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This book is a history of the United States Consular Service, an unheralded, but significant element in the promotion of American commerce and influence abroad from the Revolution onward.

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This critical yet honest appraisal of our criminal justice system addresses its strengths and its flawsand makes recommendations for improvement.

The American Criminal Justice System: How It Works, How It Doesn't, and How to Fix It calls attention to a criminal justice system that needs improvement.

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The result is a valuable chronicle of the development of the American school curriculum.

The work begins with an introductory piece that overviews the development of the curriculum and surveys the most important works on curriculum history.

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The result is a valuable chronicle of the development of the American school curriculum.

The work begins with an introductory piece that overviews the development of the curriculum and surveys the most important works on curriculum history.

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As Jeff Singleton shows, the rapid expansion of unemployment relief in the early 1930s generated pressures which led to the first federal welfare programs.

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While the myth of a classless America endures in the American Dream, the very stratification that it denies unfairly affects the majority of Americans. Studies show that it's difficult for working class people to achieve upward mobility in the US. This book shows that the American Dream's glorification in Hollywood cinema should not be ignored.

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This book examines how rival interpretations of the American Dream poignantly express conflicts over its very meaning, revealing the dialectical tension therein, and awakening us to the distance between the Dream and our reality, in the light of its continued deferment and its price.

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The American Dream for Students of Color examines how the American Dream informs beliefs about talent, hard work, and perseverance rather than dismantling barriers to educational success for marginal students. Using narrative methodologies, connections between the authors narratives and those of school youth and educators are explored.

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This volume contains the first two feature films written and directed by Philip Ridley. The first follows eight-year-old Seth through a mythical summer where reality is heightened to the level of quasi-fantasy. The second is a modern fable focusing on a young man's wanderings.

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The papers in this book were delivered in the Summer of 1958 at a seminar of the Duke University Commonwealth Studies Center. The papers cover four main areas: the effects of American influence on Canadian economic policy; and the influence of American labor organizations and policies on Canadian labor.

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This innovative book provides a dynamicand often surprisingview of the range of environmental issues facing the United States today. Distinguished scholars examine the growing temporal, spatial, and thematic breadth of topics historical geographers are now exploring, giving a fascinating look at our changing relationship with nature.

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The first cookbook to present the dishes of more than 120 ethnic groups now in America, The American Ethinic Cookbook for Students illustrates how those dishes have changed throughout the years.

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This descriptive inventory of the American Field Service in World War I begins with documents prior to the actual date of operation of the American Field Service in France--April 1915--and ends in September 1917 when the AFS was militarized by the U.S. Army and ceased to exist as an independent body for the duration of the war.

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At a time when the U.S. flag is both a source of both pride and controversy, this volume provides the first encyclopedic A-to-Z treatment of the U.S. flag in American history, culture, and law.

This title is a comprehensive resource for understanding all aspects of the American flag and its relationship to the American people.

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Published to commemorate the Bicentennial of the U.S. Constitution, this volume represents a unique combination of scholarship in the areas of political thought and political history.

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This study examines one organization from the radical left of the 1920s and 1930s: the American Fund for Public Service.

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Provides a history of the American grocery store. This study traces the evolution of all-purpose retail outlets, starting with public market-places, and city and small-town general stores. It continues with the advent of mass distribution, supermarkets, co-ops, hypermarkets and wholesale clubs.

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By means of 30 children's picture bookswith stories set in times ranging from the early settlement of American until todaythis book explores the characteristics of American heroes and the ways in which they have influenced our history, our way of life, and the principles upon which our culture has developed.

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The American Housing Question reframes the question of affordable housing through the concepts of urban citizenship and racism. As the author aptly demonstrates, solving Americas housing question means addressing both the effects of racism on housing and revaluing the notion of the public.

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Choosing the right college is a big decision for most teens. This volume helps teens successfully identify colleges that are right for them. Examining the issues that should be considered, it presents the different types of colleges available, programs and services to meet the special needs of Native American students, and financial aid options.