Nordamerika

In 1974 Jim Andersen and his wife, tired of the congestion and high taxes in California, decided to start a new life in rural Nevada. They settled on Austin, a town of about 250 …

Marie-Andre Duplessis (1687-1760) guided the Augustinian sisters at the Hotel-Dieu of Quebec - the oldest hospital north of Mexico - where she was elected mother superior six …

The devolution of the Sullivan Institute, from psychoanalytic organization to insular, radical cult. In the middle of the Ozzie and Harriet 1950s, the birth control pill was …

In 2006, Ben S. Bernanke was appointed chairman of the Federal Reserve, capping a meteoric trajectory from a rural South Carolina childhood to professorships at Stanford and …

A celebration of five decades of professional football in Miami The 2015 NFL season marks the Miami Dolphins' 50th anniversary and a time for fans to celebrate one of the league's …

A collection of ghost stories, eerie encounters, and gruesome tales from one of Canada’s most interesting cities. Montreal is a city steeped in history and culture, but just …

This monograph is a personal account of the author's experiences as a prisoner of war. Major Newell was a 19-year old Army Enlisted Infantry man when captured in South Vietnam in …

This open access book on the history of the National Radio Astronomy Observatory covers the scientific discoveries and technical innovations of late 20th century radio astronomy …

On the sixtieth anniversary of the Dodgers' move to Los Angeles, the full story of the controversial building of Dodger Stadium and how it helped transform the city.When Walter …

In examining a number of francophone Montreal novels from 1960 to 2005, this interdisciplinary study considers the ways in which these connect with material landscapes to produce a …