Provides an analysis of African politics during the period when the colonial system began to disintegrate. Written as Africa was just realizing independence... Læs mere
Despite the tentative peace established in the 1100 years since the destruction of the United States, the Tantal tribe remains ready for battle. After... Læs mere
Demythologizing Sutter while giving him a more secure place in western history, this collective portrait exemplifies revisionist scholarship at its best.
The search for God is dictated not from without but from a profound sense of one's own moral being and worthiness to be happy. The core... Læs mere
Gives readers a glimpse into the otherwise shrouded existences of gay men in nineteenth-century France. This work relates the experiences of a man about town, a cross-dressing entertainer, a troubled adolescent, and two fetishists, among others.
Provides the definitive history of alcohol fuel, describing in colourful detail the emergence of alcohol fuel in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and the political and economic forces behind its popularity, opposition, and eventual growth.
Only six Cheyenne Indians (but thirty-two Sioux) died in the fighting at the Little Bighorn River that wiped out the command of General George Custer.... Læs mere
Reveals the tension between Hans Delbruck's patriotism and his scholarship, which helped him to recognize German military failings. This book features his twenty-four... Læs mere
As Michael Silverstein discusses in his introduction to this new edition, the two foundational essays presented here are culminating moments in the scholarly history of North American Indigenous peoples’ languages and cultures.