Pathways of Learning

About the Book

With the intent to present history as it really was, author David B. Kier offers a diverse collection of nineteen essays that address major and minor issues in both American and European history. Delivered from a traditional—as opposed to post-modernist—point of view, Pathways of Learning explores a wide array of topics. Continuity and change is a familiar theme in Kier’s work, as exemplified by the essay “TJ and TR: A Tale of Two ‘Revolutionaries,’” which compares and contrasts Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt. Politics and ideology are the subjects of the essay “The Nasty Nineties,” which focuses on America at the end of the twentieth century. Intellectual currents are highlighted in essays about farmers in “Populism as Parable” and writers in “The Impact of ‘the Lost Generation.’” The influence of popular culture is featured in “Another Side of War: the Home Front in World War II.” Informative, entertaining, and frequently provocative, Pathways of Learning communicates the important role history plays in the world through varied and descriptive essays.

About the Author

David B. Kier earned a bachelor’s and master’s degree in history from San Jose State University and a PhD from Ohio State University. Now retired, he taught history, humanities, and political science at colleges and universities for more than forty years. Kier has also authored four works of fiction. He currently lives in California.