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Who Counts As An American? : The Boundaries Of National Identity

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Elizabeth Theiss-Morse
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Book, Cambridge University Press, 2009
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National characteristics, American · Psychological aspects · Nationalism · Social aspects · United States · Group identity · Loyalty · Social psychology · Social conditions · 1980- · Theiss-Morse, Elizabeth
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(LOWER LEVEL) E169.1 .T465 2009 NEW BOOK(MAIN)

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E169.1 .T465 2009	NEW BOOK(MAIN)

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"What The Heck Are You Up To, Mr. President?" : Jimmy Carter, America’s "malaise," And The Speech That Should Have Changed The Country

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Kevin Mattson
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Book, 1st U.S. ed, Bloomsbury, 2009
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Carter, Jimmy, · 1924- · Oratory · Political and social views · Rhetoric · Political aspects · United States · History · 20th century · Energy policy · 20th century · Petroleum industry and trade · United States · National characteristics, American · Politics and government · 1977-1981 · Mattson, Kevin, 1966-
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(LOWER LEVEL) E873.2 .M386 2009 NEW BOOK(MAIN)

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E873.2 .M386 2009	NEW BOOK(MAIN)

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Looking In : Robert Frank’s The Americans

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Sarah Greenough ; with contributed essays by Stuart Alexander … [et al.]
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Book, Expanded ed, National Gallery of Art, 2009
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This richly illustrated expanded edition of Looking In: Robert Frank’s “The Americans” contains several engaging essays by curator Sarah Greenough that explore the roots of this seminal book, Frank’s travels on a Guggenheim fellowship, the sequencing of The Americans and the book’s impact on his later career. It contains all of Frank’s vintage contact sheets related to The Americans, a section that re-creates his preliminary sequence and presents variant croppings of the first and subsequent editions of the book and a map and chronology, along with letters and manuscript materials by Frank, Walker Evans and Jack Kerouac related to Frank’s Guggenheim fellowship, his travels around the United States in 1955-1956, and his construction of the book. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Frank, Robert, · 1924- · Américains · Exhibitions · National characteristics, American · Pictorial works · Photography, Artistic · United States · Social life and customs · 1945-1970 · Greenough, Sarah, 1951- · Frank, Robert, 1924- · Alexander, Stuart · National Gallery of Art (U.S.) · Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) · San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
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OVERSIZE (UPPER) E169.Z8 G694 2009 AVAILABLE

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OVERSIZE (UPPER)	E169.Z8 G694 2009	AVAILABLE

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The Man Who Sold The World : Ronald Reagan And The Betrayal Of Main Street America

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William Kleinknecht
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Book, Nation Books, 2009
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Since Ronald Reagan left office?and particularly after his death?his shadow has loomed large over American politics: Republicans and many Democrats have waxed nostalgic, extolling the Republican tradition he embodied, the optimism he espoused, and his abilities as a communicator. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Reagan, Ronald · Political and social views · Ethics · Influence · City and town life · United States · Social values · National characteristics, American · Politics and government · 1981-1989 · Economic policy · 1981-1993 · Social policy · 1980-1993 · Social conditions · 1980- · Kleinknecht, William, 1960-
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(LOWER LEVEL) E877.2 .K58 2009 DUE 12-06-09

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E877.2 .K58 2009	DUE 12-06-09

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Reinventing Richard Nixon : A Cultural History Of An American Obsession

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Daniel Frick
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Book, University Press of Kansas, 2008
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He cites reinventions of Nixon from the late 1980s, particularly the museum at the Richard Nixon Library and Birthplace, to demonstrate the resilience of certain national mythic narratives in the face of liberal critiques. With dozens of illustrations–Nixon posing with Elvis (the National Archives’ most requested photo), Nixonian cultural artifacts, classic editorial cartoons–no other book collects in one place such varied images of Nixon from so many diverse media. Whether your image of Nixon is shaped by his autobiography Six Crises, Oliver Stone’s surprisingly sympathetic film Nixon, John Adams’s landmark opera Nixon in China, or by the saga of Watergate, Reinventing Richard Nixon expands on all perspectives. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Nixon, Richard M. · (Richard Milhous), · 1913-1994 · Public opinion · Presidents · United States · Biography · National characteristics, American · Culture conflict · Political culture · History · 20th century · Public opinion · Popular culture · Politics and government · 1969-1974 · 1945-1989 · Frick, Daniel E
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(LOWER LEVEL) E856 .F75 2008 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E856 .F75 2008	AVAILABLE

