history and criticism

Readers discover the history behind country music through main text and sidebars featuring annotated quotes from country artists and music critics, and a discography of country albums.

A critical history of Latin American literature from the Conquest to the late twentieth century, which examines the influence of European culture and discusses the historical, political, and economic contexts in which literary works appeared. Includes primary and secondary bibliographies listing Spanish texts and English editions.

An expansive look a the history of comic books, graphic novels, and manga that describes more than one thousand outstanding titles of the sequential art medium, their creators, their subject matter, and their historical context. Presented in chronological order beginning in the 1830s and extending to the present.

Includes a brief biography of Malala Yousafzai, thematic and structural analysis of "I Am Malala", critical views, and more. Includes teacher notes.

An anthology of over two hundred English and American poems, each followed by commentary; arranged in a mixed chronology specifically to encourage an exploration of poems from different times, places, and authors.

A history of Roman civilization, drawing from the writings of Cicero, Catullus, Horace, Virgil, Livy, Seneca, Tacitus, and Juvenal to provide a portrait of Roman life and spirit.

"The American Book Award winner, now completely adapted for a young adult audience! From award-winning author Jeff Chang, Can't Stop Won't Stop is the story of hip-hop, a generation-defining movement and the music that transformed American politics and culture forever. Hip hop is one of the most dominant and influential cultures in America, giving new voice to the younger generation. It defines a generation's worldview. Exploring hip hop's beginnings up to the present day, Jeff Chang and Dave "Davey D" Cook provide a provocative look into the new world that the hip hop generation has created. Based on original interviews with DJs, b-boys, rappers, activists, and gang members, with unforgettable portraits of many of hip hop's forebears, founders, mavericks, and present day icons, this book chronicles the epic events, ideas and the music that marked the hip hop generation's rise."--.

Presents a history of American and Canadian music in the folk tradition, especially in the 1950s when the author argues North American folk music reached its highest level of popular acceptance. Tracks how in the decades since then such folk music has become more of specialized musical niche in the twenty-first century.