22 June 2009
What's Right With Feminism: How Feminism Has Changed American Society, Culture and How We Live from the 1940's to the Present (Paperback)
From Kirkus Reviews
Failing to deliver on the title’s ambitious promise, this is a scattershot look at feminism, sexism, movies, music, art, homophobia, violence, legislation, Clarence Thomas and Anita Hill, and whatever else crops up...
26 May 2009
The Divorce Culture: Rethinking Our Commitments to Marriage and Family (Paperback)
When historian and social critic Barbara Dafoe Whitehead first cast her eye on divorce–in an “Atlantic Monthly” article entitled “Dan Quayle Was Right”–she provoked a firestorm of media debate. Here, she has deepe...
19 May 2009
The Intellectual Devotional Modern Culture: Revive Your Mind, Complete Your Education, and Converse Confidently with the Culturati (Hardcover)
In the tradition of the instant bestsellers The Intellectual Devotional and The Intellectual Devotional: American History comes the third installment in this indispensable series. In The Intellectual Devotional: Modern Culture, the authors explo...
18 May 2009
The Seventies Now: Culture as Surveillance (New Americanists) (Paperback)
Review
“Stephen Miller’s new study attempts the difficult task of defining the main cultural characteristics of the seventies, which he does by proposing that decade as a period of transition from external to internal surveillance....
12 May 2009
Media Now: Understanding Media, Culture, and Technology (Paperback)
Review
“[Thomson Wadsworth] makes it easy to teach from this book. . . . The professional Thomson staff will support you and work with you to create your best class possible.”"One of the strengths of the book is that it does integr...
10 May 2009
Children's Nature: The Rise of the American Summer Camp (American History and Culture) (Hardcover)
Review
“An insightful book about the evolution and significance of children’s camps in American social and cultural life. For all of us who loved being at camp in the summer, Children’s Nature is evocative and it provokes man...
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