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Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Alexandra Hudson, daughter of the "Manners Lady," was raised to respect others. But as she grew up, Hudson discovered a difference between politeness--a superficial appearance of good manners--and true civility. In this timely book, Hudson sheds light on how civility can help bridge our political divide. From classical philosophers like Epictetus, to great twentieth-century thinkers like Martin Luther King Jr., to her own experience working in the...
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
"A provocative, incisive look at the building of social movements-from the 1600s to the present day-and how current technology is undermining them. We tend to think of revolutions as loud: frustrations and demands shouted in the streets. But the ideas fueling them have traditionally been conceived in much quieter spaces, in the small, secluded corners where a vanguard can whisper among themselves, imagine alternate realities, and deliberate over how...
Series
Pub. Date
[2014], c2012
Language
English
Description
In this episode, the story comes up to date with the 20th century. Starting at Munich's beer halls, we learn about Hitler's first revolt at the Munich Putsch which resulted in his imprisonment at Landsberg, where the young Hitler was to dictate his memoirs, Mein Kampf. Whilst Hitler was fighting for power in Germany, women were fighting a different battle, that of sexual rights. In the back streets of Manhattan, nurse Margaret Sanger works with American...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Presents an assessment of the existential crisis in modern America that explores how increasing social isolation and the collapse of traditional community connections lead to tension and pessimism, arguing that the solution is a rediscovery of human connections.
Pub. Date
[2013], c2009
Language
English
Description
America is becoming less Christian and less religious overall. This ABC News report examines the decrease in the number of people who say they belong to an organized religion. While the number of atheists in this country has doubled in the past 30 years,and church attendance has decreased, Americans have not given up their faith in God.
Pub. Date
[2010], c1945
Language
English
Description
This World War II-era newsreel includes the following segments: 1. German citizens return to their devastated homes as U.S. Army civil affairs units restore order and prepare for rationing food. 2. Ground and aerial views of a new British jet plane. 3. American cigarettes and candy are given to Russian troops at a British rest camp. 4. Allied planes bomb eight German railroad centers and strafe airfields.
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