This study examines the complete body of work of nineteenth-century lyric poet Christina Rossetti. Tracing her evolving style throughout the course of her career, Hassett (English, Fordham U.) analyze
In 1958, facing court-ordered integration, Virginia governor J. Lindsay Almond Jr. closed public schools in three cities, one of the first instances of the "massive resistance" embraced by conservativ
More than any other social scientists, Kenneth and Mamie Clark have been admired and respected as the civil rights movement's most consistent, articulate, and effective northern advocates integration
The Papers of James Madison project, housed at the University of Virginia, was established in 1956 to publish annotated volumes of the correspondence and writings of James Madison, the Virginia states
Traces Jefferson's vision of the American future to its roots in his idealized notions of nationhood and empire. The author's unsettling recognition that Jefferson's famed egalitarianism was elaborate
As a young man, George Washington admired and copied into a little notebook 110 rules for civil behavior that originated from a Jesuit textbook. Washington took these rules very much to heart, and th
In this paperback edition of the 2002 book, a seasoned northern Virginia gardener shares her expertise for those who wish to grow rather than buy their bouquets. After addressing the challenges of fin
The title quotes Martin Luther King Jr.'s characterization of Birmingham, where the advent of formal city planning in 1920 institutionalized racial zoning and the impact of such city planning continue
Hall (U. of Zurich and Swiss Federal Research Institute) suggests that environmental restoration is not a new concept or practice, but has a long history. Accounting for differences in styles, fashion
While not seeking to portray a man entirely without blemishes, Henriques (emeritus, history, George Mason U.) believes that the first President of the United State was the greatest of all American sta
Part of the Society of Architectural Historians' Buildings of the United States series, this title views the buildings of Delaware from all periods and types, including urban, rural, private, industri
Drawing on Western and Asian scholarship, Smith (humanities and history, Rice U.) has written the first full-length study in any Western language of the history of the development of the Yijing (I-Chi
Drawing on their correspondence, noted Madison biographer Ketcham (emeritus, history, Syracuse U.) provides an account of the period James Madison spent after his retirement in 1817 as the fourth pres
In these examples of autobiographical resistance literature from the Americas, women resist the definitions imposed on them by dominant discourses of ethnic, sexual, and indigenous identities in an ef
Walker (history, U. of California-Davis) offers a historical perspective on race, religion, sexuality, and politics in the 2008 presidential election that he finds missing from other commentary. He ar
In this dual biography, Alexander (history, George Washington U.) tells the story of William Henry Hunt (d. 1951) and Ida Alexander Gibbs (1862-1957), who married in 1904. As they both had mixed-race
In this literary survey and analysis, Jay (History at U. of California, Berkeley) discusses lying and politics throughout history. Drawing from philosophers like Plato and Nietzsche, the author begins
Freeman Dyson’s latest book does not attempt to bring together all of the celebrated physicist’s thoughts on science and technology into a unified theory. The emphasis is, instead, on the myriad ways
