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Polenberg, Richard was born on July 21, 1937 in New York City.
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WINNER OF THE 1981PULITZER PRIZE FORDRAMA AND THE DRAMA CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD, THIS IS THEPLAY THAT STOLE THE HEART OF BROADWAYAND ESTABLISHED BET H HENLEY AS ONE OFTHE BRIGHTEST NEW LIGHTS ON THE DRAMATIC SCENE TODAY. HAZLEHURST, MISSISSIPPI, IS THE SETTING FOR A REUNION OFTHE THREE MAGRATH SISTERS. BABE, THE YOUNGEST, HAS JUST SHOT HER BIGWIG POLITICO HUSBASND IN THE STOMACH. ELDEST SISTER LENNY IS CELEBRATING HER THIRTIETH BIRTHDAY WITH NO ROMANTIC PROSPECTS AND MEG, THE REBELLIOUS MIDDLE SIBLING, HAS FAILED IN A HOLLYWOOD SINGING CAREER. CRIMES OF THE HEART IS FULLOF A SENSE OF FAMILY FEELING, AND GENEROSITY TOWARDPEOPLE AND LIFE.
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Jacob Abrams et al. v. United States is the landmark Supreme Court case in the definition of free speech. Although the 1918 conviction of four Russian Jewish anarchists—for distributing leaflets protesting America's intervention in the Russian revolution—was upheld, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes's dissenting opinion (with Justice Louis Brandeis) concerning "clear and present danger" has proved the touchstone of almost all subsequent First Amendment theory and litigation.In Fighting Faiths, Richard Polenberg explores the causes and characters of this dramatic episode in American history. He traces the Jewish immigrant experience, the lives of the convicted anarchists before and after the trials, the careers of the major players in the court cases—men such as Holmes, defense attorney Harry Weinberger, Southern Judge Henry DeLamar Clayton, Jr., and the young J. Edgar Hoover—and the effects of this important case on present-day First Amendment rights.
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(Since its birth the United States has been proclaimed a c...)
Since its birth the United States has been proclaimed a classless and unified nation, as typified by the myth of the American melting pot. This book seeks to demonstrate that the reality is very different - it is a country divided along the fault lines of class, race, and ethnic identity. Beginning with a look at social divisions as they existed in the 1930s, the book investigates the effects of World War II, the Cold War era, the growth of the suburbs, the new frontier and the great society and the fragmentation of Vietnam, concluding with an analysis of the effects of Watergate and the election of Jimmy Carter. The result is a documentation of the change and continuity that characterize four turbulent decades of American life.
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A discussion of the radical alteration of the character of American society caused by World War II. The war redefined the relationship of government to the individual and of individuals to each other, and it posed questions about the relationship between civilians and the military, between liberty and security, between special interests and national purpose.
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Polenberg, Richard was born on July 21, 1937 in New York City.
Bachelor, Brooklyn College, 1958; Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1959; Doctor of Philosophy in history, Columbia University, 1964.
Lecturer history, Queens College, 1960-1961; lecturer history, Brooklyn College, 1961-1964; from instructor to assistant professor, Brooklyn College, 1964-1966; from assistant professor to professor, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, 1966-1986; Goldwin Smith professor American history, Cornell Univercity, Ithaca, New York, since 1986.
(WINNER OF THE 1981PULITZER PRIZE FORDRAMA AND THE DRAMA C...)
(WINNER OF THE 1981PULITZER PRIZE FORDRAMA AND THE DRAMA C...)
(Since its birth the United States has been proclaimed a c...)
( A discussion of the radical alteration of the character...)
(Jacob Abrams et al. v. United States is the landmark Supr...)
(Jacob Abrams et al. v. United States is the landmark Supr...)
Married, 1988; 1 child. 3 children from previous marriage.