In more than four decades as president of The Land Institute, Wes Jackson became widely known as one of the founders of the sustainable agriculture movement for his work on perennial grains and Natural Systems Agriculture. But Jackson's contribution to contemporary intellectual and political life goes well beyond plant breeding. Ever since he ......
In more than four decades as president of The Land Institute, Wes Jackson became widely known as one of the founders of the sustainable agriculture movement for his work on perennial grains and Natural Systems Agriculture. But Jackson's contribution to contemporary intellectual and political life goes well beyond plant breeding. Ever since he ......
Former deputy director of the Eisenhower Library and Museum dispels rumors, finds the truth behind the myths, and answers the most-asked questions about the thirty-fourth president, offering a picture of Ike as he's never been seen before. Was President Eisenhower really a good cook? What are on those secret Oval Office recordings? Did he really ......
Former deputy director of the Eisenhower Library and Museum dispels rumors, finds the truth behind the myths, and answers the most-asked questions about the thirty-fourth president, offering a picture of Ike as he's never been seen before. Was President Eisenhower really a good cook? What are on those secret Oval Office recordings? Did he really ......
The Origins of Right-Wing Catholic and Protestant Coalition Building
The Radical Mind is a groundbreaking analysis of the origins of the Christian Right, whose political victories are radically reshaping the landscape of American society. Scholars and the public alike have traditionally regarded the New Right and the Christian Right as separate movements. The New Right is supposedly a secular right-wing operation ......
Cold War Necessity, Presidential Leadership, and Southern Resistance
In order to win the Cold War, American presidents embraced the mantra of equality of opportunity to justify racial reform efforts within the US military. The problem was that equality of opportunity never guaranteed acceptance-nor was it designed to. In The Racial Integration of the American Armed Forces, Geoffrey W. Jensen clarifies our ......
Cold War Necessity, Presidential Leadership, and Southern Resistance
In order to win the Cold War, American presidents embraced the mantra of equality of opportunity to justify racial reform efforts within the US military. The problem was that equality of opportunity never guaranteed acceptance-nor was it designed to. In The Racial Integration of the American Armed Forces, Geoffrey W. Jensen clarifies our ......
Amid the halls of Harvard Law, a professor of legend, James Bradley Thayer, shaped generations of students from 1874 to 1902. His devoted protEgEs included future Supreme Court justices, appellate judges, and law school deans. The legal giants of the Progressive Era-Holmes, Brandeis, and Hand, to name only a few---came under Thayer's tutelage in ......
George Washington's Tomb, Mount Vernon, and the Memory of the First President
Finalist: George Washington Prize George Washington was an affluent slave owner who believed that republicanism and social hierarchy were vital to the young country's survival. And yet, he remains largely free of the "elitist" label affixed to his contemporaries, as Washington evolved in public memory during the nineteenth century into a man of ......
