉️ Epistolary Dystopia 🏚️ Collapsing City 🤝 Found Family 💀 Death Cults 🍂 Elegiac Dystopia

In the Country of Last Things. by Paul Auster

Anna searches a nameless, crumbling city for her brother while hunger and forgetting consume all.

của Paul Auster 1987

3.91

16.000+ đánh giá

✉️ Epistolary Dystopia 🏚️ Collapsing City 🤝 Found Family 💀 Death Cults 🍂 Elegiac Dystopia

Sabbath's Theater

của Philip Roth • 1995

After a lifetime of scandal and appetite, an aging puppeteer faces what he cannot outrun: grief.

3.89

12.000+

🌑 Transgressive Fiction 👴 Aging Libertine 🖤 Dark Comedy 🔥 Sexual Transgression 🌀 Compulsive Desire

Sabbath's Theater

After a lifetime of scandal and appetite, an aging puppeteer faces what he cannot outrun: grief.

của Philip Roth 1995 451 trang

3.89

12.000+ đánh giá

🌑 Transgressive Fiction 👴 Aging Libertine 🖤 Dark Comedy 🔥 Sexual Transgression 🌀 Compulsive Desire

The Growing Season

của Sarah Frey • 2020

From a melon route at seven, she built the farm empire that stocks Walmart's shelves.

4.13

1.000+

🧺 Family Farm Business ✨ Rags-To-Riches 👩‍🌾 Women In Agriculture 📖 Entrepreneurial Memoir 🚀 Bootstrapping

The Growing Season

From a melon route at seven, she built the farm empire that stocks Walmart's shelves.

của Sarah Frey 2020 272 trang

4.13

1.000+ đánh giá

🧺 Family Farm Business ✨ Rags-To-Riches 👩‍🌾 Women In Agriculture 📖 Entrepreneurial Memoir 🚀 Bootstrapping

Age of Betrayal

của Jack Beatty • 2007

The Civil War freed the slaves. The next generation freed the corporations.

3.66

142

🏦 Gilded Age 💼 Corporate Power 🔨 Labor History 💰 Economic Inequality 🏛️ Corporate Personhood

Age of Betrayal

The Civil War freed the slaves. The next generation freed the corporations.

của Jack Beatty 2007 512 trang

3.66

142 đánh giá

🏦 Gilded Age 💼 Corporate Power 🔨 Labor History 💰 Economic Inequality 🏛️ Corporate Personhood

[The Music of Chance] [By

của Paul Auster • 1990

A poker loss traps a drifter building a stone wall to buy back his freedom.

3.93

13.000+

🖤 Existential Fiction 🏰 Kafkaesque Nightmare 🚗 Aimless Road Trip 💔 Doomed Friendship 🔒 Prison Without Bars

[The Music of Chance] [By

A poker loss traps a drifter building a stone wall to buy back his freedom.

của Paul Auster 1990

3.93

13.000+ đánh giá

🖤 Existential Fiction 🏰 Kafkaesque Nightmare 🚗 Aimless Road Trip 💔 Doomed Friendship 🔒 Prison Without Bars

Gods and Generals

của Jeff Shaara • 1996

Lee, Jackson, Hancock, Chamberlain: four men, one civil war, and the private agonies behind command.

4.09

37.000+

📚 Civil War Epic 💔 Divided Loyalties ⚔️ Brothers In Arms 🙏 Faith Under Fire 🎭 Tragic Inevitability

Gods and Generals

Lee, Jackson, Hancock, Chamberlain: four men, one civil war, and the private agonies behind command.

của Jeff Shaara 1996 498 trang

4.09

37.000+ đánh giá

📚 Civil War Epic 💔 Divided Loyalties ⚔️ Brothers In Arms 🙏 Faith Under Fire 🎭 Tragic Inevitability

The Price of Federalism

của Paul E. Peterson • 1995

Washington redistributes; states compete for growth. The pattern leaves Rust Belt cities behind.

3.37

💰 Fiscal Federalism 🇺🇸 American Federalism 📊 Public Finance 🔗 Intergovernmental Relations 🏥 Welfare Policy

The Price of Federalism

Washington redistributes; states compete for growth. The pattern leaves Rust Belt cities behind.

của Paul E. Peterson 1995

3.37

19 đánh giá

💰 Fiscal Federalism 🇺🇸 American Federalism 📊 Public Finance 🔗 Intergovernmental Relations 🏥 Welfare Policy

Socializing Capital

của William G. Roy • 1997

Corporations dominate industry because state law and banks built a system only they could win.

