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| Document Type: | Book |
|---|---|
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Michael G Kammen |
| ISBN: | 0312090854 9780312090852 |
| OCLC Number: | 31976734 |
| Description: | xiii, 313 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Looking back : differing perceptions of the Civil War -- Can Americans reform their society and economic system? -- The philanthropic impulse : helping people in a democracy -- What role for the Negro in American society? -- Pacifism and militarism : is peace best preserved through military preparedness? -- Can industrialization be efficient and humane? The conflict over scientific management -- Americanization versus cultural pluralism -- Birth control : nay and yea -- The Scopes trial : evolution versus Scriptural Christianity -- Do women want national prohibition? -- The quality of American culture compared to other cultures : two views -- Internationalism versus isolationism : entering World War II -- The experience of jazz : provenance and performance -- America on film : distorted images and dismal prospects? -- The Supreme Court in a democratic polity : activism versus restraint -- Environmentalism and its critics -- Blacks in America : integration or separatism? Nonviolence or militance? -- The role of journalists in Vietnam -- Women and work : differences of class and race. |
| Responsibility: | [edited by] Michael Kammen. |
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