The well-known New York Times correspondent narrates his experiences reporting on some of major events and conflicts of the years following World War II and discusses his interviews with such politica
In Wild Blessings, Hilary Holladay offers the first full-length study of Lucille Clifton's acclaimed poetry, drawing on a broad knowledge of the American poetic tradition and African American poetry i
No other Reconstruction state government was as chaotic or violent as Louisiana's, located in New Orleans, the largest southern city at the time. James K. Hogue explains the unique confluence of demog
In Brothels, Depravity, and Abandoned Women, Judith Kelleher Schafer examines case histories from the First District Court of New Orleans and tells the engrossing story of prostitution in the city pri
In this remarkable collection, ten premier scholars of nineteenth-century America address the epochal impact of the Civil War by examining the conflict in terms of three Americas -- antebellum, wartim
George Balanchine, one of the twentieth century's foremost choreographers, strove to make music visible through dance. In The Art of Gravity, Jay Rogoff extends this alchemy into poetry, discovering i
In Modernist Women Writers and War, Julie Goodspeed-Chadwick examines important avant-garde writings by three American women authors and shows that during World Wars I and II a new kind of war literat
In January 1847, a grain convoy passed through Buzantais, an obscure village in a remote region of central France that was suffering from hunger, high prices, and widespread unemployment. Villagers i
When Confederate Forces Fired on Fort Sumter in April 1861, thousands of patriotic southerners rushed to enlist for the Confederate cause. Samuel Langhorne Clemens, who grew up in the border state of
Critics have accused Abraham Lincoln of having over-stepped constitutional bounds and unnecessarily curtailed civil liberties during the American Civil War, but this examination by Bowman (history, Yo
Roberts, (history, Scripps, Claremont), explores the influence of Christian evangelicalism in northern blacks in the period of time between the Revolutionary and Civil War, and its connection to the d
Rosetta R. Haynes explores the spiritual autobiographies of five nineteenth-century female African American itinerant preachers to discover the ways in which they drew upon religion and the material c
On February 20, 1665, the Inquisition of Lisbon arrested Maria de Macedo, the wife of a midlevel official of the Portuguese Treasury, after she revealed during a deposition that, since she was ten yea
William Pitt Fessenden (1806-1869) helped devise Union grand strategy during the Civil War. A native of Maine and son of a fiery New England abolitionist, he served in the United States Senate as a me
One of the most critically acclaimed yet least recognized contemporary writers, African American author John Edgar Wideman creates work often described as difficult, even unfathomable. In Writing Blac
Many years after he envisioned it, archeologist Rees (anthropology, U. of Louisiana) has brought together a one-volume, multi-authored, up-to-date overview of Louisiana archaeology (it's a project he
Archaeology of Louisiana provides a groundbreaking and up-to-date overview of archaeology in the Bayou State, including a thorough analysis of the cultures, communities, and people of Louisiana from t
Once, history and "the South" dwelt in close proximity. Representations of the South in writing and on film assumed everybody knew what had happened in place and time to create the South. Today, our v
Chrastil (history, Xavier U.) provides an account of the problems facing ordinary French citizens following the Franco-Prussian War (1870-1871), a topic that has not apparently been previously address
In 1854, faced with the threat of yet another brutal beating, a fifty-year-old slave in Mason County, Kentucky, decided to try again to escape. His first attempt had ended in his near starvation as he
In 1854, faced with the threat of yet another brutal beating, a fifty-year-old slave in Mason County, Kentucky, decided to try again to escape. His first attempt had ended in his near starvation as he
Sean M. Kelley asserts that the dominant influence was not the frontier but the Mexican Republic. The Lower Brazos River Valley—the only slave society to take root under Mexican sovereignty—made repl
During the Civil War, humans impacted plants and animals on an unprecedented scale as soldiers on both sides waged the most environmentally destructive war ever on American soil. Refugees and armies
"Margaret Gibson has created a voice and an art that connect the sensuous experience of the physical world with the inner life. The poems in Second Nature establish a vibrant and interlacing balance b
"Kate Daniel's new poems deploy two faculties which are usually segregated: an unstoppable and exhaustive analytic intelligence and a poet's deep allegiance to sensuousness and mystery...Again and aga
Emory University Professor Sally Wolff has carried on a fifty-year tradition of leading students on expeditions to "Faulkner country" in and around Oxford, Mississippi. Not long ago, she decided to i
"Based on intense research concerning the man, his music, and the content and significance of his blues lyrics, Roger House has written a most valuable biographical study of Big Bill Broonzy. Not only
"Gorgeously lush, Anya Silver's poetry is a confrontation with mortality and in particular the survivor's felt loss of womanliness that can accompany breast cancer. God visits the poet, she says, only
During the Civil War, traditional history tells us, Afro-Christianity proved a strong force for slaves' perseverance and hope of deliverance. In Slavery, Civil War and Salvation, however, Daniel Fount
In celebration of Louisiana State University's sesquicentennial, Treasures of LSU trumpets the numerous and diverse riches found throughout the Baton Rouge campus and beyond. The 101 distinguished art
In celebration of Louisiana State University's sesquicentennial, Treasures of LSU trumpets the numerous and diverse riches found throughout the Baron Rouge Campus and beyond. The 101 distinguished art
"Army—Navy, Florida-Florida State, Texas-Oklahoma. All fine and good, but honestly, they might have to wait in line for a roll call of great college football rivalries when somebody mentions Gramblin
Captives and Voyagers traces the departures, voyages, and landings of enslaved and free blacks who left their homelands in the eighteenth century for British colonies and examines how displacement and
Few historical events lend themselves to such a sharp delineation between right and wrong as does the civil rights struggle. Consequently, many historical accounts of white resistance to civil rights
"Forret... has deepened our understanding of the complexity of relations between slaves and poor whites." -- Georgia Historical QuarterlyCovering a broad geographic scope from Virginia to South Caroli
After the American Civil War, several movements for ethnic separatism and political self-determination significantly shaped the course of Reconstruction. The Union Leagues mobilized African Americans
"Make no mistake about it. R. M. Ryan's poems are big and baggy, novelistic and comprehensive. They bulge with plunder---some taken from Prague's astronomical clock, some taken from a Chevy Bel-Air fo
"Another triumph for Stephen Sandy as he works the edges of life's puzzles, small and large."---Alan Cheuse"Stephen Sandy's new collection gives us, as before, a braided flow of thought and perception
Of all law enforcement officers, game wardens inspire the most awe in the mind of the public. Working day and night, often in challenging terrain and bad weather, game wardens typically operate alone
Things are going Walter Schmidt's way -- he loves his wife, he likes his job, and he's enjoying New Orleans in springtime -- and then one April morning in 1945 he catches his wife in bed with his best
