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The Truly Disadvantaged: The Inner City, the Underclass, and Public Policy, Second Edition

by William Julius Wilson

Published: 2012-07-10

Paperback: 330 pages

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Renowned American sociologist William Julius Wilson takes a look at the social transformation of inner city ghettos, offering a sharp evaluation of the convergence of race and poverty. Rejecting both conservative and liberal interpretations of life in the inner city, Wilson offers essenti...

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Friends Divided: John Adams and Thomas Jefferson

by Gordon S. Wood

Published: 2018-10-23

Paperback: 512 pages

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A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2017From the great historian of the American Revolution, New York Times-bestselling and Pulitzer-winning Gordon Wood, comes a majestic dual biography of two of America's most enduringly fascinating figures, whose partnership helped birth a nat...

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Franklin Pierce: The American Presidents Series: The 14th President, 1853-1857

by Michael F. Holt

Published: 2010-03-30

Hardcover: 176 pages

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The genial but troubled New Englander whose single-minded partisan loyalties inflamed the nation's simmering battle over slavery Charming and handsome, Franklin Pierce of New Hampshire was drafted to break the deadlock of the 1852 Democratic convention. Though he seized the White House in ...

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Without Precedent: Chief Justice John Marshall and His Times

by Joel Richard Paul

Published: 2018-02-20

Hardcover: 512 pages

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The remarkable story of John Marshall who, as chief justice, statesman, and diplomat, played a pivotal role in the founding of the United States.No member of America's Founding Generation had a greater impact on the Constitution and the Supreme Court than John Marshall, and no one did more...

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The Meritocracy Trap: How America's Foundational Myth Feeds Inequality, Dismantles the Middle Class, and Devours the Elite

by Daniel Markovits

Published: 2019-09-10

Hardcover: 448 pages

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A revolutionary new argument from eminent Yale Law professor Daniel Markovits attacking the false promise of meritocracy It is an axiom of American life that advantage should be earned through ability and effort. Even as the country divides itself at every turn, the meritocratic ideal –...

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The Assault on American Excellence

by Anthony T. Kronman

Published: 2019-08-20

Hardcover: 288 pages

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A New York Times Editors’ ChoiceThe former dean of Yale Law School argues that the feverish egalitarianism gripping college campuses today is out of place at institutions whose job is to prepare citizens to live in a vibrant democracy. In his tenure at Yale, Anthony Kronman has watched ...

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Uncanny Valley: A Memoir

by Anna Wiener

Published: 2020-01-14

Hardcover: 288 pages

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A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice and a January 2020 IndieNext Pick. An Amazon Best Book of January. One of Vogue's 22 Books to Read This Winter, The Washington Post's 10 Books to Read in January, ELLE's 12 Best Books to Read in 2020, The New York Times's 12 Books to Read in Jan...

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Permission to Feel: Unlocking the Power of Emotions to Help Our Kids, Ourselves, and Our Society Thrive

by Marc Brackett

Published: 2019-09-03

Hardcover: 304 pages

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The mental well-being of children and adults is shockingly poor. Marc Brackett, author of Permission to Feel, knows why. And he knows what we can do. "We have a crisis on our hands, and its victims are our children."Marc Brackett is a professor in Yale University’s Child Study Center and...

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Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America

by Marcia Chatelain

Published: 2020-01-07

Hardcover: 336 pages

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From civil rights to Ferguson, Franchise reveals the untold history of how fast food became one of the greatest generators of black wealth in America.Often blamed for the rising rates of obesity and diabetes among black Americans, fast food restaurants like McDonald's have long symbolized ...

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South Side Girls: Growing Up in the Great Migration

by Marcia Chatelain

Published: 2015-04-03

Paperback: 264 pages

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In South Side Girls Marcia Chatelain recasts Chicago's Great Migration through the lens of black girls. Focusing on the years between 1910 and 1940, when Chicago's black population quintupled, Chatelain describes how Chicago's black social scientists, urban reformers, journalists and activ...