Iliescu (art and architecture, U. of Virginia) compiles 12 essays that explore how ethical considerations influence the practices of art and architecture, maintaining that artists and designers should
One of the greatest living Haitian writers, Yanick Lahens's short stories convey the authenticity of her people's tragic fight for survival within the scope of our shared human experience. In this fir
Addressing a perceived gap in critiques of the works of four North American women expatriate authors in 1930s Germany, Austenfeld (language and literature, North Georgia State College/State U.) analyz
In Bodies and Bones, Tanya Shields argues that a repeated engagement with the Caribbean’s iconic and historic touchstones offers a new sense of (inter)national belonging that brings an alternative and
Perhaps there is no other region in the world that has been more radically altered in terms of human and botanic migration, transplantation, and settlement than the Caribbean. Theorists such as Edouar
A critical edition of a collection of seven articles that appeared in 1860, sparking a Victorian culture war that engaged the relations between religious faith and current topics of the day in educati
Analogical thought is fundamental to creativity. The use of analogy can help to solve problems, make connections between disciplines, and use those relations to form original solutions. In Analogy an
In "Land and Blood, " his second novel, the Algerian-Kabyle writer Mouloud Feraoun offers a detailed portrait of life for Algerian Kabyles in the 1920s and 1930s through the story of a Kabyle-Berber m
This collection of essays reflects a lifetime of keen observation and astute reflection. Stilgoe's essays follow the eclectic trains of thought that have resulted from his observations, from the postc
Proposes that the emergence of the concept of privacy as a personal right and the core of individuality is connected in a complex way with the easy availability of printed books and the spread of the
In Patriots, Prostitutes, and Spies, John M. Belohlavek tells the story of women on both sides of the Mexican-American War (1846-48) as they were propelled by the bloody conflict to adopt new roles a
Historian McBride takes a new look at religion and politics in Revolutionary America, focusing on pivotal national events and developments between 1775 and 1800, in which religious language and sy
"This book examines arguments made in the colonial Americas for the gradual mitigation of slavery rather than outright abolition"--Provided by publisher.
In recent years the analysis of the intersection of literature and economics has generated a vibrant conversation in literary and cultural studies of the Victorian period. But Aeron Hunt argues that a
The New York Times–bestselling author Donald McCaig has established an expansive literary career, founded equally on books about working sheepdogs and the Civil War novelsJacob’s Ladder and Rhett Butl
Pointing the way to a new history of the transformation of British subjects into American citizens, "State and Citizen" challenges the presumption that the early American state was weak by exploring t
After a childhood divided between America and Europe, Henry James settled with his family in New England, first in what he regarded as an outpost of Europe, Newport, and later in Cambridge. The family
Edouard Glissant has written extensively in French about the colonial experience in the Caribbean. Since he is known primarily as a novelist and poet, his theoretical essays have so far remained large
Norse mythology is obsessed with the idea of an onrushing and unstoppable apocalypse: Ragnarok, when the whole of creation will perish in fire, smoke, and darkness and the earth will nolonger support
In this culminating work of a long and distinguished career, historian Bertram Wyatt-Brown looks at the theme of honor—a subject on which he was the acknowledged expert—and places it in a broader hist
"This is a superb collection of well-written essays by a group of distinguished scholars, edited by two of the country's most eminent political historians. In considering the subject of race in U.S. h
Modern history, suggest the authors (a professor emeritus of international relations at Florida International U. and a professor of history at the U. of Virginia) is in many ways the product of changi
It was starving Armenians that Peterson's (history, U. of Virginia) mother cited to make him finish his meal, and not until he was on his way to Armenia with the Peace Corp did he learn that she had b
Sex and the Citizen is a multidisciplinary collection of essays that draws on current anxieties about "legitimate" sexual identities and practices across the Caribbean to explore bot
Originally a euphemism for Princeton University’s Female Literary Tradition course in the 1980s, "chick lit" mutated from a movement in American women’s avant-garde fiction in the 19
Nash (journalism, U. of Richmond) describes how science is being used to help protect essential parts of rapidly transforming landscapes, and how it is sometimes ignored, putting those landscapes at r
Socrates has long been enthroned as the epitome of Greek rationalism, but Hans (English, Wake Forest U.) finds that his ideas were a bit more complex than the Platonic and later equation that rational
O'Rourke (English, Florida State U.) explores the powerful narratives in autobiography and their ability to illustrate how ethical principles do not necessarily lead to practice. Working from Rousseau
Of Dreams and Assassins is the urgent and rhythmic fourth novel of Malika Mokeddem, her second to appear in English. Born in Algeria to a Bedouin family that had only recently become sedentary, Mokedd
Challenging conventional notions of a linear progression towards democracy in France, MTlonio (French literature, U. of Nanterre) maintains that the country's troublesome dialogue with Tocqueville mir
"This book compares the U.S. Civil War to the Paraguayan War of 1864-70, particularly with regard to the wars' impact on state-building and race relations"--Provided by publisher.
The literature of Cuba, argues Eduardo Gonzalez in this new book, takes on quite different features depending on whether one is looking at it from "the inside" or from "the
From Dallas–Fort Worth to El Paso, Goodnight to Marfa to Langtry, and scores of places in between, the second of two towering volumes assembled by Gerald Moorhead and a team of dedicated authors offer
This collection of essays by leading scholars and practitioners addresses a timely and essential question: How can we design, plan, and sustain built environments that will foster health and healing?
How did early Americans define themselves? The American exceptionalist perspective tells us that the young republic rejected Europeans, Native Americans, and African Americans in order to isolate a na
Both in the popular imagination and in academic discourse, North and South are presented as fundamentally divergent penal systems in the aftermath of the Civil War, a difference mapped onto larger per
Using the term "exodus politics" to theorize the valorization of black male leadership in the movement for civil rights, Robert J. Patterson explores the ways in which the political
What is more important in architectural works—their form, shape, and color, or the meanings and symbolism that can be associated with them? Can aesthetic judgments of architecture be independent of th
Madureira (U. of Wisconsin-Madison) works from Derrida's claims about the theoretical insufficiency of the received idea of context and the consequences for the study of New World literature and cultu
Approximately 35 letters, pamphlets, booklets, and leaflets are reprinted here. Written between 1860 and 1897, some are attributed to Dodgson, some to Lewis Carroll, and others to Phayllus, East Shee
