Author: americagov
Publisher: eBookDB.org
Keywords: brief, literature, usa
Number of Pages: 78
Published: 1969-12-31
eBookDB-ID: EBDB0303US

USA Literature in Brief pinpoints and describes the contributions to American literature of some of the best-recognized American poets, novelists, philosophers and dramatists from pre-Colonial days through the present. Major literary figures are discussed in detail, as are their major works. Brief discussions of cultural periods and movements such as romanticism, modernism, and transcendentalism put individuals in context and lend perspective. This condensed version of Outline of American Literature highlights major achievers and important works in the canon.

Author: Chantal Alla
Publisher: UBC Pre
Keywords: remarks, american, media, unkind, war, canada, case, bomb
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2009-07-15
ISBN-10: 189742549X
ISBN-13: 9781897425497

Anti-American sentiment in Canada is well documented, but what have Americans had to say about their northern neighbor? Chantal Allan examines how the American media have portrayed Canada, from Confederation to the Obama inauguration. Informative, thought-provoking, and at times hilarious, this book reveals another layer in the complex relationship between Canada and the United States.About the AuthorChantal Allan is an award-winning journalist who has reported for CBC Radio and NPR (National Public Radio). Her articles have appeared in the Toronto Star, Los Angeles Daily News, and other publi

Author: William Graham Sumner
Publisher: mises.org
Keywords: currency, american, history
Number of Pages: 408
Published: 2005-03-01
ISBN-10: 1596050810
ISBN-13: 9781596050815

A fascinating but often overlooked topic is the establishment of currency in a new nation. The process involves not only a host of unknown and complicated political factors, but also economics and the culture of the new nation. IN A HISTORY OF AMERICAN CURRENCY, Yale Professor William G. Sumner examines the development of the monetary system in the United States, from the colonial era through the Civil War. He noted that the earliest British settlers brought with them virtually no money; the English government wouldn’t allow it, and the Puritans had little or no use for it. Gradually, the sett

Author: Garrett Garet
Publisher: Ludwig von Mises Institute
Keywords: story, american
Number of Pages: 413
Published: 2010-06-24
eBookDB-ID: B002MQL8B0

He was a defender of free enterprise who adored the magnificence of the American genius for progress. He was a champion of business who believed in profiting the old fashioned way. He was a libertarian who deplored the rise of big government. He was a constitutionalist who was aghast at how presidents and congresses shredded the document in times of economic crisis and war. He was the last of the great old-time liberals who opposed FDR’s welfare-warfare state. Above all else, he was a brilliant student of the American experience who could tell a story like no one else of his gener

Author: Eric V. Larson Bogdan Savych
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: baghdad, technical, appendixes, mogadishu, operations, public, support, military, american
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2004
ISBN-10: 0833036831
ISBN-13: 9780833036834

This document supplies the technical appendixes for a study that describes American public opinion toward the use of military force in support of the global war on terrorism (GWOT), delineates the sources of support and opposition, and identifies potential fault lines in support. The final report is Eric V. Larson and Bogdan Savych, American Public Support for U.S. Military Operations from Mogadishu to Baghdad, Santa Monica, CA: RAND, MG-231-A, 2004. These appendixes describe bivariate and multivariate statistical analyses of respondent-level public opinion data from polling during the final s

Author: Sherwood Anderson
Publisher: Signet Classics
Keywords: classics, signet, ohio, winesburg
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2005-11-01
ISBN-10: 0451529952
ISBN-13: 9780451529954

Inspired by Anderson’s Midwestern boyhood and his adulthood in early 20th-century Chicago, this volume gave birth to the American story cycle, for which Faulkner, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and later writers were forever indebted. Defying the prudish sensibilities of his time, Anderson embraced frankness and truth. Here we meet all those whose portraits brought the American short story into the modern age.

Authors:Jaana Juvonen, Vi-Nhuan Le, Tessa Kaganoff, Cathe
Publisher: RAND
Keywords: american, middle, school, facing, challenges, wonder, years, focus
Number of Pages: 100
Published: 2004
ISBN-10: 0833033905
ISBN-13: 9780833033901

Young teens undergo multiple physical, social-emotional, and intellectual changes, which have been viewed as setting them apart from both younger and older students. The basic concept of a separate middle school was to better focus on and serve the special needs of children in their early teens. The question is whether middle schools, as currently designed and operated, are performing that function well. Or, as some have alleged, do they unintentionally encourage poor behavior, alienation, disengagement, and low achievement? This monograph is a comprehensive assessment of the American middle s