A New Literary History of America

Continuing in the vein of his ever questioning the conventions of race melodrama through the lens of which so much American racial and cultural his...

Reducere. This book is a quest to understand Van Morrison's particular genius through a close look at the most extraordinary and unclassifiable moments in hi...

This volume covers a variety of authors and topics related to the New Criticism school of the 1920s-1950s in America. Contributors trace the histor...

DescriptionAn unprecedented examination of class-bridging reform and U.S. literary history at the turn of the twentieth century Reading for Reform ...

Reducere. ..".Just as the company's members good-naturedly bash the Bard in THE COMPLETE WORKS OF WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE (ABRIDGED), so do they cheerfully run r...

Few milestones in human history are as momentous as the meeting of three great civilizations on American soil in the sixteenth century. The fully r...

From novelists and professors to suffragists and Irish revolutionaries, Shakespeare's women editors lived extraordinary lives and produced editions...

Reducere. "Fascinating.... A major work by a leading historian at the top of his game--at once engaging and tightly argued." --The New York Times Book Review...

Reducere. DescriptionBefore European incursions began in the seventeenth century, the Western Abenaki Indians inhabited present-day Vermont and New Hampshire...

Reducere. DescriptionA unique and comprehensive collection of 26 literary essays that provides real evidence of the rich cultural history of black women in A...

How New York's Lower East Side inspired new ways of seeing AmericaNew York City's Lower East Side, long viewed as the space of what Jacob Riis noto...

DescriptionOver the course of the eighteenth century, Anglo-Americans purchased an unprecedented number and array of goods. The Power of Objects in...

Finalist for the PEN/E.O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award``A masterly synthesis of scientific research and personal observation.`` -Wall Stre...

Reducere. A literary tour de force, a magnificent chronicle of a remarkable era and a place of dreamsIn a stunning work of imagination and memory, author Kev...

DescriptionLong before the United States was a nation, it was a set of ideas, projected onto the New World by European explorers with centuries of ...

Reducere. A New York Times Notable Book of the Year and winner of a Lambda Literary Award, The Gay Metropolis is a landmark saga of struggle and triumph that...

Reducere. The rescue of a literary manuscript results in a war of words over the interpretation of 107 haiku about New York's Central Park. In the battle of ...

Here is a wonderfully imagined picture of a little known period in American musical history. In 1892, at the height of his prodigious powers, Anton...

Reducere. "A fascinating window on the evolution of Jewish integration into American society and culture." - Alan M. Kraut, American UniversityAbout the Auth...

Reducere. A Cultural History of the Atlantic World, 1250-1820 explores the idea that strong linkages exist in the histories of Africa, Europe, and North and ...

Description Monsters arrived in 2011--and now they are back. Not only do they continue to live in our midst, but, as historian Scott Poole shows, t...

Reducere. DescriptionEngaging and accessibly written, Strange New Land explores the history of slavery and the struggle for freedom before the United States ...

Reducere. DescriptionThe second "wave" of U.S. immigration, from 1870 to 1920, brought more than 26 million men, women, and children onto American shores. Ju...

Reducere. Description""In this wonderfully insightful book, Joan Walsh shows how America built a large and vibrant (although mostly white) middle class that ...

Reducere. In this definitive biography of Sinclair Lewis (Main Street, Babbitt), Lingeman presents an empathetic, absorbing, and balanced portrait of an ecce...

Reducere. This book explains the history of US/Central American relations, explaining why these countries have remained so overpopulated, illiterate and viol...

Reducere. DescriptionIn America, fraud has always been a key feature of business, and the national worship of entrepreneurial freedom complicates the task of...

DescriptionA lost literary relic of the First World War, Common Cause tells the story of Jeremy Robson, a crusading newspaper editor in the fiction...

Reducere. DescriptionA dazzling new history of the irrepressible demographic changes and mass migrations that have made and unmade nations, continents, and e...

Reducere. DescriptionAndover, geographically one of the largest townships in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, has a long and illustrious history. Founded m...

Reducere. Stories from the history of the United States beginning with a full account of exploration and settlement and ending with the presidency of Woodrow...

Reducere. A haunting and psychologically driven collection from Shirley Jackson that includes her best-known story "The Lottery" At last, Shirley Jackson's "...

Reducere. Taking into account recent historic changes, this second edition updates the essays on the Supreme Court, same-sex marriage, the Right, and trans h...

Reducere. DescriptionWith Stand by Me, Jim Downs rewrites the history of gay life in the 1970s, arguing that the decade was about much more than sex and marc...

