In the first in-depth, critical analysis of the nuclear freeze campaign, J. Michael Hogan examines the rhetorical strategies of freeze activists in political speeches, mass-market paperbacks, direct-m
In Alberta, nurses have been central to the development of health care and to the growth of hospitals from the early settlement days. Nursing was an early and fundamental part of social organizations
Sojourner Truth's great contributions to the nineteenth-century abolitionist debate and the struggle for woman suffrage are extraordinary in both form and content. Far from excluding her from the disc
Eisenhower's War of Words: Rhetoric and Leadership paints a revisionist portrait of Dwight Eisenhower as a strategic communicator who was highly involved in the series of crises that characterized hi
Thus Ruled Emir Abbas is an important new research tool that reveals much about daily life in Kano, the wealthiest and most populous emirate of the African Sokoto Caliphate. It contains a selection of
These poems flow from reflection on the most fundamental issue in modern and contemporary thought: if, as our European-cultured inheritance teaches, the criterion of truth and knowledge is an interior
A clear and compelling, front-row narrative of politics and change in Ethiopia, written by an Ethiopian who describes his life and long government career and gives his perspective on what the future h
In this, the first significant study of Orosius's History of the Pagans, Richard Schrader finds a new perspective from which to view the design of events in Beowulf, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, and oth
The title continues thus: Edited and translated from MSS 177, 321, 344, and 358 of the Library of the University of Dar es Salaam by Marina Tolmacheva; and Reproducing the Versions Published by C.H. S
The Wounded River takes the reader back more than 130 years to reveal a marvelous, first-hand account of nineteenth-century warfare. In the process, the work cuts the legends and mythology that have c
Michigan Railroads and Railroad Companies is an invaluable reference manual for everyone interested in regional transportation history, the history of railroading, and Michigan history in general. It
Introduces the reader and traveller to historical Spain, from the earliest period to the Moslem conquest in A.D. 711. The historical perspective is given tangible substance by the identification and l
Material presented here is drawn primarily from Henry Rowe Schoolcraft's 1839 edition of Algic Researches—a rare, yet often cited publication. However, stories from two later Schoolcraft collections,
Mary Schafer and Her Quilts provides an account of the quiltmaking history of nationally-recognized quilter, quilt educator, and pioneering quilt historian, Mary Schafer. Her quilts reflect a passion
Peterson's book has stood for three decades as the standard history of earky English lyric. Long out of print, this large, hardcover Second Edition contains a new introduction by the author.
More than a tourist handbook, Michigan State Parks provides thumbnail sketches of the history and attractions of 85 state parks. It also offers background on Michigan's other public recreational lands
Stories in Thread: Hmong Pictorial Embroideries focuses on the research, documentation, and presentation of embroidered and appliqued pictorial textiles produced by Michigan Hmong residents and their
Van Rensselaer Potter created and defined the term "bioethics" in 1970, to describe a new philosophy that sought to integrate biology, ecology, medicine, and human values. Bioethics is often linked to
Michigan Quilts celebrates the 150th year of Michigan's statehood by focusing attention on quilt making, quilts, and quilters. Quilts have always represented prized family possessions, important famil
Over the past decade, Ethiopian films have come to dominate the screening schedules of the many cinemas in Ethiopia’s capital city of Addis Ababa, as well as other urban centers. Despite undergo
For over 100 years, thousands of Aboriginal children passed through the Canadian residential school system. Begun in the 1870s, it was intended, in the words of government officials, to bring these ch
In The Perp Walk, his latest collection of linked stories, Daniels maps out the emotional capitals and potholes of coming of age in a blue-collar town in the Great Lakes State, though it could be any
Those who anticipated the demise of religion and the advent of a peaceful, secularized global village have seen the last two decades confound their predictions. René Girard’s mimetic theory is a key t
The period between the 1960s and 1970s is easily one of the most controversial in American history. Examining the liberal movements of the era as well as those that opposed them, this volume offers an
McKegney presents this collection of interviews with indigenous men and women on the topic of indigenous masculinity. He introduces his motivation for the topic, emphasizes the way that colonial gende
Stories of Midland County, Michigan residents who served in the Armed Forces, primarily during World War II, but also in Korea and Vietnam. Also includes a story originally published in 1983 in the Mi
Versification: A Short Introduction is written by one of Australia's most distinguished poets. The book discusses poetic meter, and may be the only source you need. McAuley devotes a short chapter to
