Bringing Race Back In empirically investigates whether "post-racial" campaign strategies, which are becoming increasingly common, improve black candidates’ ability to mobilize and at
In August 1918 a Massachusetts-born woman named Margaret Hall boarded a transport ship in New York City that would take her across the Atlantic to work with the American Red Cross in France, then in t
The late nineteenth and early twentieth century were a brutal time for American wildlife, with many species pushed to the brink of extinction. (Some are endangered to this day.) And yet these decades
One of Planetizen’s Top Ten Books of 2006"But for Birmingham," Fred Shuttleworth recalled President John F. Kennedy saying in June 1963 when he invited black leaders to meet with him
Before the rise of private homes as we now understand them, the realm of personal, private, and local relations in England was the parish, which was also the sphere of poverty management. Between the
In "William Wordsworth and the Ecology of Authorship, " Scott Hess explores Wordsworth's defining role in establishing what he designates as "the ecology of authorship" a primarily middle-class, ninet
In "William Wordsworth and the Ecology of Authorship, " Scott Hess explores Wordsworth's defining role in establishing what he designates as "the ecology of authorship" a primarily middle-class, ninet
The mathematician Charles Dodgson wrote several things under his pen name of Lewis Carroll and among these were a series of pamphlets, often only a few pages long. The fourth volume of these pamphlets
Bibler (American literature, U. of Manchester, England) began his study looking for marginal, neglected, perhaps suppressed works of literature, but discovered what he needed instead was a new way of
Over the past four decades, the foreign-born population in the United States has nearly tripled, from about 10 million in 1965 to more than 30 million today. This wave of new Americans comes in dispro
Revising his doctoral dissertation for the University of Virginia (no date cited), Koschnik (American history, Harvard U.) re-evaluates the understanding of organized Federalism and the origins of vol
Wilson (African American studies, U. of Maryland) presents a collective intellectual biography of three generations of black social scientists and activists, from W.E.B. Du Bois in the 1890s to young
The title quotes Martin Luther King Jr.'s characterization of Birmingham, where the advent of formal city planning in 1920 institutionalized racial zoning and the impact of such city planning continue
As a young man, George Washington admired and copied into a little notebook 110 rules for civil behavior that originated from a Jesuit textbook. Washington took these rules very much to heart, and th
When Thomas Jefferson moved his victorious Republican administration into the new capital in 1801, one of his first acts was to abolish any formal receptions, except on New Year's Day and the Fourth o
Johnston was a significant figure in early 20th-century photography. This full-length biography is illustrated with 40 b&w examples of her work, including photographs of Hampton Institute (now Ham
Try to picture Mark Twain, or Uncle Remus, or even Theodore Roosevelt. More than likely, you have a Frances Benjamin Johnston image in your mind. Johnston was a significant—and arresting—figure in ear
George Washington’s life has been scrutinized by historians over the past three centuries, but the day-to-day lives of Mount Vernon’s enslaved workers, who left few written records but made up 90 perc
The decisive victories in the fight for racial equality in America were not easily won, much less inevitable; they were achieved through carefully conceived strategy and the work of tireless individua
Mount Vernon, despite its importance as the estate of George Washington, is subject to the same threats of time as any property and has required considerable resources and organization to endure as a
Mount Vernon, despite its importance as the estate of George Washington, is subject to the same threats of time as any property and has required considerable resources and organization to endure as a
The Jameson Raid was a pivotal moment in the history of South Africa, linking events from the Anglo-Boer War to the declaration of the Union of South Africa in 1910. For more than a century, the faile
The decisive victories in the fight for racial equality in America were not easily won, much less inevitable; they were achieved through carefully conceived strategy and the work of tireless individua
Society Ties is a history of the University of Virginia’s oldest student organization, the Jefferson Society. Founded in 1825, the Society has counted the likes of Woodrow Wilson and Edgar Allan Poe a
Inspired by recent efforts to understand the dynamics of the early modern witch hunt, Johannes Dillinger has produced a powerful synthesis based on careful comparisons. Narrowing his focus to two spe
Spangler (history, U. of Calgary) focuses on the transition in the colony-turned-state of Virginia from the dominant Anglican church to Baptism that occurred in the years near and after the American R
"Surely such a familiar landmark and its flora need no introduction. But leaf through the book (or better yet, get Brown and Choukas-Bradley to take you on a tour) and you realize that while the rest
They were not the only enterprising family in the South, but they were amongst the most driven to succeed. They could have remained Virginia planters as was expected of them, with all the privileges a
Wylie (history, Boston U.) takes her title from the response of one African's 1938 reply to whites inquiring about the health of his community. His complaint that people were "starving on a full stoma
In An African Classical Age, Christopher Ehret brings to light 1,400 years of social and economic transformation across Africa from Uganda and Kenya in the north to Natal and the Cape in the south. T
In the Modernity of Witchcraft, Peter Geschiere uses his own experiences among the Maka and in other parts of eastern and southern Cameroon, as well as other anthropological research, to argue that c
Near the end of a nine-month confrontation preceding the Compromise of 1850, Abraham Venable warned his fellow congressmen that "words become things." Indeed, in politics—then, as now—rhetoric makes r
Virginia was a battleground state in the struggle to implement Brown v. Board of Education, with one of the South’s largest and strongest NAACP units fighting against a program of noncompliance craft
As the largest, oldest, and wealthiest of the original thirteen colonies, Virginia played a central role in the fight for independence and as a state in the new republic. This importance is reflected
This book assesses the long-term cultural and social impact of the Black Power movement, particularly the Black Panther Party (BPP), and of the Black Arts movement, which linked the radical political
Exploring the interface between the cultural politics of the Black Power and the Black Arts movements and the production of postwar African American popular culture, Amy Ongiri shows how the reliance
Young American aristocrat Quincy (1744-75) sailed from Boston to Charleston in February 1773 ostensibly to begin a provincial version of Europe's Grand Tour. In fact, as he traveled through the coloni
In this paperback edition of the 2002 book, a seasoned northern Virginia gardener shares her expertise for those who wish to grow rather than buy their bouquets. After addressing the challenges of fin
Contains 14 essays originating from the United States Capitol Historical Society's 1993 Symposium commemorating the bicentennial of the laying of the cornerstone of the United States Capitol. The ess
Reconstructs the world and daily life of Johannes Hooss, a 17th-century farmer in a remote Hessian village, arguing that his precarious existence built values which transcended individual life and gav
