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This volume examines how the political, economic and social changes of the Great Depression impacted on Hollywood and how it responded to them.

Brings together the work of leading civil rights scholars to offer a new and ground-breaking perspective on student-oriented activism in the 1960s. The eight essays in this collection not only delineate the role of SNCC over the course of the struggle for African American civil rights but also offer an updated perspective on the development and impact of the sit-in movement in light of new research into organizational records and the personal ...

Barack Obama's election as US president generated hope that the US was entering a new era whereby government would be the solution to the nation's problems. The election slogan of "Yes We Can” seemed to voice a hope that new leadership would put right what had gone wrong. Within a short time, however, "Yes We Can” gave way to "No We Can't”. The contributors to Broken Government? debate whether American government is broken and, if so, what can...

This volume examines how the political, economic and social changes of the Great Depression impacted on Hollywood and how it responded to them.

George W. Bush is widely regarded as a president of transformative significance. This volume analyzes the ambitious but controversial agenda that he has pursued at home and abroad. The contributors assess Bush's presidency in terms of its historical context, first-term record, and second-term prospects. They consider his administration from the perspective of its engagement in an ideologically driven project to consolidate conservative ascenda...

Analyses the ambitious but controversial agenda that George W. Bush has pursued at home and abroad. The contributors assess Bush's presidency in terms of its historical context, first-term record, and second-term prospects. They consider his administration from the perspective of its engagement in an ideologically driven project to consolidate conservative ascendancy over US politics and public policy and to promote America's interests and val...

This book marks the 400th anniversary of the founding of Quebec. It is made up of six essays by a team of contributors drawn from Quebec, the US, France, and the UK. The book explores the concept of Franco-American heritage not as a modern remnant of a lost French North American empire but a thriving entity that grew in both vitality and geographical spread in the centuries after British Conquest.