Dianne Harris: 3 books

A rare exploration of the racial and class politics of architecture, Little White Houses examines how postwar media representations associated the ordinary single-family house with middle-class whites to the exclusion of others, creating a powerful and invidious cultural iconography that continues...

Every day federal, state, and local government, as well as other organizations including corporations and foundations give out more than a million dollars in free grant money. A grant is essentially a gift. It goes to an organization, municipality, business, or individual that can write a proper grant...

Rush to California after the 1848 gold discovery alongside thousands of hopeful men and women. Meet news reporters, English gentry, miners, morticians, marriage brokers, bankers, fugitives, preachers, imposters, trail guides, map makers, cooks, missionaries, town builders, soiled doves, and more people...