San Antonio College Library

"In the most devastating global conflict in history, the Battle of Alamein stands out as one of the great triumphs of the Allied forces. In October 1942, the little Egyptian railway stop became the showdown between two legendary commanders - German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, the notorious "Desert Fox," and British Lieutenant General Bernard "Monty" Montgomery. When Rommel's Panzerarmee Afrika clashed with the imperial British forces under Monty,...

40 years ago, America was fighting the Cold War. Bomb shelters proliferated in suburban backyards and schoolchildren practiced "duck and cover" drills in preparation for World War III. Until now, few people have been aware of how vital and active a part Dwight Eisenhower played in turning the world away from the conflict that threatened our nation and our planet. Now Eisenhower cabinet member and confidant Harold Stassen offers a behind-the-scenes...

What does it mean to become American? What is lost and what is gained in the process? In interviews with historians, descendants, and recent immigrants, this set of powerful Bill Moyers documentaries explores these questions through the dramatic experience of the Chinese in America.

"Politics and History in William Golding provides a much needed politicized and historicized reading of William Golding's novels as a counter to previous, universalizing criticism. Paul Crawford argues that an understanding of fantastic and carnivalesque modes in Golding's work is vital if we are to appreciate fully his interrogation of twentieth-century life." "The fantastic and carnivalesque are foundational to both the satirical and nonsatirical...

"Contemporary theory (Bakhtin, Hutcheon, Todorov) combined with careful and extensive readings of primary and secondary colonial Spanish-American and Spanish works provides historians, literary critics, and students with an important guide and outstanding resource. Johnson's analyses of these texts and her discussion of literary influences illuminate the colonial works examined while also indicating the themes and literary styles that inspire contemporary...

Detailed analysis of a 17th century counter-culture and of religio-political ideas of the Left Wing of English Puritanism led by Milton, Bunyan and others.