A faith like any other Freethinkers A History of American Secularism Susiin Jacoby John T. McGreevy President George W. Bush be-gins his cabinet meetings with a prayer; Al Sharpton passes the...
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BOOKS Everything must go! A Consumer's Republic The Politics of Mass Consumption in Postwar America Lizabeth Cohen John T. McGreevy Let's begin with George W. Bush. In an era of rising budget...
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BOOKS Why Chicago worked The Lost City Discovering the Forgotten Virtues of Community in the Chicago of the 1950s Alan Ehrenhalt Basic Books, $24,310 pp. John T. McGreevy Next time a...
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From melting pot to salad bowl
John T. McGreevy
Books about the decline of American nationalism will surely become a growth in-dustry. The term "citizen" frequently seems less relevant than...
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A SEPARATION OR A DIVORCE? RELIGION AND AMERICAN EDUCATION Rethinking a National Dilemma Warren A. Nord University of North Carolina Press, $19.95, 453 pp. PAYING THE WORDS EXTRA Religious...
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The good news schools Even those familiar with Catholic education find the statistics startling In 1965, over 13,000 Catholic schools enrolled 5 5 million students, 12 percent of the...
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