Richard Critchfield brings to full, vivid life an entire vanished era of small-town America, telling the true story of his own midwestern family during the turbulent years between 1880 and 1940. "A midwestern Roots . . ".
A scrupulously detailed account of the closing of the urban-rural gap and its disastrous effects, by one of America's most distinguished journalists. Critchfield tells how the reckless sacrifice of culture leads to increased crime, poverty, and violence, and discusses meaningful solutions. Photos. Major review attention.
Richard Critchfield, author of the best-selling books "Villages" and "An American Looks at Britain," examines the inescapable link between the decline of America's rural roots and the decay of our cities. "Trees, Why Do You Wait?" is a moving oral history chronicling the changes taking place in rural America. Through it, we meet real people of the ...
For his previous books, which included Villages and Those Days, Richard Critchfield was lavishly praised for his fine writing and his ability to understand cultural differences. Now, with his characteristic enthusiastic curiosity and insight, Critchfield turns his attention to the British Isles.
Based on interviews with all manner of people this is a chronicle of Britain's predicament after two world wars and loss of Empire in a high-tech single-world economy. Critchfield takes us behind the scenes and shows us the new shape of politics, economics and the arts as seen through American eyes. He looks at the price Britain continues to pay ...
An introduction for the nonspecialist to some of the major aesthetic issues in 18th century Germany. This volume focuses on theoretical pronouncements of Lessing, J.M.R. Lenz, K.Ph.Moritz, Wilhelm Heinse, Herder, Diderot, Jean Paul, Schiller, Wilhelm von Humboldt and Goethe.
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