Analyses the Civil War diary writing of eight white women from the US South, focusing specifically on how they made... Læs mere
The innovative and dazzling short stories collected in Josh Russell's King of the Animals explore love and heartbreak, growing up and growing old, cities and suburbs, the fantastic and the everyday.
Offers a celebration of the natural environment that also bemoans its mistreatment at the hands of humans. The collection's long sequence, “A Field Guide to People”, is an alpha-bestiary of... Læs mere
Analyses war movies for what they reveal about the narratives and ideologies that shape US national identity. The... Læs mere
Weaves a compelling true crime narrative into an exploration of the economics of magazine fiction and the... Læs mere
By focusing on two specific diseases rather than a broad array of Civil War medical topics, this book offers an... Læs mere
For seven months in 1880, Lafcadio Hearn amused the readers of New Orleans with his wood-block ‘cartoons’ and accompanying... Læs mere
Follows a Civil War orphan's transformation from a Southside Virginia public school teacher to a nationally known progressive educator... Læs mere
Demonstrates that structures of media undergird American regionalism through the representation of a given geography's peoples, places, and ideologies. THe... Læs mere
Traces how Civil War era volunteer and professional soldiers found themselves tasked with the unprecedented project of wartime... Læs mere
Reflects on the roles of women as historical actors within Civil War studies and examines the ways in which historians have redefined... Læs mere
Examines the establishment of the dairy industry in the United States South during the 1920s. Alan Marcus suggests that the rise of the modern dairy business resulted from debates and redefinitions that occurred in both the northern industrial sector and southern towns.