A member of Parliament records his travels and offers data; a very detailed account of travel in New England and New York. vol. 3 of 3
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 addition to Griffith's movie, there were other film treatments of the Klan in these years 1915's A Mormon Maid and 1919's The Heart o' the Hills, with Mary Pickford. Daniel Eagan, Americas Film Legacy. The Authoritative Guide to the ...
But it is also a nation of xenophobia. In America for Americans, Erika Lee shows that an irrational fear, hatred, and hostility toward immigrants has been a defining feature of our nation from the colonial era to the Trump era.
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, ...
Presents stories of significant events and people in American history, patriotic songs, and American folk tales and poems.
Vividly expressed in Faith Ringgold's sumptuous colors and patterns, We Came to America is an ode to every American who came before us, and a tribute to each child who will carry its proud message of diversity into our nation's future.
Barrio America uses vivid oral histories and detailed statistics to show how the great Latino migrations transformed America for the better.
"This book shows how the Bible decisively shaped American national history even as that history decisively influenced the use of Scripture.
Stephanie Rosenbloom, “Private Flying for (Some of) the Rest of Us,” New York Times, August 22, 2013, ...
The author is convinced that there is a ruling class in America today. He examines the American power structure as it has developed in the 1980s. He presents systematic, empirical...