The advertising campaigns launched by Kodak in the early years of snapshot photography stand at the center of a shift in American domestic life that goes deeper than technological innovations in camer
Black (English, Skidmore College) offers an overview of Victorian museum culture followed by an exploration of some of the most famous and outlandish museums of the period. She also analyzes the meth
At the 1795 treaty council that sealed Anthony Wayne's victory at Fallen Timbers in northwest Ohio, the Wyandot leader Tarhe spoke for the assembled Native leaders when he admonished the American emis
In Haunted Bodies, Anne Goodwyn Jones and Susan V. Donaldson have brought together some of our most highly regarded southern historians and literary critics to consider race, gender, and texts throug
"The most dishonorable act that can dishonor a man." Such is Félix Grandet’s unsparing view of bankruptcy, adding that even a highway robber—who at least "risks his own life in attacking you"—is worth
Nichols (history, Indiana State University) takes an objective look at a period in the history of the United States that is often polarized, the interactions of White settlers and Native Americans in
The Civil War forced America finally to confront the contradiction between its founding values and human slavery. At the center of this historic confrontation was Abraham Lincoln. By the time this Ill
Loyal Protestants and Dangerous Papists analyzes the vibrant and often violent political culture of seventeenth-century America, exploring the relationship between early American and early modern Brit
Discusses how Abraham Lincoln handled the slavery issue during the Civil War, including influences from his fellow Republican party members as well as the violent racism that gripped much of the count
Edwin Henderson, a Harvard-educated physical education teacher, introduced basketball to students in Washington, D.C., in 1907, as a public-health and civil-rights tool; he believed organizing black a
Valedictory addresses offer a way to conceptualize the relation of self to others, private to public, ephemeral to eternal. Whether deathbed pronouncements, political capitulations, or seafaring farew
Blending social, intellectual, legal, medical, gender, and cultural history, Segregation's Science: Eugenics and Society in Virginia examines how eugenic theory and practice bolstered Virginia's vari
Of all building types, the skyscraper strikes observers as the most modern, in terms not only of height but also of boldness, scale, ingenuity, and daring. As a phenomenon born in late nineteenth-cent
"This book considers how writers of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries engaged critically and creatively with the idea of utopia--in particular the idea of utopia as a geographic loca
This diverse new collection of essays, written by scholars, practitioners, and public-land managers, considers the history of public park design, as well as the parks themselves as repositories of cul
Within the familiar clash of religious conservatism and secular liberalism Paul Maltby finds a deeper discord: an antipathy between Christian fundamentalism and the postmodern culture of disenchantmen
Within the familiar clash of religious conservatism and secular liberalism Paul Maltby finds a deeper discord: an antipathy between Christian fundamentalism and the postmodern culture of disenchantmen
With the growth of printing in early modern Germany, crime quickly became a subject of wide public discourse. Sensational crime reports, often featuring multiple murders within families, proliferated
This collection of twelve essays on race, religion and politics in America examines the fluid interaction between these cultural spheres and explores the way in which this multi-part discourse has sha
Buildings of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania follows the Pennsylvania migration narrative in broad swathes: Philadelphia and its surrounding counties of the original Quaker settle
Seventeen years in the making, this volume is published as part of the estimable Buildings of the United States series, an ambitious state-by-state project of the Society of Architectural Historians.
In this synthesis of literary, historical and political studies, Malouf (English, George Mason University) covers the interactions and cross- influences between Ireland and the islands of the Caribbea
In this study of the eugenics movement in Twentieth-century Virginia Dorr (law, jurisprudence and social thought, Amherst College) reaches far beyond the regional and historical topic to its implicati
In this critical examination of the role of the imagination in the modern and postmodern periods, Victor E. Taylor looks at the 'fable' as a narrative form that addresses the ultimate questions of how
Central to Taylor's (English and humanities, York College of Pennsylvania) treatment is the problem of hegemonic phantasm. He first develops the concept in the context of ontology, oracular speech, an
In this compelling new study, Debra Walker King considers fragments of experience recorded in oral histories and newspapers as well as those produced in twentieth-century novels, films, and television
Inspired initially in 1994, after hearing a lecture by David B. Morris (author of The Culture of Pain), King (English, U. of Florida) began her exploration of issues around black bodies in pain, carr
Lavishly illustrated, Peter Hatch's The Fruits and Fruit Trees of Monticello is not only a detailed history of Jefferson's gardens and their re-creation but a virtual encyclopedia of early American po
Unlike many of his contemporary Victorian intellectuals, Ruskin (1819-1900) continues to be studied and appropriated by historians and theorists of art and architecture, literary critics, and politica
The editors (all professors of political science at Texas A&M U.) present nine papers that apply game theory to understandings of how Supreme Court justices act within their institutional context,
Thomas Jefferson once stated that the foremost goal of American education must be to nurture the "natural aristocracy of talent and virtue." Although in many ways American higher education has fulfill
Using historical research, recent social science and public policy scholarship, and international comparisons, the authors investigate the widening chasm between equity and excellence in higher educat
Undaunted by the apparent misogyny of Nietzsche's texts, Oppel (arts, media, and cultural studies; Griffith U., Australia) broadened her focus to include men as well as women, and found some consisten
Through readings of Cather, Hemingway, and W.D. Howells, Love (emeritus, English, U. of Oregon) argues for a literary criticism that ventures beyond the humanities-sciences split and postmodern view o
An anthology of 20 articles putting forth the arguments of a movement that lasted a half-dozen years and remained controversial for the next 50. Bingham and Underwood annotate them, correct obvious er
This biographically based critical study examines Cather's writings, including correspondence, in the light of the author's apparent conflictedness about modern issues. Stout (English, Texas A&M U
A study of the migration patterns that characterized the colony and (later) state of Virginia over the three century history following its European founding. Dividing the topic into three patterns mi
