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<title><![CDATA[KCLS American History titles]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[New American History titles added to the KCLS collection]]></description>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[20100823]]></pubDate>
<item><title><![CDATA[We were an island : the Maine life of Art and Nan Kellam / Peter P. Blanchard III ; with photographs by David Graham.]]></title>
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<author><![CDATA[Blanchard, Peter P., 1951-]]></author>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[20100823]]></pubDate>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[1877 : America's year of living violently / Michael A. Bellesiles.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Describes a time of upheaval in America--when the country was in a deep economic depression, white supremacists roamed the South, and a nationwide railroad strike led to bloodshed--and discusses how the events of 1877 also fueled cultural and intellectual innovatio]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Bellesiles, Michael A.]]></author>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[20100823]]></pubDate>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[The caning of Charles Sumner : honor, idealism, and the origins of the Civil War / Williamjames Hull Hoffer.]]></title>
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<author><![CDATA[Hoffer, Williamjames.]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog.kcls.org/opac/en-US/skin/kcls/xml/rdetail.xml?rt=isbn&adv=0801894689]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20100823]]></pubDate>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[The Lakotas and the Black Hills : the struggle for sacred ground / Jeffery Ostler.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[Traces the loss of the Lakota Sioux's spiritual homelands and their legal battle to regain them, recounting such events as the defeat of Custer at Little Bighorn and their Supreme Court campaign]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Ostler, Jeffrey.]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog.kcls.org/opac/en-US/skin/kcls/xml/rdetail.xml?rt=isbn&adv=0670021954]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20100903]]></pubDate>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[Cowboy conservatism : Texas and the rise of the modern right / Sean P. Cunningham.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[""Cunningham masterfully reconstructs how the Republican Party in Texas became a majority...in a state long dominated by Democrats. Cowboy Conservatism should be placed high on the ámust read' list for anyone seriously interested in recent American politics."---Donald T. Critchlow, author of The Conservative Ascendancy: How the GOP Right Made Political History" "During the 1960s and 1970s, Texas was transformed by a series of political transitions. After more than a century of Democratic politics, the state became a Republican stronghold, influenced by the public perception that the GOP seemed better prepared to handle the formidable crises the country faced. By 1980, Texas was "Reagan Country." Ultimately, Republicans dominated the Texas political landscape, holding all twenty-seven of its elected offices and carrying former governor George W. Bush to his second term as president with more than 61 percent of the Texas vote." "In Cowboy Conservatism: Texas and the Rise of the Modern Right, Sean P. Cunningham examines the remarkable origins of Republican Texas. Utilizing extensive research drawn from the archives of four presidential libraries, gubernatorial papers, local campaign offices, and oral histories, Cunningham presents a compelling narrative of modern conservatism as it evolved in one of the nation's largest and most politically important states." "Cunningham analyzes the political changes that took place in Texas during the tumultuous seventeen-year period between John F. Kennedy's assassination and the election of Ronald Reagan. Assessing the state's geography, history, economy, and social outlook, his analysis considers the nature of the political evolution in Texas during this time, as well as the changes that occurred within the political parties themselves. He explores critical issues related to the changing political scene in Texas, including the emergence of "law and order."race relations and civil rights, the slumping economy, the Vietnam War, and the rise of a politically active Christian Right, as well as the role of iconic politicians such as Ronald Reagan, Jimmy Carter, John Connally, and John Tower." "Cowboy Conservatism demonstrates Texas's distinctive and vital contributions to the transformation of postwar American politics, revealing a vivid portrait of modern conservatism in one of the nation's most fervent Republican strongholds."--BOOK JACKE]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Cunningham, Sean P.]]></author>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[20100903]]></pubDate>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[Dismantling the empire : America's last best hope / Chalmers Johnson.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[""Johnson wants the scales to fall from American eyes so that the nation can see the truth about its role in the world. His is a patriot's passion: his motive is to save the American republic he loves."---Jonathan Freedland, The New York Review of Books" ""The role of the prophet is an honorable one. In Chalmers Johnson the American empire has found its Jeremiah. He deserves to be heard."---Andrew J. Bacevich, The Washington Post Book World" ""Chalmers Johnson's important new book is something with which everyone who aspires to a worthwhile opinion about this country's future must contend."---Los Angeles Times (On Nemesis)" ""Trenchantly argued, comprehensively documented, grimly eloquent Worthy of the republic it seeks to defend."---The Boston Globe (On the Sorrows of Empire)" ""Stunning and shocking...Blowback is a wake-up call for America."---John Dower, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author of Embracing Defeat" "In his prophetic book Blowback, published before 9/11, Chalmers Johnson warned that our secret operations around the globe would exact a price at home. Now, in a brilliant series of essays, Johnson measures that price, assesses the dangers America faces, and shows just how the United States became a superpower living desperately beyond its means. Our reliance on Pentagon economics, a global empire of bases, and war without end is, he declares, nothing short of "a suicide option."" "Dismantling the Empire explores the subjects for which Johnson is now famous, from the origins of blowback to Barack Obama's Afghanistan conundrum, including our inept spies, our devastatingly bad behavior in other countries, our ill-fought wars, and our capitulation to a military that has taken ever more control of the federal budget. There is, he proposes, only one way out: President Obama must begin to dismantle the empire before the Pentagon dismantles the American dream. If we do not learn from the fates of past empires, he suggests, our decline and fall are foreordained. This is Johnson at his best: delivering both a warning and an urgent prescription for a remedy."--BOOK JACKE]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[Johnson, Chalmers A.]]></author>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[20100903]]></pubDate>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[Abraham Lincoln's Gettysburg Address illustrated / conceived and designed by Jack E. Levin ; preface by Mark R. Levin.]]></title>
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<author><![CDATA[Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865.]]></author>
<link><![CDATA[http://catalog.kcls.org/opac/en-US/skin/kcls/xml/rdetail.xml?rt=isbn&adv=1439188963]]></link>
<pubDate><![CDATA[20100903]]></pubDate>
</item><item><title><![CDATA[Pinheads and patriots : where you stand in the age of Obama / Bill O'Reilly.]]></title>
<description><![CDATA[O'Reilly offers a detailed examination of how the decisions President Obama is making, the programs he is championing, and the support and opposition he is getting from others will ultimately impact everyday Americans. He backs up his analyses with behind-the-scenes information culled from campaign interviews with Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain, as well as details of his confrontations with Congressman Barney Frank and other]]></description>
<author><![CDATA[O'Reilly, Bill.]]></author>
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<pubDate><![CDATA[20100920]]></pubDate>
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