In this celebration of contemporary American fiction, Kathryn Hume explores how estrangement from America has shaped the fiction of a literary generation, which she calls the Generation of the Lost Dream. In breaking down the divisions among standard categories of race, religion, ethnicity, and gender, Hume identifies shared core concerns, values, and techniques among seemingly...(展开全部)

Pulitzer Prize winner Hedrick Smith’s new book is an extraordinary achievement, an eye-opening account of how, over the past four decades, the American Dream has been dismantled and we became two Americas. In his bestselling The Russians, Smith took millions of readers inside the Soviet Union. In The Power Game, he took us inside Washington’s corridors of power. Now Smi...(展开全部)

Pulitzer Prize winner Hedrick Smith’s new book is an extraordinary achievement, an eye-opening account of how, over the past four decades, the American Dream has been dismantled and we became two Americas. In his bestselling The Russians, Smith took millions of readers inside the Soviet Union. In The Power Game, he took us inside Washington’s corridors of power. Now Smi...(展开全部)

A mesmerizing narrative about the rise and fall of an unlikely international crime boss In the 1980s, a wave of Chinese from Fujian province began arriving in America. Like other immigrant groups before them, they showed up with little money but with an intense work ethic and an unshakeable belief in the promise of the United States. Many of them lived in a world outside the...(展开全部)

Regarding issues of urban sprawl Visit Sprawl Net, at Rice University. It's under construction, but it should be an interesting resource. Check out the traffic in the land of commuting. And, finally, enjoy Los Angeles: Revisiting the Four Ecologies.

In this remarkable autobiography, Ronald Reagan presents a definitive personal account of his historic presidency. With uncompromising candor, modesty, and wit, he tells the story of his life—public and private—and reveals the events that shaped his reluctant candidacy and the decision-making process that led to his first nomination; the unseen dangers of Gorbachev’s first visi...(展开全部)

Ronald Reagan’s autobiography is a work of major historical importance. Here, in his own words, is the story of his life—public and private—told in a book both frank and compellingly readable. Few presidents have accomplished more, or been so effective in changing the direction of government in ways that are both fundamental and lasting, than Ronald Reagan. Certainly no presid...(展开全部)

罗伯特·帕特南 1941年生，美国当代最杰出的政治学家，曾担任美国政治学协会主席。哈佛大学马尔金公共政策讲席教授，美国国家科学院院士，2006年荣获政治学界最高奖约翰·斯凯特奖，且为2013年总统颁布的国家人文勋章得主。曾出任肯尼迪政府管理学院院长。目前著书14部，被译为20多种语言，在比较政治、美国政治、国际关系和政治理论领域均做出过卓越的原创贡献。代表作《让民主运转起来》和《独自打保龄》是过去半个世纪引证最多的社会科学著作，在国内学界和思想界也有深远的影响。多年来，他担任过多届美国总统、英国首相、法国总统以及多个国家政府首脑的资深顾问，其学术思想也激发了全球范围内草根社会运动的勃兴。 译者 田 雷 华东师范大学法学院教授，曾任教于重庆大学人文社会科学高等研究院，《雅理译丛》主编。香港中文大学政治学博士（2008年），耶鲁大学法学硕士（2010年...(展开全部)

The authors describe how 'inequality scripts' shape the hiring and promotion practices of organizations in ways that provide differential opportunities to people based on class, gender, and racial memberships. The authors also illustrate how privileged class members benefit from organizationally-based and perpetuated forms of inequality. The second edition retains its provocati...(展开全部)