Higher education reformer Muscatine founded Strawberry Creek College, a six-year experiment using full professors and small classes to teach lower-division students. Here, he offers a radical new desi
Part of the Society of Architectural Historians' Buildings of the United States series, this title views the buildings of Delaware from all periods and types, including urban, rural, private, industri
While former Supreme Court Justice O'Connor once suggested that presidential choices for the Court are a matter of luck, Nemachek (government, College of William and Mary) finds systematic patterns in
Through a series of essays, Williams (landscape architecture, Auburn U.) explores the small towns that lie within the mountains and river valleys in the great cordillera of the Appalachian Mountains,
"Edsall's survey begins three hundred years ago in northwestern Europe, when homosexual subcultures recognizably similar to those of our own era began to emerge, and it follows their surprisingly dive
Johnston (ornithology, University of Virginia) traces the history of ornithology in Virginia from its pre-Columbian beginning, through the early stages of naturalism and collecting to the modern era o
Turning to Earth offers a window into the heart of environmental change, moving beyond the culture’s traditional reliance on policy reforms and technological measures. It charts the course of "ecologi
Presents 14 previously published essays by scholars of colonial Virginian history. Published from 1972 to early 2000, the articles first appeared in such magazines as Virginia Magazine of History and
To illuminate how a group of equatorial Africans understands environmental change, Giles-Vernick (history, City U. of New York-Baruch College) examines the changing intellectual tools and content of e
Schweizer, an independent scholar, explores the travel writing of George Orwell, Evelyn Waugh, Graham Greene, and Rebecca West. The observations made by these westerners of the lands they visited Cata
Ecocriticism, a field of study that has expanded dramatically over the past decade, has nevertheless remained—until recently—closely focused on critical analyses of nature writing and literature of wi
Characterized as "the African Voltaire," Ahmadou Kourouma garnered enormous critical and popular praise upon the 1998 release of his third novel, En attendant le vote des bêtes sauvages. Kourouma rece
In developing a cultural theory of the imagination, Rado (Harvard-Westlake School, Los Angeles) explores the attraction of authors like Faulkner, Joyce, and Woolf to the androgynous muse envisioned by
Challenging the implication that African-American elites tended to their own needs during Reconstruction and did little to help others or the black community in general, Moore (history, Austin College
Brogan (English, Wellesley College) studies the cultural hauntings in Tracks by Louise Erdrich, Beloved by Toni Morrison, and Dreaming in Cuban by Cristina Garcia. She argues that modern ghost stories
During the first ten months of Washington's retirement, Washington was, as he said, busier than ever before, breaking in a new farm manager, repairing and refurbishing long-neglected buildings, hiring
This fifth volume of the series collecting Washington's personal papers during his eight years of presidency includes public papers written by Washington and presented to him, such as Washington's mes
This valuable guide provides Virginia hunters with detailed information on the various public hunting lands in the state, including character of the terrain, game species available, and other useful i
Anecdotes of Enlightenment is the first literary history of the anecdote in English. In this wide-ranging account, James Robert Wood explores the animating effects anecdotes had on intellectual and li
This ambitious book provides the only systematic examination of the American abolition movement’s direct impacts on antislavery politics from colonial times to the Civil War and after. As opposed to i
Cradled in the crescent of the Mississippi River and circumscribed by wetlands, New Orleans has faced numerous challenges since its founding as a French colonial outpost in 1718. For three centuries,
Cradled in the crescent of the Mississippi River and circumscribed by wetlands, New Orleans has faced numerous challenges since its founding as a French colonial outpost in 1718. For three centuries,
Study of the sea--both in terms of human interaction with it and its literary representation--has been largely ignored by ecocritics. In Shakespeare’s Ocean, Dan Brayton foregrounds the maritime dime
Apart from a handful of exotic--and almost completely unreliable--tales surrounding his life, Richard Potter is almost unknown today. Two hundred years ago, however, he was the most popular entertaine
Unique in its formation and in a citizenry made up largely of repatriated ex-slaves, Liberia has been the scene of a fascinating intercontinental history. Trans-Atlantic Sojourners enters this histor
Life outside our nation’s big cities comprises a remarkably rich aspect of America—culturally, historically, and physically. Because of the way we move through the country, however—on roads built for
During a career lasting nearly half a century, Meister Frantz Schmidt (1554-1634) personally put to death 392 individuals and tortured, flogged, or disfigured hundreds more. The remarkable number of v
During a career lasting nearly half a century, Meister Frantz Schmidt (1554-1634) personally put to death 392 individuals and tortured, flogged, or disfigured hundreds more. The remarkable number of v
The author traces the phenomenon of ascribing sentimental meaning to floral imagery from its beginnings in Napoleonic France through its later transformations in England and America. At the heart of t
Collects fifty poems from different writers who have not published a full-length book, including nominees from literary magazines and writing programs, as well as poems directly submitted to an online
After the Deluge serves as a demonstration of the practical imagination applied to the ecology of water. Taking Leonardo da Vinci’s "deluge" drawings of catastrophic floods as its starting point, and
Finalist for the Alan Paton AwardIn his latest book, renowned historian Hermann Giliomee challenges the conventional wisdom on the downfall of white rule and the end of apartheid. Instead of impersona
In Vigilant Faith: Passionate Agnosticism in a Secular World, Daniel Boscaljon takes up the contemporary challenges to faith by skepticism and secularism. He proposes a model of faith for believers an
In Vigilant Faith: Passionate Agnosticism in a Secular World, Daniel Boscaljon takes up the contemporary challenges to faith by skepticism and secularism. He proposes a model of faith for believers an
Here is a ready reference to Madison’s thought, including his most perceptive observations on government and human nature. The compendium brings together excerpts from his writings on a variety of pol
The Papers of James Madison project, housed at the University of Virginia, was established in 1956 to publish annotated volumes of the correspondence and writings of James Madison, the Virginia states
Some cities, through hardship or glory or a combination of both, produce extraordinary women. Richmond in the early twentieth century, dominated by its prominent families and still haunted by the ghos
In an exciting new approach to witchcraft studies, "The Witch in the Western Imagination" examines the visual representation of witches in early modern Europe. With vibrant and lucid prose, Lyndal Rop
Study of the sea--both in terms of human interaction with it and its literary representation--has been largely ignored by ecocritics. In "Shakespeare's Ocean, " Dan Brayton foregrounds the maritime di
This new history of Gabriel's Rebellion, the unsuccessful uprising of slaves in Richmond Virginia in 1800, examines recent literature and archival documents to provide a new perspective on the scope a
