While many institutions of higher education made great sacrifices during the Civil War, few can boast of the dedication and effort made by the University of Not...
One of the oldest cities in Texas, Galveston has witnessed more than its share of tragedies. Devastating hurricanes, yellow fever epidemics, fires, a major Civi...
This single volume presents the views of experts from the field which challenge the assumption that educational inclusion relates only to those pupils with lea...
byBarbara Schmidt, Diana M. Klaser Cheng
Ethnobotany: A Phytochemical Perspective explores the chemistry behind hundreds of plant medicines, dyes, fibers, flavors, poisons, insect repellants, and many ...
Historical accounts of major events have almost always relied upon what those who were there witnessed. Nowhere is this truer than in the nerve-shattering chao...
For more than three decades, Rogers M. Smith has been one of the leading scholars of the role of ideas in American politics, policies, and history. Over time,...
Mastered by the Clock is the first work to explore the evolution of clock-based time consciousness in the American South. Challenging traditional assumptions ab...
For at least two centuries, argues Mark Smith, white southerners used all of their senses--not just their eyes--to construct racial difference and define race. ...
In 1925 Leonard Rhinelander, the youngest son of a wealthy New York society family, sued to end his marriage to Alice Jones, a former domestic servant and the d...
Clinton County was originally inhabited by the Shawnee, Lenape, and Iroquois tribes. Lumber was abundant, and it drew in settlers searching for a home and work....
Grounded in the Foucauldian literature on governmentality and drawing on a broad range of disciplines, this book examines the government of childhood in the Wes...
One of modern democracy's biggest challenges is the overseas voter. This book is the first of its kind to explore the issues of military and overseas voting, an...
Writings and information from throughout history....
This book provides a comprehensive analysis of the municipal incorporation activity in the United States over the last several decades and the geographic conseq...