In The Life and Undeath of Autonomy in American Literature, Geoff Hamilton charts the evolution of the fundamental concept of autonomy in the American imaginary across the span of the nation’s literar
In The Life and Undeath of Autonomy in American Literature, Geoff Hamilton charts the evolution of the fundamental concept of autonomy in the American imaginary across the span of the nation’s literar
The Punitive Turn explores the historical, political, economic, and sociocultural roots of mass incarceration, as well as its collateral costs and consequences. Giving significant attention to the exa
Whether acting as a military officer or civilian officeholder, George Washington did not possess a reputation for glad handing, easy confidences, or even much warmth. His greatest attributes as a comm
Commemoration lies at the poetic, historiographic, and social heart of human community. It is how societies define themselves and is central to the institution of the city. Addressing the complex ways
Commemoration lies at the poetic, historiographic, and social heart of human community. It is how societies define themselves and is central to the institution of the city. Addressing the complex ways
In Migrant Modernism, J. Dillon Brown examines the intersection between British literary modernism and the foundational West Indian novels that emerged in London after World War II. By emphasizing the
In Migrant Modernism, J. Dillon Brown examines the intersection between British literary modernism and the foundational West Indian novels that emerged in London after World War II. By emphasizing the
Adopting the term "new death," which was used to describe the unprecedented and horrific scale of death caused by the First World War, Pearl James uncovers several touchstones of Ame
Adopting the term "new death," which was used to describe the unprecedented and horrific scale of death caused by the First World War, Pearl James uncovers several touchstones of Ame
In "Earnestly Contending, " Dickson Bruce examines the ways in which religious denominations and movements in antebellum America coped with the ideals of freedom and pluralism that exerted such a stro
Episodic and disconnected, much of postmodern fiction mirrors the world as quantum theorists describe it, according to Samuel Chase Coale. In "Quirks of the Quantum, " Coale shows how the doubts, misg
Episodic and disconnected, much of postmodern fiction mirrors the world as quantum theorists describe it, according to Samuel Chase Coale. In "Quirks of the Quantum, " Coale shows how the doubts, misg
The statesman and reformer James Oglethorpe was a significant figure in the philosophical and political landscape of eighteenth-century British America. His social contributions--all informed by Enlig
In "Elusive Equality, " Jeffrey L. Littlejohn and Charles H. Ford place Norfolk, Virginia, at the center of the South's school desegregation debates, tracing the crucial role that Norfolk's African Am
This collection of eight essays and an afterword contains revised and expanded essays first delivered at a conference at US Military Academy, West Point. They explore Thomas Jefferson's vision and eff
The volume emerged from five years of collaboration between French scholars Cazenave (Boston U.) and Celerier (Vassar College) both in the US and in Africa. They explain that they translate engagement
By looking at engagee literature from the recent past, when the francophone African writer was implicitly seen as imparted with a mission, to the present, when such authors usually aspire to be acknow
"Merely Judgment provides an interesting examination of how `unconstitutional' legislation survives as public policy even after adverse Supreme Court rulings that would seem to mark the end to such po
Through the story of his founding of the effort Hope in the Cities, Corcoran provides a model of dialogue and community change that has been adopted nationally and internationally. He details how in 1
Roberts (history, Western Illinois U.) argues that the spate of popular revolutions across Europe in 1848 had a profound impact on how Americans at the time thought about revolution, democracy, foreig
In Encountering the Secular, J. Heath Atchley proposes an alternative to the understanding of the secular as that which opposes the religious, and he turns to American and Continental philosophy to su
Atchley (Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts) presents the secular as an object of philosophical examination informed by the notion that there exists a condition in which the meaning that religion pr
Unlike the American and French Revolutions, the Haitian Revolution was the first in a modern state to implement human rights universally and unconditionally. Going well beyond the selective emancipati
Immediately upon achieving independence, the former slaves of the French colony of Saint-Domingue universally and unconditionally abolished slavery, a goal long rooted in liberal spheres, but never be
Many in politics began their careers in the law; no one has cut such a distinguished path in this regard as Abraham Lincoln. Before his presidency, from 1836 to 1861, Lincoln practiced law in the cour
Mooney (art and art history, U. of Iowa) reverses Jeffersonian theory of the relationship between architecture and construction of the self in eighteenth-century Virginia, studying 25 mansions to offe
In this provocative new book, Mark Christian Thompson addresses the startling fact that many African American intellectuals in the 1930s sympathized with fascism, seeing in its ideology a means of env
It is often assumed that the law and religion address different spheres of human life. Religion and ethics articulate complex systems of moral reasoning that concern norms, deliberation of ends, culti
The schools of divinity and law at the University of Chicago sponsored a three-day conference (no date cited) to explore the relationship of mercy to justice in systems of criminal justice. A glaring
This latest entry in The American South series from the U. of Virginia Press observes the Reconstruction Era through the eyes of South Carolina residents who witnessed it for themselves. Baker (U. of
Historians have often speculated on the alternative paths the United Stages might have taken during the Great Depression: What if Franklin D. Roosevelt had been killed by one of Giuseppe Zangara’s bul
Kierner (history, U. of North Carolina-Charlotte) tells of a 1793 case in which Richard Randolph of Bizarre, Virginia, was accused of helping his wife's sister terminate a pregnancy that he had also i
Have you ever wondered why there are so many "dumb blonde" jokes—always about women? Or how Ivanhoe's childhood love, the"flaxen Saxon" Rowena, morphed into Marilyn Monroe? Between that season in 1847
Arguing that spirituality functions as a life-affirming ideology on Black women's art, Ryan (English, Ohio Wesleyan U.) shows how Black women filmmakers and writers, by their choices informing narrati
Five essays combine accounts of Marshall's (English, Pennsylvania State U.-Altoona) nature experiences with his thoughts on literature. Among the topics are physiological needs in The Laurel Highlands
In his lengthy introduction, Nesbitt (French, Miami U., Ohio) draws on the critical theory of Marx, Hegel, Kant, and Adorno, among others, to redefine the identity of black Caribbean writers and ident
Historians, including three Pulitzer Prize winners, provide scholarly views to balance the public sensation around the recent DNA test results showing that Jefferson was probably the father of his sla
Lounsbury, an architectural historian at the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, updates this fine glossary (previously published by Oxford U. Press, 1994) of southern architecture including public buil
The poet Melvin B. Tolson (1898-1966) was once recognized as one of black America's most important modernist voices. Playful, fluent, and intellectually sophisticated, his poems stirred up significant
