In the first social history of what happened to public schools in those "years of the locust," the authors explore the daily experience of schoolchildren in many kinds of communities--the public school students of working-class northeastern towns, the rural black children of the South, the prosperous adolescents of midwestern suburbs. How did educators respond to the fiscal crisis, and why did Americans retain their faith in public schooling during the cataclysm? The authors examine how New Dealers regarded public education and the reaction of public school people to the distinctive New...

"Learn all you need to know about gastrointestinal drugs and their clinical use with this one-stop, rapid reference pocket guide."Brought to you by many of the world's leading GI drug experts, "Pocket Guide to Gastrointestinal Drugs" provides comprehensive guidance to the pharmacological properties of drugs used to treat gastrointestinal conditions, including mechanisms of action, appropriate administration, and potential adverse effects associated with their use.Organized by class of drug and ranging from PPIs to immunosupressants, each chapter first examines the specific agents within...