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
The first full account of the forgotten soldiers in America's military history, The First Code Talkers covers all known Native... 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.
Few people today know that the forty-sixth state could have been Sequoyah, not Oklahoma. The Five Tribes of Indian... Læs mere
The first full account of these forgotten soldiers in America’s military history, this book covers all known Native American code... Læs mere
Working with an unprecedented cache of polling figures and qualitative data from surveys and focus groups, this book provides an in-depth... Læs mere
The religious texts in Aztec and Maya Apocalypses, many translated for the first time, reveal the influence of European, Aztec, and Maya worldviews on portrayals of Doomsday by Spanish priests and Indigenous authors alike.