The most comprehensive study to date of one of the most significant early naturalists and artists. This lavishly illustrated... Læs mere
Sullivan makes the case for geography as a powerful conceptual framework for seeing the everyday anew and for pushing back against its... Læs mere
Forty-seven early houses of worship from all areas of the state. Nearly three hundred stunning color photographs capture the simple elegance of these sanctuaries and their surrounding grounds and cemeteries.
This foundational text for understanding housing, housing design, homeownership, housing policy, special topics in housing, and housing in a global context has been... Læs mere
Medical Bondage moves between southern plantations and northern urban centers to reveal how nineteenth-century American ideas about race, health, and status influenced doctor-patient relationships in sites of healing like slave cabins, medical colleges, and hospitals.
Most Civil War histories focus on the performance of top-level generals. However, it was the individual officers below them who actually led the troops to enact the... Læs mere
Frances B. Cogan explores the events behind this nearly four-year captivity, explaining how and why this little-known... Læs mere
Often with the tacit acceptance of white company agents, company slaves engaged in various exchanges of goods and... Læs mere
Justin A. Nystrom explores the influence Sicilian immigrants have had on New Orleans foodways. His culinary journey follows these immigrants from their first impressions on Louisiana food culture in the mid-1830s and along their path until the 1970s.
The story of Lane's journey as he visits coyote territories: swamps, nature preserves, old farm fields, suburbs, a tannery, and even city streets. Along the way, he gains... Læs mere
Offers readers a complete history of Cumberland Island combined with stunning photography and historical images. Richly illustrated with more than 250 colour and black-and-white photographs, it is a comprehensive history, from native occupation to the present.
Hiemstra draws on the experiences of detained and deported migrants, as well as their families and communities in Ecuador, to show... Læs mere