Many Native American cultures have long treated women and men as equals. In A Necessary Balance, Lillian Ackerman examines the... Læs mere
Focuses exclusively on American energy policy in the 1970s. Revisiting the last time energy issues came to the forefront of American political discourse, the essays... Læs mere
According to media reports, Latin America is one of the most violent regions in the world. The authors of this volume contend that... Læs mere
A powerful novel by Mo Yan - one of contemporary China's most famous and prolific writers – that is both a stirring love story and an unsparing critique of political corruption during the final years of the Qing Dynasty, China's last imperial epoch.
Offers a full account of the Quichés, the most powerful Maya group in the Guatemala highlands at the time of the Spanish... Læs mere
Battlefield archaeologist Daniel Sivilich provides readers with the tools and techniques to unlock the stories of small shot in this book, the first definitive guide to identifying musket balls, from the oldest formed to those fired in the early nineteenth century.
The first full account of these forgotten soldiers in America’s military history, this book covers all known Native American code... Læs mere
Previous scholarship has offered only glimpses of Kiowa military societies. William Meadows now provides a detailed account of the ritual structures, ceremonial composition, and historical development of each society, as well as past and present women’s groups.
In 1872 Thomas Russell unearthed the bones of an 83,000,000-year-old dinosaur in western Kansas. More than a century later, his... Læs mere
In 1950 Las Vegas saw a million tourists. In 1960 it attracted ten million. The city entered the fifties as a regional destination, and emerged in... Læs mere
Over the course of his career, artist Paul Dyck (1917-2006) assembled more than 2,000 nineteenth-century artworks created by the... Læs mere