books by James T. Patterson     books:     James T. Patterson      Profiles of Jesus Kathleen E. Corley, John Dominic Crossan, ... Polebridge Press, 2002 An excellent compilation of Jesus Seminar opinions This is a very fascinating book, especially in conjunction with some of the other works by the Jesus Seminar (specifically The Acts of Jesus and The Five Gosepels: What did Jesus Really Say?). Each of the members of the Seminar present a short (perhaps 10-20 page) ...             Mr. Republican: A Biography of Robert A. Taft James T. Patterson Houghton Mifflin Company, 1972 An outstanding political biography in every way! Simply put, this is the best biography of an American political figure that I have ever read. The book focuses on the life and political career of Robert A Taft (1889-1953) of Ohio, one of the most powerful - and unluckiest - men ever to sit in the US Senate. In the ...             America's Struggle Against Poverty in the Twentieth Century James T. Patterson Harvard University Press, 2000 The Coexistence of Wealth and Poverty Throughout the 20th century, by practically every standard of measurement, the United States was the wealthiest nation in the world. Nevertheless, there always have been poor. This complex study by James Patterson, Professor of History at Brown University, seeks to ...             Brown v. Board of Education: A Civil Rights Milestone and Its Troubled Legacy (Pivotal Moments in American ... James T. Patterson Oxford University Press, USA, 2002 A Well Researched Book Having grown up during the 1950's I wanted to familiarize myself in regard to civil rights, in particular as it applied to the historic 1954 Supreme Court ruling "Brown vs. the Board of Education." I found that President Eisenhower was not in favor of getting involved ...             Against Medical Advice: One Family's Struggle with an Agonizing Medical Mystery James Patterson, Hal Friedman Hachette Audio, 2008 Cory Friedman woke up one morning when he was five years old with the uncontrollable urge to shake his head and his life was never the same again. From that day forward his life became a hell of uncontrollable tics, urges, and involuntary utterances. Eventually he is diagnosed with Tourette's Syndrome and Obsessive Compulsive disorder, and Cory ...             Debating the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1968 (Debating 20th Century America) Steven F. Lawson, Charles Payne Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc., 2006 No other book about the civil rights movement captures the drama and impact of the black struggle for equality better than Debating the Civil Rights Movement, 1945-1968. Two of the most respected scholars of African-American history, Steven F. Lawson and Charles Payne, examine the individuals who made the movement a success, both at the highest ...             Restless Giant: The United States from Watergate to Bush v. Gore (Oxford History of the United States) James T. Patterson Oxford University Press, USA, 2007 First good history of the last 30 years I read this book for a graduate class in American history. James T. Patterson's book is a historical overview of American history, which starts with one constitutional crisis and one of America's darkest hours politically, the resignation of President Richard Nixon, ...             Grand Expectations: The United States, 1945-1974 (Oxford History of the United States) James T. Patterson Oxford University Press, USA, 1997 A well-balanced overview of America's most troubled era James Patterson has assembled the most comprehensive survey of contemporary American history. With the Cold War as the backdrop, he guides the reader through a tumultuous period that took in two wars and the Civil Rights movement. He amply describes the nature of ...             America in the Twentieth Century: A History James T. Patterson Wadsworth Publishing, 1999 One of the most authoritative texts on modern America, this concise, readable survey of twentieth century American history has been a reliable source for more than twenty years. The text has evolved from a book which primarily covered political and diplomatic history to one which devotes considerable space to areas of special interest such as ...             America Since 1941: A History James T. Patterson Wadsworth Publishing, 1999 One of the most authoritative texts on modern America, this concise, readable survey text has been a reliable source for more than twenty years. The text has evolved from a book which primarily covered political and diplomatic history to one which devotes considerable space to areas of special interest such as African American history, women's ...             America's Struggle Against Poverty in the Twentieth Century James T. Patterson Harvard Univ Pr, 2000             The Dread Disease: Cancer and Modern American Culture James T. Patterson Harvard University Press, 1989 Cancer is that "loathsome beast, which seized upon the breast, drove its long claws into the surrounding tissues, derived its sustenance by sucking out the juices of its victims, and never even relaxed its hold in death," a turn-of-the-century physician recorded. Even today cancer affects the popular imagination with dread. 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