The Federal Reserve banking system was created in 1913 in an effort to bring coherence to nationwide banking practices and prevent crises like the financial panic of... Læs mere
This study analyses contemporary American sports poetry, demonstrating that poems about sports express common attitudes and showing what the respective sports' poems say about American culture of the last fifty years.
This work provides a biography of Leonid Massine and a detailed analysis of his major ballets, including those for Diaghilev's Ballets Russe, the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and American Ballet Theatre.
A century ago, the Brevard Rosenwald School in Transylvania County, North Carolina, opened... Læs mere
This work records the details of numerous plant and herbal remedies that the Lumbee Indian tribe, from the coastal plain of North Carolina, have used for centuries... Læs mere
Italian medical charlatans, wandering quacks who traded in remedies, accompanied real medicine like a dark shadow during its slow progress. This work recounts the history and adventures of these ingenious quacks who were sought after and imitated all over Europe
Offers the most complete reference to the dark ‘40s and ‘50s stylistic dramas. The first section has a lengthy analytical essay as well as detailed plot descriptions and credits... Læs mere