Former stamping grounds of some of history’s most famous seafarers, the Virgin Islands are now invaded by thousands of visitors who arrive daily by cruise ship and plane from Miami and Puerto Rico. These green, hilly islands, some governed by the United States and some by Great Britain, number about 100 in all. Most are tiny and virtually uninhabited, except for a few birds or an adventurous boating party stopping off for a little snorkeling or swimming. For the ultimate tropical getaway, it’s possible to rent an entire island for yourself.

Most Virgin Islands natives are descendants of African slaves who worked the sugarcane plantations. In recent years, the local population has swelled with an influx of “down islanders”—people from other Caribbean islands. Many Puerto Ricans have also come here (it’s only 30 min. by air); they are joined by a wide cross section of mainland Americans, including well-heeled yachties and young expats who’ve become addicted to the limin’ lifestyle. The old ways of the islands are all but gone in bustling St. Thomas and St. Croix, but they may still be found in St. John and some pockets of the British Virgins, especially on laid-back Virgin Gorda. Below, you’ll find the highlights of this quintessential vacation paradise.

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Elise Hartman Ford - Frommer's Washington, D.C. 20 08 (2007).jpg

In this 24/7 capital city, history, tradition, and long-lived establishments retain first place in importance and popularity. But it’s D.C.’s big and little newness-es that signal success, and there are plenty of newness-es going on. Consider the Atlas District, a downtrodden neighborhood reinvented as a nightlife center; or the births of excellent restaurants like Central and Beck’s; or the debuts of grand, fresh attractions, from the Newseum to Madame Tussaud’s.

Within its city limits (67 sq. miles), Washington teems with history, made and in the making; the arts; cosmopolitan culture; and magnificent parks, gardens, and architecture. Pull together a bit of the best experiences from all that D.C. offers and you’ve got yourself a perfect day. Here are nine categories of recommendations to get you started. Pick the ones that seem the most appealing, and then see whether you can fit them into your itinerary for an unforgettable time in the nation’s capital.

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Elise Hartman Ford - Frommer's Washington, D.C. 20 08 (2007).pdf

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David A. Horowitz - Inside the Klavern, The Secret History of a Ku Klux Klan of the 1920s (1999).jpg

An annotated collection of the minutes of a thriving Ku Klux Klan in LaGrande, Oregon, between 1922 and 1924, this book documents the inner workings of a Klan chapter of more than 300 members during the time when the Invisible Empire was at its peak.

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Ester R. Fuchs - Mayors and Money, Fiscal Policy i n New York and Chicago (1992).jpg

Chicago and New York share similar backgrounds but have had strikingly different fates. Tracing their fortunes from the 1930s to the present day, Ester R. Fuchs examines key policy decisions which have influenced the political structures of these cities and guided them into, or clear of, periods of economic crisis.

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David Wharton - The Soul of a Small Texas Town, Ph otographs, Memories, and History from McDade (2000 ).jpg

I ordered this book to see how another person's small town experience would compare to my own, even though many miles away and in another state. My greatest fear was that its details would prove boring. To my surprise Mr. Wharton's book held my interest right from the start. His skills as an observer of people and events, a dedicated researcher, an effective storyteller and an accomplished photographer come together beautifully in this unusual volume. From my experience the conclusions he draws from his observations have the ring of truth. In fact, many of them are hauntingly familiar. This book is a must read for anyone who is thinking about moving from urban America to a very small town and is inclined to take an active part in their community.

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Dominick J. Cavallo - Fiction of the Past, The Six ties in American History (1999).jpg

Few events during that whirlwind of movements, conflicts and upheaval known as "the sixties" took Americans more by surprise, or were more likely to inspire their rage, than the rebellion of those who were young, white, and college educated. Perhaps none have been more maligned or misunderstood since. In A Fiction of the Past, Dominick Cavallo pushes past the contemporary fog of myth, cold disdain and warm nostalgia that shrouds the radical youth culture of the '60s. He explores how the furiously chaotic sixties sprang from the comparatively placid forties and fifties. The book digs beyond the post-World War II decades and seeks the historical sources of the youth culture in the distant American past. Cavallo shows how the sixties' most radical ideas and values were deeply etched in the American soul.

