“…Hailed as the "finest-looking, longest-lasting editions ever made" (The New Republic), Library of America volumes make a fine gift for any occasion. …”

“…A sweeping chronological survey, State and Schools includes chapters on the colonial background, schooling in the New Republic, the creation of an education profession, and the progressive education movement, among others. …”

“…Her essays--at once pithy, polemical, and precise--appear in places as diverse as Eye, Print, ID, The New Republic, and the LA Times. The essays collected here decode the technologies, trends, themes, and personalities that define design today, especially "the new media," and provide a road map of things to come. …”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…"To begin the world over again" : foreign policy and the birth of the republic, 1776-1778 -- "None who can make us afraid" : the new republic in a hostile world, 1789-1801 -- "Purified as by fire" : republicanism challenged and reaffirmed, 1801-1815 -- "Leave the rest to us" : the assertive republic, 1815-1837 -- "A dose of arsenic" : slavery, expansionism, and the road to disunion, 1837-1861 -- "Last best hope" : the Union, the Confederacy, and Civil War diplomacy, 1861-1877 -- "A good enough England" : foreign relations in the Gilded Age, 1877-1893 -- The War of 1898 and the dawn of the American century, 1893-1901 -- "Bursting with good intentions" : the United States in world affairs, 1901-1913 -- "A new age" : Wilson, the Great War, and U.S. foreign policy, 1913-1921 -- Involvement without commitment, 1921-1931 -- The great transformation : depression, isolationism, and war, 1931-1941 -- "Five continents and seven seas" : World War II and the emergence of American globalism, 1941-1945 -- "A noble burden far from our shores" : Truman, the Cold War, and the revolution in American foreign policy, 1945-1953 -- Coexistence and crises, 1953-1961 -- Gulliver's troubles: Kennedy, Johnson, and the limits of power, 1961-1969 -- Nixon, Kissinger, and the end of the postwar era, 1969-1974 -- Foreign policy in an age of dissonance, 1974-1981 -- "A unique and extraordinary time in world history" : Gorbachev, Reagan, Bush, and the end of the Cold War, 1981-1991 -- The strength of a giant : America as hyper-power, 1992-2007…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…"To begin the world over again" : foreign policy and the birth of the republic, 1776-1778 -- "None who can make us afraid" : the new republic in a hostile world, 1789-1801 -- "Purified as by fire" : republicanism challenged and reaffirmed, 1801-1815 -- "Leave the rest to us" : the assertive republic, 1815-1837 -- "A dose of arsenic" : slavery, expansionism, and the road to disunion, 1837-1861 -- "Last best hope" : the Union, the Confederacy, and Civil War diplomacy, 1861-1877 -- "A good enough England" : foreign relations in the Gilded Age, 1877-1893 -- The War of 1898 and the dawn of the American century, 1893-1901 -- "Bursting with good intentions" : the United States in world affairs, 1901-1913 -- "A new age" : Wilson, the Great War, and U.S. foreign policy, 1913-1921 -- Involvement without commitment, 1921-1931 -- The great transformation : depression, isolationism, and war, 1931-1941 -- "Five continents and seven seas" : World War II and the emergence of American globalism, 1941-1945 -- "A noble burden far from our shores" : Truman, the Cold War, and the revolution in American foreign policy, 1945-1953 -- Coexistence and crises, 1953-1961 -- Gulliver's troubles: Kennedy, Johnson, and the limits of power, 1961-1969 -- Nixon, Kissinger, and the end of the postwar era, 1969-1974 -- Foreign policy in an age of dissonance, 1974-1981 -- "A unique and extraordinary time in world history" : Gorbachev, Reagan, Bush, and the end of the Cold War, 1981-1991 -- The strength of a giant : America as hyper-power, 1992-2007…”

“…Irene Taviss Thomson explores this notion by analyzing hundreds of articles addressing hot-button issues over two decades from four magazines: National Review, Time, The New Republic, and The Nation, as well as a wide array of other writings and statements from a substantial number of public intellectuals. …”

“…Croly, founder of The New Republic, expounded on issues from the nationalization of railroads to the Espionage Act in his search for a middle way between socialism and capitalism. …”

“…Meyerson investigates how the framers of the Constitution envisioned religious freedom and how they intended it to operate in the new republic. "Endowed by Our Creator" shows that the framers understood that the American government should not acknowledge religion in a way that favours any particular creed or denomination. …”

