Hard Times Revisited, by Jackson Lears, THE AMERICAN PROSPECT

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Hard Times Revisited

Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits, by Linda Gordon

by Jackson Lears

The American Prospect, December 2009, pp. 47-52

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    2. Obama's Economic Opportunity by Robert Kuttner, pp. 13-14
    3. The Number-Cruncher-in-Chief by Ezra Klein, pp. 15-18
    4. How Bush Broke the Government by Tara McKelvey, Te-Ping Chen, Ann Friedman, and Esther Kaplan, ..., pp. 19-23
    5. Can Partisanship Save Citizenship? by Henry Farrell, pp. 24-26
    6. Contents, p. 1
    7. A 21st-Century Agenda for Democratic Renewal by Bob Edgar, p. 2
    8. A Broader Definition of Democracy by Larry Marx, pp. 3-5
    9. The Case for Keeping Score by Heather K. Gerken, pp. 6-7
    10. More Than the Vote by Stuart Comstock-Gay and Joe Goldman, pp. 8-10
    11. Better Together by Cynthia Canary and Mike McCabe, pp. 11-12
    12. Can Money Be a Force for Good? by Mark Schmitt, pp. 13-36
    13. Prospects: The Competence Dodge by Robert Kuttner, p. 3
    14. Ways and Means: Our Capitalist Government by Mark Schmitt, p. 8
    15. Comment: Getting Ahead of Congress by Dana Goldstein, p. 9
    16. The Last Word: From Consumers to Commons by Robert B. Reich, p. 36
    17. Visual Art: Art in the Age of Obama by Sharon Butler, pp. 27-29
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      1. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
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      No One In Charge by Elaine C. Kamarck, pp. 34-35 - 1 Review
      1. The Next Government of the United States by Donald F. Kettl
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    12. Ways and Means by Mark Schmitt, p. 10
    13. Comment by Ann Friedman, p. 11
    14. The Last Word by Robert B. Reich, p. 40
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    16. Up Front, pp. 6-9
    17. Contents, p. 1
    18. Our Two-Class System by David L. Kirp, pp. 2-4
    19. The Graduation Gap by Christopher Jencks, pp. 5-7
    20. Rationing College Opportunity by Michael Hout, pp. 8-10
    21. Saying Yes in Syracuse by David Callahan, pp. 11-13
    22. Grand Solution or Grab Bag? by David L. Levinson, p. 14
    23. Ideas from the Other Washington by Julie Strawn, pp. 15-17
    24. Can Community Colleges Rise to the Occasion? by Thomas Bailey and Jim Jacobs, pp. 18-19
    25. The High Cost of Working Hard by Nancy K. Cauthen and Viany Orozco, pp. 20-22
    26. It's Not Just Education by Richard Rothstein, pp. 23-46
    27. Cover art by John Ritter
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    1. Gay on Trial by Gabriel Arana, pp. 16-19
    2. One More Bubble to Go by Jeff Faux, pp. 20-22
    3. Beyond Bars by Adam Serwer, pp. 23-29
    4. Fed Up With Federalism by Harold Meyerson, pp. 30-32
    5. Wall Street Meets Its Match by Robert Kuttner, pp. 33-36
    6. Don't Blame the Billionaires by Dalton Conley, pp. 37-39
    7. Is Democracy a Dirty Word? by Tara McKelvey, pp. 40-42
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    10. Real Local by Anna Clark, pp. 43-46
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      Hard Times Revisited by Jackson Lears, pp. 47-52 - 2 Reviews
      1. Dorothea Lange: A Life Beyond Limits by Linda Gordon
      2. Dancing in the Dark by Morris Dickstein
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      Hope Against History by Sasha Polakow-Suransky, pp. 53-55 - 2 Reviews
      1. No Enchanted Palace by Mark Mazower
      2. Five to Rule Them All by David L. Bosco
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    14. Ways and Means by Mark Schmitt, pp. 13-14
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    16. My Back Pages by Rick Perlstein, pp. 56-58
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