The nineteenth century witnessed the birth of German nationalism and the unification of Germany as a powerful nation-state. This title... Læs mere
Provides an examination of coming-of-age-ceremonies for American Indian girls past and present, featuring an in-depth look at... Læs mere
Annie Ernaux turns her penetrating focus on those points in life where the everyday and the extraordinary intersect, where “things seen” reflect a private life meeting the larger world.... Læs mere
Follows the 1969-70 season of the New York Knicks and provides a parallel focus on basketball as it was then played in the black neighborhoods of New York City. The author writes passionately about the game, bringing alive the players' efforts, accomplishments, and failures.
Argentina, Chile, and Uruguay are geographically linked societies in Latin America, and their female citizens have shared many... Læs mere
Tells the life story of Mandu da Silva, the last living jaguar shaman among the Baniwa people in the Northwest Amazon. In this original and... Læs mere
Presents the history of fur trade. This book relates the story of men such as John Jacob Astor and Ramsay Crooks who competed with Britain's Hudson's Bay Company for the fur resources of the Great Lakes region and the upper Missouri River country.
This collection is the first to address both historical and contemporary works that employ the ritual of the cadavre exquis. It... Læs mere
The James Naismith Reader is a collection of speeches, letters, notes, radio interview transcripts, and original writings from the inventor of... Læs mere
Optional-Narrator Theory makes a strong intervention in (or against) narratology, pushing back against the widespread belief among narrative... Læs mere
This collection presents geography’s most in-depth and sustained engagements with the void to date, demonstrating the extent to which related themes such as gaps, cracks, lacks, and emptiness perforate geography’s fundamental concepts, practices, and passions.