This anthology shows the influences of Western literature and the Western literary traditions, especially as they exist in world literature written in English. It contains stories and poems dealing with South Asian American experiences and presents the evocative themes of love, loss, and exile.
The story of a kind of poverty in America so deep that we, as a country, don't even think exists--from a leading national poverty expert who "defies convention" (New York Times) Praise for $2.00 a Day An eye-opening account of the lives ...
America. For all the labor, it came clear that most people [in rural areas] had led satisfying lives. ... Sherry Thomas Despite the struggles and hardships of being a farmer and living in a rural area, I've never come across anyone who ...
The experiences and memories of more than one hundred individuals underly an account of how surviving Jews rebuilt their lives after their liberation from the Nazi death camps
More than that, the book details the roles played by performers, audiences, media commentators, and a variety of live music producers (promoters, agents, sound and stage technicians) in shaping what live music means and how it has evolved.
'Living in Latin America' focuses on this fascinating process of understanding the cultural differences between the United States and Latin America.
Based on ten years of research, the book follows individuals and families as they apply for and live on public aid and eventually leave the system.
Three children, an African American, a Hispanic American, and a Chinese American, shares, in words, photographs, and even recipes, the everyday positive experiences they have living with at least one parent who did not grow up in the United ...
Photographs and rhyming text describe children growing up in America today.
See description of Fortune in Foner and Branham, eds., Lift Every Voice, 642. 26. T. Thomas Fortune, “The Present Relations of Labor and Capital,” 1886, in Foner and Branham, eds., Lift Every Voice, 642–644. 27.
Following three Afghans - a Taliban commander, a US-backed warlord and a housewife trapped in the middle of the fighting - through years of US missteps, this dramatic narrative reveals the workings of America's longest war and the truth ...