Thomas Jeffersons was one of historys greatest voices for the importance of individual freedom. His eloquence on this fundamental right became the cornerstone of our...
Our perception of life at Monticello has changed dramatically over the past quarter century. The image of an estate presided over by a benevolent Thomas...
A characteristically unconventional and engaging work, Carmel Schrires Tigers in Africa: Stalking the Past at the Cape of Good Hope interweaves such diverse themes as...
With his lifelong examination of the relation between freedom and equality in modern societies, Alexis de Tocqueville is the most widely shared icon of FrancoAmerican...
Tom Paines America Explores The Vibrant, Transatlantic Traffic In People, Ideas, And Texts That Profoundly Shaped American Political Debate In The 1790S. In 1789, When...
Tom Paines America explores the vibrant, transatlantic traffic in people, ideas, and texts that profoundly shaped American political debate in the 1790s. In 1789, when...
Although the British romantic poetsnotably, Blake, Wordsworth, and Byronhave been the subjects of previous ecocritical examinations, Kate Rigbys Topographies of the Sacred is the first...
As Recently As The 1970S, Gay And Lesbian History Was A Relatively Unexplored Field For Serious Scholars. The Past Quarter Century, However, Has Seen Enormous...
As recently as the 1970s, gay and lesbian history was a relatively unexplored field for serious scholars. The past quarter century, however, has seen enormous...
In an evocative blending of words and images, painterphotographer Carol BurchBrown and poet David Rigsbee offer a depiction of trailers and their inhabitants. The understated...
Unlike many United States industries, railroads are intrinsically linked to American soil and particular regions. Yet few Americans pay attention to rail lines, even though...
Unlike many United States industries, railroads are intrinsically linked to American soil and particular regions. Yet few Americans pay attention to rail lines, even though...
In this innovative and skillful study, Hlne Tissires investigates the 'circulations' or transmigrations at work among multiple francophone African cultural forms, ranging geographically between North...
In an exploration of how contemporary fiction narratives represent traumathat response to events so overwhelmingly intense that normal responses become impairedLaurie Vickroy engages a wealth...
The 'holy poor' have long maintained an elite status within Christianity. Differing from the 'real' poor, these clergymen, teachers, and ascetics have historically been viewed...
On January 1, 1804, JeanJacques Dessalines declared the independence of Haiti, thus bringing to an end the only successful slave revolution in history and transforming...
On January 1, 1804, JeanJacques Dessalines declared the independence of Haiti, thus bringing to an end the only successful slave revolution in history and transforming...
This novel, winner of the coveted Grand Prix de Littrature d'Afrique Noire, has been seen as a story about the struggles of nationbuilding in Africa,...
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Thomas Jefferson's personal life has always been a puzzle to biographers. Even his contemporaries found him difficult to know. In Jefferson's correspondence, however, Andrew Burstein...
Since Its Publication In 1960, The Jefferson Image In The American Mind Has Become A Classic Of Historical Scholarship. In It Merrill D. Peterson Charts...
Throughout the second half of the twentieth century until his death in 2005, Wayne Booth was one of the most influential literary critics in America...
Tracing The History Of Political Rhetoric In Nineteenthcentury America And Britain, Andrew W. Robertson Shows How Modern Election Campaigning Was Born. Robertson Discusses Early Political...
The Author Traces The Phenomenon Of Ascribing Sentimental Meaning To Floral Imagery From Its Beginnings In Napoleonic France Through Its Later Transformations In England And...
Born in Dakar but of Guinean origin, Mariama Barry claims both Senegal and Guinea as 'her' countries. This dual background lends her significant and widespread...
The Long Day is a wonderfully readable personal narrative of the trials and tribulations of an 'unskilled, friendless, almost penniless girl of eighteen, utterly alone...
How Is It That A Controversy About Politics Becomes A Conversation About Philosophy? From Hobbes To Harrington To Shaftesbury To Berkeley, Timothy Dykstal Explores The...
How is it that a controversy about politics becomes a conversation about philosophy? From Hobbes to Harrington to Shaftesbury to Berkeley, Timothy Dykstal explores the...