The first white South African novelist to win international recognition, Olive Schreiner (18551920) was also known for her political and social treatises, which promoted feminism,...
Throughout the nineteenth century, African heritage played an important role in black America, as personal memories and cultural practices continued to shape the everyday experience...
This Volume Examines The Ways Pictures Are Interpreted, Discussing The Practices Of Interpretation That Inform The Modern Discipline Of Art History In Contrast To Those...
The islands described in this highly original collection of stories are divorced from the particularities of locale. They are a symbolic setting for those whom...
In the early nineteenth century, Lowell, Massachusetts, was widely studied and emulated as a model for capitalist industrial development. One of the first cities in...
Since its dedication in 1877, Trinity Church on Copley Square in Boston has been widely regarded as one of the most important and successful monuments...
Among the enduring stereotypes of early American history has been the colonial Goodwife, perpetually spinning, sewing, darning, and quilting, answering all of her family's textile...
For scholars who have studied it, as for many Americans who experienced it firsthand, Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal has long represented a turning point in...
In Nadine Gordimer's view, the novel can present history as historians cannot. Moreover, this presentation is not fictional in the sense of being 'untrue.' Rather,...
In Nadine Gordimer's view, the novel can present history as historians cannot. Moreover, this presentation is not fictional in the sense of being 'untrue.' Rather,...
Widely regarded as perhaps America's greatest theologian, Jonathan Edwards still suffers the stereotype of hellfire preacher obsessed with God's wrath. In this anthology, Gerald McDermott...
Illustrated with sixteen plates from the first edition of Ambonese Herbarium, The Poison Tree demonstrates why Rumphius was the greatest authority on tropical flora of...
America's bestselling novel in its time, The Quaker City, published in 1845, is a sensational expos of social corruption, personal debauchery, and the sexual exploitation...
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Roxana's Children is a wellresearched and well written biography of Roxana Brown Walbridge Watts (180262) and her descendants. The book is constructed from the descendants'...
Interweaving four narratives, this novel explores the ambitions and disappointments of Philip II as he lies on his deathbed, the clandestine origins of the slave...
Interweaving four narratives, this novel explores the ambitions and disappointments of Philip II as he lies on his deathbed, the clandestine origins of the slave...
Keen observation and vivid imagery mark this collection of poems by a Chickasaw Indian. Linda Hogan's subjects are often drawn from events of everyday lifegathering...
In The Winter Of 1892 The New Instructor Of Physical Training At Smith College, A Diminutive Young Woman With A Heavy Accent, Introduced Her Students...
In the winter of 1892 the new instructor of physical training at Smith College, a diminutive young woman with a heavy accent, introduced her students...
As Americans enter the new century, their interest in the past has never been greater. In record numbers they visit museums and historic sites, attend...
Showing Our Colors: AfroGerman Women Speak Out is an English translation of the German book Farbe bekennen edited by author May Ayim, Katharina Oguntoye, and...
Showing Our Colors: AfroGerman Women Speak Out is an English translation of the German book Farbe bekennen edited by author May Ayim, Katharina Oguntoye, and...
Observers Of American Society Have Long Noted The Distinctive Contribution Of African Americans To The Nation'S Cultural Life. We Find References To African American Music...
It's been decades since Mara's family was last together, decades since the day her sister Allison drowned at Silver Beach.After the family tragedy, Mara's father...
From ancient Egyptian archery and medieval Japanese football to contemporary American baseball, every sport has been shaped byand in turn has helped shapethe culture of...
Much has been written about the historic relationship between American blacks and Jews. Some accounts stress the strong alliance for social justice between the two...
An exploration of the relationship between literature and life, this study examines the effect on readers of 'suicidal literature'novels and poems that depict, and sometimes...
An exploration of the relationship between literature and life, this study examines the effect on readers of 'suicidal literature'novels and poems that depict, and sometimes...
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