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Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
A cultural critic and investigative journalist uncovers the full history of the Barbie doll, from her introduction in 1959 through countless transformations, makeovers and career changes to its emergence as an international pop culture icon.
Publisher
McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"Moral outrage is one of the most compelling, complex, and powerful emotional responses. It is the affective currency that drives collective action in a democracy, where it can rally constituents, incentivize legislation, affect how we vote, and catalyze individual anger into righteous protests or mob rule. In recent years, outrage has bolstered extremism and political polarization, and it spurred thousands of self-prescribed "patriots" to storm the...
Author
Publisher
Black Privilege Publishing/Atria, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"Alice Randall, award-winning professor, songwriter, and author with a "lively, engaging, and often wise" (The New York Times Book Review) voice, offers a lyrical, introspective, and unforgettable account of her past and her search for the first family of Black country music. Country music had brought Randall and her activist mother together and even gave Randall a singular distinction in American music history: she is the first Black woman to cowrite...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
In this deeply informed synthesis of history, contemporary politics and ideas, a leading historian and intellectual warns us that the 2024 election could be the last free election held in a unified America due to the perilous state of democracy in the U.S. today and the increasing radicalization of the Republican Party.
Author
Publisher
Harvest, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"From the Smithsonian Institution, the real story of the American table in a collection of snapshots, stories, and recipes from the pre-colonial era through today, including the people and events that have often been left out. In this exploration of the American table, the Smithsonian Institution presents a fresh look at what and how we've fed ourselves, for sustenance and for pleasure, through the lens of location, immigration, ingenuity, innovation,...