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Shari Rabin
The Jewish South

"In 1669, the Carolina colony issued the Fundamental Constitutions of Carolina, which offered freedom of worship to 'Jews, heathens, and other dissenters,' ushering in an era that would see Jews sett…

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Lucy Schiller
Aging Out

A deeply personal investigation into the current state of eldercare and what it means to grow old in America Unlike many other cultures, our collective stance toward older people in the United States has …

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Yoni Appelbaum
Stuck

How did America cease to be the land of opportunity? LONGLISTED FOR THE PORCHLIGHT BUSINESS BOOK AWARDWe take it for granted that good neighborhoods---with good schools and good housing---are only accessi…

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Eric Lichtblau
American Reich

From the Pulitzer-winning author of the New York Times bestseller The Nazis Next Door A deeply reported exploration of the violent resurgence of hatred and white supremacy through the lens of Orange Count…

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Jane Marie
Selling the Dream

"Peabody and Emmy Award-winning journalist Jane Marie expands on her popular podcast The Dream to expose the scourge of multilevel marketing schemes and how they have profited off the evisceration of…

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Amy Kaplan
Our American Israel

How did a Jewish state come to resonate profoundly with Americans in the twentieth century? Since WWII, Israel's identity has been entangled with America's belief in its own exceptionalism. Turning a crit…

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Guillermina Altomonte
Chasing Independence

How independence works as an unquestioned ideal for aging in America---and why it is never quite realizedIn twenty-first century America, as people live longer than ever before, it's taken for granted tha…

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Eli Lee Carter
The New Brazilian Mediascape

In this book, Eli Carter explores the ways in which the movement away from historically popular telenovelas toward new television and internet series is creating dramatic shifts in how Brazil imagines its…

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Ralph Brauer
The Age of Discontent

This revisionist view of late-nineteenth-century history credits Main Street, not Wall Street, with laying the foundations of modern AmericaIn American history, the prevailing narratives of the tumultuous…

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Salem's Centuries

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Salem's Centuries

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Katie Gaddini
Esther's Army

The 2024 election of Donald Trump was the culmination of the strategic efforts of Christian women over six decades.Sociologist Katie Gaddini was with them as they organised, rallied and celebrated. As a f…

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Melissa S Kearney
The Two-Parent Privilege

The surprising story of how declining marriage rates are driving many of the country's biggest economic problems.In The Two-Parent Privilege , Melissa S. Kearney makes a provocative, data-driven case for …

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William J Barber
White Poverty

Challenging the definition of who is poor in America, in White Poverty , William J. Barber II writes about the lies that prevent us from seeing the pain of poor white American families who have been offer…

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Amal Eqeiq
Indigenous Affinities

Reveals how Mayan and Palestinian narratives connect through shared Indigenous struggles, proposing 'affinity' as a framework for global solidarityInspired by and committed to global Indigenous solidarity…

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Amal Eqeiq
Indigenous Affinities

Reveals how Mayan and Palestinian narratives connect through shared Indigenous struggles, proposing 'affinity' as a framework for global solidarityInspired by and committed to global Indigenous solidarity…

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Erik Loomis
Organizing America

From the acclaimed author of A History of America in Ten Strikes, a sweeping account of the impact of organizers on United States historyWe are living through a time when real social change seems to be in…

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Andrea Louise Campbell
Taxation and Resentment

Why Americans favor progressive taxation in principle but not in practiceMost Americans support progressive taxation in principle, and want the rich to pay more. But the specific tax policies that most fa…

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Justin Wyatt
Robert Altman's Nashville

Nashville (1975) is a beguiling work of art. It illustrates director Robert Altman's ability to blend small, quotidian moments; large scenes of spectacle; and insights into American life that are both dis…

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Elliot Haspel
Raising a Nation

Raising a Nation offers a new framework for thinking about a comprehensive, inclusive child care system: one that supports families in all their diversity, whether they want to utilize a licensed child ca…

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