One Hundred Young Americans

Author : Michael Franzini
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061192007
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book One Hundred Young Americans written by Michael Franzini and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2007-11-06 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Inside, you will read stories that will inspire, move, excite and even anger you. Along this journey, you will meet people who share your experiences, who remind your of others and who are unlike anyone you have ever met.' --from cover.

Author : Jean M. Twenge
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0743276981
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Generation Me written by Jean M. Twenge and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2006 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Noted researcher Dr. Twenge uses 14 years of research and its data from 1.3 million respondents to reveal how profoundly different today's young adults are from previous generations, and makes controversial predictions about what the future holds.

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Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 1452913560
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Looking for Asian America written by and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Looking for Asian America shows real people engaged in the full range of human activity. This is no small accomplishment for the photographer or his subjects. For Asian Americans it is extraordinary to be merely ordinary. To others, even if not to themselves, Asian Americans appear to be contradictions of identity—a Chinese-Yankee is a knockoff.” —Frank H. Wu, from the Foreword In search of contemporary Asian America, celebrated photographer Wing Young Huie—the only member of his family not born in China—traveled with his wife Tara through nearly forty states to explore and document the funny, touching, and sometimes strange intersection of Asian American and American cultures. Looking for Asian America illustrates their rich and surprising journey across the United States. Through Huie’s eyes, keenly aware of his own Midwestern roots and perspective, we witness such images as a Vietnamese Elvis, Miss Congeniality on her cell phone in San Francisco’s Chinatown, a Hmong street sign in rural North Carolina, a meditating Falun Gong protestor in Washington, D.C., a bubble tea Valley Girl, and a Chinese theme park in Orlando. Huie’s camera captures ABCs (American-born Chinese), FOAs (Fresh Off the Airplane), and a self-described “redneck” Chinese restaurant owner near the Okefenokee Swamp. Taken together the photographs reveal a complex portrait of the U.S. cultural landscape, and their dignified elegance invites a closer, deeper look. Accompanied by the personal reflections of both Wing and Tara Huie, the nearly one hundred spectacular photos tell a story that both mirrors and contradicts stereotypes of Asian Americans, ultimately questioning what it means to be ethnic and American in the twenty-first century. Wing Young Huie has received widespread acclaim for his works, including Lake Street USA, documenting the cultural landscape of his native Minnesota. He is a recipient of a Bush Artist Fellowship and two-time recipient of the McKnight Photography Fellowship. He lives in Minneapolis. Frank H. Wu is dean of Wayne State University Law School and the author of Yellow: Race in America Beyond Black and White. Anita Gonzalez teaches in the Master of Liberal Studies Program at the University of Minnesota.

Author : William Damon
Publisher : Hoover Institution Press
ISBN 13 : 0817913661
Total Pages : 161 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Failing Liberty 101 written by William Damon and published by Hoover Institution Press. This book was released on 2014-05-01 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author argues that we are failing to prepare today's young people to be responsible American citizens—to the detriment of their life prospects and those of liberty in the United States of the future. He identifies the problems—the declines in civic purpose and patriotism, crises of faith, cynicism, self-absorption, ignorance, indifference to the common good—and shows that our disregard of civic and moral virtue as an educational priority is having a tangible effect on the attitudes, understanding, and behavior of large portions of the youth in our country today.

