Book Reviews by Richard J. Margolis
(in chronological order with most recent first; titles not available to download from this website are in red)
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Ten Books You May Have Missed (ruralamerica, 2000)
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The Buzzards Above, the Cane Below: Big Sugar: Seasons in the Cane Fields of Florida, by Alec Wilkinson (New York Times, 1989)
In Pursuit of Reason: The Life of Thomas Jefferson - by Noble Cunningham Jr. (New York Times, 1987)
Sometimes Something Seems to Work: No Ceasefires: The War on Poverty in Roanoke Valley - by Edwin Cobb (New York Times, Feb. 3, 1985)
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An Old Man's Diary - by A.J.P. Taylor (New York Times, 1985)
Franklin D. Roosevelt: His Life & Times - by Otis Graham Jr.; The New Deal, the Worker & the Great Depression - by Irving Bernstein (New York Times, 1985)
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Government Was the Solution: Franklin D. Roosevelt - edited by Otis Graham Jr. and Meghan Robinson Wander; and A Caring Society - by Irving Bernstein (New York Times, June 16, 1985)
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Postmortem: New Evidence in the Case of Sacco & Venzetti - by William Young and David Kaiser (New York Times, 1985)
Burning Money: The Waste of Your Tax Dollars - by Peter Grace (New York Times, 1984)
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Recapitalizing America: Alternatives to the Corporate Distortion of National Policy - by S.M. Miller and Donald Tomaskovic-Devey (New York Times, 1984)
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What's Ahead for the Economy: The Challenge & the Chance - by Louis Rukeyser (New York Times, 1984)
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Acts of Courage & Belief - by Gregory Stone and Douglas Lowenstein (New York Times, 1983)
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The American Novel & the Way We Live Now - by John Aldridge (New York Times, 1983)
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Aunt Arie: A Foxfire Portrait - by Linda Page & Eliot Wigginton (New York Times, 1983)
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JFK: The Presidency of John F. Kennedy - by Herbert Parmet (New York Times, 1983)
Channels of Power: The Impact of Television on American Politics - by Austin Ranney (New York Times, 1983)
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Framed: The New Right Attack on Chief Justice Rose Bird & the Courts - by Betty Medsger (New York Times, 1983)
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Government by Contract - by John Hanrahan (New York Times, 1983)
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The Last Enemy - by Richard Hillary (New York Times, 1983)
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Roughneck: The Life & Times of Bill Haywood - by Peter Carlson (New York Times, 1983)
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The Making of the New Deal: The Insiders Speak - by Kate Loucheheim (New York Times, 1983)
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The Roots of Southern Populism: Yeoman Farmers & the Transformation of the Georgia Upcountry - by Steven Hahn (New York Times, 1983)
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Who Owns Appalachia? Landownership & Its Impact - by Appalachian Land Ownership Task Force (New York
Times, 1983)
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Cleveland Benjamin's Dead (ruralamerica, 1983)
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​Beyond the Bottom: The Underclass - by Ken Auletta (The New Leader, 1982)
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Small Town America - by Richard Lingeman (The New Leader, 1980)
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Educating All Our Children - by Doxey Wilkerson (Change, 1980)
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Framed by the Evening News: Media Images of the New Left: The Whole World Is Watching - by Todd Gitlin (Chronicle of Higher Education, November 1980)
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Mean Things Happening in This Land - by H.L. Mitchell (ruralamerica, 1979)
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The Declining Significance of Race: Blacks & Changing American Institutions - by William Julius Wilson; and Protest, Politics, and Prosperity: Black Americans and White Institutions 1940-1975 - by Dorothy Newman (Change, 1979)
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Where the Rainbows Wait - by Trent Jones, Carlton Stowers (Change, 1978 -79)
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When Push Comes to Shove: The Fall of Public Man - by Richard Sennett (Bookletter, Jan. 31, 1977)
Jewish Dynasty: The Thirteenth Tribe - by Arthur Koestler (Bookletter [Harper's Magazine], 1977)
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A Politics of Feeling: College: Reward & Betrayal - by Thomas Cottle (Change, 1977)
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O Pioneer, O Morris! Good Neighborhood: The Challenge of Open Housing - by Morris Milgram (The New Leader, 1977)
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Roosevelt's Revolution: The First Year - by Rexford Tugwell (Bookletter [Harper's Magazine], 1977)
Clash of Cultures: Crazy Horse and Custer - by Steven E. Ambrose (Bookletter, Jan. 19, 1976)
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The Second Exodus: Review of World of our Fathers - by Irving Howe (Bookletter, Feb. 2, 1976)
Please Pass the Health: Medical Nemesis: the Expropriation of Health - by Ivan Illich (Bookletter, June 21, 1976)
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Riding the Earthboy 40 - by James Welch (Bookletter [Harper's Magazine], 1976)
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Medical Nemesis: The Expropriation of Health - by Ivan Illich (Bookletter [Harper's Magazine], 1976)
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Their Daily Bread: Land Grant Universities & Their Continuing Challenges - by G. Lester Anderson (Change, 1976)
Education in the U.S.: A Documentary History - by Sol Cohen (Change, 1975)
Liberal Parents, Radical Children - by Midge Decter (Change, 1975)
The Negro on Campus - by Raymond Wolters (Change, 1975)
Communalism: From Its Origins to the 20th Century - by Kenneth Rexroth (Change, 1975)
True Americanism: Green Berets & War Resisters: A Study of Commitment - by David M. Mantell (Change, 1974/75)
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A Heavy Cross to Bear: Blue Cross: What Went Wrong? - by Sarah Law (1974)
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Circuses without Bread: Blowing the Whistle on Intercollegiate Sports - by J. Robert Evans (Change, 1974)
Learning for Tomorrow: The Role of the Future in Education - by Alvin Toffler (Change, 1974)
A Rap on Race - by Margaret Mead & James Baldwin (Life Magazine, 1971)
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Letting Sleeping Dragons Lie: The Moynihan Report & the Politics of Controversy - by Lee Rainwater & William Yancy (The New Leader, 1967)