F.S. Michaels' Monoculture: How One Story is Changing Everything is an intriguing look at the concept of monoculture-the development of particular patterns of life or a master story that shows up again and again and creates a potentially invisible structure within our culture that shapes our sense of how the world works. As one online reviewer put it so well: "In Monoculture, F.S. Michaels methodically lays out how our societal worldview has been slowly overtaken by a single story - the story of economics. From education and the arts to how we eat, think, and play, Michaels asserts that we have been steeped in a single point of view where value is reduced to what can be sold and worth is determined by financial expediency. Michaels' writing is clear and sharp as she brings the impact of this pervasive global philosophy down to the personal level, showing how it affects our lives in the everyday."; Michaels describes herself as "a deep generalist"; - someone who looks for unexpected patterns and connections across a broad range of cultural systems, organizations, and human interactions-we are pleased that she brought this pattern to our attention.

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2010
Michael Pollan, author of Food Rules and the Oscar-nominated documentary Food, Inc.

2009
Amy Goodman, co-founder, executive producer, and host of Democracy Now!

2008
Charlie Savage, author of Takeover: The Return of the Imperial Presidency and the Subversion of American Democracy

2007
Ted Gup, author of Nation of Secrets: The Threat to Democracy and the American Way of Life

2006
Steven H. Miles, M.D, author of Oath Betrayed: Torture, Medical Complicity, and the War on Terror

2005
Jon Stewart and "The Daily Show" Cast

2004
Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh and Writer Arundhati Roy

2003
Susan Ohanian

2002
Bill Press

2001
Sheldon Rampton and John Stauber

2000
Alfie Kohn

1999
Norman Solomon
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1998
Scott Adams and Juliet B. Schor

1997
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1996
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1995
Lies of Our Times (LOOT): A Magazine to Correct the Record

1994
Garry Trudeau

1993
Eric Alterman

1992
Donald Barlett and James Steele

1991
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1990
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1989
Edward S. Herman and Noam Chomsky
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1987
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1986
Neil Postman
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1985
Torben Vestergaard and Kim Schroder
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1984
Ted Koppel, moderator, "Nightline"

1983
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The Language of Oppression

1982
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1981
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1980
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1979
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1977
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1976
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1975
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