Kittelstrom, Amy

Summary: "Today we associate liberal thought and politics with secularism. When we argue over whether the nation's founders meant to keep religion out of politics, the godless side is said to be liberal. But the role of religion in American politics has always been far more nuanced and complex than today's debates would suggest and closer to the heart of American intellectual life than is commonly...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2015

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Hoxie, Frederick E.

Summary: Describes the Native American political activists who for two hundred years sought redress and change from the American government, and their place in shaping the modern political landscape for other activist movements.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2012

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 323.1197 HOX

Willrich, Michael.

Summary: Chronicles how America's progressive era war on smallpox sparked one of the twentieth century's leading civil liberties battles, describing the views and tactics of anti-vaccine advocates who feared an increasingly large government.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2011

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 614.521 WIL

Allitt, Patrick

Summary: "Few issues today excite more passion or alarm than the specter of climate change. In A Climate of Crisis, historian Patrick Allitt shows that our present climate of crisis is far from exceptional. Indeed, the environmental debates of the last half century are defined by exaggeration and fearmongering from all sides, often at the expense of the facts."-- From dust jacket flap.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 333.72 ALL