Colin Harrison, (2010), analyzes key cultural and political American Culture in the 1990s events of that decade and their legacies. James T. Kloppenberg, Reading Obama: Dreams, Hope, and the American Political (2011), explores Obama’s commitment to freedom, equality, and deliberative Tradition politics. Jaron Lanier, (2011), argues that programming You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto decisions made at the beginning of the digital revolution have fundamentally transformed our culture, and not necessarily for the better. James Livingston, The World Turned Inside Out: American Thought and Culture at the (2010), argues that, since the 1960s, the Left has won almost End of the 20th Century every battle of the culture wars and that, contrary to conventional wisdom, it has been surprisingly successful in defending big government, as well. Jeffrey Melnick, (2009), analyzes cultural responses to the attacks of 9/11 Culture September 11. Williamson Murray and Robert H. Scales, (2005), The Iraq War: A Military History analyzes the aims, strategy, tactics, and battlefield experiences of both sides in the war. Steven E. Schier, ed., The Postmodern Presidency: Bill Clinton’s Legacy in U.S. Politics (2000), traces Clinton’s courtship of public opinion and explains the significance of his celebrity status. Rebecca Solnit, A Paradise in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in (2009), recounts how new communities and ideals emerged out of natural and Disaster human-made disasters such as Hurricane Katrina. Fred Turner, From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth (2008), explains how, in the 1970s, Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism countercultural figures such as Stewart Brand recognized digital technology’s potential as a tool for creating virtual, utopian community; made the Internet what it is today; and became highly successful entrepreneurs along the way. “tech” Julian E. Zelizer, ed., The Presidency of George W. Bush: A First Historical Assessment (2010), collects historians’ contextualization of various aspects of Bush’s administration, from the corporate bailouts to compassionate conservatism and the war on terror.
Colin Harrison, American Culture in the 1990s (2010), analyzes key cultural and political events of that decade and their legacies. James T. Kloppenberg, Reading Obama: Dreams, Hope, and the American Political Tradition (2011), explores Obama’s commitment to freedom, equality, and deliberative politics. Jaron Lanier, You Are Not a Gadget: A Manifesto (2011), argues that programming decisions made at the beginning of the digital revolution have fundamentally transformed our culture, and not necessarily for the better. James Livingston, The World Turned Inside Out: American Thought and Culture at the End of the 20th Century (2010), argues that, since the 1960s, the Left has won almost every battle of the culture wars and that, contrary to conventional wisdom, it has been surprisingly successful in defending big government, as well. Jeffrey Melnick, 9/11 Culture (2009), analyzes cultural responses to the attacks of September 11. Williamson Murray and Robert H. Scales, The Iraq War: A Military History (2005), analyzes the aims, strategy, tactics, and battlefield experiences of both sides in the war. Steven E. Schier, ed., The Postmodern Presidency: Bill Clinton’s Legacy in U.S. Politics (2000), traces Clinton’s courtship of public opinion and explains the significance of his celebrity status. Rebecca Solnit, A Paradise in Hell: The Extraordinary Communities That Arise in Disaster (2009), recounts how new communities and ideals emerged out of natural and human-made disasters such as Hurricane Katrina. Fred Turner, From Counterculture to Cyberculture: Stewart Brand, the Whole Earth Network, and the Rise of Digital Utopianism (2008), explains how, in the 1970s, countercultural figures such as Stewart Brand recognized digital technology’s potential as a tool for creating virtual, utopian community; made the Internet what it is today; and became highly successful “tech” entrepreneurs along the way. Julian E. Zelizer, ed., The Presidency of George W. Bush: A First Historical Assessment (2010), collects historians’ contextualization of various aspects of Bush’s administration, from the corporate bailouts to compassionate conservatism and the war on terror.
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