For the first time, this book compiles original documents from Science for the People, the most important radical science... Læs mere
Analyses a rich set of documents created for and by young Germans to show that children were central to reinventing their own education between 1770 and 1850. Through their reading and writing, they helped construct the modern child subject.
Considered the leading poet on the South Asian subcontinent, Faiz Ahmed Faiz (1911-1984), winner of the 1962 Lenin Peace Prize, was an outspoken opponent of the Pakistani government. This volume offers a selection of Faiz's poetry.
The Venice Ghetto was founded in 1516 by the Venetian government as a segregated area of the city in which Jews were compelled to live. This... Læs mere
Chronicling the untold stories of marginalized veterans in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Service Denied uncovers the generational divides, cultural stigmas, and discriminatory policies that affected veterans during and after their military service.
Under this new ‘science of work’ that emerged in Britain between 1870 and 1939 fatigue was seen as the ultimate... Læs mere
Journalist, activist, popular historian, and public intellectual, Lerone Bennett Jr left an indelible mark on twentieth-century American... Læs mere
Ten essays on issues in philosophy, literary theory and intellectual history. The question of radical imperialism of the postmodern turn, the... Læs mere
Centering Indigenous writers, Book Anatomy argues that the reprints, editions, and paratextual elements of Indigenous books... Læs mere
Examining the critique of reform aesthetics within the tradition of American realist literature of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Writing against Reform promises to change the way we think about the fiction of this period and many of America’s leading writers.
Employing the methods of social history, such as the use of digital history techniques and often-ignored sources like census records, Eric Nystrom and R.A.R. Edwards recover the lived experiences of everyday deaf people in late nineteenth century America.
Details how American universities became a battleground for identity politics from the 1960s to the 1980s.... Læs mere