A fascinating exploration of our evolving national psyche, this book chronicles major traumas in recent American history - from the Depression and Pearl Harbor, to the assassinations of the Kennedys and Martin Luther King, Jr., to Ruby Ridge, Waco, and Columbine - how we responded to them as a nation, and what our responses mean. Reflecting on American popular culture as well as the media, this edition includes a new chapter on 9/11 and other acts of terror within the United States, as well as coverage of the Columbia space shuttle disaster. New student-friendly features, including discussion...
A fascinating exploration of our evolving national psyche, this book chronicles major traumas in recent American history - from the Depression and Pea...
A fascinating exploration of our evolving national psyche, this book chronicles major traumas in recent American history - from the Depression and Pearl Harbor, to the assassinations of the Kennedys and Martin Luther King, Jr., to Ruby Ridge, Waco, and Columbine - how we responded to them as a nation, and what our responses mean. Reflecting on American popular culture as well as the media, this edition includes a new chapter on 9/11 and other acts of terror within the United States, as well as coverage of the Columbia space shuttle disaster. New student-friendly features, including discussion...
A fascinating exploration of our evolving national psyche, this book chronicles major traumas in recent American history - from the Depression and Pea...
Intimacy and Alienation is an examination of contemporary male/female relationships. The authors present a conceptual framework for the types and degrees of estrangement that are present in intimate relationships.
Intimacy and Alienation is an examination of contemporary male/female relationships. The authors present a conceptual framework for the types and degr...
Often overlooked, the student demonstration at Bowling Green State University was the first and most successful sixties campus protest-one that speaks volumes about America's transition from the social mores of the 1950s to 1960s activism. What began as a protest against outdated rules about dating and student behavior quickly turned toward political objectives about civil liberties and ousted the university president. The authors, two of whom were present on campus during the demonstration, tell the story of what began as dissent against the old schoolmarm rules-a fifties-style protest-and...
Often overlooked, the student demonstration at Bowling Green State University was the first and most successful sixties campus protest-one that speaks...
What values do Americans hold dear? What happens when real-world situations cause those values to conflict? To better understand the intellectual map of how American society works, Arthur G. Neal and Helen Youngelson-Neal analyze values prominent in American word and deed. These values appear in our nation's formal documents--rights and privileges prominently emphasized in the US Constitution and inscribed on the Statue of Liberty. They have shaped the historical destiny and, indeed, include those values most extensively propagated by the general population.
Using these criteria, the...
What values do Americans hold dear? What happens when real-world situations cause those values to conflict? To better understand the intellectual m...
