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David R. Roediger (born July 13, 1952) is the Foundation Distinguished Professor of American Studies and History at the University of Kansas, where he has been since the fall of 2014. [1] Previously, he was an American Kendrick C. Babcock Professor of History at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC).
Chapter 10: Modern Art, Music, Literature, and Films - Numerous examples of despair and alienation in modern productions. Chapter 11: Our Society - How the values of personal peace and affluence permeate our society. Chapter 12: Manipulation and the New Elite - How our society has opened itself up to the coming of an elite authoritarian state.
David Lynch revealed one of his biggest career regrets years before his death.. The celebrated director of Mulholland Drive, Blue Velvet and Twin Peaks died just days before his 79th birthday, his ...
David Saville Muzzey (1870–1965) was an American historian. [1] [2] His history textbooks were used by millions of American children. [3] Along with Harold Rugg, he was accused of being a "bolshevik" by the Better America Federation. [4] He also served as senior leader at the New York Society for Ethical Culture. [5]
Callahan provides multiple examples of this phenomenon in recent American history. In the 1980, when Sears instituted a production quota for its auto repair staff, mechanics began performing unnecessary and costly maintenance. Overbilling is common within the legal profession. Pressed to bill as much time as possible, young lawyers may ...
Political violence does not work. And yet some people think it does. Some political violence is the result of delusional people on a rampage. But many sane people still believe in its efficacy.
David Hackett Fischer (born December 2, 1935) is University Professor of History Emeritus at Brandeis University.Fischer's major works have covered topics ranging from large macroeconomic and cultural trends (Albion's Seed, The Great Wave) to narrative histories of significant events (Paul Revere's Ride, Washington's Crossing) to explorations of historiography (Historians' Fallacies, in which ...
In describing the American identity, Huntington first contests the notion that the country is, as often repeated, "a nation of immigrants". He writes that America's founders were not immigrants, but settlers, since British settlers came to North America to establish a new society, as opposed to migrating from one existing society to another one as immigrants do.