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Entangled Encounters at the National Zoo
Finalist: George Perkins Marsh PrizeWinner: Ohio Academy of History Junior Scholar Publication AwardFounded amid the urban commotion of Washington, DC, before the dawn of the …
Liberating Lawrence
The early struggle for LGBTQ rights in the 1960s and 1970s has typically been told from the perspective of the coasts—in places like New York, San Francisco, and Miami. But the …
Those Girls
Long before Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City, there was Mary Richards in The Mary Tyler Moore Show. Every week, as Mary flung her beret into the air while the theme song …
America's First Wartime Election
As the heir apparent to the presidency in 1808, James Madison had a substantial reputation and an impressive list of credentials, including having cofounded the …
Animal Sacrifice and Religious Freedom
The Santeria religion of Cubathe Way of the Saintsmixes West AfricanYoruba culture with Catholicism. Similar to Haitian voodoo, Santeria has long practiced animal sacrifice in …
Lady Bird Johnson
Unique among presidents' wives, Lady Bird Johnson was not only one of the leading environmentalists of the twentieth century, she also redefined the institution of First Lady. In …
Land Is Kin
Responding to Vine Deloria, Jr.s call for all people to become involved in the struggle to protect Indigenous sacred sites, Dana Lloyds Land Is Kin proposes a rethinking of sacred …
Policing Show Business
In Policing Show Business, Francis MacDonnell explores the starring role played by J. Edgar Hoover in the development of the Hollywood blacklist in the 1940s and 1950s. As director …
German Way of War
For Frederick the Great, the prescription for warfare was simple: kurz und vives (short and lively)wars that relied upon swift, powerful, and decisive military operations. Robert …
North African Air Campaign
In the summer of 1942, Axis forces controlled almost the entire southern shore of the Mediterranean. Less than a year later, they had been swept from the African continent-thanks …
Progressive States' Rights
Today, when politicians, pundits, and scholars speak of states rights, they are usually referring to Southern efforts to curtail the advance of civil rights policies or to …
Edible Wild Plants of the Prairie
The wild plants in this book tell stories of land, people, and food. As renowned botanist Kelly Kindscher guides us through over one hundred edible plants in this beautiful field …