Tom Lynch examines the ecological consequences of a settler-colonial imaginary by comparing the expressions of settler colonialism in the literary output of the American West and Australian Outback.
Leveraging an Empire examines the process of settler colonialism in the developing region of Oregon via its exclusionary laws in the years 1841 to 1859.
Rori Bloom demonstrates that Marie-Catherine d'Aulnoy (1652-1705) and... Læs mere
Pacifist Prophet recounts the untold history of peaceable Native Americans in the eighteenth century as explored through the world of Papunhank (ca. 1705–75), a Munsee and Moravian prophet, preacher, reformer, and diplomat in Pennsylvania and the Ohio country.
Lefty and Tim explores the close-knit relationship between pitcher Steve Carlton and catcher Tim McCarver, forged in 1965, when they were batterymates with the St. Louis Cardinals, and culminating in 1980, when the Phillies won their first World Series title.
Road to Nowhere is the story of New York City baseball from 1990 to 1996, describing in intimate detail the collapse of... Læs mere
The Nebraska Sandhills features nearly forty essays about the history, people, geography, geology, ecology, and conservation of the Nebraska Sandhills, illustrated with hundreds of remarkable color photographs of the region.
Nebraska Volleyball is the first book to tell the fifty-year story of how volleyball took hold at the University of Nebraska, going from its early origins to its... Læs mere
Empire Builder is the previously untold story of John D. Spreckels, the pioneer who almost singlehandedly built San Diego after creating empires in sugar, shipping, transportation, and building development up and down the coast of California and across the Pacific.