9 results for 'simrad moynihan'

The New World primates have radiated widely in tropical America, evolving a variety of adaptations to cope with different ways of life. This comparative survey examines many species. Some are highly...

Drawing on historical, literary and cultural studies perspectives, this book examines the phenomenon of the "Returned Yank" in the cultural imagination, taking as its point of departure the most...

Offers criticisms of Reaganomics, Star Wars, budget cuts, foreign policy, and other aspects of the recent conservative revolution.

"In 1965, the late Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan--then a high-ranking official in the Department of Labor--sparked a firestorm when he released his report "The Negro Family," which came to be...

"What did it mean to read fiction about cops and criminals in an era defined by "tough-on-crime" attitudes that mercilessly punished Black communities? How did popular fiction's portraits of...

A giftable book about New York City’s public clocks―featuring both bygone clocks and others still ticking for a city without a moment to waste Before watches and mobile phones were widely accessible,...

Few people have been more involved in shaping postwar U.S. education reforms--or dissented from some of them more effectively--than Chester Finn. Assistant secretary of education under Ronald Reagan,...