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Occupy Nation: The Roots, the Spirit, and the Promise of Occupy Wall Street

By Todd Gitlin

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Paperback:

9780062200921 | Harpercollins, August 21, 2012, cover price $13.99

Letters to a Young Activist

Product Description: "Be original. See what happens." So Todd Gitlin advises the young mind burning to take action to right the wrongs of the world but also looking for bearings, understanding, direction, and practical examples. In Letters to a Young Activist, Gitlin looks back at his eventful life, recalling his experience as president of the formidable Students for a Democratic Society in the '60s, contemplating the spirit of activism, and arriving at some principles of action to guide the passion and energy of those wishing to do good...read more

By Todd Gitlin

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9780465027385 | Basic Books, April 9, 2003, cover price $22.50 | About this edition: A social activist considers the spirit of activism, the guiding principles that govern today's activists, the changing nature of idealism, and the positive potential of the future.

Paperback:

9780465033065 | Reprint edition (Basic Books, July 31, 2012), cover price $14.99 | About this edition: "Be original.

The Leader Who Had No Title: A Modern Fable on Real Success in Business and in Life

Product Description: Americans and Israelis have often thought that their nations were chosen, in perpetuity, to do Godâs work. This belief in divine election is a potent, living force, one that has guided and shaped both peoples and nations throughout their history and continues to do so to this day...read more

By Todd Gitlin and Liel Leibovitz

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9781439132357, titled "The Chosen Peoples: America, Israel, and the Ordeals of Divine Election" | Simon & Schuster, September 14, 2010, cover price $26.00 | also contains The Chosen Peoples: America, Israel, and the Ordeals of Divine Election | About this edition: Americans and Israelis have often thought that their nations were chosen, in perpetuity, to do Godâs work.

No One Was Killed: The Democratic National Convention, August 1968

Product Description: While other writers contemplated the events of the 1968 Chicago riots from the safety of their hotel rooms, John Schultz was in the city streets, being threatened by police, choking on tear gas, and listening to all the rage, fear, and confusion around him...read more

By Todd Gitlin (foreword by)

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9780226740782 | Reissue edition (Univ of Chicago Pr, April 1, 2009), cover price $17.00 | About this edition: While other writers contemplated the events of the 1968 Chicago riots from the safety of their hotel rooms, John Schultz was in the city streets, being threatened by police, choking on tear gas, and listening to all the rage, fear, and confusion around him.

Media Unlimited: How the Torrent of Images and Sounds Overwhelms Our Lives

A thought-provoking but balanced examination of our media-dominated world reveals the vast array of manufactured images and sounds that have defined our civilization, from video games to elevator music, action movies to reality shows, and punditry to Internet exhibitionists. Reissue. 25,000 first printing.

By Todd Gitlin

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9780805086898 | Revised edition (Picador USA, September 18, 2007), cover price $18.00 | About this edition: A thought-provoking but balanced examination of our media-dominated world reveals the vast array of manufactured images and sounds that have defined our civilization, from video games to elevator music, action movies to reality shows, and punditry to Internet exhibitionists.

9780805072839 | 2 reprint edition (Owl Books, January 1, 2003), cover price $15.00 | About this edition: Examines our media-dominated world through the vast array of manufactured images and sounds that define our civilization, from video games to elevator music, action movies to reality shows, and punditry to Internet exhibitionists.

The Bulldozer and the Big Tent: Blind Republicans, Lame Democrats, and the Recovery of American Ideals

A leading social critic furnishes an eye-opening look at how the American political system really works, arguing that modern voters pick their leaders based on the temperament they look for in a leader, while addressing such issues as why baby boomers have produced few impressive politicians, why Barack Obama has become popular so quickly, and who won the culture war.

By Todd Gitlin

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9780471748533 | Turner Pub Co, September 10, 2007, cover price $37.95 | About this edition: A social critic presents an analysis of the American political system, addressing such issues as why baby boomers have produced few impressive politicians, why Barack Obama has become popular so quickly, and who has won the culture war.

The Intellectuals And the Flag

Product Description: "The tragedy of the left is that, having achieved an unprecedented victory in helping stop an appalling war, it then proceeded to commit suicide." So writes Todd Gitlin about the aftermath of the Vietnam War in this collection of writings that calls upon intellectuals on the left to once again engage American public life and resist the trappings of knee-jerk negativism, intellectual fads, and political orthodoxy...read more

By Todd Gitlin

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9780231124928 | Columbia Univ Pr, January 1, 2006, cover price $85.00 | About this edition: "The tragedy of the left is that, having achieved an unprecedented victory in helping stop an appalling war, it then proceeded to commit suicide.

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9780231124935 | Columbia Univ Pr, July 1, 2007, cover price $28.00 | About this edition: "The tragedy of the left is that, having achieved an unprecedented victory in helping stop an appalling war, it then proceeded to commit suicide.

Young Activists: American High School Students in the Age of Protest

Product Description: The traumas and controversies of the 1960sâthe civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, and the pervasive antiauthoritarian spirit so evident on college campusesâinfiltrated American public high schools. Students challenging their relegation to the world of children demanded the right to express their political views and to have a voice in decisions about their education...read more

By Todd Gitlin (foreword by) and Gael Graham

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9780875803517 | Northern Illinois Univ Pr, February 28, 2006, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: The traumas and controversies of the 1960sâthe civil rights movement, the Vietnam War, and the pervasive antiauthoritarian spirit so evident on college campusesâinfiltrated American public high schools.

