The American Reader: Words That Moved a Nation - Couverture souple

Diane-ravitch

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0062720163 ISBN 13 : 9780062720160

Editeur : Harpercollins, 1991

Synopsis

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A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

The American Reader is a stirring and memorable anthology that captures the many facets of American culture and history in prose and verse. The 200 poems, speeches, songs, essays, letters, and documents were chosen both for their readability and for their significance. These are the words that have inspired, enraged, delighted, chastened, and comforted Americans in days gone by. Gathered here are the writings that illuminate—with wit, eloquence, and sometimes sharp words—significant aspects of national conciousness. They reflect the part that all Americans—black and white, native born and immigrant, Hispanic, Asian, and Native American, poor and wealthy—have played in creating the nation's character.

Biographie de l'auteur

Diane Ravitch, a historian of education, is Research Professor at New York University, holds Brown Chair in Education Studies at the Brookings Institution, and is a Fellow at the Manhattan Institute. A former Guggenheim Fellow and recipient of many awards, she is also the author of the recent book Left Back: A Century of Failed School Reforms.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Harpercollins
• Date d'édition: 1991
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0062720163
• ISBN 13: 9780062720160
• Reliure: Broché
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: Simone Casetta; casetta@mondadori.it; ; Via Mondadori 1,; Segrate Milano; 20090; Italie