politics and culture

Offers a reassessment of political culture in the early years of the American republic, exploring both the public actions and private papers of key figures like Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr, and Alexander Hamilton.

Republican Senator Rick Santorum discusses the humane civic vision he believes is needed to create a truly civic, community-oriented conservative public policy that will best serve the American people.

Presents a comprehensive examination of the presidency of Ronald Reagan comparing the significant political events during the 1980s with the social and cultural developments of that decade.

A collection of essays in which Hendrik Hertzberg explores a variety of topics related to American politics and profiles key figures.

The never-before-told account of two of the most insightful minds of the twentieth century--Jacques Monod and Albert Camus--and a dramatic story of how hardship and courage can unleash creative genius.

"A history of American ideas about life and death includes coverage of topics ranging from the 17th-century Englishman who investigated a belief about life starting with eggs and the heated debates over Darwin's evolutionary findings to the role of the Space Age in changing views on planetary life to the 1970s trends in cryogenics." --Publishers description.

Contains entries that examine people, ideas, and events related to the so-called culture wars--the conflict of values and ideas in the United States, covering activists and advocates, the arts, education, holidays and observances, journalists, political and economic issues, religious figures, and other topics; arranged alphabetically from M to Z.

A discussion of the U.S. culture war over fundamental social and religious values, with articles and documents that provide examples of the phenomenon within the study of politics in the United States.