"This book is a history of the medical TV series from its inception to the present day. Turow offers an inside look at the creation of iconic doctor shows as well as a detailed history of the programs, an analysis of changing public perceptions of doctors and medicine, and an in…
In this book, the author argues that the Nazis did not cloak their radical approaches to law and order in utter secrecy, but played them up in the press and loudly proclaimed the superiority of their system over all others.
Using primary evidence, the author reveals the social consensus behind the Nazi regime and persecution of racial minorities & social outsiders. Debate still rages over how much ordinary Germans knew about the concentration camps and the Gestapo's activities during Hitler's reign…
In this collection of essays, contributors place recent developments in public-opinion polling, such as during the 2008 presidential election, into a broader historical context, examining how to construct accurate meanings from public-opinion surveys and analyzing the future of …
Statesmen, scholars, and men in the street, 1900-1949 -- Farewell, Leighton Stuart! anti-Americanism in the early fifties -- Challenging a taboo : China's liberal critics and America in 1957 -- Communist crusade and capitalist stronghold : Mao's everlasting revolution and the Un…
International Public Opinion and the Bosnia Crisis examines-through U.S., Canadian, and European case studies-how public reaction impacted democratic governments' response to the ethnic and religious conflict in Bosnia, 1991-1997.
Little more than a hundred years ago, ordinary Americans had no idea that many deadly ailments were the work of microorganisms, let alone that their own behavior spread such diseases. The Gospel of Germs shows how the revolutionary findings of late-nineteenth-century bacteriolog…
CD-ROM contains: Data from 1998 Hewlett survey in Latin America.
Accompanying CD-ROM contains all the data from the 1998 Hewlett survey and raw data set from Global Quality Research, Princeton, New Jersey. Titled Expectations for Democracy Survey, 1998 (Mexico, Costa Rica and Chile) with JD Survey v. 5.0.
CD-ROM contains: Data from 1998 Hewlett survey in Latin America.
"In this reexamination, Liebovich draws extensively from newly available sources, including recently released Nixon Oval Office tapes, FBI reports, and personal reminiscences of cover-up leader John Dean. Liebovich sheds new light on the Nixon administration's extensive foul pla…