NMAH copy Purchased from the NMAH Library Endowment. "The twentieth century has been popularly seen as "the American Century," as publisher Henry Luce dubbed it, a long period in which the United ...

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The interstate highway system transformed the U.S. economy and American life in the 20th century. High-speed rail can have a ...

In the 1970s, my parents and all the Jewish parents I knew had what I came to call the Jewish Bookshelf. On it sat “The Source” by James Michener, “Exodus” by Leon Uris, “The Chosen” by Chaim Potok, ...