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By Martin B Duberman. 1991
Duberman, noted historian, professor, activist, and playwright, describes his life in terms of his homosexuality. For much of his life,…
encouraged by therapists, he struggled to overcome what he considered to be an unnatural condition. Eventually, Duberman accepted his orientation and used his skills as an activist for the gay rights cause. Some strong language and explicit descriptions of sexBy Thomas P. Slaughter, Thomas P Slaughter. 1991
In 1851, Maryland slave owner Edward Gorsuch joined a federal posse to reclaim four of his slaves who had escaped…
to Pennsylvania. The company was met by a group of neighboring blacks and whites banded together to prevent kidnapping of free blacks. When Gorsuch was killed in the ensuing "riot," the neighbors were tried for treasonBy Noel Perrin. 1991
This Cambridge-educated native New Yorker is learning the rural ways of New England. In the process, which has now lasted…
well over thirty years, he has written about his experiences, ranging in place from the library to the barn, and in subject from a lampoon on poetic research to hints on saving a marriage. Nothing is sacred. Perrin takes on the pillars of academe as readily as he does his neighbors, finding a penchant for the same human foibles in eachBy Roger Rosenblatt. 1992
Questions why Americans have an especially hard time dealing with abortion. The author examines how other societies have resolved their…
conflicts on this issue and speculates on certain American characteristics--from Puritan history to politics--that cause the volatile reactions of advocates on both sides. He reasons that Americans tolerate diversity on other issues, and abortion should be no exceptionBy Studs Terkel. 1992
Terkel interviews a wide range of Americans, black and white, encouraging each to speak his or her mind about race.…
Among the issues that he elicits opinions about are affirmative action and poverty programs, changing neighborhoods, and civil rights. These conversations reveal personal experiences, attitudes, and prejudices, and they reflect changes in the social climateBy Judith Regan, Rush H Limbaugh, Rush H. Limbaugh. 1992
Limbaugh, host of a weekly radio talk show heard on more than 500 stations, provides a look at his personal…
life and what has influenced him, and he discusses where he stands on political and social issues. His topics include the state of the union, abortion, AIDS, condoms, Rodney King, the earth, homelessness, religion, and Gorbasms. BestsellerBy Hugh Davis Graham. 1990
Rather than focusing on the civil rights demonstrations that ranged across America, Graham concentrates on the administrative branch and the…
creation of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. He shows how three administrations took the 1964 Civil Rights Act and the 1965 Voting Rights Act, conceived to benefit African-Americans, and applied them to all minorities and womenBy Susan Faludi. 1991
By Helen B Hiscoe, Helen B. Hiscoe. 1991
In 1949 the author, her husband Bonta, and their infant daughter Susan lived in the mining camp in Coal Mountain,…
West Virginia. Bonta served as the company doctor, responsible for the miners and their large families, miles from a hospital. Helen assisted Bonta, soaked up local ways, witnessed union trouble, and kept a journal about the life of the people and her growing appreciation of this remote community. Strong languageGay women from all walks of life contribute twenty-five essays and numerous sidebars on aspects of being a lesbian. Topics…
include relationships with family members, aging, health-care issues, stereotypes, coming out, gay pride, and lesbian marriages and parenting. Strong language and some explicit descriptions of sexBy M. Scott Peck. 1993
Peck believes that society is no longer civil in the workplace and within the family. He presents case histories of…
counseling sessions for individuals at home and at work, illustrating how people may become more aware of themselves and their effect on others--thus restoring civility to society. He suggests submission to a Higher Power through prayer, and looking at the broad picture. Some strong language. BestsellerBy Cornel West. 1993
In these eight essays, most of which first appeared in magazines such as Dissent, West presents analyses of contemporary racial…
issues in the United States. In "Nihilism in Black America," West discusses self-destruction by crime and drugs; "The Crisis in Black Leadership" laments the quality of contemporary black politicians and intellectuals; and "Black Sexuality" attributes white racism in large part to fear of black sexualityBy Nancy Friday. 1991
Using letters from women, many in their twenties, Friday discusses a woman's right to experience full sexual release. She emphasizes…
masturbation and discusses women's fantasies: being in control, being with other women, and being sexually insatiable. Strong language, violence, and explicit descriptions of sexBy Carole Boston Weatherford, Floyd Cooper. 2021
Tracing the history of African Americans in Tulsa's Greenwood district, this book chronicles the devastation that occurred in 1921 when…
a white mob attacked the Black community. News of what happened was largely suppressed, and no official investigation into the Tulsa Race Massacre occurred for seventy-five years. Sensitively introducing young audiences to this tragedy, Unspeakable concludes with a call for a better future.By Michael Brian Schiffer, Michael B. Schiffer, Michael B Schiffer. 1991
An archaeologist links popular culture to the history of the portable radio during the first century of its existence. Schiffer…
traces the popularization of this futuristic wonder from Hugo Gernsback's science fiction that extolled the possibilities of electronic technology. He also examines the scientific development of the portable radio in light of concurrent historical events that influenced its evolutionBy Suzanne Somers. 1992
Somers, who revealed her own childhood abuse in the autobiography Keeping Secrets (RC 26968), presents a collection of essays by…
others who were sexually, emotionally, or physically abused as children. The contributors include Desi Arnaz, Jr., Ronald Reagan's daughter Patti Davis, and former university president Richard Berendzen. Strong language, violence, and explicit descriptions of sexBy Eliot Wigginton. 1992
The compiler of this oral history (originator of Foxfire magazine) groups contributors into categories defined by social action experience and…
date. But there the similarity ends. Individual narrators, such as Rosa Parks and Pete Seeger, recall personal reactions to injustice and the critical points at which each took an active stanceBy Flora Davis. 1991
The author argues that feminism in America experienced two great waves. The first peaked when women won voting rights. The…
second, discussed in this book, began in the mid-twentieth century. Davis examines the rebirth of feminism, including the founding of the National Organization for Women (NOW); issues such as abortion and women in politics; and the movement's progress. 1991By Clive Ponting. 1992
A historian examines the relationships of past civilizations to their environments. Ponting shows how agricultural and industrial changes, accompanied by…
population growth, are linked to the depletion of earth's resources, and to the rise and fall of societies from ancient Egypt to third world countriesBy Richard W White. 1992
The author has conducted extensive research and interviews on problems of the homeless, including alcohol and drug abuse, mental illness,…
and a lack of affordable housing. White claims that political bureaucracy is largely responsible for the current dilemma, but he includes developers, special interest groups, academia, and the media in his indictment. He concludes with his ideas for model programs