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Contested Truths: Keywords in American Politics Since Independence

Daniel T. Rodgers - History - 1998 - 294 pages
The language of argument uses particular words with particular, sometimes shifting meanings, though time. It is true that politicians may act as though they are part of no ...
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The Work Ethic in Industrial America, 1850-1920

Daniel T. Rodgers - Social Science - 2009 - 316 pages
"Rodgers's book is a study of how technology affects ideas. That is the issue to which Rodgers always returns: how did men and women react to the economy of unprecedented ...
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Age of Fracture

Daniel T. Rodgers - History - 2011 - 368 pages
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Cultures in Motion

Daniel T. Rodgers, Bhavani Raman, Helmut Reimitz - History - 2013 - 384 pages
In the wide-ranging and innovative essays of Cultures in Motion, a dozen distinguished historians offer new conceptual vocabularies for understanding how cultures have ...
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As a City on a Hill: The Story of America's Most Famous Lay Sermon

Daniel T. Rodgers - History - 2018 - 367 pages
How an obscure Puritan sermon came to be seen as a founding document of American identity and exceptionalism “For we must consider that we shall be as a city upon a hill,” John ...
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Civic Engagement: Social Science and Progressive-Era Reform in New York City

John Louis Recchiuti - History - 2007 - 340 pages
"John Louis Recchiuti recounts the history of a vibrant network of young American scholars and social activists who helped transform a city and a nation. In this study ...
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Barmaids: A History of Women's Work in Pubs

Diane Kirkby - Business & Economics - 1997 - 260 pages
This 1997 book is a mixture of cultural and labour history which traces the role of barmaids and Australian drinking culture.
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Convict Maids: The Forced Migration of Women to Australia

Deborah Oxley - Business & Economics - 1996 - 358 pages
This analysis of female transports to Australia reveals their significant contribution to the new economy.
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