{"product_id":"9781560185291","title":"Growing Up in Norman Rockwell's America","description":"\u003cp\u003eIf you are curious what it is like growing up in a huge industrial city like Detroit during the Great Depression and World War II, this book will inspire you. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are curious about being a student in Catholic elementary and high schools in America during the 1930s and 40s, you will enjoy this story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf you are curious what it was like being an American soldier during the Korean War, this book will surprise you. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003chr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAbout the author:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eDr. James J. Asher\u003c\/b\u003e is emeritus professor of industrial psychology and statistics, and former associate dean at San Jose State University, founded in 1857 before the Civil War as the oldest public university in California. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe has degrees from the University of New Mexico and the University of Houston with six postdoctoral fellowships at the University of Washington (Linguistics), Stanford University (Research in Educational Psychology), and the Defense Language Institute (Arabic).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis psycholinguistic research to develop the Total Physical Response, known worldwide to language instructors as TPR, has been funded by grants from the Office of Education, the Office of Naval Research, the Department of Defense, and the State of California. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Sky Oaks Productions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47062939762928,"sku":"9781560185291","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781560185291_p0.jpg?v=1763766819","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781560185291","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}