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Historian Simon Schama offers an essential historical perspective on the 2008 presidential election and its importance for reclaiming America's original ideal. Cultural hostilities more irreconcilable than any since the Civil War have divided America in two. In November 2008, th…
A meditation on American history uses the starting point of the 2008 presidential election to look back on particular events, personalities, movements, and ideals that illuminate themes of the American story.
This book offers historical perspective on the 2008 presidential election and its importance for reclaiming America's original ideal. Cultural hostilities more irreconcilable than any since the Civil War have divided America in two. In November 2008, the American people elected …
The author follows in the footsteps of America's most essential explorers, thinkers, and innovators to offer a new perspective on how the most powerful nation on Earth came together.
Vida precaria: el poder del duelo y la violencia
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"Judith Butler analiza los razonamientos hegemónicos según los cuales hay vidas que merecen el luto y otras que no, discute las implicaciones políticas de la soberanía a la luz de la existencia de los prisioneros de Guantánamo y argumenta en contra de los controles y la censsura…
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Using a late-nineteenth-century California resort as a case study, Stacey Camp discusses how the parameters of citizenship and national belonging have been defined and redefined since Europeans arrived on the continent. In a unique and powerful contribution to the field of histo…
An examination from an archaeological perspective of how those in power have tried to mold the citizenship and composition of the United States and the various and often conflicting strategies that have been employed to "Americanize" both immigrant and native non-white populatio…
An examination from an archaeological perspective of how those in power have tried to mold the citizenship and composition of the United States and the various and often conflicting strategies that have been employed to "Americanize" both immigrant and native non-white populatio…