Provides a snapshot of American popular culture through an examination of twentieth and twenty-first century fads, including swallowing goldfish, cramming phone booths, and flash mob events.
This volume provides primary sources of American history and culture from the 2000s including an introduction to the source and an essay on its significance.
An illustrated introduction to the technology of ancient Rome, including arches, vaults, and domes, the hypocaust heating system, aqueducts, roads, and more.
An illustrated introduction to the geography of ancient Rome from city to empire, covering the Mediterranean Sea, the Tiber, farm land, natural defenses, building materials, Roman settlements and roads, aqueducts, and more.