Axelbank Reports History and Today
Axelbank Reports History and Today
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#205: Maya Kornberg - "Stuck: How Money, Media, and Violence Prevent Change in Congress"
From the publisher:"Why fifty years of changemaking and reform haven't fixed Congress—and what that reveals about American democracy.Congress, the central democratic institution in the United States, is hanging on by a thread. On...
#204: Hampton Sides - "The Wide Wide Sea: Imperial Ambition, First Contact and the Fateful Final Voyage of Captain James Cook"
From the publisher: "On July 12th, 1776, Captain James Cook, already lionized as the greatest explorer in British history, set off on his third voyage in his ship the HMS Resolution. Two-and-a-half years later, on a beach on the island...
#203: Cathryn Prince - "For the Love of Labor: The Life of Pauline Newman"
From the publisher: "From her start as one of the youngest activists in US history, Pauline Newman helped shape the International Ladies' Garment Workers’ Union (ILGWU) into a dominant force in industrial America. Cathryn J. Prince tells the st...
#202: Stephen Knott - "Conspirator in Chief: The Long Tradition of Conspiracy Theories in the American Presidency"
From the publisher:"Esteemed presidential historian Stephen F. Knott takes readers on a sobering tour of the lowlights in the American presidency, showing how presidents from Thomas Jefferson to Donald Trump have engaged in reckless c...
#201: Amy Littlefield - "Killers of Roe: My Investigation Into the Mysterious Death of Abortion Rights"
From the publisher: "They are going to kill people, investigative reporter for The Nation Amy Littlefield knew, when the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. After a decade covering abortion, she wanted to more deepl...