United States — The dissemination of Hindu thought and practice in the United States began before any Hindu teacher entered America. Ironically, the assimilation of immigrants from India has not been a primary vehicle for the introduction or popularization of … Encyclopedia of Hinduism
monoculture — noun Date: 1915 1. the cultivation or growth of a single crop or organism especially on agricultural or forest land 2. a crop or a population of a single kind of organism grown on land in monoculture 3. a culture dominated by a single element ; a … New Collegiate Dictionary
Cross of Gold speech — Cynical political cartoon of the speech from the magazine Judge. The Cross of Gold speech was delivered by William Jennings Bryan at the 1896 Democratic National Convention in Chicago on July 8, 1896.[1] … Wikipedia
Middletown studies — The Middletown studies were sociological case studies of the City of Muncie in Indiana conducted by Robert Staughton Lynd and Helen Merrell Lynd, husband and wife sociologists. The Lynds findings were detailed in Middletown: A Study in Modern… … Wikipedia
David Brion Davis — (born February 16, 1927) is an American historian and authority on slavery and abolition in the Western world. He is the Sterling Professor of History Emeritus at Yale University and founder and Director Emeritus of Yale’s Gilder Lehrman Center… … Wikipedia
List of Los Angeles Times Book Prize winners — Since 1980, the Los Angeles Times has awarded a set of annual book prizes. The Prizes currently have nine single title categories: biography, current interest, fiction, first fiction (the Art Seidenbaum Award added in 1991), history,… … Wikipedia
Raritan Quarterly Review — is a well regarded literary journal that publishes poetry, fiction and essays. The journal is based at Rutgers University in New Jersey. It was founded by Richard Poirier and is currently edited by Jackson Lears.Notable writers who have… … Wikipedia
Lapham's Quarterly — is a quarterly journal founded by former Harpers Magazine editor Lewis Lapham. Each issue examines a theme using primary source material from history. For example the inaugural issue titled States of War contains dozens of essays, speeches and… … Wikipedia
Los Angeles Times Book Prize — Der Los Angeles Times Book Prize ist ein renommierter Literaturpreis, der seit 1980 jährlich von der Los Angeles Times verliehen wird. Die Preise werden in derzeit zehn Kategorien verliehen: Biographie, Aktuelles Interesse, Fiktion, Erstlingswerk … Deutsch Wikipedia
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