Along with the change of the department's title from History of Art to Fine Arts came the redefinition of modern art . ... the Museum of Fine Arts , Boston , stored a large part of its collection in Williams's buildings ; in 1944 a ...
They rode the new Ferris wheel and the roller coaster. They ate hot dogs and held hands as they walked the shore with their shoes off, the cold Atlantic Ocean lapping at their toes. It was the best day Jonathan had ever had.
From bestselling historian H. W. Brands, an incisive chronicle of the events and trends that guided-and sometimes misguided-our nation from the A-bomb to the iPhone. For a brief, bright...
Dialogues in U.S. Studies Ricardo Miguez. Yet Miller exaggerates—not all of the stories we tell each other are stories of failure. The archetypal story of the American Dream is probably Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography, ...
In American Dreams Rubio offers a roadmap for restoring the land of opportunity. He explains why America now stands at a critical junction and offers a detailed economic plan to help rebuild it.
American Dreams.
"A powerful, moving photography collection of Americans from all walks of life paired with their handwritten statements about their American dreams.
An uncompromising, gritty collection of poetry and prose pieces captures an angry teenager who goes "wilding" in Central Park, a young African-American girl gunned down by a Korean storeowner, a sexually abused child, and the power of art ...
This text comprises contemporary and historical readings, mostly short essays, organized around nine themes relevant to various aspects of the American Dream.
American Dreams is the story of a young American man ́s life, Martinez through his first 30 years of how he dreamed of America in his childhood in a foreign land, how as young man he met America at the age of 16 and how in High School in ...
They stated that there were several attacks on American Soil that had caused apparent forest fires in the area. We were really shocked and in disbelief. I woke up to notice that it was another one of those crazy amazing dreams.
The story of our nation from the A-bomb to the iPhone-from bestselling historian H.W. Brands With keen insight and an impeccable sense of the spirit of the times, H. W. Brands, one of today's preeminent historians, captures the American ...
Follows the historical saga of the Crown family, German immigrants who settle in Chicago, as they participate in the events of the early twentieth century
The works selected for this book range from an 18th-century portrait of George Washington to a 1995 image of Thomas Jefferson, from landscapes of the Hudson River School to views...
In 1956, Marco Rubio’s parents came to America as poor immigrants with grade-school educations.
Peter Frisch. ACTRESS We have a summer house with boats on a lake that we all loved when we were kids . All those empty boats pulled up on the beach . I dream about it all the time , empty boats . When you come back , you see your ...
American Dreams: Paintings by John Mellencamp
In this unique exploration of the most pervasive of national myths, Studs Terkel brings together a multitude of voices to articulate widely different versions of "The American Dream." From farm...
Infused with the hearty folk traditions of Latin America, these stories follow immigrants as they face fierce challenges in adapting to life on the other side of the border.
... dream, that dreamofalandin which life should be better and richer and fuller ... dreams. People all over the world aspire to build better lives for ... national psyche, despite the distance between the mythology of the dream and ...