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The Novels and Essays of James Baldwin: Case-Book a 'Lover's War' with the United States

• Authors : Watson, Edward, A.

Subjects: Black culture; Another Country (Novel); Giovanni's Room (Novel)Baldwin, James

• Source: Contemporary Literary Criticism Select. 1981.

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Recent Books on American History: 'History of the United States during the First Administration of Thomas Jefferson'

Subjects: Adams, Henry (American historian)

• Source: Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, vol. 4. 1981.

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History of the United States

Subjects: Adams, Henry (American historian)

• Source: Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, vol. 4. 1981.

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Review of 'Memoirs of the Lifve of William Wirt, Attorney-General of the United States,'

Subjects: Memoirs of the Life of William Wirt, Attorney-General of the United States (Biography)Kennedy, John Pendleton

• Source: Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, vol. 2. 1982.

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Review of 'History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States

Subjects: A History of the Rise and Progress of the Arts of Design in the United States (Nonfiction work)Dunlap, William (American playwright)

• Source: Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, vol. 2. 1982.

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'Letters on the United States of America' (1832)

Subjects: Paulding, James Kirke

• Source: Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, vol. 2. 1982.

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Slavery in the United States

• Authors : Senior, N., W.; Davis, J. C., B.

Subjects: Fugitive Slave Act; Slavery; NovelsStowe, Harriet Beecher

• Source: Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, vol. 3. 1983.

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What is it about? The United States and the Soviet Union are engaged in a competition that threatens both with nuclear annihilation

• Authors : Powers, Thomas

Subjects: General interest; News, opinion and commentary; Nuclear weapons -- Military aspects

• Source: The Atlantic. Jan, 1984, Vol. 25 Issue 1, p35, 18 p.

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Review of 'An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United States

• Authors : Latané, John, H.

Subjects: An Economic Interpretation Of The Constitution (Nonfiction work); An Economic Interpretation of the Constitution of the United StatesBeard, Charles Austin

• Source: Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, vol. 15. 1985.

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United States Book Company; American Publishers Corporation; Publishers' Plate Renting Company

• Authors : Dzwonkoski, David

Subjects: United States Book Co.; Publishing industry; HistoryUnited States

• Source: Dictionary of Literary Biography, vol. 49: American Literary Publishing Houses, 1638-1899. 1986.

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The Life of Thomas Jefferson, Third President of the United States, Vol. II

• Authors : Tucker, George

Subjects: Manual; Notes on VirginiaJefferson, Thomas (American president)

• Source: Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, vol. 11. 1986.

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Hostage aftermath: now in its fifth year of operation, the Iran-United States Claims Tribunal appears to be working

• Authors : Tonelson, Alan

Subjects: General interest; News, opinion and commentary; Hostages

• Source: The Atlantic. Jan, 1986, Vol. 257 Issue 1, p22, 4 p.

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A measure of failure: budget cuts do not fully explain why infant mortality is falling so slowly in the United States. Access to prenatal care has never been sufficient

• Authors : Budiansky, Stephen

Subjects: General interest; News, opinion and commentary; Pregnant women -- Patient outcomes

• Source: The Atlantic. Jan, 1986, Vol. 257 Issue 1, p32, 3 p.

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The weather watchers: in the United States every year the weather claims 700 lives and does billions of dollars' worth of damage. But forecasting is getting better

• Authors : Williams, Gordon

Subjects: General interest; News, opinion and commentary; Weather

• Source: The Atlantic. March, 1986, Vol. 257 Issue 3, p69, 5 p.

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in an extract from 'Proceedings in the United States Senate,'

• Authors : Clay, Henry

Subjects: SlaveryCalhoun, John C.

• Source: Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, vol. 15. 1987.

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in an extract from 'Proceedings in the United States Senate,'

• Authors : Webster, Daniel

Subjects: United States. Congress. SenateCalhoun, John C.

• Source: Nineteenth-Century Literature Criticism, vol. 15. 1987.

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The (relative) decline of America: in 1945 the United States commanded a 40 percent share of the world economy; today its share is half that, and yet our military commitments have grown dramatically. This imbalance, which conforms to a classic historical pattern, threatens our security, both military and economic

• Authors : Kennedy, Paul

Subjects: General interest; News, opinion and commentary; Protectionism -- Statistics

• Source: The Atlantic. August, 1987, Vol. 260 Issue 2, p29, 9 p.

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The burden of omnipotence: dependence on the United States has led the South Koreans to magnify our power over their domestic affairs

• Authors : Fallows, James

Subjects: General interest; News, opinion and commentary; Government, Resistance to

• Source: The Atlantic. Oct, 1987, Vol. 260 Issue 4, p20, 4 p.

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Chapter 3: Europe and the United States

• Authors : Ringe, Donald, A.

Subjects: American identity; European culture; American fictionCooper, James Fenimore

• Source: James Fenimore Cooper. 1988.

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How to fight the drug war: the United States is losing its war against cocaine because it is fighting according to a profoundly flawed strategy--so argues a Latin American journalist who has covered the drug trade in South America

• Authors : Gorriti, Gustavo A.

Subjects: General interest; News, opinion and commentary; Drug dealing -- Methods

• Source: The Atlantic. July, 1989, Vol. 264 Issue 1, p70, 6 p.

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What should we do in the world? The dominant foreign-policy goals of the United States were long essentially reactive; they were defined by the Cold War with the Soviet Union. In the world of Mikhail Gorbachev's devising, however, that will no longer do. We have to confront the new time with a new question

• Authors : Hoffmann, Stanley

Subjects: General interest; News, opinion and commentary; Foreign policy -- Military aspectsRussia

• Source: The Atlantic. Oct, 1989, Vol. 264 Issue 4, p84, 10 p.

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Review of 'Young Folks' History of the United States

Subjects: Young Folks' History of the United StatesHigginson, Thomas Wentworth

• Source: Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism, vol. 36. 1990.

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The misleading metaphor of decline: analogies between the United States and post-imperial Britain are inaccurate and mischievous. 'Americans can afford both social and international security,' the author argues

• Authors : Nye, Joseph S., Jr.

Subjects: General interest; News, opinion and commentary

• Source: The Atlantic. March, 1990, Vol. 265 Issue 3, p86, 9 p.

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Coping with victory: now that the United States and its allies have prevailed in the Cold War, the West must think seriously--and quickly--about how to avoid squandering the opportunities at hand

• Authors : Gaddis, John Lewis

Subjects: General interest; News, opinion and commentary; Cold War, 1945-1991 -- Methods

• Source: The Atlantic. May, 1990, Vol. 265 Issue 5, p49, 7 p.

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American Democrat, The, or Hints on the Social and Civic Relations of the United States of America (1838)

Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Works; Hints on the Social and Civic Relations of the United States of America (Essay)Cooper, James Fenimore

• Source: 1:27

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