Balancing respect for religious conviction and the values of liberal democracy is a daunting challenge for judges and lawmakers, particularly when religious groups seek exemption from laws that govern others.
Progressive-era "e;poverty warriors"e; cast poverty in America as a problem of unemployment, low wages, labor exploitation, and political disfranchisement.
During the past quarter century, free-market capitalism was recognized not merely as a successful system of wealth creation, but as the key determinant of the health of political and cultural democracy.
In a series of fascinating essays that explore topics in American politics from the nation's founding to the present day , The Democratic Experiment opens up exciting new avenues for historical research while offering bold claims about the tensions that have animated American public life.
This book examines the causes and consequences of a major transformation in both domestic and international politics: the shift from dynastically legitimated monarchical sovereignty to popularly legitimated national sovereignty.
Making Heretics is a major new narrative of the famous Massachusetts disputes of the late 1630s misleadingly labeled the "e;antinomian controversy"e; by later historians.
In The Twilight of the Middle Class, Andrew Hoberek challenges the commonly held notion that post-World War II American fiction eschewed the economic for the psychological or the spiritual.
Stories from a Place That Feels Like HomeMaster storyteller Philip Gulley envelops readers in an almost forgotten world of plainspoken and honest small-town values, evoking a simpler time when people knew each other by name, folks looked out for their neighbors, and people were willing to do what was rightno matter the cost.
America was built on stories: tales of grateful immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, Horatio Alger-style transformations, self-made men, and the Protestant work ethic.
Barbara Weisberg's Talking to the Dead blends biography and social history in this revelatory story of the family responsible for the rise of Spiritualism.
The acclaimed historian and author of the classic A Peoples History of the United States offers a deeply personal look at the events, issues, and people that matter to us allBased on Howard Zinn's interviews on public radio with host David Barsamian, Original Zinn brings into focus a wide range of foreign policy and domestic issues central to our lives today and showcases Zinn at his most engaging and provocative.
This "e;intriguing"e; look at the sixteenth president's telegraph usage during the Civil War "e;revisits a familiar hero, but does so from an utterly new perspective"e; (Ken Burns).
Evoking a time when life revolved around the front porch, where friends gathered, stories were told, and small moments took on larger meaning, in todays hurry-up world, Philip Gulleys essays remind us of the world we once sharedand can share again.
United States senator Kay Bailey Hutchison examines the lives of sixty-three pioneers in military service, journalism, public health, social reform, science, and politics-all American women.
With a population of 40 million and growing, the United States witnessed Latinos becoming the largest minority in America in 2003creating a voting bloc with the potential to determine the outcome of elections throughout the nation.
A sweeping, straightforward primer on foreign policy that revisits topics including the Middle East, the former Soviet Union, China, Pakistan and beyond.
Rudy Giuliani emerged from the smoke of 9/11 as the unquestioned hero of the day: America's Mayor, the father figure we could all rely on to be tough, to be wise, to do the right thing.
By far the most important figure in the history of the United States, George Washington liberated the thirteen colonies from the superior forces of the British Empire against all military odds, and presided over the production and ratification of a constitution that (suitably amended) has lasted for more than two hundred years.
Renowned journalist Don Lattin, longtime reporter for the San Francisco Examiner and more recently the San Francisco Chronicle, interprets the American spiritual and religious landscape since the 60s with insight, wit, and telling reporting.
The New York Times bestselling memoir of Ronald Reagan by his longtime aide and friend"e;These are memories of a friend and they span over the 35 years that I have known and loved Ronald and Nancy Reagan.
Astonishingly relevant portraits of the lives of seven women mysticsKnown to more than a million readers as the coauthor of the classic vegetarian cookbook Laurel's Kitchen, Carol Lee Flinders looks to the hunger of the spirit in Enduring Grace.
On May 14, 2003, a familiar risk-filled journey, taken by hopeful Mexican immigrants attempting to illegally cross into the United States, took a tragic turn.
