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"In the Soviet era, Vladimir Durov was an iconic figure of the Russian circus. A street and a theater (which are still extant) were named after him. He was said to have revolutionized animal training, and he was described as a clown-satirist whose anarchistic stance against an autocratic Tsar and his government had helped bring about the Soviet revolution."--Circopedia.

A history of community colleges in America; examines the shift of emphasis from liberal-arts transfer courses to terminal vocational programs and the implications of this for upward mobility.

Comments on Whitman's influence by James Broughton, Charles Bukowski, Gregory Corso, William Everson, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Allen Ginsberg, Bob Kaufman, Philip Lamantia, Harold Norse and John Weiners.--Jim Kepner.

"In 1914 H.G. Wells published the first novel about nuclear war. Since then there have been thousands of efforts by writers to predict, warn of, denounce and comprehend the nuclear threat. David Dowling has studied over 250 stories and novels on the theme of nuclear power and its awesome effects and presents his findings on this wide-ranging guide to the literary responses to the threat of our age. The result is an alarming tour through a neglected...

This book is about change in modern culture, focussing on values rather than processes or products. It looks at five areas, as a cross-section of modern culture - nature, history, language, art and human evolution - reviewing the ways in which the central concepts of these areas have changed through the 20th century. The author explores subjects ranging from modernism and modernity in 20th century culture and the tendency of language to seek abstraction,...