Enfermos de informacion / Media Unlimited: De Como El Torrente Mediatico Esta Saturando Nuestras Vidas / How the Torrent of Images and Sounds Overwhelms our Lives

By Todd Gitlin

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9788449317132 | Italian edition edition (Paidos Iberica Ediciones S A, April 30, 2005), cover price $33.95

The Whole World Is Watching: Mass Media in the Making & Unmaking of the New Left

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By Todd Gitlin

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9780520239326 | 2 edition (Univ of California Pr, April 1, 2003), cover price $34.95

Media Unlimited: The Torrent of Images and Sounds Overwhelms Our Lives

A thought-provoking examination of our media-dominated world reveals the vast array of manufactured images and sounds that have defined our civilization, from video games to elevator music, action movies to reality shows, and punditry to Internet exhibitionists. 25,000 first printing. (view table of contents)

By Todd Gitlin

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9780805048988 | 1 edition (Metropolitan Books, March 1, 2002), cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Examines our media-dominated world through the vast array of manufactured images and sounds that define our civilization, from video games to elevator music, action movies to reality shows, and punditry to Internet exhibitionists.

Sacrifice

A moving and, ultimately, shocking portrait of the deep connections between generations begins when Paul, following his estranged father's sudden death, receives diaries written by his father at the time he abandoned his family. 12,500 first printing. Tour.

By Todd Gitlin

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9780805060324 | Metropolitan Books, April 1, 1999, cover price $23.00 | About this edition: A portrait of the deep connections between generations begins when Paul, following his estranged father's sudden death, receives diaries written by his father at the time he abandoned his family

The Twilight of Common Dreams: Why America Is Wracked by Culture Wars

Product Description: A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 1995 (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

By Todd Gitlin

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9780805040906 | Henry Holt & Co, November 1, 1995, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: The cultural historian argues that the American Left will meet its demise in the current battles over political correctness

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9780805040913 | Reprint edition (Owlet, November 1, 1996), cover price $14.95 | About this edition: A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 1995

Inside Prime Time

A behind-the-scenes view of prime-time television reveals how shows get and stay on the air, explains how television is shaped by the political and cultural climate of the era, and offers anecdotes about 'Charlie's Angels,' 'Hill Street Blues,' and otherseries (view table of contents)

By Todd Gitlin

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Hardcover:

9780394533087 | Pantheon Books, October 1, 1983, cover price $16.95 | also contains Jalani and the Lock | About this edition: A behind-the-scenes view of prime-time television reveals how shows get and stay on the air, explains how television is shaped by the political and cultural climate of the era, and offers anecdotes about 'Charlie's Angels,' 'Hill Street Blues,' and otherseries

Paperback:

9780520217850 | Univ of California Pr, January 1, 2000, cover price $31.95

9780415085007 | 2 edition (Routledge, September 15, 1994), cover price $43.95

9780394737874 | Random House Inc, February 1, 1985, cover price $24.15 | also contains The U.s. Naval Institute on International Naval Cooperation | About this edition: A behind-the-scenes view of prime-time television reveals how shows get and stay on the air, explains how television is shaped by the political and cultural climate of the era, and offers anecdotes about 'Charlie's Angels,' 'Hill Street Blues,' and otherseries

Miscellaneous:

9780203977293 | 2 edition (Routledge, September 15, 1994), cover price $39.95

The Murder of Albert Einstein

A glitzy TV news anchor gets involved in a search for Albert Einstein's killer after her mentor, a cult novelist and connoisseur of conspiracy, tips her off to the alleged crime that occured forty years earlier

By Todd Gitlin

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9780374216177 | Farrar Straus & Giroux, September 1, 1992, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: A glitzy TV news anchor gets involved in a search for Albert Einstein's killer after her mentor, a cult novelist and connoisseur of conspiracy, tips her off to the alleged crime that occurred forty years earlier

Paperback:

9780553373660 | Reprint edition (Bantam Dell Pub Group, March 1, 1994), cover price $8.95 | About this edition: A glitzy TV news anchor gets involved in a search for Albert Einstein's killer after her mentor, a cult novelist and connoisseur of conspiracy, tips her off to the alleged crime that occured forty years earlier

The Sixties: Years of Hope, Days of Rage

The author, a student activist during the sixties, offers a personal perspective on the social and political changes of that decade (view table of contents)

By Todd Gitlin

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9780553052336 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, November 1, 1987, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: The author, a student activist during the sixties, offers a personal perspective on the social and political changes of that decade

Paperback:

9780553372120, titled "The Sixties: Years of Hope Days of Rage" | Revised edition (Bantam Dell Pub Group, August 1, 1993), cover price $21.00 | About this edition: The author, a student activist during the sixties, offers a personal perspective on the social and political changes of that decade

9780553346015 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, cover price $12.95 | also contains Communicating Effectively | About this edition: The author, a student activist during the sixties, offers a personal perspective on the social and political changes of that decade

Watching Television: A Pantheon Guide to Popular Culture

Presents seven original essays of media criticism which explain the workings of TV news, soaps, advertisements, MTV, simulations, prime time, and children's television

By Todd Gitlin (editor)

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9780394544960 | 1 edition (Pantheon Books, January 1, 1987), cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Presents seven original essays of media criticism which explain the workings of TV news, soaps, advertisements, MTV, simulations, prime time, and children's television

Paperback:

9780394746517 | 1 edition (Pantheon Books, January 1, 1987), cover price $13.00 | About this edition: Presents seven original essays of media criticism which explain the workings of TV news, soaps, advertisements, MTV, simulations, prime time, and children's television

The Whole World Is Watching

Product Description: Whole World Is Watching, The: Mass Media In The Making & Unmaking, by Gitlin, Todd

By Todd Gitlin

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9780520040243 | Univ of California Pr, November 1, 1981, cover price $19.95 | also contains Power, Voting, and Voting Power: 30 Years After | About this edition: Whole World Is Watching, The: Mass Media In The Making & Unmaking, by Gitlin, Todd

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