“…Dissent and disloyalty became dangerously interdigitated, nearly bringing the new republic to the brink of collapse. No figure was more in the center of it all than James Madison. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The English Empire, 1660–1763 -- Imperial Reforms and Colonial Protests, 1763-1774 -- America's War for Independence, 1775-1783 -- Creating Republican Governments, 1776–1790 -- Growing Pains: The New Republic, 1790–1820 -- The Industrial, Market, and Transportation Revolutions, 1800–1850 -- Jacksonian Democracy, 1820–1840 -- A Nation on the Move: Westward Expansion, 1800–1860 -- Cotton is King: The Antebellum South, 1800–1860 -- Antebellum Idealism and Reform Impulses, 1820–1860 -- Troubled Times: the Tumultuous 1850s -- The Civil War, 1860–1865 -- The Era of Reconstruction, 1865–1877 -- Go West Young Man! …”

“…Taking a chronological approach, the chapters explore themes such as western opposition to Chinese immigration, international views of China's new republic, hopes of friendship during the rule of Chiang Kai-Shek, the Korean and Cold Wars, Communist China's economic growth, the Chinese in popular culture and China as a modern global power. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…: Collections for the "Prague Children" -- Mourning in Absence: Soldiers' Graves and Church Bells -- Battle Scars: The Presence of Wounded Soldiers -- Recent Arrivals: Refugees from War Victims to Scapegoats -- 4 Black Markets, Green Expeditions: Food Shortages and Growing Divisions -- A "Paper Pyramid": Regulations and Managing Scarcity -- Queues, Cold, and Hunger: The Urban Experience of Deprivation -- Imagined and Real Food Circuits within the City -- To and from Prague: Upside-down Town and Country Relations -- Salvation through the Nation: The Czech Heart and Welfare Provision -- 5 Not Only Red: Street Protests, State Legitimacy, and Social Justice -- Demonstrations and Deputations: Sites of the Waning of Habsburg Power -- Riots, Crowds, and the Occupation of Public Space -- New Republic, Same-old Protests -- The Housing Crisis and Direct Action -- Living on the Street: Citizenship and Entitlement…”

“…A frequent contributor to The New Republic, he died in 1918 at the age of 32, arguing that a "militaryindustrial" complex would continue to shape the policies of the modern liberal state.Bourne is also recognized as one of the founders of American cultural radicalism, revered in turn by Marxists, antifascists, and the New Left. …”

“…Stephen Carter's opinions on topics ranging from religion to the confirmation process are widely "ed. The New Republic has written that black neoconservative Thomas Sowell was having a greater influence on the discussion of matters of race and ethnicity than any other writer of the past ten years. …”

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“…Formerly an important player in international affairs, the new republic was quickly sidelined by the European concert of powers. …”

“…Formerly an important player in international affairs, the new republic was quickly sidelined by the European concert of powers. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Staff and Workflow -- Elements of Editorial Design -- Formats -- Time -- Identity -- Anatomy -- Art -- Typography -- Layout -- Prototyping -- Production -- Case Studies &amp -- Interviews -- Case Study: BuzzFeed -- Interview: Chris Johansen, VP of Product, BuzzFeed -- Case Study: Huffington Post -- Interview: Josh Klenert, VP, Design &amp -- UX, Huffington Post -- Interview: Paul Ford Content Strategist, Writer, Programmer -- Case Study: The New York Times -- Interview: Tom Bodkin, Chief Creative Officer, The New York Times -- Interview: Jeremy Zilar, Content Strategist/Blog Specialist, The New York Times -- Case Study: The Guardian -- Interview: Alex Breuer, Creative Director, Guardian News and Media -- Interview: David Sleight, Creative Director, UX and Product Designer, Developer -- Case Study: USA TODAY -- Interview: Jeanette Abbink, Founder and Creative Director, Rational Beauty -- Case Study: Bloomberg Businessweek -- Interview: Richard Turley, Creative Director, Bloomberg Businessweek -- Case Study: Rookie -- Interview: Renda Morton, Founding Designer, Rookie -- Interview: Mandy Brown, Cofounder, Editorially -- Case Study: Pitchfork -- Interview: Michael Renaud, Creative Director, Pitchfork -- Case Study: New York -- Interview: Thomas Alberty, Design Director, New York Magazine -- Interview: Steve Motzenbecker, Director of Design &amp -- User Experience, NYmag.com -- Interview: Stella Bugbee, Editorial Director, The Cut -- Case Study: Vanity Fair Italia -- Interview: Devin Pedzwater, Creative Director, Vanity Fair Italia -- Case Study: New Republic -- Interview: Jeffrey Zeldman, Founder and Executive Creative Director, Happy Cog -- Case Study: It's Nice That…”

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