This book describes the important changes in American society during the 60s, from feminism and civil rights to the Cuban Missile Crisis. Individual chapters explore various aspects of popular culture, including advertising, fashion, literature, music, visual arts, and travel. Supplemental resources include a timeline of important events, an extensive bibliography for further reading, and a subject index. This book describes the important changes in American society during the 60s, from feminism and civil rights to the Cuban Missile Crisis. Individual chapters explore various aspects of...
This book describes the important changes in American society during the 60s, from feminism and civil rights to the Cuban Missile Crisis. Individua...
One of the most widely read writers in the high school curriculum, F. Scott Fitzgerald is the author of the great American novel, The Great Gatsby. While other biographies provide extensive information about Fitzgerald's life and achievements, this volume meets the need of high school students for a concise, accessible, and informative discussion of Fitzgerald and his works. Chapters survey the various periods in his career, and the volume closes with a timeline and bibliography.
Probably the best candidate for the author of the great American novel, F. Scott Fitzgerald...
One of the most widely read writers in the high school curriculum, F. Scott Fitzgerald is the author of the great American novel, The Great Gats...
A revered political, spiritual, and military leader, Sitting Bull was legendary for his stubbornness and battle prowess as head of the Lakota Sioux in the 1860s. His resistance of U.S. government encroachment onto Native lands and his fight to preserve Sioux culture inspired his people to do the same, culminating in the Battle of Little Bighorn. Despite his eventual surrender, Sitting Bull was one of the most influential figures in the history of U.S.-Native American relations. This accessible biography marks the first of several Native American volumes to come in the Greenwood Biographies...
A revered political, spiritual, and military leader, Sitting Bull was legendary for his stubbornness and battle prowess as head of the Lakota Sioux...
Discover baseball's role in American society Baseball and American Culture: Across the Diamond is a thoughtful look at baseball's impact on American society through the eyes of the game's foremost scholars, historians, and commentators. Edited by Dr. Edward J. Rielly, author of Baseball: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture, the book examines how baseball and society intersect and interact, and how the quintessential American game reflects and affects American culture. Enlightening and entertaining, Baseball and American Culture presents a multidisciplinary perspective on baseball's...
Discover baseball's role in American society Baseball and American Culture: Across the Diamond is a thoughtful look at baseball's impact on Amer...
Baseball and American Culture examines the game as a mirror of American society--good and bad. Readers will learn about the struggle for racial equality in the game, the role of women, management-labor conflicts, advertising, patriotism, religion, and more. The book's panel of contributing authors includes Larry Moffi, author of This Side of Cooperstown: An Oral History of Major League Baseball in the 1950s and Crossing the Line: Black Major Leaguers, 1947-1959, as well as a host of presenters to the 2001 Cooperstown Symposium on Baseball and American Culture, including Thomas Altherr, George...
Baseball and American Culture examines the game as a mirror of American society--good and bad. Readers will learn about the struggle for racial equali...
"Baseball: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture" looks at American society through the prism of its favorite pastime, discussing not only the game itself but a variety of topics with significance beyond the diamond. Its 269 entries, which vary in length from two hundred to twenty-five hundred words, explore the game s intersection with race, gender, art, drug abuse, entertainment, business, gambling, movies, and the shift from rural to urban society.Filled with larger-than-life characters, baseball legends, sports facts and firsts, important milestones, and observations about daily life and...
"Baseball: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture" looks at American society through the prism of its favorite pastime, discussing not only the game itsel...
This collection examines how college professors teach the genre of detective fiction and provides insight into how the reader may apply such strategies to his own courses. The essays cover teaching this type of work in such areas as literature, law history, and literary theory.
This collection examines how college professors teach the genre of detective fiction and provides insight into how the reader may apply such strategie...
From the Indian Removal Act to the Battle of Little Bighorn to Geronimo's surrender in 1886, the story of how Europeans settled upon and eventually took over lands traditionally inhabited by American Indian peoples is long and troubling. This book discusses American Indian leaders over the course of four centuries, offering a chronological history of the Indian resistance effort.
" Legends of American Indian Resistance" is organized in 12 chapters, each describing the life and accomplishments of a major American Indian resistance leader. Author Edward J. Rielly provides an engaging...
From the Indian Removal Act to the Battle of Little Bighorn to Geronimo's surrender in 1886, the story of how Europeans settled upon and eventually...
This is a collection of new essays on Peter Tremayne's Sister Fidelma novels, featuring her attempts to solve crimes, often murders that occur under especially mysterious conditions. Set mainly in 7th century Ireland, the novels include much history, which is not surprising given that the author is actually Peter Berresford Ellis, a noted Celtic historian.
This is a collection of new essays on Peter Tremayne's Sister Fidelma novels, featuring her attempts to solve crimes, often murders that occur under e...
Baseball has brought us great players, great writers, and some really rotten calls. "Baseball: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture" looks at American society through the prism of its favorite pastime, discussing not only the game but also such issues as race relations, writing, drug abuse, entertainment, gambling, and movies.
Baseball has brought us great players, great writers, and some really rotten calls. "Baseball: An Encyclopedia of Popular Culture" looks at America...
