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
Often with the tacit acceptance of white company agents, company slaves engaged in various exchanges of goods and... 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.
A detective story, this socio-cultural biography pieces together methodological inquiry with a jigsaw puzzle... Læs mere
In laying bare the bonds linking Georgia converts to the mob, Engel reveals Standing’s murder as more than simply mountain lawlessness or religious persecution.
A richly illustrated collection of herbal fact and lore that illuminates... Læs mere
This collection highlights Stanford’s writings: sermons, lectures, newspaper columns, entertainments, and memoirs. Editors Barbara McCaskill and Sidonia Serafini annotate his life and work throughout the volume, placing him within the context of his peers as a writer and editor.