A surprising history of how Christian Science swept through America, reflected in literature of the time by Twain, Dreiser, Cather, and more.Exploring the surprising presence of Christian Science in American literature at the turn of the twentieth century, L. Ashley Squires reveals the rich and complex connections between religion and literature in American culture.Mary Baker Eddy's Church of Christ, Scientist was one of the fastest growing and most controver...

The globalization of American style higher education is a field of study that is undergoing a significant phase with the current expansion of American branch campuses and curricula around the world. This volume contributes to the scholarship on the project of implementing and expanding U.S. influenced curricula in the Middle East and Asia. Many of the branch campus projects are only a few decades old making this a liminal moment in the translation and development of higher education worldw...