Sari: Pioneering Women: Leaders and Trailblazers, Sponsored by the Jane Nelson Institute for Women's Leadership, Texas Woman's University
(Ilmumisaeg: 05-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: Texas A & M University Press, ISBN-13: 9781648433856)
In 1964, the task of racial desegregation of public schools hung over the country. In Denton, North Texas town, a remarkable alliance transcended racial divides, ignited a city-wide grassroots civil rights movement. Denton Womens Interracial Fellow...Loe edasi...
Shortlisted for The Wolfson History Prize.Discover the true story of St. Kilda.When the last 36 inhabitants of St Kilda, 40 miles west of the Scottish Hebrides, were evacuated in 1930, the archipelago at ‘the edge of the world’ lost its permanent pop...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 04-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: The History Press Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781837052479)
The first comprehensive topographical mapping of Cornwalls queer past (and present), revealing hidden coves, moors and harbours as creative refuges....Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: The Lyons Press, ISBN-13: 9781493077021)
In the mid-twentieth century, Walter Beinecke began buying up downtown storefronts and buildings in Nantucket, Massachusetts and his efforts laid the groundwork for the island’s revitalization. Massachusetts State Historian Jack Warner tells the f...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: New York University Press, ISBN-13: 9781479839414)
Uncovers the untold story of LGBT activism in the American South as they navigated faith, politics, and activismFor more than forty years, historians have researched the formation of gay communities and activism in the United States...Loe edasi...
A celebration of the extraordinary lost natural wonder of the eastern U.S.—once the center of American wildness before its despoliation—and a lively tour through recent efforts to return elk, bison, wolves, and other creatures to their ver...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: The University of North Carolina Press, ISBN-13: 9781469695518)
When Zackary Vernon moved to the Appalachian town of Boone, North Carolina, he had a goal: to make more ethical food choices. Soon he was working on an organic farm; volunteering at a pay-what-you-can restaurant; and interviewing a range of people,...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: The University of North Carolina Press, ISBN-13: 9781469695501)
When Zackary Vernon moved to the Appalachian town of Boone, North Carolina, he had a goal: to make more ethical food choices. Soon he was working on an organic farm; volunteering at a pay-what-you-can restaurant; and interviewing a range of people,...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Down East Books,U.S., ISBN-13: 9781684752508)
Ten miles out to sea, Smuttynose Island, in the Isles of Shoals, is a kind of time machine. Native Americans hunted here more than 6,000 years ago. In the dawning days of the American colonies, hundreds of European fishermen salted and dried their...Loe edasi...
Dive into the electrifying tale of a Brooklyn-born patriot turned radical activist, in an era when America was torn by its ideological extremes In the shadow of recent turmoil, Join the Conspiracy transports readers to a pivotal moment of...Loe edasi...
Sari: New Century Gardens and Landscapes of the American Southwest
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of New Mexico Press, ISBN-13: 9780826369680)
The first combined social and ecological look at how institutions in New Mexico intentionally built the Rio Grande Valley through the heart of Albuquerque to create “natural” corridors of green spaces in a modern American city.Dry one...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 02-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of New Mexico Press, ISBN-13: 9780826369598)
Former New Mexico State Historian Robert J. Tórrez draws from the marvelous treasure trove of primary documentation in New Mexicos Mexican-era archives to bring to light this little-known but crucial period in the states history. In a bro...Loe edasi...
William R. Seaburg, Laurel B. Sercombe, Jay Miller, Elizabeth D. Jacobs
Sari: Global Indigenous Literatures
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Nebraska Press, ISBN-13: 9781496246158)
Ghosts Dance in an Empty House and Other Stories comprises forty-five narratives dictated by Coquelle Thompson, an Upper Coquille Athabaskan Indian residing on the Siletz Indian Reservation in Oregon, during the fall of 1935. Elizabeth D. Jacobs tra...Loe edasi...
