The collection explores new applications of the American Philosophical Society’s library materials as scholars seek to partner on collaborative projects,... Læs mere
From Rails to Trails is the fascinating tale of the political rebirth of bicycle advocacy and of how miles of abandoned corridors were converted to multiuse trails.
At Home in the World examines the extraordinary and largely unheralded role women played in forging the modern environmental movement, specifically in California.
Harry Gamble examines the controversies of political and educational reform in French West Africa from the early to mid-twentieth century.
An examination of sea otters in a Pacific World context and an exploration of how this iconic sea mammal once defined the world’s largest oceanscape.
This powerful and inviting collection of Tiffany Midge’s musings on life, politics, and identity as a Native woman in America, reminds us that laughter is precious, even sacred.
Presents an anthology of autobiographical accounts, by eighteen notable Native writers of different ages, tribes, and areas. This second edition features an introduction by the editors and biographical sketches for each writer.
This collection of essays represents an attempt to move beyond degradation and exploitation as the defining ecological narratives of the Great Plains by examining the region through the interrelated themes of water, grasses, animals, and energy.
Your Crib, My Qibla interrogates loss, the death of a child, and a father’s pursuit of language able to articulate grief.
Cather Studies, Volume 13 explores the myriad ways Willa Cather’s writing career was shaped by the decade she lived in Pittsburgh (1896–1906) and the artistic, professional, and personal connections that she made while sojourning there through 1916.
Gregg Lambert offers an unprecedented inquiry into the evolution of Deleuze’s hopes for the revolutionary goals of minor literature and the related notion of the missing people in the conjuncture of contemporary critical theory.
With his own words and images, Joseph White Bull tells of his memorable life and exploits as a Lakota warrior in the late nineteenth century. The son of a Miniconjou chief and nephew of... Læs mere