With more than two million copies sold, America remains the leading narrative history survey text because it's a book that students enjoy reading. The Tenth Edition is both more relevant, offering increased attention to the culture of everyday life, and more accessible, featuring a reduced number of chapters and a streamlined narrative throughout. The Brief Edition is 20 percent shorter in total pages than its parent Full Edition.
The host of the award-winning humorous news program offers tongue-in-cheek insight into American democracy with coverage of such topics as the republican qualities of ancient Rome, the antics of our nation's founders, and the ludicrous ...
In American Nations, Colin Woodard leads us on a journey through the history of our fractured continent, and the rivalries and alliances between its component nations, which conform to neither state nor international boundaries.
Jeffrey Jensen Arnett, a psychology professor at Clark University in Worcester, Massachusetts, and an expert on twentysomethings, ascribes their optimism to their lack of life experience. “The dreary, deadend jobs, the bitter divorces, ...
The National Book Award winning history of how racist ideas were created, spread, and deeply rooted in American society.
"This book shows how the Bible decisively shaped American national history even as that history decisively influenced the use of Scripture.
In Dare To Speak, Suzanne Nossel, a leading voice in support of free expression, delivers a vital, necessary guide to maintaining democratic debate that is open, free-wheeling but at the same time respectful of the rich diversity of ...
From the author of the New York Times bestselling How to Read Literature Like a Professor comes a highly entertaining and informative book on the twenty-five works of literature that have most shaped the American character.
During the 1980s Akzente presented a variety of American poets , both new and established , including John Ashbery , Hart Crane , Robert Lowell , Robert Creeley , Robinson Jeffers , William Carlos Williams , “ Amy Clampitt , Emily ...
“This immigration story is universal.” —School Library Journal, Starred Dan Yaccarino’s great-grandfather arrived at Ellis Island with a small shovel and his parents’ good advice: “Work hard, but remember to enjoy life, and ...
Presents the original report on poverty in America that led President Kennedy to initiate the federal poverty program