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RussiaGate and propaganda disinformation in the age of social media Oliver Boyd-Barrett

• Authors : Boyd-Barrett, Oliver, VerfasserIn, aut

• Source: 2020

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LatinAsian Cartographies : History, Writing, and the National Imaginary

• Authors : Susan Thananopavarn

Subjects: American literature--21st century--History and criticism; Literature and society--United States--History--20th century; American literature--Asian American authors--History and criticismLITERARY CRITICISM / General; HISTORY / United States / 20th Century; HISTORY / United States / 21st Century

• Abstract: LatinAsian Cartographies examines how Latina/o and Asian American writers provide important counter-narratives to the stories of racial encroachment that have come to characterize twenty-first

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Why we're polarized Ezra Klein

• Authors : Klein, Ezra, VerfasserIn, (DE-588)1205120939, (DE-627)1690542365, aut, 1984-

• Source: 2020

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People Power : History, Organizing, and Larry Goodwyn's Democratic Vision in the Twenty-First Century

• Authors : Wesley C. Hogan; Paul Ortiz

Subjects: Social justice--United States--History; Social movements--United States--History; Democracy--United States--HistoryHISTORY / United States / 21st Century; POLITICAL SCIENCE / General

• Abstract: Featuring contributions from leading scholar-activists, People Power demonstrates how the lessons of history can inform the building of new social justice ...

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The Campus Rape Frenzy : The Attack on Due Process at America's Universities

• Authors : KC Johnson; Stuart Taylor, Jr

Subjects: Rape in universities and colleges--Political aspects--United States; Rape in universities and colleges--United States; Due process of law--United StatesEDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / Federal Legislation; HISTORY / United States / 21st Century; LAW / Civil Rights

• Abstract: In recent years, politicians led by President Obama and prominent senators and governors have teamed with extremists on campus to portray our nation's institutions of ...

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Marching Dykes, Liberated Sluts, and Concerned Mothers : Women Transforming Public Space

• Authors : Elizabeth Currans

Subjects: Feminism--United States; Protest movements--United StatesSOCIAL SCIENCE / General; HISTORY / United States / 21st Century; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies

• Abstract: From the Women in Black vigils and Dyke marches to the Million Mom March, women have seized a dynamic role in early twenty-first

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When Riot Cops Are Not Enough : The Policing and Repression of Occupy Oakland

• Authors : King, Mike

Subjects: Social control--California--Oakland; Police--California--Oakland; Occupy movement--California--OaklandPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Privacy & Surveillance; HISTORY / United States / 21st Century; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Civil Rights

• Abstract: In When Riot Cops Are Not Enough, sociologist and activist Mike King examines the policing, and broader political repression, of the Occupy Oakland movement during ...

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Gangsters to Governors : The New Bosses of Gambling in America

• Authors : David Clary

Subjects: State governments--United States--History; Gambling--Political aspects--United States--History; Gambling--Government policy--United States--HistoryBUSINESS & ECONOMICS / General; HISTORY / United States / 20th Century; HISTORY / United States / 21st Century

• Abstract: Winner of the 2018 Current Events/Social Change Book Award from the Next Generation Indie Book Awards Winner of the 2018 Bronze Current Events Book Award from ...

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Voter Suppression in U.S. Elections

• Authors : Stacey Abrams; Carol Anderson; Kevin M. Kruse

Subjects: Elections--Corrupt practices--United States--History; Voting--United States--History; Suffrage--United States--HistoryPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Campaigns & Elections; HISTORY / United States / 21st Century

• Abstract: Historians have long been engaged in telling the story of the struggle for the vote. In the wake of recent contested elections, the suppression of ...

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Entertaining Entrepreneurs : Reality TV's Shark Tank and the American Dream in Uncertain Times

• Authors : Daniel Horowitz

Subjects: Entrepreneurship--United States; American Dream; Reality television programs--United StatesSOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Entrepreneurship; HISTORY / United States / 21st Century

• Abstract: The Great Recession threatened the well-being of tens of millions of Americans, dramatically weakened the working class, hollowed out the middle class, and strengthened the ...

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A Mexican State of Mind : New York City and the New Borderlands of Culture

• Authors : Melissa Castillo Planas

Subjects: Mexican Americans--New York (State)--New York; Arts, Mexican--New York (State)--New York; Popular culture--New York (State)--New York--Mexican influencesSOCIAL SCIENCE / General; ART / Art & Politics; HISTORY / United States / 21st Century

• Abstract: A Mexican State of Mind: New York City and the New Borderlands of Culture explores the cultural and creative lives of the largely young undocumented ...

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After the Crash : Financial Crises and Regulatory Responses

• Authors : Sharyn O'Halloran; Thomas Groll

Subjects: Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009--Influence; Global Financial Crisis, 2008-2009; Financial crises--PreventionHISTORY / United States / 21st Century; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Economic Policy

• Abstract: The 2008 crash was the worst financial crisis and the most severe economic downturn since the Great Depression. It triggered a complete overhaul of the global ...

