Loved and hated, visited and avoided, seemingly everywhere yet endlessly the same, malls occupy a special place in American life. What, then, is this invention
From one of today's most respected historians and cultural critics comes a new book examining the gulf in American society--a division that cuts across class, r
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A provocative new book that shows us why we must put American history firmly in a global context--from 1492 to today Americans like to tell their country's stor
The United States holds the dubious distinction of experiencing more civilian gun deaths than any industrialized nation on Earth--nearly 30,000 per year. In thi