The Chosen: The Hidden History of Admission and Exclusion at Harvard, Yale, and Princeton, Paperback - Jerome Karabel

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Jerome KarabelA landmark, revelatory history of admissions from 1900 to today--and how it shaped a nation The competition f...

In popular memory, Ellis Island is typically seen as a gateway for Europeans seeking to join the 'great American melting pot'. But as this fresh ex...

From the Alien Friends Act to the Cold War and the War on Terror, the US has used ideological exclusions and deportations to suppress freedom of sp...

On 6 December 1886, Arthur Foster leaves the Queens Theatre, Manchester with a pocket full of gold and a lady bedecked with diamonds on his arm. He...

Debunks the pervasive and self-congratulatory myth that our country is proudly founded by and for immigrants, and urges readers to embrace a more c...

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Publisher: Beacon PressAuthor(s): Roxanne Dunbar-OrtizNumber of pages: 392Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 141 x 218 x 30Cover type: Paperback / s...

Reducere. Description*A New York Times Notable Book* *A Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year* From the bestselling National Book Award finalist and author of...

In 70 CE, the Jews were an agrarian and illiterate people living mostly in the Land of Israel and Mesopotamia. By 1492 the Jewish people had become...

In this portrait of life in Ancient Rome, the author begins by painting a backcloth on which the social, political, cultural and religious aspects ...

Publisher: Harvard University PressAuthor(s): Beth Lew-WilliamsIllustration(s): 6 MapsNumber of pages: 360Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 156 x 2...

Reducere. Between the eighteenth and mid-twentieth centuries, countless African Americans passed as white, leaving behind families and friends, roots and com...

A deeply researched, analytically rich, and vivid account of England's early maritime empirePublisher: Yale University PressAuthor(s): Eleanor Hubb...

Contributor(s): Author: Shixia HuangEditor: Grace LiEditor: Sharon LiPerfect for everyone from ninth graders to college applicants, The Road to Yal...

Reducere. This book comes from first hand experiences, both in word and in pictures. It offers a partial record of a community and an institution coming toge...

Reducere. Mother of Shadows"It's not a story." With four words Helena's quiet life goes up in flames. When her childhood friend returns to tell her that she ...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Levi RoachIllustration(s): 52 b/w illus. 4 tables. 3 maps.Number of pages: 360Publication date: 202...

Publisher: Princeton University PressAuthor(s): Rachel GableIllustration(s): 12 b/w illus.Number of pages: 264Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 140...

DescriptionIn this classic argument for curriculum reform in early education, Jerome Bruner shows that the basic concepts of science and the humani...

Reducere. DescriptionA second edition of our popular test prep guide for the OAT (Optometry Admission Test). Revised to reflect recent changes to the exam an...

Reducere. From acclaimed journalist David Talbot comes a groundbreaking narrative account of one of the most tumultuous periods in our history: the Kennedy A...

A gripping, flawlessly researched, and overdue portrait of America's trailblazing female journalists. Kim Todd has restored these long-forgotten ma...

Reducere. Critically acclaimed author Joe Guy serves up a stout batch of East Tennessee history in this latest collection of articles from his popular newspa...

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: David HollanderForeword by: George RomeroIn the heyday of low-budget television and scrappy genre filmmaking, producers who...

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Successful word-coinages--those that stay in currency for a good long time--tend to conceal their beginnings. We take them at face value and rarely...

Reducere. Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel (1883-1971) was undoubtedly the most influential fashion designer of the 20th century. Her clothes and accessories ...

Publisher: Harvard University PressAuthor(s): Richard J. LazarusNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 140 x 211 x 28Cover type: Pap...

Reducere. A timely narrative of how the Christian faith has presented in a culturally monolithic manner and the effects it has on generations. And a call for...

Reducere. It is April, 1555, and Juana I of Castile, the Spanish queen known as "la loca, " has died after forty-seven years in forced seclusion at Tordesill...

Reducere. In the tradition of Stacy Schiff's Cleopatra, Brown lays to rest the hoary myth that Viking society was ruled by men and celebrates the dramatic li...

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Reducere. DescriptionAuthor and East Tennessee historian Joe Guy returns with another volume of hidden history, this time unearthing tales from the Volunteer...

Reducere. Critically acclaimed author Joe Guy serves up a stout batch of East Tennessee history in this latest collection of articles from his popular newspa...

The unexpected story of an essential 18th and 19th century accessory

Reducere. After September 11, with New Yorkers reeling from the World Trade Center attack, Chief Medical Examiner Charles Hirsch proclaimed that his staff wo...

Reducere. This book provides the amazing answers to questions that have been perplexing historians and archaeologists for many years, e.g. Was the Exodus rea...

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Publisher: Berghahn BooksNumber of pages: 418Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 230 x 230 x 25Cover type: Paperback / softbackEditor(s): Julia Barba...