Examines the origins and evolution of rap music, its African roots, and continuing popularity.

A exhibition catalog of the paintings of N.C. and James Wyeth that depict the changing view of patriotism in America.

Traces how the "tanning" phenomenon raised a generation of black, Hispanic, white, and Asian consumers who have the same "mental complexion" based on shared exp

From one of today's most respected historians and cultural critics comes a new book examining the gulf in American society--a division that cuts across class, r

Stress. Everyone is talking about it, suffering from it, trying desperately to manage it-now more than ever. From 1970 to 1980, 2,326 academic articles appeared