3.90

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Socializing Capital

Corporations dominate industry because state law and banks built a system only they could win.

của William G. Roy 1997 360 trang

3.90

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🏢 Corporate History 🇺🇸 American Capitalism 📚 Historical Sociology ⚡ Corporate Power 💰 Financial History

A Well-Behaved Woman

của Therese Anne Fowler • 2018

Her family ruined, Alva Smith marries a Vanderbilt. But old New York keeps its gates shut tight.

3.96

24.000+

🏛️ Biographical Novel 🪜 Social Climbing 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🥀 Mother-Daughter Conflict 💔 Betrayed Wife

A Well-Behaved Woman

Her family ruined, Alva Smith marries a Vanderbilt. But old New York keeps its gates shut tight.

của Therese Anne Fowler 2018 389 trang

3.96

24.000+ đánh giá

🏛️ Biographical Novel 🪜 Social Climbing 💍 Marriage Of Convenience 🥀 Mother-Daughter Conflict 💔 Betrayed Wife

All They Will Call You

của Tim Z. Hernandez • 2017

A 1948 plane crash kills 28 Mexican deportees. Buried nameless, forgotten... until a song remembers.

4.24

351

🌾 Bracero Program 🥬 Migrant Farmworkers 🎵 Music As Protest 🪦 Unmarked Graves 💔 Family Separation Across Borders

All They Will Call You

A 1948 plane crash kills 28 Mexican deportees. Buried nameless, forgotten... until a song remembers.

của Tim Z. Hernandez 2017 240 trang

4.24

351 đánh giá

🌾 Bracero Program 🥬 Migrant Farmworkers 🎵 Music As Protest 🪦 Unmarked Graves 💔 Family Separation Across Borders

Appointment in Samarra

của John O'Hara • 1934

One drunken insult at the country club: a Cadillac dealer learns his small town never forgets.

3.81

16.000+

🏘️ American Small Town 📋 Social Realism 📉 Downward Spiral 💰 Class Anxiety 💔 Marriage Under Strain

Appointment in Samarra

One drunken insult at the country club: a Cadillac dealer learns his small town never forgets.

của John O'Hara 1934 251 trang

3.81

16.000+ đánh giá

🏘️ American Small Town 📋 Social Realism 📉 Downward Spiral 💰 Class Anxiety 💔 Marriage Under Strain

Post-Racial or Most-Racial?

của Michael Tesler • 2016

How electing a Black president made racial attitudes more powerful in American politics, not less.

4.06

⚖️ Racial Politics 🇺🇸 American Politics ⚡ Political Polarization 📊 Public Opinion 🧠 Racial Attitudes

Post-Racial or Most-Racial?

How electing a Black president made racial attitudes more powerful in American politics, not less.

của Michael Tesler 2016 272 trang

4.06

47 đánh giá

⚖️ Racial Politics 🇺🇸 American Politics ⚡ Political Polarization 📊 Public Opinion 🧠 Racial Attitudes

Organizing America

của Charles Perrow • 2001

The corporation wasn't a business model. It was a legal weapon engineered to concentrate power.

3.91

📜 Historical Sociology 🏭 Corporate History 🏢 Organizational Theory 🚂 Railroad History ⚖️ Legal Foundations Of Capitalism

Organizing America

The corporation wasn't a business model. It was a legal weapon engineered to concentrate power.

của Charles Perrow 2001 272 trang

3.91

35 đánh giá

📜 Historical Sociology 🏭 Corporate History 🏢 Organizational Theory 🚂 Railroad History ⚖️ Legal Foundations Of Capitalism

The Saints of Swallow Hill

của Donna Everhart • 2022

Disguised as a man, a fugitive enters a turpentine camp where the sun is a coffin.

4.10

40.000+

🌾 Depression-Era South 🎭 Woman Disguised As Man 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance 😢 Mercy Killing 🏡 Found Family

The Saints of Swallow Hill

Disguised as a man, a fugitive enters a turpentine camp where the sun is a coffin.

của Donna Everhart 2022 372 trang

4.10

40.000+ đánh giá

🌾 Depression-Era South 🎭 Woman Disguised As Man 🔥 Slow-Burn Romance 😢 Mercy Killing 🏡 Found Family

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