Linda S. Watts

Brian Greenberg

Explores the social history of 20th-century America in detail, decade by decade, through the eyes of its everyday citizens.

The 1900s

Social History of the United States

A Study of the Short Fiction

Gertrude Stein

Encyclopedia of American Folklore helps readers explore the topics, terms, themes, figures, and issues related to the folklore of the United States.

Encyclopedia of American Folklore

Patrick Blessinger

This book provides higher education faculty and administrators a scholarly resource on the most salient aspects and emerging trends in creative learning in higher education today. International contributors explore ways to foster creativity in any student, regardless of academic discipline or demographic characteristics and demonstrate that creativity is a skill all students can and should learn. Chapters analyzes how different countries and cultures implement creative learning, exploring issues of instruction, assessment, and ultimately how these practices are transforming learning. This important book helps higher education professionals understand and cultivate creative learning across disciplines in any college and university setting.

International Perspectives and Approaches

Creative Learning in Higher Education

"Rapture Untold: Gender, Mysticism, and the 'Moment of Recognition' in Works by Gertrude Stein" analyzes patterns within Stein's language, revealing the nature and origin of religious ideas in her work, particularly those texts written during the 1920s. By viewing Stein's texts in light of recent feminist criticism, theories of gender and reading, and Stein's influence on the French feminists and Language poets, it may be possible to re-envision the process of reading Gertrude Stein.

Gender, Mysticism, and the 'moment of Recognition' in Works by Gertrude Stein

Rapture Untold

Andrew Hunt

Alice L. George

Nancy Cohen

Peter C. Holloran

Richard A. Greenwald

Gordon Reavley

Scott Beekman

Cecelia Bucki

Mark Ciabattari

John C. Stoner

Troy D. Paino

Laurie Mercier

This ten-volume encyclopedia explores the social history of 20th-century America in rich, authoritative detail, decade by decade, through the eyes of its everyday citizens. • Entries covering the lives and contributions of ordinary citizens, social movements, religion, culture, the arts, economic and labor issues, and other aspects of American life across the 20th century • Contributions by accomplished researchers in the field of American social history • Sidebars providing additional emphasis on important issues and less well-known personalities • Detailed timelines for every decade, incorporating famous events with pivotal moments that changed the lives of everyday citizens • A thematically organized index for each of the encyclopedia's ten volumes

Social History of the United States [10 volumes]

Presents an A-to-Z reference to American folklore with articles on folk heroes, authors, significant historical events, cultural groups, social aspects and more.

Linda S. Watts

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