Sari: This Hallowed Ground: Guides to Civil War Battlefields
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jun-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of Nebraska Press, ISBN-13: 9781496236203)
Through the winter of 1862 and spring of 1863, the U.S. Army and Robert E. Lees Army of Northern Virginia clashed along the Rappahannock River in two major battles. Both demonstrated the height of power for the Confederacy in the Eastern Theater. T...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Nebraska Press, ISBN-13: 9781496246684)
In the fall of 1891 Mary Louise Eldridge and Mary Raymond were sent by the Womens Home Missionary Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church to work among the Navajos living along the San Juan River in northern New Mexico. There they founded the Nav...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 01-Jun-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Nebraska Press, ISBN-13: 9781496247032)
In this singular memoir, Pearl E. Casias tells the story of her rise from poverty to chair of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe in rural southwest Colorado. Casias grew up in poverty and was raised by alcoholic parents. She endured domestic violence in...Loe edasi...
The London Underground, the very essence of a great metropolis, is a story which has fascinated and captivated generations since its first opening in January 1863. For many it is a very familiar narrative, a seemingly well-trodden story, with little...Loe edasi...
R Gwinn Vivian, Samantha G. Fladd, Stephen Plog, Adam Watson
(Ilmumisaeg: 29-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Utah Press,U.S., ISBN-13: 9781647692216)
An esteemed archaeologists lifetime of work on water use in Chaco Canyon The ability of the inhabitants of Chaco Canyon to sustain themselves through farming in an arid environment has long been a topic of debate among scholars. Build...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 28-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: The Lilliput Press Ltd, ISBN-13: 9781843519997)
Covering some 150 sites, each photographed by Robert OByrne, The Irish Aesthete: Buildings of Ireland, Known and Unknown serves as the ideal guide for anyone travelling Ireland in search of our rich architectural heritage. ...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 26-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Illinois Press, ISBN-13: 9780252049613)
A central figure in Illinois early history, Sidney Breese forged an eventful public life that spanned the states transition from a frontier territory to a modern industrial society. Joseph A. Ranney tells the story of the lasting achievements and...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 26-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: University of Illinois Press, ISBN-13: 9780252089275)
A central figure in Illinois early history, Sidney Breese forged an eventful public life that spanned the states transition from a frontier territory to a modern industrial society. Joseph A. Ranney tells the story of the lasting achievements and...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 26-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University of Oklahoma Press, ISBN-13: 9780806196749)
From the Gulf Coastal Plain home to alligators and palmettos in the southeastern corner of the state to high plains and mesas dotted with ponderosa pine and big horn sheep in the panhandle, Oklahoma teems with biodiversity and surprisingly variable t...Loe edasi...
Times Literary SupplementThe Island at the Center of the World In 1664, England decided to invade the Dutch-controlled city of New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island. Charles II and his brother, the Duke of York, had dreams of empire, and their ar...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 26-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: The University of North Carolina Press, ISBN-13: 9781469694351)
Many of the sights and sounds that Americans associate with slavery are rooted in a grand historical myth. The image of the Big House, sitting atop carefully manicured rolling green hills is, in large part, a fantasy—as is the idea of the p...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 26-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: The University of North Carolina Press, ISBN-13: 9781469694344)
Many of the sights and sounds that Americans associate with slavery are rooted in a grand historical myth. The image of the Big House, sitting atop carefully manicured rolling green hills is, in large part, a fantasy--as is the idea of the plantatio...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 26-May-2026, Paperback / softback, Kirjastus: Manchester University Press, ISBN-13: 9781526175397)
A writers quest to understand the deep past and uncertain future of his homeland.After inheriting the miners safety lamp that belonged to his great-grandfather, Jake Morris-Campbell sets out on a pilgrimage across his homeland. Travellin...Loe edasi...
(Ilmumisaeg: 26-May-2026, Hardback, Kirjastus: University Press of Florida, ISBN-13: 9780813079592)
Exploring the stories of nurses who served Floridas Indigenous communities during the Great Depression and the decades of change that followed In this intersectional history, Christine Ardalan tells the stories of nurses who worked among...Loe edasi...
