Cultuurgeschiedenis

Stairway to Paradise reveals how American Jewish entrepreneurs, musicians, and performers influenced American popular music from the late nineteenth century till the mid-1960s. From blackface minstre …

When Mohamed Noorani writes, he uses the nom de plume of Sandy Parr. Sandy Parr writes mostly on golf. He loves golf, but he is not the typical, ardent, or fanatic golfer who habitually watches the W …

Who exactly are the ‘intellectuals’? This term is so widely used today that we forget that it is a recent invention, dating from the late nineteenth century. In Birth of the Intellectuals, the renown …

This book takes a bold look at public art and its populist appeal, offering a more inclusive guide to America’s creative tastes and shared culture. It examines the history of American public art – fr …

The Buddha’s seven years of wandering in search of enlightenment ended in frustration. So did the author’s thirty years of traversing golf courses. Neither found what they were looking for until they …

The concept of “camp narratives” rather than “Holocaust narratives” or “Gulag narratives” is based on the assumption that literary accounts of camp experiences share common traits, aesthetically as w …

Anger is a part of being human … how one deals with it defines him, as you so aptly describe. The one constant is the ability to let anger go once its grabbed on to you. Some are better at it than …

"For all those women who want to play golf but are perhaps too intimidated to start, Get Your Golf On! demystifies the game from tee to green to the 19th hole. This book answers the questions as …

It is not the adversity that you face, but how you face the adversity, that defines you as a person and builds character. I think what Avis Brown and her family have done throughout their careers in …

Drawing on his background, experience, and interests, coupled with using golf literature and playing golf for 67 plus years, Dr. De Vore has a created masterful work of art that can support the effor …