This study examines American public opinion since the 1930s. The author analyzes data from Gallup and other sources and looks at such issues as US politics, international events, race, sex, gender, economics, the environment, and more.
Organized Crime, Big Business, and the Corruption of American Democracy
Dark Quadrant traces the systematic corruption of businesspeople and politicians from 1945 to 1974 and draws links to our current political crisis. Documenting the collaboration of Presidents Truman, Johnson, and Nixon with powerful mobsters. President Trump represents, in many ways, a twisted culmination of the forces described in this book.
How a Century of War Created Today's Information Society
The tools of our information age-from search engines to data mining to smart appliances-grew directly out of conflicts from World War I to the present day. Explore how todays Information Society reflects a worldview shaped by a century of war
Conflict and Cooperation in Historical Perspective
Systematically exploring the dynamic interface between Mexico and the United States, this comprehensive, richly illustrated survey considers the historical development, current politics, society, economy, and daily life of the border region.
Conflict and Cooperation in Historical Perspective
Systematically exploring the dynamic interface between Mexico and the United States, this comprehensive, richly illustrated survey considers the historical development, current politics, society, economy, and daily life of the border region.
This insightful and entertaining book offers an historian's perspective on James Bond as the last Daniel Craig movie is released. Tracing Bond's evolution since his appearance in 1953, Black follows the fraught course of No Time to Die, looks to the post-Craig years, and considers the continuing cultural significance of Bond in the modern world.
Based on participant observation approach and first-hand interviews with key actors, this book examines how Bersih became a movement that aggregated the collective grievance of Malaysians and brought Malaysian sociopolitical activism to a new level.
Philosophers and political theorists tackle the question of cultural transformation in the twenty-first century and the role discourse norms play in producing cancel culture, a counter-sexual revolution, racism and a toxic politics that has left the nation feeling vulnerable and angry.
This collection is a comprehensive and thorough assessment of the impact and legacy that Justice Antonin Scalia had on the Supreme Court. Chapters are written by leading legal and political science scholars of the Supreme Court and examine the lasting legacy of one of the most controversial Supreme Court Justices in American history.
