This book aims to enable the reader to derive the benefit from the experience - in terms of providing service to the community partner, developing his/her skills and knowledge, connecting back what she or he learns to ...

This work focuses on the traditional values that have attracted people to the United States for well over 200 years and traces the effects of these values on American life.

Throughout time, from ancient Rome to modern Britain, the great empires built and maintained their domination through force of arms and political power. But not the United States. America has dominated the world in a new, ...

New material and significantly revised chapters help you understand: American Cultures, such as sections on African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, Native peoples, retirees, gays and lesbians and the disables, ...