The New Deal and American Society, 1933–1941; First Edition by Kenneth J. BindasRequirements: .PDF reader, 8 MBOverview: The New Deal and American Society, 1933–1941 explores what some have labeled the third American revolution, in one concise and accessible volume. This book examines the emergence of modern America, beginning with the 100 Days legislation in 1933 […]
Black Newspapers and America’s War for Democracy, 1914-1920 by William G. JordanRequirements: .PDF reader, 5.4 MbOverview: During World War I, the publishers of America’s crusading black newspapers faced a difficult dilemma. Would it be better to advance the interests of African Americans by affirming their patriotism and offering support of President Wilson’s war for democracy […]
The New American Militarism: How Americans Are Seduced by War by Andrew J. BacevichRequirements: .ePUB, .PDF, .MOBI/.AZW reader, 5.1 MbOverview: In this provocative book, Andrew Bacevich warns of a dangerous dual obsession that has taken hold of Americans, both conservatives and liberals alike. It is a marriage of militarism and utopian ideology, of unprecedented military […]
Dear White America: Letter to a New Minority by Tim WiseRequirements: .ePUB, .PDF, .MOBI/.AZW reader, 5.1 MbOverview: White Americans have long been comfortable in the assumption that they are the cultural norm. Now that notion is being challenged, as white people wrestle with what it means to be part of a fast-changing, truly multicultural nation. […]
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann / Narrated by Darrell DennisRequirements: .MP3 reader, 448 mbOverview: A groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans in 1492. Traditionally, Americans learned in school that the ancestors of the people who inhabited the Western […]