A new and stunning book of photographs and essays from the photographer and writer of Hudson River Journey. Created in 1892 as patchwork of private and public lands with neither an entrance gate nor
Trees & Forests of America is an unprecedented collection of 200 stunning photographs by award-winning author Tim Palmer. Along with breath-taking images, his expressive text celebrates the exqui
A tribute to America's National Parks--including the Grand Canyon, Yellowstone, and the Everglades--is seen through the lens of one of the country's greatest landscape photographers, as well as a form
The Best of Atlanta is a collection of images accumulated from ten books in Arcadia's Images of America series. Through some two hundred photographs, we have attempted to project a visual sampling of
From his images of deserted small towns and solitary figures in empty offices to his cheerfully tranquil New England landscapes, Hopper's most famous compositions can be seen as products of a life spe
It was the publication of research conducted by Robert S. Lynd and his wife Helen Merrell Lynd in 1929 that transformed Muncie, Indiana into the barometer of social attitudes, customs, beliefs, and be
The state known as "America's corn capital" is vividly portrayed through pictorial and textual images of the Native Americans who once roamed Iowa's woodlands, the immigrants who tamed the fields, and
Places the shifting perceptions of the United States among a significant political group--young, volatile, and politically active urban Chinese--into historical perspective through the examination of
In Latin America, where even today writing has remained a restricted form of expression, the task of generating consent and imposing the emergent nation-state as the exclusive form of the political, w
Storyville was New Orleans' infamous red light district from 1897 to 1917. Its inhabitants, principally sex workers, were captured on film by one of the city's photographers, E.J. Bellocq. His work br
America is a nation making itself up as it goes along—a story of discovery and invention unfolding in speeches and images, letters and poetry, unprecedented feats of scholarship and imagination. In th
Offers an official history of the boys' organization, in a resource packed with stories of service and heroism that is brought to life with over one thousand images from the Boy Scouts of America's ar
America is a nation making itself up as it goes along—a story of discovery and invention unfolding in speeches and images, letters and poetry, unprecedented feats of scholarship and imagination. In th
This study analyzes American images of the Dutch since the second half of the 19th century. Works by John Lothrop Motley (1814-1877), Douglas Campbell (1840-1893), and William Elliot Griffis (1843-192
Accompanying an exhibition touring America from 2003 to 2004, this book provides an interesting and frequently intimate look at the presence and acitivities of children in ancient Greece. The seven es
Images of the Street captures the vitality, excitements and tensions of the street. Using examples from the U.K, India, Australia and North America the contributors draw on research in cultural geogra
In the history of black America, the image of the mortal, wounded, and dead black body has long been looked at by others from a safe distance. Courtney Baker questions the relationship between the spe
