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20th Century History | History

Rediscovering America: The Making of Multicultural America 1900-2000
Mar.14.2008
Rediscovering America explores the lost history of America in an accessible timeline format. Its inclusive picture of the 20th Century highlights and reintergrates the complex contributions of women, African, Asian, Hispanic, and Native Americans, immigrants, artists, renegades, rebels, rogues,...
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Dec.13.2007
Elizabeth Rosner, a daughter of Holocaust survivors now living in Berkeley, explores the legacy of survivor guilt in her debut novel. Two adult siblings, Julian and Paula Perel, react to the sadness of their childhood home in seemingly different ways. Julian is a recluse who seldom leaves his...