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Life's Philosophy
Now available in English for the first time, Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess's meditation on the art of living is an exhortation to preserve the environment and biodiversity. As …
The Making of Malcolm Lowry's ""Under the Volcano
A study of ""Under the Volcano"", the best-known work of writer Malcolm Lowry. Perhaps the last fictional masterpiece to emerge from the modernist movement, this work examines the …
Disturbing Development in the Jim Crow South
Disturbing Development in the Jim Crow South documents how Black employees of the cooperative extension service of the USDA practiced rural improvement in ways that sustained …
Immortal Engines
These nineteen original essays seek to recontextualize the subject of immortality, examining its influence as an ancient human aspiration while at the same time considering new …
Fallen Forests
In 1844, Lydia Sigourney asserted, ""Man's warfare on the trees is terrible."" Like Sigourney many American women of her day engaged with such issues as sustainability, resource …
The Salzburger Saga
In 1731, the archbishop of Salzburg expelled twenty thousand Protestants who refused to abjure their religion. Three hundred of these emigrants accepted the invitation of the …
Radical Visions
Argues that poetry written by Vietnam veterans underlines the failure of traditional American myths to help Americans understand the war and its aftermath. The book combines …
Challenging Boundaries
What if the American literary canon were expanded to consistently represent women writers, who do not always fit easily into genres and periods established on the basis of men's …
Religious Diversity and American Religious History
The ten essays in this volume explore the vast diversity of religions in the United States, from Judaic, Catholic, and African American to Asian, Muslim, and Native American …
The Long, Lingering Shadow
Students of American history know of the law’s critical role in systematizing a racial hierarchy in the United States. Showing that this history is best appreciated in a …
Unfinished Business
Most studies of international negotiations take successful talks as their subject. With a few notable exceptions, analysts have paid little attention to negotiations ending in …
Dark Waves and Light Matter
A gathering of Albert Goldbarth's reflections on the nature of change and life. They are part meditations and part short stories, looking at the many small specifics that multiply …