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Cities in the Commonwealth Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 162
ISBN: 9780813192802
Pub Date: 04 Nov 2009
Series: Kentucky Bicentennial Bookshelf
Illustrations: 7 b&w photos, 8 line drawings
Description:
From the 1780s, when Louisville and Lexington were tiny clusters of houses in the wilderness, to the 1980s, when more than half of all Kentuckians live in urban areas, the growth of cities has affected nearly all aspects of life in the Commonwealth. These urban centers have led the state in economic, social, and cultural change.Cities in the Commonwealth examines the crises that have shaped the history of Kentucky's cities and sheds light on such continuing concerns as urban competition, provision of essential services, the importance of the arts, and the struggle for racial justice.
Consuming Pleasures Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 232
ISBN: 9780813192826
Pub Date: 04 Nov 2009
Illustrations: illus
Description:
"To be continued..
Golden Cables of Sympathy Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
ISBN: 9780813193021
Pub Date: 04 Nov 2009
Illustrations: illus
Description:
An intricate network of contacts developed among women in Europe and North America over the course of the nineteenth century. These women created virtual communities through communication, support, and a shared ideology. Forged across boundaries of nationality, language, ethnic origin, and even class, these connections laid the foundation for the 1888 International Council of Women and formed the beginnings of an international women's movement.
Tales of Yukaghir Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 336
ISBN: 9780982170342
Pub Date: 25 Oct 2009
Imprint: International Polar Institute
Description:
First published in English in 1918 by the American Museum of Natural History in its series of Anthropological Papers, the stories told here in Tales of Yukaghir were collected among Russianized natives of Eastern Siberia at the end of the nineteenth-century while Bogaras was exiled into North-Eastern Siberia for revolutionary activities. These tales tell of kings, young heroes on horseback, and adventurous animals with varied powers, relating details of native life that clearly show their Russian or Turko-Mongol provenance. In addition to delighting audiences around the world, Bogoras's work in ethnography and ethnology proved valuable to the development of the field of linguistics.
Vikings of To-day Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 304
ISBN: 9780982170335
Pub Date: 25 Oct 2009
Imprint: International Polar Institute
Description:
Wilfred Grenfell was sent to Newfoundland in 1892 to improve the plight of coastal inhabitants and fishermen. The initial Grenfell text, Vikings of To-day, is intended to summarize three years among the residents of Labrador. These three years would lead to a lifetime spent in aid and passionate defense of the Labradorians.
Clark Clifford Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 456
ISBN: 9780813125510
Pub Date: 16 Oct 2009
Illustrations: 14 b/w photos
Description:
One of the most renowned Washington insiders of the twentieth century, Clark Clifford (1906--1998) was a top advisor to four Democratic presidents. As a powerful corporate attorney, he advised Harry S. Truman, John F.
Bluejackets and Contrabands Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 398
ISBN: 9780813125541
Pub Date: 09 Oct 2009
Illustrations: 19 b&w photos, 6 maps, 1 line drawing
Description:
One of the lesser known stories of the Civil War is the role played by escaped slaves in the Union blockade along the Atlantic coast. From the beginning of the war, many African American refugees sought avenues of escape to the North. Due to their sheer numbers, those who reached Union forces presented a problem for the military.
Ghosts of the Bluegrass Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 200
ISBN: 9780813192376
Pub Date: 02 Oct 2009
Illustrations: 8 photos
Description:
In Ghosts of the Bluegrass, James McCormick and Macy Wyatt present stories of Kentucky ghosts past and present. Some of the tales are set in rural areas, but many take place in urban areas such as the haunted house on Broadway in downtown Lexington and in buildings on the University of Kentucky campus, where Adolph Rupp is said to have conversed with the deceased biology professor Dr. Funkhouser.
The Enduring Reagan Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 184
ISBN: 9780813125527
Pub Date: 04 Sep 2009
Illustrations: 0
Description:
A former Sunday school teacher and Hollywood actor, Ronald Reagan was an unlikely candidate for president. His charisma, conviction, and leadership earned him the governorship of California, from which he launched his successful bid to become the fortieth president of the United States in 1980. Reagan's political legacy continues to be the standard by which all conservatives are judged.
Vampire Legends in Contemporary American Culture Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 204
ISBN: 9780813192505
Pub Date: 26 Aug 2009
Description:
While vampire stories have been part of popular culture since the beginning of the nineteenth century, it has been in recent decades that they have become a central part of American culture. Vampire Legends in Contemporary American Culture looks at how vampire stories -- from Bram Stoker's Dracula to Blacula, from Bela Lugosi's films to Love at First Bite -- have become part of our ongoing debate about what it means to be human.William Patrick Day looks at how writers and filmmakers as diverse as Anne Rice and Andy Warhol present the vampire as an archetype of human identity, as well as how many post-modern vampire stories reflect our fear and attraction to stories of addiction and violence.
Ourselves Alone Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 148
ISBN: 9780813192512
Pub Date: 11 Aug 2009
Illustrations: 1 map
Description:
In early April of 1888, sixteen-year-old Mary Ann Donovan stood alone on the quays of Queenstown in county Cork waiting to board a ship for Boston in far-off America. She was but one of almost 700,000 young, usually unmarried women, traveling alone, who left their homes in Ireland during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in a move unprecedented in the annals of European emigration.Using a wide variety of sources -- many of which appear here for the first time -- including personal reminiscences, interviews, oral histories, letter, and autobiographies as well as data from Irish and American census and emigration repots, Janet Nolan makes a sustained analysis of this migration of a generation of young women that puts a new light on Irish social and economic history.
A Revolution Down on the Farm Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 240
ISBN: 9780813192420
Pub Date: 03 Aug 2009
Illustrations: 12 Photographs
Description:
Agriculture is the most fundamental of all human activities. Today, those who till the soil or tend livestock feed a world population of approximately 6.5 billion.
Darwin and International Relations Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 444
ISBN: 9780813192529
Pub Date: 29 Jul 2009
Description:
Pathbreaking and controversial, Darwin and International Relations offers the first comprehensive analysis of international affairs of state through the lens of evolutionary theory. Bradley A. Thayer provides a new method for investigating and explaining human and state behavior while generating insights into the origins of human and animal warfare, ethnic conflict, and the influence of disease on international relations.
Corruption and Democracy in Latin America Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 256
ISBN: 9780822960232
Pub Date: 19 Jul 2009
Description:
Corruption has blurred, and in some cases blinded, the vision of democracy in many Latin American nations. Weakened institutions and policies have facilitated the rise of corrupt leadership, election fraud, bribery, and clientelism. Corruption and Democracy in Latin America presents a groundbreaking national and regional study that provides policy analysis and prescription through a wide-ranging methodological, empirical, and theoretical survey.
Real or Fake Cover
Format: Hardback
Pages: 256
ISBN: 9780813125343
Pub Date: 17 Jul 2009
Illustrations: 76
Description:
Many people wonder if an item stored in the attic or found at a tag sale could be a lost treasure. Joe Nickell's latest book, Real or Fake, offers a general introduction to the principles of authentication. Illustrating methods used by the pros and recognized by hit shows such as Antiques Roadshow, Nickell educates readers with the specific information necessary to begin forgery detection.
The Jewel-Hinged Jaw Cover
Format: Paperback
Pages: 288
ISBN: 9780819568830
Pub Date: 07 Jul 2009
Description:
Samuel R. Delany's The Jewel-Hinged Jaw appeared originally in 1977, and is now long out of print and hard to find. The impact of its demonstration that science fiction was a special language, rather than just gadgets and green-skinned aliens, began reverberations still felt in science fiction criticism.