Written primarily for a nonspecialist audience, these essays describe contributions made by some of the University of Cambridge's most colorful and able characters in a number of academic disciplines...

Ever since the massive immigration from Europe of the late 19th century, American society has accommodated people of many cultures, religions, languages, and expectations. The task of integration has...

In the fall of 1997, Michael Johnston went to the rural Mississippi Delta -- the "deep heart's core" of the South -- as a member of the Teach for America program, to become an English teacher in one...

The character of provision for higher education in London was closely related to the demands of the Dissenters, and to the long campaign for the reform of the medical profession. The first, privately...

This volume provides a systematic analysis of the role of literacy in social development, and advances a set of directions that governments and other agencies should take in designing their literacy...

The Cambridge Guide to Children's Books is an alphabetized reference work providing a critical and appreciative overview of children's books written in English worldwide. It is not a guide to...

Achievement behaviour in schools can best be understood in terms of attempts by students to maintain a positive self-image. For many students, trying hard is frightening because a combination of...