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Updated to include a new chapter about the influence of social media and the Internet--the 20th anniversary edition of Bowling Alone remains a seminal work of social analysis, and its examination of what happened to our sense of community remains more relevant than ever in today's fractured America. Twenty years, ago, Robert D. Putnam made a seemingly simple observation: once we bowled in leagues, usually after work; but no longer. This seemingly...
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
c1994
Physical Desc
p. cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the role of women during World War II and in the postwar years of both expanding and contracting opportunities for them, as many sought their rightful place as full American citizens.
15) The hours count
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Publisher
Wheeler Publishing, a part of Gale, Cengage Learning
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
Large print edition.
Physical Desc
499 pages (large print) ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
A tale based on the story of Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, the only Americans put to death for espionage during the Cold War, traces the experiences of their friend and neighbor, who takes in the couple's young sons when they are arrested by the FBI in 1950.
16) With her fist raised: Dorothy Pitman Hughes and the transformative power of black community activism
Author
Publisher
Beacon Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
176 pages
Language
English
Description
"The first biography of Dorothy Pitman Hughes, co-founder of Ms. Magazine and trailblazing Black feminist activist whose work made children, race, and welfare rights central to the women's movement"--
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Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2006]
Physical Desc
viii, 342 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : portraits, facsimiles, photographs ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Offers a comprehensive survey of the polio epidemic of the 1950s and the discovery of the Salk and Sabin vaccines, and describes the devastating results of the disease, methods of treatment, fund-raising efforts, and more.
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Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
[2019]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
288 pages cm
Language
English
Description
"The Theft of a Decade is a contrarian, revelatory analysis of how one generation pulled the rug out from under another, and the myriad consequences that has set in store for all of us. The millennial generation was the unfortunate victim of several generations of economic theories that made life harder for them than it was for their grandparents."--Amazon.com.
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