... . An undergraduate philosophy major at Dartmouth and then a graduate student in Harvard's program in the History of American Civilization, he was interested in how ideas are shown through real human problems in the everyday world. Davis nineteen essays range in time from 1954 to the 1980s. They reflect on an academic odyssey that no one would have cared to predict some thirty-five years ago ... . The essay deals with such difference of subjects that it is hard to get across the commonality. They have an insightful concern with the right aspect of American social ... one exception they ar...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate