An account of the early years of the Jamestown colony.
Examines how Taiwanese realities have been represented - and misrepresented - in American social science literature,... Læs mere
Clackamas Chinook Performance Art pairs performances with biographical, family, and historical content that reflects Victoria Howard’s ancestry, personal and social life, education, and worldview.
The biography of Oscar Charleston, a Negro Leagues legend and one of baseball’s greatest and most unjustifiably overlooked players.
Set in 1884, Hell on the Border tells the story of Deputy U.S. Marshal Bass Reeves at the peak of his historic career.
Cobra is the autobiography of Dave Parker, one of baseball’s greatest and most controversial players in the late 1970s and early 1980s, during the peak of Black participation in Major League Baseball.
Lakota Texts is a treasure trove of stories told in the original language by modern Lakota women who make their home in Denver. Sometimes witty, often moving, and invariably engaging and fascinating, these stories are both autobiographical and cultural.
Centering the Margins of Anthropology’s History circles around the conscious recognition of margins and suggests it is time to bring the margins to the center, both in terms of a changing theoretical openness and a supporting body of scholarship.
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.
Buying into Change examines how the development of a mass consumer society under the dictatorship of Generalissimo Francisco Franco (1939–1975) inserted Spain into transnational consumer networks and set the stage for Spain’s transition to democracy during the late 1970s.