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Examines the English writings of four twentieth-century Anglo-Arab and Arab-American writers.
A thorough, detailed description of travel along the Mississippi Valley, done with an eye toward settling in New Orleans. Considerable commentary on life in that part of America.
Includes entries for maps and atlases.
This book examines the persistence of religious belief in an America that has become increasingly secular. A series of essays addresses specific aspects of the interaction between the sacred and the secular in modern U.S. history and offers a unique perspective on how the two have transformed each other as well as the nature of American religious culture. By bringing these varied articles together, the editors have provided a new framework for interpreting our culture from a religious perspective. What makes this book unique is the broad-ranging nature of its examination of religion and culture. The essays cover such diverse topics as religion and popular culture, ethnicity and race, religio...
Includes appendices.
The northern free black American community (1700-1860) gained visibility and voice on culture, race, and class in the colonial north. It shows the evolution of family and household, culture, and politics as part of the African-American identity.
Analyzing Bradbury's evocative style and language, Johnson also examines a number of recurring themes and their variations in Bradbury's writing - space and time travel, death, Mars, nostalgia, robots, magic, and monsters, among others.
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