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Mississauga, ON, Canada: Random House of Canada, Limited, 1988. Hard Cover. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0394570537. Studs Terkel portrays America as it has changed over the last few years. In America we have yuppies , Wall street greed, right wing fundamentalism, sixties activists who now are stockbrokers. At the same time we have obstinate liberals, the teachers still fighting the good fight, and those caught in the middle, the people who have seen the changes but who .The dustjacket top & bottom of the spine are slightly bumped & rubbed..

New York, NY, U.S.A.: Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 1990. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Card-carrying members and non-members alike will find this history of the nation's main civil liberties organization fascinating, following its eighty-year fight against a wide variety of injustices, including the internment of Japanese Americans, anti-Communist witch hunts, and racial prejudice. Walker (criminal justice, Univ. of Nebraska), an active American Civil Liberties Union member who had complete access to its archives, has written a comprehensive history of this unique and often controversial organization, which will celebrate its 70th anniversary next month. What emerges is a candid but sympathetic account of the ACLU's triumphs and defeats, its strengths and failings, and fascinating pen pictures of its charismatic but often quarrelsome leaders, particularly Roger Baldwin, who was the ACLU's first executive director until forced… Read More

Boston, MA, U.S.A.: Houghton Mifflin Company Trade & Reference Division, 1981. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. One of the most widely acclaimed books of recent years. Richard Lingeman's Small Town America is nothing less than a history of the United States told through a penetrating study of the development of its small towns. Filled with fascinating detail, it pleases as it informs, appealing to scholar and general reader alike. 547 pages. Some light rubbing on top & bottom of spine. The four outside corner tips are slightly rubbed with the rear cover two slightly rubbed curled up. Second page has prev.owners name on it..

Belmont, Massachusetts: Western Islands Belmont, 1971. Soft Cover. Near Fine. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Teddy Bare "heaps up mounds of evidence to prove that 1) Teddy lied about Chappaquiddick; 2) Teddy was guilty of manslaughter; 3) all the efforts of the police and judiciary authorities were directed.not toward discovery of it's truth, but towards burial." - Esquire Magazine. Book appears unread. Top tip of corner on front cover has 1/2 " crease & slight rubbing. bottom of spine on back cover slightly bumped..

Mississauga, ON, Canada: Random House of Canada, Limited, 1997. Hard Cover. As New/As New. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ISBN:0679455892. 217 pages. The Washington Post columnist and author of the bestselling Makes Me Wanna Holler discusses social and cultural issues pertaining to the current state of race in America. Includes essays on the destructive myth of black athletic ability, gangster rap, and the complacency of the black middle class, Alic e Walker, and Muhammad Ali. "Filled with essays that challenge America's myths.His easy reading style unsuspectingly pricks the conscience"--USA Today.