Is it the face of twenty-first-century America or merely a passing intellectual fad? The contributors to this volume address the pros and cons of multiculturalism and explore its relationship with lib
"In Osage Women and Empire, Tai Edwards seeks to refocus the history of Osage power and decline to fully include the role women played in the tribe's religious and political life. Histories of the Osa
Taking the counter-offensive against conservatives who have proclaimed liberal economics dead, Waligorski (political science, U. of Arkansas-Fayetteville argues that its major proponents offer a visio
Long before Judy Garland sang "Over the Rainbow", the denizens of Oz had already captivated the American reading public. The quintessential American fairy tale, L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of
A narrative account of life on a Kansas homestead, first published as Breaking Sod in 1936. This edition contains the original manuscript, published for the first time, a reproduction of the sale bo
"Letters of marque" might suggest privateers of the Elizabethan era or the American Revolution. But such conventions are duly covered in the US Constitution, and the private military instruments they
"Unelected, but expected to act as befits her 'office,' the first lady has what Pat Nixon called 'the hardest unpaid job in the world.' Michelle Obama championed military families with the program Joi
" America's founders envisioned a federal government of limited and enumerated powers. What they could not envision, of course, was the vast and complex infrastructure that the growing nation would de
Focusing on the illicit alcohol trade in Indian Country, this book explains how federally developed roads from Missouri to northern New Mexico, especially after 1834, facilitated the diffusion of both
Argues that primetime television shows in the United States tend to be exclusionary, rather than inclusive, because they define white characters as normative in scripted dramas and portray blacks as p
The third volume in Saul's history of U.S.-Russian relations looks at events surrounding America's entry into the European conflict and its encouragement of continued Russian participation, even in th
Between 1867 - the year of the Alaskan purchase - and the beginning of World War I, Russian and American dignitaries, diplomats, businessmen, writers, tourists, and entertainers crossed between the tw
A collection of 15 essays written by North American philosophers addressing the nature of groups and subgroups in society, examining the ethics of conflict between group rights and democracy, and eval
Traces the history of the First Couple as an institution and explains why America remains troubled by its strong political presence today. Shows how citizens' reactions to the First Couple reflect the
