Whether determining the style of its embassies or the design of overseas cemeteries for Americans killed in battle, the U.S. government in its rise to global leadership greatly valued architectural symbols as a way of conveying its power abroad. In order to explain the political significance of American monuments on foreign soil, this illustrated book explores the efforts made by the United States from 1900 to 1965 to enhance its image as a military and economic force with displays of artistic achievement. Originally published in 1992. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions.
This book provides tasty morsels of the life of Filipino-Americans in New York City.
17, 2008), SOHP; Jack Bass and Alice Cabaniss, “Strike at Charleston,” New South 24 (1969), 35–44; Robert H. Zieger, For Jobs and Freedom: Race and Labor in America Since 1865 ...
In the new second edition, Abrahamson broadens the geographic and temporal scope to examine the formation of German communities in 19th century Brazil and American expatriate artists in post-WWI Paris.
This work explores the competition for jobs between different Latin American immigrant groups in the U.S. economy.
Silas Fleming was a man with ambitions that reached far beyond his city's current border fences. As a result, the bonds between Charlotte and Overpass were gradually being whittled away. The doors leading to Fleming's inner sanctum were ...
Part 2 of the series Ourselves Among Others: The Extravagant Failure of Diversity in America and An Epic Plan to Make It Work
"In this volume, Yoonmee Chang exposes the unspoken class inequalities faced by Asian Americans, while insightfully analyzing the effect such nations have had on their literary voices.
-Robin R. Jones University of South Florida “ While I have used Urban Enclaves successfully in my Urban America course , I see the movement of the current edition— " Identity and Place in the World " – as the next logical step for this ...
The main synagogue did not exist until 1923, when residents raised funds to create the Hebrew Alliance of Brighton by the Sea. The arrival of formerly Soviet newcomers brought Russian cultural elements to this area in the 1990s.