Considering one of the largely neglected groups in immigration history, Small Strangers recounts and interprets the varied experiences of immigrant children to illustrate how immigration, urbanization, and industrialization—all related processes—molded modern America.
Brooks chronicles the peaceful children's invasion of America that occurred from Dr. Spock to Woodstock. The author explores the home life, leisure activities, and school environment of children who grew up during the Cold War years.
A book based on the experiences of the author, a psychotherapist and counselor to children who are suffering with or dying of cancer, and... Læs mere
Includes poems that display the talent of the man whose verse entranced America from the time of the Great Depression until his death in 1971.
A book that restores our faith in the central importance of literature and criticism to our civilization. In the twenty six pieces Dr. Dalrymple ranges over literature and ideas, from Shakespeare to Marx.
For years, readers have longed for a biography to match Nash's charm, wit, and good nature; now we have it in Douglas Parker's absorbing and delightful life of the poet.
Andrew Schlesinger tells the fascinating story of Harvard College as an American institution. He examines the important actions and decisions of its leadership from Puritan times to the present.
Imagine a world where the normal human life span is 150 years, where worn-out vital organs are routinely replaced by spares,... Læs mere
How children living in the North experienced the Civil War, considered in the larger contexts of economic, political, and cultural... Læs mere