Middle-Class American Mothers and Daughters, 1880-1920
This work challenges the late 20th-century assumption that the mother-daughter relationship is necessarily defined by hostility, guilt and antagonism. The author has drawn on a wide range of contemporary sources, including letters, diaries, self-help literature and fiction.
In this survey of the modern American Christmas, Waits shows how this holiday emerged, tracing its evolution from the days prior to 1880 to the present day. In addition, he examines the differing traditions of giftgiving to friends, employees, the poor, and among communtys.
Tells the stories of three Jewish activists, who at different times and different places refused to be victims any longer and by political assassination sought to gain world attention to the plight of their people. This book offers information on how the killings were carried out, the international response, and the reaction of Jews.
This account of the development of Atlantic City and its conflict over the Sabbath brings to light an ongoing crisis in American society - the chasm between religion and mass culture. The book features historical photographs depicting the evolution of the resort's architecture and political scene.
St. Patrick's is the oldest Roman Catholic parish in Washington, D.C. Since 1794 it has participated in all aspects of the life of the nation's capital, witnessing the city's evolution from a struggling community into a world capital. A history of this congregation provides a particularly useful vantage point from which to trace the development of ......
Washington DC's mother church has often assumed a role in church-state relations - this look at its history describes the city's development and the issues that have shaped national policies and Catholicism in the US: race relations, religious freedom, education, immigration, and others.
Uncovers manic depression as a hidden cause of dictatorship, war, and mass killing. In comparing these three tyrants, this work describes a number of behavioural similarities supporting the contention that a specific psychiatric disorder - manic depression - can be one of the key factors in such political pathologies as tyranny and terrorism.
America's Care of the Mentally Ill: A Photographic History tells the story of our nation's care of the mentally ill, starting from the 18th century, through the birth of the American Psychiatric Association and hospital-based care in 1844, up to the present.
The Peace Movement At American State Universities in the Vietnam Era
Examines the change in the role of campus life in the 1960s and early 1970s and the way in which the peace campaign became a national movement. The work studies how outside forces affected the campus antiwar protests and illustrates the depth of the anguish over US involvement in Vietnam.
