What They Saw in America, Nolan, Jr

Автор: Howe, Daniel Walker
Название: What hath god wrought
ISBN: 0195392434 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780195392432
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: Historian Howe illuminates the period of American history from the battle of New Orleans to the end of the Mexican-American War, an era when the United States expands to the Pacific and wins control over the richest part of the North American continent.

Автор: Nolan, Jr
Название: What They Saw in America
ISBN: 1316601595 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781316601594
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: Through the journeys of four foreign visitors - Alexis de Tocqueville, Max Weber, G. K. Chesterton and Sayyid Qutb - this book provides an intriguing perspective on America. It will be used in advanced undergraduate courses and graduate seminars dealing with foreign intellectuals` observations of America, American studies, political science, and sociology.

Автор: Carter Prudence L., Welner Kevin G.
Название: Closing the Opportunity Gap: What America Must Do to Give Every Child an Even Chance
ISBN: 0199982996 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199982998
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: Closing the Opportunity Gap offers accessible, research-based essays written by leading experts who highlight the disparities that exist in our public schools for the opportunity to learn instead of test scores and outcomes.

Автор: Mian Atif, Sufi Amir
Название: House of Debt: How They (and You) Caused the Great Recession, and How We Can Prevent It from Happening Again
ISBN: 022608194X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780226081946
Издательство: Wiley
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Описание: Is it a coincidence that the US witnessed a dramatic rise in household debt in the years before the recession - that the total amount of debt for American households doubled between 2000 and 2007 to $14 trillion? Definitely not. The authors reveal that excessive household debt leads to foreclosures and makes people spend less and save more.

Автор: Lieven Anatol
Название: America Right or Wrong
ISBN: 0199660255 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780199660254
Издательство: Oxford Academ
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Описание: Renowned contemporary commentator Anatol Lieven anatomizes American nationalism - its roots, its defining features, and its recent radicalization - and just how greatly this is contributing to the paralysis of effective government in what remains the world`s most powerful and important country

Автор: Marianne Mithun
Название: The Languages of Native North America
ISBN: 052129875X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521298759
Издательство: Cambridge Academ
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Описание: This book is a comprehensive and authoritative survey of the North American Indian languages. It includes an overview of their special characteristics, descriptions of special styles, and a catalogue of the languages detailing their locations, genetic affiliations, number of speakers, and major structural features, and listing published material on them.

Автор: Marcus Greil, Sollors Werner
Название: A New Literary History of America
ISBN: 0674064100 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780674064102
Издательство: Wiley
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Описание: America is a nation making itself up as it goes along-a story of discovery and invention unfolding in speeches and images, letters and poetry, unprecedented feats of scholarship and imagination. In more than 200 original essays, this history brings together the nation`s many voices.

Автор: Hamlin Kimberly A.
Название: From Eve to Evolution: Darwin, Science, and Women`s Rights in Gilded Age America
ISBN: 022613461X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780226134611
Издательство: Wiley
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Описание: Provides the study of American women`s responses to evolutionary theory and illuminates the role science played in the nineteenth-century women`s rights movement.

Название: The faces of Buddhism in America
ISBN: 0520213017 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780520213012
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Описание: Buddhism is the fastest growing religion in the United States, with adherents estimated in the several millions. But what exactly defines a `Buddhist`? This book brings together some of the leading voices in Buddhist studies to examine the debates surrounding contemporary Buddhism`s many faces.

Автор: McPherson Alan
Название: Short History of U.S. Interventions in Latin America and the
ISBN: 1118954009 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781118954003
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Описание: A Short History of U.S. Interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean presents a concise account of the full sweep of U.S. military invasions and interventions in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean from 1800 up to the present day.

Автор: Prothero, Stephen
Название: Purified by Fire: A History of Cremation in America
ISBN: 0520236882 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780520236882
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Описание: This work synthesizes various source materials including newspapers, mortician trade journals, and popular magazines, to offer a historical study of cremation in the United States. The changing view of cremation from a universally condemned practice, to accepted necessity is examined.

Автор: Chen Yong
Название: Chop Suey, USA: The Story of Chinese Food in America
ISBN: 0231168926 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780231168922
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Описание: An epic tale of globalized cultural exchange by means of our first "fast food."