At a time marked by strong demands for educational reform, the American school curriculum is a topic of special concern. This volume provides a comprehensive historical record of the evolution of the curriculum in America from the colonial period to the present day. The editors have compiled a collection of influential and representative documents in primary, secondary, and higher education in the United States. Each document is introduced by a short essay that discusses its historical context and significance. The result is a valuable chronicle of the development of the American school...
At a time marked by strong demands for educational reform, the American school curriculum is a topic of special concern. This volume provides a com...
This documentary history critiques major Supreme Court decisions on litigations that Asian Americans brought before the Court over the past 150 years. In eight sections, contributing scholars all consider cases within three conceptual frameworks; (1) the commonly held belief that Asian Americans could not become members of the American community because of their race, (2) the once widely held belief that Orientals are mysterious and inferior, and (3) the assumption that all Asians in America are foreigners.
The book begins with an overview by editor Kim. In section 2, Braeman treats...
This documentary history critiques major Supreme Court decisions on litigations that Asian Americans brought before the Court over the past 150 yea...
Examining U.S. policy in Angola during the 1980s, this text shows how the Reagan administration and the U.S. media inflated the importance of Jonas Savimbi and helped inflame the civil war in Angola. Pinpointing media strengths and weaknesses in shaping and in reporting on a major crisis in Africa, this ground-breaking work analyzes Savimbi as a cold war guerilla, the role of different media segments in the dirty war in Angola, and the right-wing influence of the Reagan and Bush administrations into the 1990s. This account, providing insights into how the U.S. media covers African and Third...
Examining U.S. policy in Angola during the 1980s, this text shows how the Reagan administration and the U.S. media inflated the importance of Jonas Sa...
Nicholas and his German-born wife Alexandra generally used English in writing each other. This is the first complete edition of their letters and telegrams, plus English translations of the few telegrams in Russian. We see in these pages the enormous love the couple shared against the backdrop of a bloody war and the approaching end of the Russian empire. Alexandra offers extensive commentary on hospitals and the wounded (she was a volunteer nurse). Nicholas II reports on the military and the war effort. The growing influence of Rasputin is also thoroughly documented in these texts. The...
Nicholas and his German-born wife Alexandra generally used English in writing each other. This is the first complete edition of their letters and t...
"Substance Abuse in America: A Documentary and Reference Guide" examines the history of U.S. drug policy chronologically, from the early 1900s through the current day, covering topics such as patent medicines, Prohibition, Reefer Madness, the psychedelic '60s, Nixon's War on Drugs, and the powerful warring Mexican drug cartels that currently threaten political instability in that country.
This book provides a comprehensive overview of U.S. drug policy that will fascinate general readers and benefit those in the field of substance abuse treatment or policy. Each chapter includes an...
"Substance Abuse in America: A Documentary and Reference Guide" examines the history of U.S. drug policy chronologically, from the early 1900s thro...
