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"Original and significant. This book shows us how Conrad and Joyce manipulate representations of imperialist belief in the sacred to indict Western culture for its racist colonization. This striking r

When offstage actions contradict a playwright’s onstage message, literary study gets messy. In his personal relationships, George Bernard Shaw was often ambivalent toward liberated women—surprisingly

"Most approaches to violence or its opposite in Islam try to establish that the religion of the Prophet is one or the other, and thus get nowhere. Avoiding this trap, Abu-Nimer has given us a wide-ran

The Powhatans - Native Americans of Virginia's coastal plains and the people of the legendary Pocahontas - played an integral role in shaping the Williamsburg and Jamestown settlements. Before and aft

This book and accompanying compact disc provide a rare excursion in the innovative ways a community of Haitian migrants to South Florida has maintained religious traditions and familial connections. I

“Greg Winston has produced a marvelous, deeply researched, and lucid story of Joyce’s exploration of the personal and social effects of the European cult of militarism. This is a significant contribut

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Discover Florida's unique places acrosstime through writings from history How hasFlorida's land changed across five centuries? What has stayed the same, andwhat remains only in memory? In TracingFlorida Journeys, Leslie Pooledelves into the stories of well-known explorers and travelers who came to thepeninsula and wrote about their experiences, looking at their words and thepaths they took from the perspective of today. Inthese pages, John Muir and Harriet Beecher Stowe write about their visits to Florida, reflecting their expectations of a place that was touted to be "paradise." JohnJames Audubon finds riches of bird life in the Keys. Zora Neale Hurston travelsto turpentine camps and sawmills documenting the stories and music of workersand residents. Jonathan Dickinson and Stephen Crane recount shipwrecks along a sparselypopulated coastline. Members of Hernando de Soto's violent1539 expedition of conquest describe their struggles with dense swamps, forests, and rivers, and resistan

"A comprehensive, almost encyclopedic, introduction to Santeria . . . Cros Sandoval's greatest contribution is in tackling the question of why Santeria's Yoruba cosmology has proven so durable and com

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"There are now three essentials for any beetle enthusiast's trip to Florida: sun tan lotion, mosquito dope, and this book!"--Gary Dunn, author of The Insect Identification Guide"Lavishly illustrated,

"An important contribution to the ongoing scholarly examination and debate about race, identity, and citizenship in the Caribbean and Latin America."--Cary F. Fraser, Pennsylvania State Univ

"A refreshing and long overdue perspective in historical archaeology that has the potential to provide new insights into the ways in which colonial relations were played out not just in the Colca Vall

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“A tour de force that underwrites and shifts the petrified image of Islam disseminated by mainstream media.”—Walter D. Mignolo, author of The Darker Side of Western Modernity “Gives us an entirely d

Published in conjunction with an exhibition over a decade in the making, this exciting volume examines the influence of Claude Monet (1840–1926) on an entire generation of American artists. Monet and

James Joyce’s interest in medicine has been well established—he attempted to embark on medical studies no fewer than three times—but a comprehensive assessment of the influence his interest in medicin

"An excellent resource for illustrating the complex interrelationships of historical, sociopolitical, and cultural factors driving this epidemic today. The multiple perspectives of the authors, their

“Artfully integrates scholarship on both past and present migration. With its thematic focus on disruption, this volume develops unprecedented nuance in the treatment of migration.”—

“An excellent introduction to the many complexities and facets of powwows. It entices the reader to recognize the importance of bodies in motion—in particular, dance—in forging social worlds and media

Veteran herpetologist and herpetoculturist R.D. Bartlett and editor and writer Patricia Bartlett have written a number of books about reptiles and amphibians in Florida. Here they explain to general r

"An important work of Caribbean scholarship. . . . Clearly written and making skillful use of varied sources, this study shows that the struggles of former slaves and their descendants to achieve a re

“A truly excellent contribution that unearths new and largely unknown evidence about relationships between Puerto Ricans and African-Americans and white Americans in the continental United State

“A sweeping study of the distaff side of anti-communism/anti-government conspiracy politics.”—Eileen Boris, coeditor of The Practice of U.S. Women’s History: Narratives, Intersections, and Dialogues

“Clearly written, convincingly argued, and transformative.”—Nicholas Allen, author of Modernism, Ireland and Civil War “Goes beyond ‘statism’ and postnationalism toward a cosmopolitics of Irish tran

Veteran herpetologist and herpetoculturist R.D. Bartlett and editor and writer Patricia Bartlett have written a number of books about reptiles and amphibians in Florida for non-specialists. This one f

Researchers who study ancient human diets tend to focus on meat eating because the practice of butchery is very apparent in the archaeological record. In this volume, Julie Lesnik highlights a differe

"A long-overdue critical assessment of Walcott’s varied and extensive oeuvre. Its insightful readings and detailed historical and cultural context make it a must-read for students of contemporary Cari

"This is Perrone at his most brilliant. Erudite but accessible, thorough but playful: Brazil, Lyric, and the Americas is the latest contribution by the most knowledgeable U.S.-based scholar of the Bra

“Sheds light on a heretofore almost completely unsuspected aspect of Shaw’s playwriting methods.”—Peter Gahan, author ofShaw Shadows: Rereading the Texts of Bernard Shaw “Stafford analyzes with a