The Divided Mind examines the debate between innovation and tradition in American culture of the early years of the twentieth century. Peter Conn discusses literature, painting, music, architecture and politics, using illustrations of the artwork, buildings and popular graphics of the period. The major figures studied include: Henry James, David ...
This volume covers the most significant advances of the last ten years in understanding intermediary nitrogen metabolism in plants. The eight chapters comprise aspects of nitrate and nitrogen assimilation, symbiotic nitrogen fixation, glutamine and glutamate enzymology, amino acid biosynthesis, ureides, and polyamine and sulfur metabolism. The ...
The 13 essays in this book view the writer, Pearl S. Buck, from historical, humanitarian and literary perspectives. She was the first American woman to win both the Pulitzer and Nobel Prizes for Literature and was a major force in shaping American views of Asia, particularly China.
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