Born and schooled in France, JACQUES came to this country in 1919. He was naturalized in 1933 and is now Professor of History at Columbia University. He is the author of several books , >among ...

A Great Idea at the Time: The Rise, Fall, and Curious Afterlife of the Great Books Alex Beam. PublicAffairs, $24.95 (245pp) ISBN 978-1-58648-487-3 ...