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The End Of The Innocence : The 1964-1965 New York World’s Fair

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Lawrence R. Samuel
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Book, 1st ed, Syracuse University Press, 2007
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From April to October in 1964 and 1965, some 52 million people from around the world flocked to the New York World’s Fair, an experience that lives on in the memory of many individuals and in America’s collective consciousness. Although much attention has been paid to the controversial role of Fair president Robert Moses, who tried to use the event to ensure his personal legacy, the Fair itself was for the great majority of visitors an overwhelmingly positive, often inspirational, and sometimes transcendent experience that truly delivered on its theme of “peace through understanding.” (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Moses, Robert, · 1888-1981 · New York World’s Fair · (1964-1965) · History · Fairs · New York (State) · New York · National characteristics, American · 20th century · Nineteen sixty-four, A.D · Samuel, Lawrence R
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(UPPER LEVEL) T786 1964.B1 S36 2007 AVAILABLE

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(UPPER LEVEL)	T786 1964.B1 S36 2007	AVAILABLE

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American Creation : Triumphs And Tragedies At The Founding Of The Republic

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Joseph J. Ellis
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Book, 1st ed, A. A. Knopf, 2007
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From the prizewinning author of the best-selling Founding Brothers and American Sphinx, a masterly and highly ironic examination of the founding years of our country. But Ellis is equally incisive about their failures, and he makes clear how their inability to abolish slavery and to reach a just settlement with the Native Americans has played an equally important role in shaping our national character. American Creation is a book that delineates an era of flawed greatness, at a time when understanding our origins is more important than ever. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Statesmen · United States · History · 18th century · Politicians · Political culture · National characteristics, American · Revolution, 1775-1783 · 1783-1815 · Politics and government · 1775-1783 · 1783-1809 · Ellis, Joseph J
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(LOWER LEVEL) E302.1 .E44 2007 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E302.1 .E44 2007	AVAILABLE

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Red, White, And Blue Letter Days : An American Calendar

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Matthew Dennis
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Book, Cornell University Press, 2002
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The Fourth of July, Thanksgiving, Washington?s Birthday, Memorial Day, Columbus Day, Labor Day, Martin Luther King?s Birthday, and other celebrations matter to Americans and reflect the state of American local and national politics. In six engaging chapters?assaying particular political holidays over the course of their histories, Red, White, and Blue Letter Days examines how Americans have shaped and been shaped by their calendar. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Holidays · United States · History · Memory · Social aspects · National characteristics, American · Historiography · Dennis, Matthew, 1955-
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(LOWER LEVEL) GT4803.A2 D46 2002 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	GT4803.A2 D46 2002	AVAILABLE

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Etched In Stone : Enduring Words From Our Nation’s Monuments

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by Ryan Coonerty ; photographed by Carol M. Highsmith ; foreword by Douglas Brinkley
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Book, National Geographic, 2008
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National monuments · United States · Pictorial works · Memorials · Historic sites · Inscriptions · National characteristics, American · Quotations, maxims, etc · Values · Quotations, maxims, etc · Civilization · Coonerty, Ryan · Highsmith, Carol M., 1946-
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(LOWER LEVEL) E159 .C774 2008 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E159 .C774 2008	AVAILABLE

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Americans And Europeans Dancing In The Dark : On Our Differences And Affinities, Our Interests, And Our Habits Of Life

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Dennis L. Bark
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Book, Hoover Institution Press, 2007
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National characteristics, European · National characteristics, American · Europe · Relations · United States · Bark, Dennis L
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(LOWER LEVEL) D1055 .B266 2007 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	D1055 .B266 2007	AVAILABLE

