Beth Bailey: 4 books
The First Strange Place
The Alchemy of Race and Sex in World War II Hawaii
Language: English
Release Date: December 4, 2012
Just as World War I introduced Americans to Europe, making an indelible impression on thousands of farmboys who were changed forever “after they saw Paree,” so World War II was the beginning of America’s encounter with the East – an encounter whose effects are still being felt and absorbed....
by David Farber, Beth Bailey
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2003
The 1960s continue to be the subject of passionate debate and political controversy, a touchstone in struggles over the meaning of the American past and the direction of the American future. Amid the polemics and the myths, making sense of the Sixties and its legacies presents a challenge. This book...
by Fred H. Cate, Katie Shilton, Simon DeDeo
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2016
Perspectives on the varied challenges posed by big data for health, science, law, commerce, and politics.
Big data is ubiquitous but heterogeneous. Big data can be used to tally clicks and traffic on web pages, find patterns in stock trades, track consumer preferences, identify linguistic correlations...
From Front Porch to Back Seat
Courtship in Twentieth-Century America
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 1989