An abundantly illustrated volume from the painstaking work of the Georgia Quilt Project and the most authoritative survey of quilts and quiltmakers in the... Læs mere
Originally published in 1904, Commanders of the Dining Room features brief biographies of more than fifty African American head waiters and front-of-house restaurant staff, giving insight into the traditions and personalities that shaped these culinary institutions.
Patrolling the Border focuses on a late eighteenth-century conflict between Creek Indians and Georgians, culminating in open war along the Oconee River, their contested border.... Læs mere
Often with the tacit acceptance of white company agents, company slaves engaged in various exchanges of goods and... Læs mere
Charts the course of the American literary response to the twentieth century's accumulation of environmental deprivations. The essays... Læs mere
Adams and Jefferson: A Revolutionary Dialogue documents the public lives and personal friendship of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, from their first meeting... Læs mere
A well-seasoned blend of memoir and cookbook, Fishing for Chickens offers the perspective of a Bryson City, North Carolina, native on a particular portion of southern Appalachia - the Smokies.
Through a compilation of essays written by professional historians with expertise in a diverse array of eras and fields, Michael Gagnon and Matthew Hild’s collection explores Gwinnett County’s history in a systematic way - avoiding the pitfalls of nonprofessional local histories.
The War after the War is a lively military history and overview of Reconstruction that illuminates the new war fought immediately after the American... Læs mere
Security studies, also known as international security studies, is an academic subfield within the wider discipline of international relations that examines organized violence, military conflict, and national security.
Photographic Warfare explores the processes of visual contestation at work in the competing official media campaigns of state forces and militant, nonstate actors in the online environment.
The Long Devotion is a collection of poems, essays, and writing prompts that celebrates motherhood and creates a space, as poet Molly Spencer has written, to... Læs mere