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The Myth Of American Diplomacy : National Identity And U.S. Foreign Policy

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Walter L. Hixson
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Book, Yale University Press, 2008
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In this major reconceptualization of the history of U.S. foreign policy, Walter Hixson engages with the entire sweep of that history, from its Puritan beginnings to the twenty-first century?s war on terror. Hixson investigates the national narratives that help to explain ethnic cleansing of Indians, nineteenth-century imperial thrusts in Mexico and the Philippines, the two World Wars, the Cold War, the Iraq War, and today?s war on terror. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Nationalism · United States · History · National characteristics, American · Militarism · Foreign relations · Historiography · Philosophy · Military policy · Hixson, Walter L
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(LOWER LEVEL) E183.7 .H595 2008 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E183.7 .H595 2008	AVAILABLE

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Are We There Yet? : The Golden Age Of American Family Vacations

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Susan Sessions Rugh
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Book, University Press of Kansas, 2008
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The first in-depth look at post-World War II family travel, Rugh’s study recounts how postwar prosperity and mass consumption–abetted by paid vacation leave, car ownership, and the new interstate highway system–forged the ritual of the family road trip and how that ritual became entwined with what it meant to be an American. Until the 1970s recession ended three decades of prosperity and the traditional nuclear family began to splinter, these family vacations were securely woven into the fabric of American life. (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Family vacations · United States · History · 20th century · Social aspects · National characteristics, American · Family · Social life and customs · Rugh, Susan Sessions
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(LOWER LEVEL) E161 .R84 2008 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E161 .R84 2008	AVAILABLE

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Wrestling With The Angel Of Democracy : On Being An American Citizen

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Susan Griffin
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Book, 1st ed, Trumpeter, 2008
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Within the American psyche, Griffin explains, there is an enduring battle between the “psychology of empire,” characterized by a desire for safety, order, and control, and the “psychology of democracy,” characterized by equality, empathy, and truth-telling. “As a social body,” she writes, ” we are caught between conflicting desires, between the wish for freedom and the desire for order and safety, between the psychology of subjects and the psychology of citizens.” (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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Griffin, Susan · Political and social views · Diaries · Democracy · United States · Civil rights · National characteristics, American · Griffin, Susan
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(LOWER LEVEL) JK1726 .G743 2008 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	JK1726 .G743 2008	AVAILABLE

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America’s Hidden History : Untold Tales Of The First Pilgrims, Fighting Women, And Forgotten Founders Who Shaped A Nation

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Kenneth C. Davis
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Book, 1st ed, Smithsonian Books/Collins, 2008
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Spanning a period from the Spanish arrival in America to George Washington’s inauguration in 1789, America’s Hidden History details these episodes, among others: The story of the first real Pilgrims in America, who were wine-making French Huguenots, not dour English Separatists The coming-of-age story of Queen Isabella, who suggested that Columbus pack the moving mess hall of pigs that may have spread disease to many Native Americans The long, bloody relationship between the Pilgrims and Indians that runs counter to the idyllic scene of the Thanksgiving feast The little-known story of George Washington as a headstrong young soldier who committed a war crime, signed a confession, and started a war! (automatically summarized from Amazon.com)
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National characteristics, American · United States · History · Biography · Davis, Kenneth C
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(LOWER LEVEL) E188 .D39 2008 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E188 .D39 2008	AVAILABLE

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Journey Through Hallowed Ground : Birthplace Of The American Ideal

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by Andrew Cockburn ; photography by Kenneth Garrett
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Book, National Geographic, 2008
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National characteristics, American · History · Historic sites · Middle Atlantic States · Virginia · United States · Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775 · Revolution, 1775-1783 · 1783-1865 · History, Local · Pictorial works · Cockburn, Andrew, 1947- · Garrett, Kenneth · National Geographic Society (U.S.)
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(LOWER LEVEL) E179 .C623 2008 AVAILABLE

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(LOWER LEVEL)	E179 .C623 2008	AVAILABLE

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