One of the most controversial women of the twentieth century, Jane Addams advocated for children, women, immigrants, fair working conditions, and world... Læs mere
With a focus on Berlin, this assessment of transatlantic relations since 1945 emphasizes the importance of diplomacy and long-term conflict management at a time when many commentators speculate about a new cold war developing.
Tells the story of an activist, an artist, a uniquely South African individual, and his community and family across the second... Læs mere
Judge Laura Porter fiercely guarded her privacy, and never more so than during her long-running—and long in the past—affair with disgraced quarterback-turned-private... Læs mere
The authors draw from interviews and ethnographic observations to center filmmakers’ practices and conceptualizations of contemporary cinema... Læs mere
Presents the stories of scientists at the Uganda Virus Research Institute (UVRI), a biomedical center founded in 1936 and shows how... Læs mere
This book foregrounds the contradictions between Frelimo’s socialist ambitions and the... Læs mere
The Casablanca School artists shaped the Moroccan experience of modernism through their visual arts activism. Here Powers explores their work to advances a novel reading of Moroccan... Læs mere
Malaria on the Move provides a historical analysis of malaria control in Rhodesia and independent Zimbabwe from the late... Læs mere
Making visible the hundreds of thousands of Mozambican men and women who made their lives in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), Elusive... Læs mere
As a species, humans are not alone; but our history has been written as though we were. Swart insists on a multispecies retelling of our more-than-human past as... Læs mere
In the 16th and 17th centuries, enslaved Africans and Asians were part of the larger Portuguese project of building and maintaining... Læs mere