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The other America: poverty in the United States
By Michael Harrington. 1981
Originally written in 1962, the book depicts the poverty that existed in the United States at that time. The author…
overlooks no one as he studies the unskilled workers, the aged, and the racial minorities from coast-to-coast. In an afterword, the author explains what happened in the twenty years after the book was writtenMembers of the tribe: on the road in Jewish America
By Zeʾev Chafets. 1988
An Israeli writer, born and raised in Michigan, returns to America to write about what it means to be a…
Jew in the United States. The result is a humorous, frank, and opinionated book that offers thoughtful insights into Jewish lives. Chafets uncovers a variety of practice and tradition among those who call themselves Jews and concludes that there is an essential Jewish spirit that links disparate communities. Some strong languageSecret scars: a guide for survivors of child sexual abuse
By Cynthia Crosson Tower. 1988
Written by a therapist and educator, this book defines sexual abuse and quotes case histories to describe its impact. The…
author examines therapy, self-help groups, and independent survivor goals and offers advice to survivors on raising their own children. Includes a listing of support organizations. Some descriptions of sexThis report on "date rape" results from a three-year study conducted by "Ms. Magazine" and funded by the National Institute…
of Mental Health. Approximately 6,100 undergraduates on thirty-two campuses were surveyed to determine how much sexual aggression occured, the characteristics of the victims and victimizers, and the psychological after effectsSusan B. Anthony: a biography of a singular feminist
By Kathleen Barry. 1988
Using letters, diaries, and papers from Anthony's personal library, the author shows Anthony's place in the feminist movement. She explores…
the interaction of Anthony's Quaker background, her education, and her early teaching career with the temperance movement to produce a woman who strived for social justice. The author also discusses Anthony's friendship with other feminists. 1988Etiquette: Charlotte Ford's guide to modern manners
By Charlotte Ford. 1988
As society changes, so do society's rules of etiquette. In this updated edition of a guide to good manners, Ford…
discusses such topics as AIDS, single mothers, contemporary rules of dating, office etiquette for businesswomen, and sex and the office. Also included are etiquette standards for correspondence, weddings, celebrations, dealing with household help, and diningCocaine, a new epidemic
By Chris E Johanson. 1986
Examines the history, dangers, and increasing appeal of cocaine in America. Includes an appendix listing state agencies for the prevention…
and treatment of drug abuse. For junior and senior high and older readersNew Americans: an oral history : immigrants and refugees in the U.S. today
By Al Santoli. 1988
The author is the son of an Italian immigrant and is married to a Vietnamese refugee. He traveled throughout the…
country to search out families or individuals who best expressed the experience of new immigration. Santoli tells their stories of war and violence as they fled such countries as Afghanistan, Guatemala, and LaosBlack Moses: the story of Marcus Garvey and the Universal Negro Improvement Association
By Edmund David Cronon. 1969
Marcus Garvey was born in Jamaica in 1887. In 1914 he established the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA) whose goal…
was the unification of black people around the world for the establishment of one mighty nation. In 1916 he moved to New York where his "back to Africa" movement gained massive support in the 1920sA social history of madness: the world through the eyes of the insane
By Roy Porter. 1987
Explores the experience of madness as described in the memorabilia of demented people such as George III, Nietzsche, and Nijinsky.…
Porter believes that the mad are a mirror image of society, "challenging the accepted views of truth and falsehood, reality and delusion". 1987.Jennifer fever: older men--younger women
By Barbara Gordon. 1988
Presents the author's theories on the menace of pretty, young women who are grouped here under the name "Jennifer." They…
are the ones for whom older men leave their wives, the "Janets." Gordon quotes people interviewed: the males who catch Jennifer fever; and the forsaken wives who are left to care for children rejected by their father. Some strong language and some descriptions of sexNo more lonely nights: overcoming the hidden fears that keep you from getting married
By Stephen Price. 1988
Through broad questions designed to help the readers find personally meaningful solutions to their problems, two psychotherapists discuss ways in…
which women can overcome the subconscious psychological barriers that keep them from forming lasting relationshipsOn the nature of things erotic
By F Gonzalez-Crussi. 1988
A physician-essayist explores the sexual impulse and sexual customs. He laments that the modern woman is too dependent on men's…
opinions of her, and then argues that women still represent an embodiment of the life force, at once redeeming and dangerous. Among the topics dissected are lovers' need for secrecy, a Chinese novelist's clinical account of seduction, and the concept of romantic passion as a feverish illness. Some descriptions of sexWritings on civil disobedience and nonviolence
By Leo Tolstoy. 1987
A gathering of the great Russian novelist's major radical Christian pacifist writings, including the previously uncollected "Inevitable Revolution." Besides nationalism,…
other frequent targets of Tolstoy's righteous wrath are the state and the ChurchAin't gonna study war no more: the story of America's peace seekers
By Milton Meltzer. 1985
The author, noted for his prize-winning coverage of social reform issues, presents a history of conscientious objectors and pacifism, with…
emphasis on war resistance in the United States. Meltzer points out that this form of dissent can be a positive means of effecting change in both government and society. For junior and senior high readersRachel and her children: homeless families in America
By Jonathan Kozol. 1988
An examination of homelessness in the U.S. Kozol's study concentrates on families living in New York City's welfare hotels and…
shelters, but his discussion of the issue extends to the homeless across the country. He also points out the realities of urban poverty and supplies statistics on the attitudes contemporary society assumes when dealing with homeless families. 1988The truly disadvantaged: the inner city, the underclass, and public policy
By William J Wilson. 1987
The author, a professor of sociology and public policy, seeks to explain why the 1970s and 1980s have witnessed economic…
decline in the nation's black inner-city neighborhoods despite unprecedented affirmative action and anti-discrimination legislation. He suggests a comprehensive policy agenda that moves beyond race-specific issues to address more fundamental problemsBy silence betrayed: sexual abuse of children in America
By John Crewdson. 1988
A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist analyzes the sexual abuse of children. He examines the victims, the abusers, their families, their caretakers,…
the legal system, and the society in which such crimes have become pervasiveAmerica's secret aristocracy
By Stephen Birmingham. 1987
A lighthearted exploration of the families who, from colonial times to the present, have formed the U.S. aristocracy. The true…
aristocrats, the author points out, are so aristocratic that they don't have to prove it to anyone, and exist behind closed doors. Birmingham examines how they elevated themselves to aristocratic standing and what individual family members do on a day-to-day basisBlack sheep and kissing cousins: how our family stories shape us
By Elizabeth Stone. 1988
Family stories and lore endure, maintains Stone, professor of journalism at Fordham University, not because they are entertaining or necessarily…
accurate but because they provide esteem, convey messages, offer instruction, and issue warnings and prohibitions. And they disappear, the author contends, when they no longer serve