Stephen J. Whitfield is Professor of American Studies at Brandeis University where he holds the Max Richter Chair in American Civilization. Among other works, he is the author of Into the Dark: Hannah Arendt and Totalitarianism (1980), A Death in the Delta: The Story of Emmett Till (1988), and The Culture of the Cold War (1991, 1996). He has published widely in modern political and intellectual history, and particularly in American Jewish history.
10 Ebooks por Stephen J. Whitfield
Stephen J. Whitfield: A Companion to 20th-Century America
A Companion to 20th-Century America is an authoritative survey of the most important topics and themes of twentieth-century American history and historiography. * Contains 29 original essays by leadi …
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Ira N. Forman & Sandy L. Maisel: Jews in American Politics
Joseph Lieberman’s Vice Presidential nomination and Presidential candidacy are neither the first nor last words on signal Jewish achievements in American politics. Jews have played an important role …
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Stephen J. Whitfield: The South in the Shadow of Nazism
In the immediate postwar period, as though sensing that the revulsion from Nazism might be carried too far, senators from the South defied the American Creed. They opposed the campaign to sign the Ge …
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Stephen J. Whitfield: American Space, Jewish Time
‘This is a delightful book, a small gem replete with insightful, provocative pieces about both American culture and Jewish life. I think that Stephen Whitfield is one of the most original essayists o …
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Stephen J. Whitfield: American Space, Jewish Time
‘This is a delightful book, a small gem replete with insightful, provocative pieces about both American culture and Jewish life. I think that Stephen Whitfield is one of the most original essayists o …
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€33.37
Stephen J. Whitfield: Learning on the Left
Brandeis University is the United States’ only Jewish-sponsored nonsectarian university, and while only being established after World War II, it has risen to become one of the most respected universi …
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John David Smith & Raymond Arsenault: The Long Civil War
In this wide-ranging volume, eminent historians John David Smith and Raymond Arsenault assemble a distinguished group of scholars to build on the growing body of work on the ‘Long Civil War’ and brea …
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€43.99
Stephen J. Whitfield: Culture of the Cold War
"Without the Cold War, what’s the point of being an American?" As if in answer to this poignant question from John Updike’s Rabbit at Rest, Stephen Whitfield examines the impact of the Cold …
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€29.60
Jack Kugelmass: Jews, Sports, and the Rites of Citizenship
To many, an association between Jews and sports seems almost oxymoronic–yet Jews have been prominent in boxing, basketball, and fencing, and some would argue that hurler Sandy Koufax is America’s gr …
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Stephen J. Whitfield: In Search of American Jewish Culture
In drama and in musical comedy, in popular song and in symphonic music, in movies and in literature, Jews have contributed to American culture in the 20th century to a degree out of all proportion to …
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