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Donald Kirk - Looted, The Philippines After the Ba ses (1998).jpg

In Looted, veteran correspondent Donald Kirk cuts through the mystique of democracy that has shrouded the Philippines since the American withdrawal from its military bases there in 1991 and 1992, revealing the corruption that exists beneath the surface. Making use of his extensive firsthand knowledge of the region, Kirk recounts the drama of one of history's greatest volcanic eruptions as just the beginning of a period of looting and exploitation. He provides details and revelations of the Philippine role in the stripdown of Clark Air Base and the subversion of Subic Bay to serve the purposes of one ambitious politician, and he offers a disturbing analysis of the efforts to resolve Muslim and Communist revolt.

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Mark Colvin - Penitentiaries, Reformatories and Ch ain Gangs, Social Theory and the History of Punish ment in Nineteenth Century America (1997).jpg

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The definition of punishment in America has been subjected to a variety of changes and has served as the basis for much debate over the course of U.S. history. Just how far the reach of penal authority should extend, and exactly what limits to it should be imposed, are questions explored here by sociologist Dr. Mark Colvin, who has extensive experience working in penitentiaries and correction agencies.

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Mark Colvin - Penitentiaries, Reformatories and Ch ain Gangs, Social Theory and the History of Punish ment in Nineteenth Century America (1997).pdf

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Thomas S. Hischak - American Theatre, A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama, 1969-2000 (2001).jpg

Volume Four of the distinguished American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama series offers a thorough, candid, and fascinating look at the theater in New York during the last decades of the twentieth century.

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Derek Hughes - Versions of Blackness, Key Texts on Slavery from the Seventeenth Century (2007).jpg

Aphra Behn's novel Oroonoko (1688) is one of the most widely studied works of seventeenth-century literature, because of its powerful representation of slavery and complex portrayal of ways in which differing races and cultures - European, Black African, and Native American - observe and misinterpret each other. This edition presents a new edition of Oroonoko, with unprecedentedly full and informative commentary, along with complete texts of three major British seventeenth-century works concerned with race and colonialism: Henry Neville's The Isle of Pines (1668), Behn's Abdelazer (1676), and Thomas Southerne's tragedy Oroonoko (1696). It combines these with a rich anthology of European discussions of slavery, racial difference, and colonial conquest from the mid-sixteenth century to the time of Behn's death. Many are taken from important works that have not hitherto been easily available, and the collection offers an unrivaled resource for studying the culture that produced Britain's first major fictions of slavery.

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Derek Hughes - Versions of Blackness, Key Texts on Slavery from the Seventeenth Century (2007).pdf

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Kumiko Nemoto - Racing Romance, Love, Power, and D esire Among Asian American-White Couples (2009).jpg

Racing Romance sheds light on the bonds between whites and Asian Americans, an important topic that has not garnered well-deserved attention until now. Using primary source narratives and interviews, Kumiko Nemoto addresses the contradictions and tensions-a result of race, class, and gender-that Asian Americans and whites experience. Racing Romance reveals how "progressive" interracial relationships remain shaped by the logic of patriarchy and gender inherent to the ideal of marriage, family, and nation in America, even as this ideal is juxtaposed with discourses of multiculturalism and color blindness.

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Kumiko Nemoto - Racing Romance, Love, Power, and D esire Among Asian American-White Couples (2009).pdf

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Regina M. Marchi - Day of the Dead in the USA, The Migration and Transformation of a Cultural Phenom enon (2009).jpg

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The tribute, "el Dia de los Muertos," has become popular since the 1970s when Latino activists and artists in America began expanding "Day of the Dead" north of the border with public, and often artistic, expressions. Regina M. Marchi combines ethnography, historical research, oral history, and cultural analysis to explore the transformations that occur when the tradition is embraced by the mainstream. Day of the Dead in the USA provides insight into the power of ritual to create community, transmit oppositional messages, and advance educational, political, and economic goals.

