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Mispronounced Regional Names and Terms.

Revisado: 08-09-22

Yikes! It's a good story but Ramapo is continually mispronounced. It's pronounced Ram-a-po not Rama-po!

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Foretelling and Predictive ...

Revisado: 02-17-20

About two years ago is when I first read this, I was actually amazed that Dean published this a decade after the Clinton impeachment and before the 2008 election of Obama. He diagrams the changes that Newt Gingrich brought to the House rules, and the fences he put up between the two parties. The takeaway is that historically in the American two-party system, coalitions are built ahead of elections. In other political systems around the world, alliances are formed after a majority-minority party wins. We see this often in Europe, Israel, and other parliamentary democracies.
It is pretty much prevailing historical theory now that beginning with the passage of the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts in 1964 and 1965 is when the left-right spectrum within the two major American parties began to erode. Nixon's 1968 southern strategy, and in the same year, the rise of George Wallace's third-party challenge to the Humphry-Nixon race is indicative of this.
Dean takes the political 1968 thesis father with the arrival of Newt Gingrich and Tom Deley on the scene and the polarization, which initially lead to the Clinton impeachment. The Tuesday through Thursday House workweek, the encouragement for GOP members to leave their families at home and commute to Washington. With families no longer in Washington House members from both parties no longer socialize with one another on any level from kids playing sports to family BBQs. Needless to say, Dean's observations help understand the place America is in today with a Cult of Personality POTUS and a cadre of followers that enables his worst instincts. :(

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A Holistic Perspective

Revisado: 08-12-19

The academic approach Gibson has taken in El Norte is broad. It is no secret that most US history is Anglocentric. Gibson's research and perspective help to diffuse that past centrism. I liked it!

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A Good Survey of Western Expansion

Revisado: 12-30-18

This book is a great starting point to study western American history. The authors point out the origins of trends that are relevant in the 21st century. It reads fast and presents topics that invite further exploration such as Native American, and railroad history.

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Competing and complimenting views.

Revisado: 06-17-18

This book title makes a strong thesis statement the author has no problem sticking with through every chapter. Mann is no stranger to this sort of research and writing as his previous volumes, 1491 and 1493 have also demonstrated. All of his work present clear notions of our collective past, present, and possible futures. There are more than a few driveway moments here!

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Well reasearched and written.

Revisado: 03-18-18

Mark Shaw's book takes us to a logical conclusion. Unfortunately it has taken half a century of details and facts coming to the surface for the public to get the bigger picture.

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Compelling and Sad

Revisado: 01-27-18

This is an informative look at a complicated period of American history. saddly, many of the social and economic drivers of the Cold War are still with us.

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America Sees Red

Revisado: 01-05-18

This os a fine primer on many of the events leading up to, and of the Red Scare.

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Facts and Alternate Facts

Revisado: 11-23-17

This work is a contemporary account of the emerging Trump- Russia story. As the current Independent Counsel investigation unfolds, Luke Harding does a great job of placing details of the Steele Dossiea in perspective with Robert Mueller's efforts. There are many aspects to the story. Harding sorts out the facts and places them in perspective for both academic and non-academic readers.
Note: The narration in a English accent fits well as Harding is a British journalist with the London newspaper the Guardian.

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A Compelling History

Revisado: 07-26-17

Well written. Greene's work will serve as a primary source on Election 2016 for generations to come.

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