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American Studies

American Studies

2003 ·
·3.91·190 Ratings ·320 Pages
“ I cannot do all the good that the world needs, but the world needs all the good that I can do. ” ― Jana Stanfield
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    2010·
    ·4.07·3,190 Ratings
    The Metaphysical Club was an informal group that met in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1872, to talk about ideas. Its members included Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr, founder of modern jurisprudence; William James, the father of modern American psychology; and C
  • The Best American Essays 2004

    2004·
    ·3.93·179 Ratings
    Since its inception in 1915, the Best American series has become the premier annual showcase for the country's finest short fiction and nonfiction. For each volume, a series editor reads pieces from hundreds of periodicals, then selects between fifty and
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    2004·
    ·3.77·200 Ratings
    Hecate is the Greek goddess of sorcery, and Edmund Wilson's Hecate County is the bewitched center of the American Dream, a sleepy bedroom community where drinks flow endlessly and sexual fantasies fill the air. Memoirs of Hecate County, Wilson's favorite
  • Pragmatism: A Reader

    1997·
    ·3.98·219 Ratings
    Pragmatism has been called America's only major contribution to philosophy. But since its birth was announced a century ago in 1898 by William James, pragmatism has played a vital role in almost every area of American intellectual and cultural life, inspi
  • To the Finland Station

    1940·
    ·4.08·879 Ratings
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  • The Marketplace of Ideas: Reform and Resistance in the American University

    2010·
    ·3.59·257 Ratings
    Has American higher education become a dinosaur?Why do professors all tend to think alike? What makes it so hard for colleges to decide which subjects should be required? Why do teachers and scholars find it so difficult to transcend the limits of their d
  • Masscult and Midcult: Essays Against the American Grain

    2011·
    ·3.89·194 Ratings
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