Uses textiles to understand gender and economy in Norse societies. Michele Hayeur Smith examines Viking textiles as evidence of the little-known work of women in the Norse colonies that expanded from Scandinavia across the North Atlantic in the ninth century AD.
Any observer of Dominican political and literary discourse will quickly notice how certain notions of hyper-masculinity permeate... Læs mere
After reviewing historical myths and legends of the dolphin back to the ancient Greeks and discussing current human attitudes and interactions, this... Læs mere
Lawyers played a key role amid the profound political and social upheavals of the civil rights era, vindicating clients and... Læs mere
John Kirk's thorough look at the Cathlolic church, from colonial times to the present, shores up his argument that many influences in Fidel Castro's Cuba have pre-revolutionary roots. Kirk explores Castro's views on religion and their effects on the Cuban Revolution.
In the wake of the fiftieth anniversary of the historic sit-in at Woolworth's lunch counter by four North Carolina A&T college... Læs mere
Illustrates how aggrandized versions of the past have been used to turn a profit. Examining the imagined frontier town... Læs mere
Based on the vivid firsthand testimony of prominent Afro-Cubans who live in Cuba, this book of interviews looks at ways that race affects... Læs mere
Investigating what life was like for African Americans north of the Mason-Dixon Line during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, James Delle presents... Læs mere
Offers a fascinating interdisciplinary investigation of how ancient Andean people understood their world and the nature of being. Exploring pre-Hispanic... Læs mere