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Jeffrey Carlstrom, Cynthia Furse - The History of Emigration Canyon, Gateway to Salt Lake Valley (20 03).jpg

This comprehensive and well-illustrated history of one of the more significant historical areas in Utah offers a case study of the development of a scenic, rural area near a major western metropolis. Emigration Canyon was the original route, opened by the Donner party, through the Wasatch Mountains into Salt Lake Valley. It subsequently was the route for pioneer settlers, overland wagon trains, freight and mail lines, and the pony express, and it remained an important transportation corridor even after the development of alternative roads. Subsequently, the canyon provided stone, timber, and grazing resources for the developing city below it; began to be homesteaded; provided a route for one of the Wasatch Range more interesting narrow gauge railroads; and became a resort community. Its history since the Great Depression has been one of gradual development as a Salt Lake City suburb. Because of its location in the mountains, it has attracted local city dwellers as visitors or residents, and because of its strategic position above the city, it has continued to capture the attention of government and politicians, as repeated contests over water, development, annexation, and zoning of the canyon have shown.

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Kent E. Calder - Embattled Garrisons, Comparative Base Politics and American Globalism (2008).pdf

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Jonatkan H. Rees - Representation and Rebellion, T he Rockefeller Plan at the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, 1914-1942 (2010).jpg

USA Books - Jonatkan H. Rees - Representation and Rebellion, The R... at the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company, 1914-1942 2010.jpg

In response to the tragedy of the Ludlow Massacre, John D. Rockefeller Jr. introduced one of the nation s first employee representation plans (ERPs) to the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company in 1915. With the advice of William Mackenzie King, who would go on to become prime minister of Canada, the plan which came to be known as the Rockefeller Plan was in use until 1942 and became the model for ERPs all over the world.

n Representation and Rebellion Jonathan Rees uses a variety of primary sources including records recently discovered at the company s former headquarters in Pueblo, Colorado to tell the story of the Rockefeller Plan and those who lived under it, as well as to detail its various successes and failures. Taken as a whole, the history of the Rockefeller Plan is not the story of ceaseless oppression and stifled militancy that its critics might imagine, but it is also not the story of the creation of a paternalist panacea for labor unrest that Rockefeller hoped it would be.

Addressing key issues of how this early twentieth-century experiment fared from 1915 to 1942, Rees argues that the Rockefeller Plan was a limited but temporarily effective alternative to independent unionism in the wake of the Ludlow Massacre. The book will appeal to business and labor historians, political scientists, and sociologists, as well as those studying labor and industrial relations.

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Elisabeth Mermann-Jozwiak, Nancy Sullivan - Conver sations with Mexican American Writers, Languages a nd Literatures in the Borderlands (2009).jpg

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Through a series of interviews with nine acclaimed authors, Conversations with Mexican American Writers explores the languages and literature of the U.S.-Mexico borderlands as a confluence of social, cultural, historical, and political forces. In their conversations, these authors discuss their linguistic choices within the context of language policies and language attitudes in the United States, as well as the East Coast publishing industry's mandates.
The interviews reveal the cultural and geographical marginalization endured by Mexican American writers, whose voices are muted because they produce literature from the remotest parts of the country and about people on the social fringes. Out of these interviews emerges a portrait of the borderlands as a dynamic space of international exchange, one that is situated and can only be understood fully within a global context.

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Susan C.W. Abbotson - Masterpieces of 20th-Century American Drama (2005).jpg

American playwrights have made enormous contributions to world drama during the last century, and their works are widely read and performed. This reference conveniently introduces 10 of the most important modern American plays read by students. The dramatists represented include women and people of color, and their works frequently grapple with enduring social issues. An introductory overview of modern American drama begins the volume. Each of the chapters that follow is devoted to a particular work, including:

Thornton Wilder's Our Town Tennessee Williams' A Streetcar Named Desire Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman Arthur Miller's The Crucible Eugene O'Neill's Long Day's Journey into Night Lorraine Hansberry's A Raisin in the Sun Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? Sam Shepard's Buried Child David Mamet's Glenngarry Glen Ross And August Wilson's The Piano Lesson. Each chapter provides a biography, a plot summary, a discussion of themes, major characters, and dramatic art, and a survey of the play's historical background and critical reception. The individual chapters cite works for further reading, and the volume closes with a selected, general bibliography.

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