“Benjamin Franklin Cooling has produced a triumphant third volume to his definitive study of Tennessee and Kentucky in the Civil War. Like his first two volumes, this one perfectly integrates the home
Southern Foodways and Culture brings together papers from the 46th Southern Anthropological Society (SAS) meeting in Oxford, Mississippi. This volume represents the work of anthropologists who share i
Why do we celebrate Halloween? No one gets the day off, and unlike all other major holidays it has no religious or governmental affiliation. A survivor of our pre-Christian, agrarian roots, it has be
"This collection of essays focuses on ethnic diversity within the region and a sense of belonging in Appalachian fiction, poetry, and letters. It probes the work of such stalwart writers as Lee Smith
More than a hundred years ago, Civil War soldier, professor, and journalist Henry Boynton wrote a trio of works considered by historians to be some of the first authoritative sources on the Battles of
The Victorian era provided few opportunities for women in the professional world.? The American Arts and Crafts movement, which began in the late nineteenth century to promote handcraftsmanship over m
The history of Tennessee is full of dramatic episodes and colorful characters that give the Volunteer State a major place in the American saga. From the bloody battle of Shiloh in 1862 to the Dayton "
Featuring new critical essays by scholars from Europe, South America, and the United States, At Home and Abroad presents a wide-ranging look at how whiteness-defined in terms of race or ethnicity-form
Centered primarily around a historical archaeological and architectural investigation of Rhode Island's first state prison, built in Providence in 1838, this study by Garman (archaeology, Salve Regina
This work collects columns on bird watching and natural history written by surgeon Bob Collier for his “Nature Notes” column in East Tennessee’s Shopper News. In the columns, Collier reflects on sl
The fourth volume of the collected works of Agee concerns Agee's two most famous screenplays. The book includes both the first drafts of The African Queen and The Night of the Hunter, and also the
“Lucid and well-researched.” —The New YorkerIn order to win the famous battle of New Orleans, Andrew Jackson believed that it was necessary to declare martial law and suspend the writ of habeas corpus
“It is a story that is conveyed with ancient artifacts and vintage photographs in a way that makes the early ‘discovery’ of Egypt come alive.”–William H. PeckCurator of Ancient Arts, Detroit Institute
This literature study for students and scholars analyzes the work of African American writer John Edgar Wideman, looking at how his struggles growing up in inner-city Philadelphia have informed his
This guide details the government and politics of Tennessee, with special reference to how a number of major state programs were shaped during the last 50 years, as well as discussion of the impact
Ulysses S. Grant once remarked that the Battle of Shiloh “has been perhapsless understood, or, to state the case more accurately, more persistentlymisunderstood, than any other engagement . . . during
“Turn on, tune in, drop out,” Timothy Leary advised young people in the 1960s. And many did, creating a counterculture built on drugs, rock music, sexual liberation, and communal living. The hippies p
Born into a relatively privileged family, Geraldyne Pierce Zimmerman earned a reputation as a maverick in her life-long home of Orangeburg, South Carolina, a semi-rural community where race and clas
Phillis Wheatley was the first African American to publish a book. Born in Gambia in 1753, she came to America aboard a slave ship, the Phillis. From an early age, Wheatley exhibited a profound gift f
A more robust archaeological interpretation can be produced if a multiscalar approach is brought to bear on the study of the past. In Iroquoian Archaeology and Analytic Scale, ten contributors conduct
In introducing 17 essays from the Vernacular Architecture Forum, historic preservationists Hoagland (Michigan Technological U.) and Breisch (U. of Southern California) note that the field is defined b
Samuel Stouffer, a little-known sociologist from Sac City, Iowa, is likely not a name World War II historians associate with other stalwart men of the war, such as Eisenhower, Patton, or MacArthur.
Originally published in 1906 as one volume, Camping and Woodcraft was expanded into a two-volume edition in 1916-17. Camping and Woodcraft ranks sixth among the ten best-selling sporting books of all
This book traces the history of Civil War battlefield preservation from 1861 to 2015 through outright preservation at the federal, state, local, and private levels, as well as federal historic pre
This book tells the dramatic story of twenty-eight law students—one of whom was the author—who went south at the height of the civil rights era and helped change death penalty jurisprudence forever.
