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American Cars, 1966-1972
The automotive industry underwent great change in the 1960s and the early 1970s. The continuing trend toward market consolidation, the proliferation of sizes and nameplates, and …
Black Tap Dance and Its Women Pioneers
While tap dancers Fred Astaire, Gene Kelly, and Eleanor Powell were major Hollywood stars, and the rhythms of Black male performers such as the Nicholas Brothers and Bill …
Not of the Living Dead
A killer monkey. Suburban witchcraft. Motorcycle jousting. A cockroach invasion. Despite this enticing list of other subjects, George A. Romero is best known for the genre-defining …
Keeping Schools Safe
Since 2009, at least 177 of America's schools experienced a shooting. A parent should not have to worry when their children are at a public school in their city--whether it be an …
From Pinballs to Pixels
From early classics like Contact to marvels like High Speed, gaming publisher Williams dazzled arcade goers with its diverse range of quality pinball games. The age of video games …
Text & Presentation, 2021
This volume is the seventeenth in a series dedicated to presenting the latest findings in the fields of comparative drama and performance. Featuring eleven essays from the 2021 …
"e;Huzza!"e;
Raising a glass to toast someone at a wedding or birthday is a familiar and usually informal occurrence, but at one time it was a carefully orchestrated ritual. They were planned, …
Funny Thing About the Civil War
Examining humor in depictions of the Civil War from the war years to the present, this review covers a wide range of literature, film and television in historical context. Wartime …
Ralph Waldo Emerson
In his 1837 speech "e;The American Scholar,"e; Ralph Waldo Emerson noted, "e;life is our dictionary,"e; encapsulating a body of work that reached well beyond the …
Women and Children First
In 19th-century America, it was assumed that woman patients would be treated by male doctors. The idea of a "e;woman doctor"e; was deemed by many to lie somewhere between …
Joseph Smith and the Book of Enoch
The sources of Joseph Smith's literary works remain the most enigmatic aspect of Mormon history. Smith's "e;translation projects,"e; the Book of Mormon, Book of Moses, the …