Hakutulokset: stephen john
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Land-Grant Universities for the Future
Land-grant colleges and universities have a storied past. This book looks at their future.Land-grant colleges and universities occupy a special place in the landscape of American …
Collecting Shakespeare
In Collecting Shakespeare, Stephen H. Grant recounts the American success story of Henry and Emily Folger of Brooklyn, a couple who were devoted to each other, in love with …
Culture of the Cold War
"e;Without the Cold War, what's the point of being an American?"e; As if in answer to this poignant question from John Updike's Rabbit at Rest, Stephen Whitfield examines …
Darwinism and the Linguistic Image
In the nineteenth century, philology-especially comparative philology-made impressive gains as a discipline, thus laying the foundation for the modern field of linguistics. In …
The Rebel Café
Subterranean nightspots in 1950s New York and San Francisco were social, cultural, and political hothouses for left-wing bohemians.The art and antics of rebellious figures in 1950s …
The Assisted Living Residence
Assisted living is a vital component of long-term care in the United States. In this volume, care providers, researchers, and decision makers from the private and public sectors …
East Asia and the Global Economy
After World War II, Japan reinvented itself as a shipbuilding powerhouse and began its rapid ascent in the global economy. Its expansion strategy integrated raw material …
Austerity Blues
Public higher education in the postwar era was a key economic and social driver in American life, making college available to millions of working men and women. Since the 1980s, …
The Bleeding Disease
By the 1970s, a therapeutic revolution, decades in the making, had transformed hemophilia from an obscure hereditary malady into a manageable bleeding disorder. Yet the glory of …
The Research University in a Time of Discontent
The drastically changed climate in which research universities and other institutions of higher education now function has led to grave doubts about how these institutions will …
The Invention of the United States Senate
The invention of the United States Senate was the most complicated and confounding achievement of the Constitutional Convention. Although much has been written on various aspects …