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World War I and the Politics of Commemoration in America, 1919-1933
Unpacks the politics and processes of the competing interest groups involved in the three core components of commemoration: repatriation, remembrance, and return. This book describes how relatives of the fallen made pilgrimages to French battlefields, attended largely by American Legionnaires and the Gold Star Mothers.
Charts the development of the concept of character in the fictional genres, social reform movements, and political cultures of the United States from the mid-nineteenth to the early-twentieth century
Charts the development of the concept of character in the fictional genres, social reform movements, and political cultures of the United States from the mid-nineteenth to the early-twentieth century
Environmental Illness and the Struggle Over Medical Knowledge
Looks at how ordinary people borrow the expert language of medicine to describe their enviromentally induced illnesses, and how these explanations influence public policies and laws.
Race, Gender, and Science in Sexual Assault Adjudication
"This book reveals the human and social costs of sexual assault prosecution when courts rely on forensic science and medico-legal technologies that reproduce rape myths, inequality, and racial injustice under the guise of scientific authority"--
Race, Gender, and Science in Sexual Assault Adjudication
"This book reveals the human and social costs of sexual assault prosecution when courts rely on forensic science and medico-legal technologies that reproduce rape myths, inequality, and racial injustice under the guise of scientific authority"--
Media, Politics, and the Struggle for Post-Capitalist Democracy
In the United States and much of the world there is a palpable depression about the prospect of overcoming the downward spiral created by the tyranny of wealth and privilege and establishing a truly democratic and sustainable society. It threatens to become self-fulfilling. In this trailblazing new book, award-winning author Robert W. McChesney ......