DescriptionMeetings with remarkable activists since the 1960s American social change movements dominated the 1960s and 1970s, an era brought about ...

DescriptionMeetings with remarkable activists since the 1960s American social change movements dominated the 1960s and 1970s, an era brought about ...

Reducere. This literary work is an update of the History of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. for the period 1960 to 2008. This book humbly takes up where Omega ...

Reducere. This literary work is an update of the History of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. for the period 1960 to 2008. This book humbly takes up where Omega ...

Reducere. The first complete and balanced history of the Black Panther Party--powerful and provocative"Until The Shadow of the Panther there have been no ser...

Reducere. This book, designed to give a survey history of American labor from colonial times to the present, is uniquely well suited to speak to the concerns...

From the longest-running, most influential book review in America, here is its best, funniest, strangest, and most memorable coverage over the past...

Reducere. Conveys the mysteries of trauma in a way that is unsurpassed in the literature ... This is the most important book on the subject to come out in th...

Reducere. DescriptionAlbert James Pickett's History of Alabama, and Incidentally of Georgia and Mississippi, from the Earliest Period first appeared in Montg...

Reducere. Dashiell Hammett, Mickey Spillane, James M. Cain, Raymond Chandler, Jim Thompson, David Goodis ... these are a few of the masters of noir responsib...

Reducere. A glimpse into the diverse stories of Black Jews in the United States What makes a Jew? This book traces the history of Jews of African descent in ...

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Reducere. The passing, on January 4, 2011, of Peter Dyck, following the death of his wife, Elfrieda, in 2004, marks the end of a remarkable chapter in Mennon...

Reducere. Minnesota is often associated with its Scandinavian heritage, but in fact Germans are the largest single immigrant group in Minnesota history and w...

This core textbook gathers an international team of historians to present a comprehensive account of the central themes in the histories of Britain...

Afoot in Connecticut, is a love letter to this often overlooked region of America, an inspirational story that will have you taking to the trails a...

Fascinating and highly readable, this is the definitive social history of the world's most romantic, flamboyant, glamorous, and politically influen...

Contributor(s): Author: Jean-Pierre TorrellTranslator: Benedict M. GuevinIn this concise new volume by the acclaimed author of the biography of Sai...

Reducere. Julia Alvarez has suitcases full of history (public and private), trunks full of insights into what it means to be a Latina in the United States, b...

As one of the earliest literary forms of colonial America, the Indian captivity narrative is important not only in the history of American letters ...

Description"An important beginning to understanding the truth over myth about Judaism in American history" (New York Journal of Books), Steven R. W...

Reducere. DescriptionHow beef conquered America and gave rise to the modern industrial food complexBy the late nineteenth century, Americans rich and poor ha...

Reducere. A provocative new book that shows us why we must put American history firmly in a global context--from 1492 to todayAmericans like to tell their co...

Reducere. **PULITZER PRIZE FINALIST****NOMINATED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE****WINNER OF THE AMERICAN BOOK AWARD** A New York Times Notable BookA Wall Street J...

Reducere. In the past decade Pakistan has become a country of immense importance to its region, the United States, and the world. With almost 200 million peo...

In this epic, beautifully written masterwork, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Isabel Wilkerson chronicles one of the great untold stories of American...

Title: A new account of some parts of Guinea, and the slave-trade: containing I. The history of the late conquest of the kingdom of Whidaw by the k...

If you were asked when America became polarized, your answer would likely depend on your age: you might say during Barack Obama's presidency, or wi...

Reducere. DescriptionA new understanding of the post World War II era, showing what occurred when the British Empire wouldn't step aside for the rising Ameri...

DescriptionBritain yesterday; America today. The reality of being top dog is that everybody hates you. In this provocative book, noted historian an...

Making History/Making Blintzes is a chronicle of the political and personal lives of progressive activists Richard (Dick) and Miriam (Mickey) Flack...

Reducere. Gain braids together two stories on very different scales. In one, Laura Body, divorced mother of two and a real-estate agent in the small town of ...

Reducere. "One of the 100 best books of the year." --The Times Literary Supplement Christopher Columbus is reevaluated as a man of deep passion, patience, an...

Reducere. In this timely, highly original, and controversial narrative, New York Times bestselling author Mark Kurlansky discusses nonviolence as a distinct ...

New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice In the bestselling tradition of Erik Larson's Isaac's Storm, The Great Quake is a riveting narrative abo...

Reducere. Few cities boast a heritage as rich and a local color as dynamic as that of New Orleans. Known the world round for its unique architecture, exquisi...