When Joanne Jacobson's writing about her mother's respiratory illness was interrupted by her own diagnosis with a rare blood disorder, she found her perspective profoundly altered. Every Last Breath follows these two chronic illnesses as they grow unexpectedly intertwined.
The Tanner Lectures on Human Values, founded in 1978, were established by the American scholar and philanthropist Obert Clark Tanner. Lectureships are... Læs mere
By examining the work of the Indian affairs commissioners and their assistant secretaries, DeJong gives new insight into how American federal Indian policy has evolved and been shaped by the social, political, and cultural winds of the day.
Using previously restricted documents from archives across the United States, Matthew L. Harris breaks new ground as the first... Læs mere
Although humans in the Southwest were hunter-gatherers for about 85% of their history, the majority of the archaeological research in the region has... Læs mere
Though photographers Dorothea Lange and Ansel Adams were contemporaries and longtime friends, most of their... Læs mere
Robert Smithson's earthwork, Spiral Jetty is located on the northern shores of Utah's Great Salt Lake. The Spiral... Læs mere
The first in-depth study of the history of the LDS Church in Britain
As the Ice Age came to an end, North America lost a stunning variety of animals. Giant Sloths and Sabertooth Cats surveys these animals, with a particular focus on the Great Basin. The book also explores the major attempts to explain the extinctions.
How humans transformed mountains and other elevated areas into culturally rich living places through tangible and intangible social practices