Product Description: This revised and updated edition of the hugely successful American Civilization provides students of American studies with the perfect background and introductory information on contemporary American life. This sixth edition examines the central dimensions of American society from geography and the environment, government and politics, to religion, education, sports, media and the arts...read more

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Product Description: This beautiful and fascinating book is about the eccentric, high living, cultivated and mostly idle Sicilian nobility that was immortalized by Guiseppe di Lampedusa in his best selling book "The Leopard". Old photographs, period documents, especially photographed grand palaces, landscapes, the accoutrements of daily life- jewels, dresses, tableware, succulent food-all contribute towards a vivid visualization of the world Lampedusa came from and wrote about...read more

A chronicle of American life between the two world wars examines the impact of change on daily life, covering such topics as factory, farm, and house work; receation; sports; movies; radio; carnivals; medicine; health; food supplies; and more (view table of contents)

Katy Gardner’s account of her fifteen-month stay in the small Bangladeshi village of Talukpur has become a classic study of rural life in South Asia. Through a series of beautifully crafted narratives, the villagers and their stories are brought vividly to life and the author’s role as an outsider sensitively conveyed in her descriptions of the warm friendships she makes. Above all Songs at the River's Edge is written from a deep respect of Bangladesh and its country. (view table of contents)