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Alexis de Tocqueville, "On the Use That the Americans Make of Association in...

press.uchicago.eduAn excerpt from Democracy in AmericaAlexis de TocquevilleEdited, translated and with an introductionby Harvey C. Mansfield and Delba WinthropOn the Use That the Americans Make of...

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Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America (1835-40) -- Book cited in the...

press.uchicago.eduDemocracy in America3ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLEEdited and translated by Harvey C. Mansfield and Delba Winthrop722 pages | 6 x 9 | © 2000Alexis de Tocqueville (1805-59) came to America in...

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Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, Chapter XXI -- Note for...

marxists.orgimage fromChapter XXI: Why Great Revolutions Will Become More RareA people which has existed for centuries under a system of castes and classes can only arrive at a democratic state of...

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Mortality and morbidity in the 21st century - Note for a discussion, "E...

Anne Case and Angus Deaton, brookings.eduimage from entryIn “Mortality and morbidity in the 21st century,” Princeton Professors Anne Case and Angus Deaton follow up on their groundbreaking 2015 paper...

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Daniel J. Boorstin: The Americans: the national experience (1973) -- Details...

laurel.lso.missouri.eduimage fromDetailsDescription517 pages ; 25 cmContentspt. 1. The versatiles: New Englanders. The sea leads everywhere -- Inventing resources: ice for the Indies -- Inventing...

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American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North...

Review of the book, American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America, by Reid Wilson, Washington Post  November 8, 2013image fromRed states and blue states? Flyover...

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The Academy’s Assault on Intellectual Diversity

chronicle.comimage by Natalya Balnova for The Chronicle ReviewBy Robert Boyers MARCH 19, 2017  PREMIUM"A university is among the precious things that can be destroyed."— Elaine Scarry, On Beauty and...

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Meester Trump Tweets in Russian

By Michele A. Berdy, Moscow Times; via AH on Facebookimage (not from article) fromFor the last couple of months I’ve put myself in translation jail: I’ve been reading Donald Trump’s tweets in the...

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The Next Must-Watch TV Show Is Russia’s Version of ‘The Americans’

Amie Ferris-Rotman, foreignpolicy.com; via AH on FacebookThe Next Must-Watch TV Show Is Russia’s Version of ‘The Americans’ image from articleMOSCOW — It’s 2017, and the new Cold War is in full swing....

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The Civil War (TV series) [1990] - Note for an item cited in the discussion,...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe Civil WarA side portion of the 1991 VHS box set of nine volumesGenreDocumentaryWritten byGeoffrey C. WardRic BurnsDirected byKen BurnsVoices ofSam...

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American Response to the Holocaust - Note for a research project, "VOA and...

history.comimage from articleThe systematic persecution of German Jewry began with Adolf Hitler’s rise to power in 1933. Facing economic, social, and political oppression, thousands of German Jews...

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E Pluribus Unum (1782) - Note for item mentioned in discussion, "E Pluribus...

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaE Pluribus Unum included in the Great Seal of the United States, being one of the nation's mottos at the time of the seal's creationE pluribus unum (/ˈiː ˈpluːrᵻbəs...

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Mending Wall by Robert Frost

genius.com; via GC on Facebookimage fromSomething there is that doesn't love a wall,That sends the frozen-ground-swell under it,And spills the upper boulders in the sun,And makes gaps even two can pass...

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The Movie ‘Get Out’ Is a Strong Antidote to the Myth of ‘Postracial’ America...

By BRENT STAPLES MARCH 27, 2017, New York TimesImage from article, with caption: Allison Williams as Rose and Daniel Kaluuyain "Get Out," a film directed by Jordan PeeleThe touchstone scene in the new...

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The Nerds That Make English

Henry Hitchins, Wall Street Journalimage from articleThe Merriam-Webster editor informs us that the German word for a lower-back tattoo is “Arschgeweih,” which literally means “ass antlers.” Henry...

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America's Still a Nation of Joiners (1995) -- Note for a discussion, "E...

December 21, 1995America's Still a Nation of Joiners, New York TimesTo the Editor:Before Anthony Lewis proposes solutions to the presumed problem of our nation's becoming nonjoiners (column, Dec. 18),...

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Notes and references for the discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the...

I.Informal outline of presentation/discussion (details below):“E Pluribus Unum? What Keeps the United States United.”This presentation is intended for distinguished European/Eurasian young delegates...

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Shades of Red and Blue: Uniting Our Divided Nation: Note for a discussion, "E...

https://www.multivu.comThe Ethics Centre Presents a Civilized Forum for Debate onSaturday, April 1, 2017 12:30 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. EDT atThe New York Public Library, Celeste Bartos Forum, 42nd Street and...

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It’s a tale of two countries - Note for a discussion, "E Pluribus Unum? What...

Via PL on Facebook:It’s a tale of two countries. For the 117 million U.S. adults in the bottom half of the income distribution, growth has been nonexistent for a generation, while at the top of the...

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World Poetry Day: 28 of poetry's most powerful lines ever written

Clarisse Loughrey, independent.co.uk; via MQ on FacebookFeaturing selected works from the likes of T.S. Eliot, Neruda, Margaret Atwood, Walt Whitman, and Wilfred OwenClarisse Loughrey The rhythm of the...

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