Author : Lore Segal
Publisher : Open Road Media
ISBN 13 : 1497655005
Total Pages : 243 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Her First American written by Lore Segal and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-09-09 with total page 243 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hailed by the New York Times as coming “closer than anyone to writing The Great American Novel,” Lore Segal stuns with this passionate love story of a refugee from Hitler’s Europe and a witty, hard-drinking black intellectual For Ilka Weissnix, everything is new. Having recently arrived in the United States, she is determined to escape the immigrant communities of New York and boards a train headed west to discover “the real America.” She finds Carter Bayoux “sitting on a stool in a bar in the desert, across from the railroad.” Older, portly, experienced, and black, Carter is magnetic. To Ilka, he exemplifies the values and cultures of a changing America. In order to understand her new country and her new love, Ilka throws herself into Carter’s dizzying world, nurses him through his bouts of depression and his alcoholism, and becomes fascinated by stories of his amorous past. But Carter’s ghosts are ever present, and soon Ilka finds herself torn between saving him and saving her own future. With a foreword by Stanley Crouch, Her First American is the poignant story of an immigrant experience in a country of endless possibilities and of a rich and breathtaking love that is doomed from the start.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 56 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Ensuring Economic Opportunities for Young Americans written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Education and Labor and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 56 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Myron Thomas Pritchard
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230456799
Total Pages : 48 pages
Book Rating : 4.91/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Stories of Thrift for Young Americans written by Myron Thomas Pritchard and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 48 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1915 edition. Excerpt: ... XIII RIGHT GIVING Howard Briggs, who sold newspapers at the corner of Market and Main streets in Millville every day after school, had met with an accident. One of the boys was excitedly telling his teacher, Miss Mayberry, about it the next morning. He was run down by an automobile and his right leg broken, and to the boys of the school this seemed almost the greatest misfortune that could come to a vigorous thirteen-year-old boy. "Now, if it had been his arm," suggested one sympathizer, "he could have that done up in a sling and come to school just the same." "Yes," said another, "and perhaps he could even have sold papers with his good hand." "My, won't he be disappointed not to get promoted next spring!" exclaimed one of the girls. Miss Mayberry, who had been listening but had said little, now spoke. "I must attend a teachers' meeting this afternoon, so I can't call on Howard, but I suggest that you appoint a committee of three to give him our sympathy and find out if there is anything we can do to help him." The pupils agreed to this eagerly, and the next morning directly after the opening exercises Miss Mayberry asked for a report from the visitors. Edwin Foster was made the spokesman. "Why, Miss Mayberry," Edwin began eagerly, "Howard is the pluckiest boy you ever saw. He looked pretty white and smelled like an apothecary shop, but he said he wanted his schoolbooks sent home so that he could keep up in all his studies. I told him we'd help by letting him know just how fast we were going." "Yes," said Miss Mayberry, "and if the doctor -assures us that he is able to do this work, perhaps we can make some arrangement for him to send the regular written work to me to correct. But I have another suggestion to make if you have finished, ...

Author : Chrisanne Beckner
Publisher : Sourcebooks, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1728264901
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 100 African Americans Who Shaped American History written by Chrisanne Beckner and published by Sourcebooks, Inc.. This book was released on 1995-11-01 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Amazing stories of 100 Black Americans who everyone should know—for kids eight and up Engaging and packed with facts, 100 African Americans Who Shaped American History is the perfect Black history book for kids! This biography book for kids features 100 easy-to-read one-page biographies: Find out how these Black Americans changed the course of history! Illustrated portraits: Each biography includes an illustration to help bring history to life! A timeline, trivia questions, project ideas and more: Boost your learning and test your knowledge with fun activities and resources! Discover artists, activists, icons, and legends throughout American history! 100 African Americans Who Shaped American History introduces kids of all ages to some of the most influential Black Americans from the very beginning of the country all the way up to present day. Learn all about the incredible lives and lasting legacies of figures like Harriet Tubman, Duke Ellington, Malcolm X, Mae Jemison, and many more!

Author : Beatrice Gormley
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 0689839243
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Laura Ingalls Wilder written by Beatrice Gormley and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-08 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This biography of the author of the popular "Little House" books tells her family's real life on the American frontier, and of the events that surpassed the drama of her stories. Illustrations.

Author : Joyce Appleby
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674006631
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inheriting the Revolution written by Joyce Appleby and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2001-09-15 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Details the experiences of the first generation of Americans who inherited the independent country, discussing the lives, businesses, and religious freedoms that transformed the country in its early years.