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The Way We Never Were: American families and the nostalgia gap
By Stephanie Coontz From “a man’s home was his castle” to “traditional families never asked for a handout, ” this provocative book explodes cherished illusions about the … more →
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The Way We Never Were: American families and the nostalgia gap
carterlibrary wrote 11 months ago: By Stephanie Coontz From “a man’s home was his castle” to “traditional famil … more →
The Way We Really Are: coming to terms with America's changing families
carterlibrary wrote 11 months ago: By Stephanie Coontz Stephanie Coontz, the author of The Way We Never Were, now turns her attention t … more →
One Nation Under Debt: Hamilton, Jefferson, and the History of What We Owe
carterlibrary wrote 12 months ago: By Robert E. Wright Since the Revolutionary period, our leaders have warred over the role of debt an … more →
When Grief Comes: Finding Strength for Today and Hope for Tomorrow
carterlibrary wrote 12 months ago: By Kirk H. Neely Full of compassion and wisdom, When Grief Comes helps readers understand how to com … more →
Field Guide to the U.S. Economy: A Compact and Irreverent Guide to Ecnomic Life in America
carterlibrary wrote 12 months ago: By Jonathan Teller-Elsberg, Nancy Folbre, James Heint Extensively revised and expanded with the most … more →
The Revolution Will Not Be Televised Revised Ed: Democracy, the Internet, and the Overthrow of Everything
carterlibrary wrote 12 months ago: By Joe Trippi When Joe Trippi signed on to manage Howard Dean’s 2004 presidential campaign, th … more →
The United States Constitution: A Graphic Adaptation
carterlibrary wrote 12 months ago: By Jonathan Hennessey, Aaron McConnell (Illustrator) Our leaders swear to uphold it, our military to … more →
Shadows of the Mind: A Search for the Missing Science of Consciousness
carterlibrary wrote 12 months ago: By Roger Penrose A New York Times bestseller when it appeared in 1989, Roger Penrose’s The Emp … more →
Introducing Feminism
carterlibrary wrote 12 months ago: By Cathia Jenainati, Judy Groves The African American intellectual bell hooks famously defined femin … more →
Valuing Children: Rethinking the Economics of the Family
carterlibrary wrote 12 months ago: By Nancy Folbre Nancy Folbre challenges the conventional economist’s assumption that parents h … more →
At Issue: Foreign Oil Dependence
carterlibrary wrote 1 year ago: Call Number: HD9566.F672 2008 … more →
All the Presidents Men
carterlibrary wrote 1 year ago: by Carl Bernstein, Bob Woodward E860 .B47 1974 Synopsis In the most devastating political detective … more →
Love's Executioner
carterlibrary wrote 1 year ago: by Irvin D. Yalom, Randall Weingarten Call # RC489 . E93 Y345 1990 Synopsis The collection of ten ab … more →
Bobby (DVD)
carterlibrary wrote 1 year ago: Starring: Demi Moore, Anthony Hopkins Director: Emilio Estevez Product Description (Drama) A re-tell … more →
How Congress Works
carterlibrary wrote 1 year ago: by CQ Press JK 1021.H69 2008 Synopsis In simple, clear language, this new edition of a CQ reference … more →
United States Government Manual, 2007-2008
carterlibrary wrote 1 year ago: by Office of the US Federal Register Call Number: JK464 .A3 2007 Directory of the government structu … more →
Party Crashing: How the Hip-Hop Generation Declared Political Independence
carterlibrary wrote 1 year ago: by Keli Goff Call Number: E185 .G55 2008 For the last forty years the label “black voter … more →
My Gender Workbook
carterlibrary wrote 1 year ago: by Kate Bornstein Call Number: HQ1075 .B69 1998 Kate Bornstein’s 1994 book of autobiographical … more →
What You Should Know about Politics...but Don't: A Nonpartisan Guide to the Issues
carterlibrary wrote 1 year ago: by Jessamyn Conrad Call NUmber: JK275 .C66 2008 It’s a very exciting time in American politics … more →