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Refugees in America : Stories of Courage, Resilience, and Hope in Their Own Words

• Authors : Lee T Bycel

Subjects: Refugees--United StatesSOCIAL SCIENCE / General; HISTORY / United States / 21st Century; HISTORY / World

• Abstract: It is not an easy road—but hope is the oxygen of my life. These insightful words of Meron Semedar, a refugee from Eritrea, reflect ...

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Houston, Space City USA

• Authors : Viator, Ray

Subjects: Astronautics--Texas--Houston; Manned space flight--HistoryPHOTOGRAPHY / Subjects & Themes / Regional; HISTORY / United States / 20th Century; HISTORY / United States / 21st Century

• Abstract: On July 20, 1969, humanity paused with attention locked to television and radio broadcasts as the astronauts of the Apollo 11 mission dramatically touched down on the dusty ...

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The Contemporary Western

• Authors : White, John

Subjects: Western films--United States--History and criticism; Violence in motion picturesHISTORY / United States / 21st Century

• Abstract: In this book, John White explores how films such as Open Range, True Grit and Jane Got a Gun reinforce a conservative myth of America ...

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After the Rise and Stall of American Feminism : Taking Back a Revolution

• Authors : Lynn S. Chancer

Subjects: Women's rights--United States; Feminism--United StatesSOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory; HISTORY / United States / 21st Century; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies

• Abstract: It is more than fifty years since Betty Friedan diagnosed malaise among suburban housewives and the National Organization of Women was founded. Across the decades, ...

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The Modern Republican Party in Florida

• Authors : Peter Dunbar; Mike Haridopolos

Subjects: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV); HISTORY / United States / 20th Century; HISTORY / United States / 21st Century

• Abstract: Despite Florida's current reputation as a swing state, there was a time when its Republicans were the underdogs against a Democratic powerhouse. This book tells ...

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The Historian's Eye : Photography, History, and the American Present

• Authors : Matthew Frye Jacobson

Subjects: Street photography--United States; Documentary photography--United StatesHISTORY / United States / 21st Century; PHOTOGRAPHY / History; PHOTOGRAPHY / Photoessays & Documentaries

• Abstract: Between 2009 and 2014, as the nation contemplated the historic election of Barack Obama and endured the effects of the Great Recession, Matthew Frye Jacobson set out ...

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Crisis! : When Political Parties Lose the Consent to Rule

• Authors : Cedric de Leon

Subjects: Crises--Political aspects--United States--History; Political parties--United States--History; Legitimacy of governments--United States--HistoryHISTORY / United States / 21st Century; HISTORY / United States / Civil War Period (1850-1877); POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Parties

• Abstract: A timely analysis of the power and limits of political parties—and the lessons of the Civil War and the New Deal in the Age ...

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Confederate Statues and Memorialization

• Authors : Catherine Clinton; W. Fitzhugh Brundage; Karen L. Cox

Subjects: Soldiers' monuments--Southern StatesHISTORY / United States / 21st Century; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Discrimination

• Abstract: Nine killed in Charleston church shooting. White supremacists demonstrate in Charlottesville. Monuments decommissioned in New Orleans and Chapel Hill. The headlines keep coming, and the ...

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Warring Over Valor : How Race and Gender Shaped American Military Heroism in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries

• Authors : Simon Wendt

Subjects: Heroes--United States--History--21st century; Heroes--United States--History--20th centuryHISTORY / General; HISTORY / Historiography; HISTORY / Military / United States

• Abstract: By focusing on how the idea of heroism on the battlefield helped construct, perpetuate, and challenge racial and gender hierarchies in the ...

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Troubling Transparency : The History and Future of Freedom of Information

• Authors : David E. Pozen; Michael Schudson

Subjects: Public records--Law and legislation--United States; Government information--United StatesLANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Journalism; HISTORY / United States / 21st Century; LAW / Government / Federal

• Abstract: Today, transparency is a widely heralded value, and the U.S. Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) is often held up as one of the transparency ...

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Savannah in the New South : From the Civil War to the Twenty-First Century

• Authors : Walter J. Fraser, Jr

Subjects: HISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV); HISTORY / United States / 21st Century

• Abstract: An examination of the Georgian city's complicated and sometimes turbulent developmentSavannah in the New South: From the Civil War to the Twenty-First ...

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The Seedtime, the Work, and the Harvest : New Perspectives on the Black Freedom Struggle in America

• Authors : Jeffrey L. Littlejohn; Reginald K. Ellis; Peter B. Levy

Subjects: African Americans--Civil rights--History--20th century; Civil rights movements--United States--History--20th centuryHISTORY / United States / State & Local / South (AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN, VA, WV); HISTORY / United States / 20th Century; HISTORY / United States / 21st Century

• Abstract: This volume's contributors expand the chronology and geography of the black freedom struggle beyond the traditional emphasis on the Jim Crow South and the years ...

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