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)

America as we know it—wealthy, powerful, assertive—is not what Obama wants. He wants a smaller America, a poorer America, an America unable to exert its will, an America happy to be one power among many, an America in decline so that other nations might rise—all in the name of global fairness. To Obama, the hated “one percent” isn’t just wealthy Americas; it is America itself. ...(展开全部)

迪内希•德•索萨Dinesh D’Souza印裔美国人，纽约国王学院(King's College in New York City) 院长。高中时从印度以交换学生的身份来到美国，后来就读于常春藤大学达特茅斯，在大学期前参与编写学生保守杂志，毕业后不久，迪内希以移民 的身份加入里根政府，做政策研究员，之后，迪内希就职于斯坦福大学胡佛研究所，并出版数本纽约时报畅销书，其中包括《种族歧视的终结》、《里根》、《美国的伟大》、《基督教的伟大》、《来生》、《给年轻保守派的书信》。2010年，迪内希受邀担任纽约国王学院的院长。 过去多年来，迪内希的写作和辩论主要在政治理念和政策方面，在2008年大选期间，保守派的迪内希并没有去做反自由派奥巴马的先锋，他的主要精力集中在与无神论们的辩论之中。奥巴马当选上任后，推出了一系列的国内政策和外交政策，对内大搞财富再分配、三...(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)