
The Strange Career of Porgy and Bess: Race Culture and Americas Most Famous Opera
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Created by George Gershwin and DuBose Heyward and sung by generations of black performers, Porgy and...

The Newcomers: Finding Refuge, Friendship, and Hope in an American Classroom
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From the award-winning author of Soldier Girls and Just Like Us, a "fascinating" (The New York...

American Burke: The Uncommon Liberalism of Daniel Patrick Moynihan
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Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927-2003) may be best known as a statesman. He served in the...

The American Warfare State: The Domestic Politics of Military Spending
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How is it that the United States-a country founded on a distrust of standing armies and strong...

From Puritanism to Postmodernism: A History of American Literature
Richard Ruland and Malcolm Bradbury
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Widely acknowledged as a contemporary classic that has introduced thousands of readers to American...