Why did Thomas Jefferson, who claimed to abhor war and fear standing armies, in 1802 establish the United States Military Academy? For more than two centuries this question has received scant attentio
The history of African Americans in southern Appalachia after the Civil War has largely escaped the attention of scholars of both African Americans and the region. In Facing Freedom, Daniel Thorp rel
Are the United States and China on a collision course? In response to remarks made by Donald Trump’s secretary of state, China’s state-run newspaper Global Times asserted, "Unless Washington plans to
As you travel along the Blue Ridge Parkway, hike the Appalachian Trail, or visit the national and state parks scattered throughout the Blue Ridge Mountains, you will encounter an incredible variety of
Volume 19 of the Presidential Series (October 1795 through March 1796) features the final stages of the controversy about the 1794 Treaty of Amity, Commerce, and Navigation with Great Britain (the Jay
Examining novels written in nineteenth-century England and throughout most of the West, as well as philosophical essays on the conception of fictional form, Felicia Bonaparte sees the novel in this pe
Winner of the prestigious Prix Carbet--an award won by such distinguished authors as Maryse Condé, Jamaica Kincaid, and Raphaël Confiant-- Memory at Bay is now available in an English translation that
A philosopher, architect, astronomer, and polymath, Thomas Jefferson lived at a time when geography was considered the "mother of all sciences." Although he published only a single p
The politics of black education has long been a key issue in southern African studies, but despite rich debates on the racial and class dimensions of schooling, historians have neglected their distinc
Offers a defense of Thomas Jefferson's advocacy for a strict separation of church and state by examining his views on religious freedom. Shows how the First Amendment's focus on maintaining the author
Supposing "Bleak House" is an extended meditation on what many consider to be Dickens’s and nineteenth-century England’s greatest work of narrative fiction. Focusing on the novel’s r
This volume is an invitation to deploy high-level scholarship in a strategic policy-making process that will strengthen the unity of Nigeria. Many in the international community and within Nigeria its
In recent years, a series of major collections of posthumous writings by Elizabeth Bishop--one of the most widely read and discussed poets of the twentieth century--have been published, profoundly aff
In "The Modern Portrait Poem, "Frances Dickey recovers the portrait as a poetic genre from the 1860s through the 1920s. Combining literary and art history, she examines the ways Dante Gabriel Rossetti
In recent years, a series of major collections of posthumous writings by Elizabeth Bishop--one of the most widely read and discussed poets of the twentieth century--have been published, profoundly aff
This revised edition of "Buildings of Michigan" (first published in 1993) presents the architecture of the Upper and Lower peninsulas of Michigan, which are surrounded by four of the Great Lakes. From
The preface sets the context and highlights events in the time period covered in this seventh volume of the ongoing series. Editorial notes affirm that the voluminous amount of material surviving from
The Mozambique Company governed central Mozambique during the late 19th and 20th centuries, using forced labor in a modern form of slavery. Allina (history, U. of Ottawa) examines the history of force
This collection of essays on the educational leadership of Woodrow Wilson examines his roles as the president of both Princeton University and the United States through a careful analysis of the intel
Betjemann (English, Oregon State U.) offers a many-faceted investigation of 19th- and early 20th-century discourse on the subject of craft (rather than labor). His study encompasses early roots in wes
Many years have passed since architect Andrea Ponsi settled in Florence, and still he feels he does not fully comprehend this mysterious city. The way Florence eludes understanding, however, can be an
In The Science of Religion in Britain, 1860-1915, Marjorie Wheeler-Barclay argues that, although the existence and significance of the science of religion has been barely visible to modern scholars o
Rome Reborn on Western Shores examines the literature of the Revolutionary era to explore the ways in which American patriots employed the classics and to assess antiquity's importance to the early po
Freeman Dyson’s latest book does not attempt to bring together all of the celebrated physicist’s thoughts on science and technology into a unified theory. The emphasis is, instead, on the myriad ways
Dusinberre (history, U. of Warwick, UK) examines antebellum slavery in Virginia through the words of the slaves themselves, as a case study to understand the balance between the master's power and the
Kastor (history and American culture studies, Washington U. in St. Louis) presents 12 essays that aim to reconceptualize the history of the 1803 Louisiana Purchase by focusing on the themes of empire,
In a biographical study written while a fellow at the International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello, Clagett (College of William and Mary) focuses on the scientific interests of the third U
This volume describes the process of documentary editing, from initiating a project to publication, as well as the history of the field. This edition has been revised and includes discussion of electr
From one of America’s most celebrated historians, the Pulitzer Prize winner Gordon S. Wood, comes an early work whose relevance is undiminished. Originally published in 1969, now revised and with a ne
Part of a recent wave of scholarship exploring the unique nature of the Civil War in Appalachia, Sarris (history, North Carolina Wesleyan College) here focuses on the experiences Fannin and Lumpkin Co
Mardorossian (English, State U. of new York) analyzes the novels of Jean Rhys, Maryse Conde, Edwidge Danticat and Julia Alvarez to discern how, in spite of their working in several language traditions
Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) has come to be considered one of the major poets of the Victorian era. Compiled from over 100 private and institutional collections, this fourth volume of Rossetti's let
Ulanski (geology and environmental science, James Madison U.) presents a text for anglers interested in the scientific components that are intrinsic to fly-fishing. The emphasis is not on how to fi
This collection of letters to and from Washington (as well as some other papers) covers the last few months of his first presidential term. Routine correspondence related to applicants to political ap
Most of the documents are letters written by or to Washington, but others include deeds, meeting agendas, memoranda, reports he wrote or received, and speeches he or others delivered. They are highly
Bryson (humanities, Evelyn T. Stone U. College, Roosevelt U.) discusses the connections between the representation of nature and the practice of science in America from the 1840s to the 1960s, as pres
Widely acclaimed when first published in French in 1994, Mongo Beti's tenth novel, L'histoire du fou, continues the author's humorous yet fierce criticism of the colonial system in Africa and its lega
Widely acclaimed when first published in French in 1994, Mongo Beti's tenth novel, L'histoire du fou, continues the author's humorous yet fierce criticism of the colonial system in Africa and its lega
Chesson (history, U. of Massachusetts) and Roberts (foreign languages, U. of So. Indiana) present the edited diary of Henri Garidel, a French-Catholic clerk in the Confederate Bureau of Ordnance who w
Originally published in 1887 and never before reprinted, Juanita is a historical romance based on Mary Peabody Mann's experience of living on a Cuban slaveholder's plantation from 1833 to 1835. The no
