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Starting with popular books from the late nineteenth century and moving ultimately to the electronic guides of the current day, Binocular Vision contextualizes bird watching field guides historically, culturally, and in terms of a wide range of important environmental issues.
With skillful storytelling, Matthew McKenzie weaves together the industrial, cultural, political, and ecological... Læs mere
The Vietnam War as seen through the eyes of an Army nurse. In this powerful story collection - the first such work of fiction by a woman who served in Vietnam - Susan O'Neill offers a remarkable view of the war from a female perspective.
Scrutinizes and contextualizes the original 19th century children’s history books on which recent... Læs mere
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Drawing on newspaper accounts, prisoner narratives, and government records, David Dzurec explores how stories of... Læs mere
Examines the religious autobiographies of six early Americans who represented various sorts of marginality: John... Læs mere
In this collection of poems, the grainy strangeness of the modern world is transformed into a place at once knowable and enduring. The author conveys the certainty that even when the world stops making sense, decency and beauty somehow survive.
Drawing on a wealth of primary sources, The Conspiracy of Capital offers a new history of American radicalism... Læs mere