In the antebellum Natchez district, in the heart of slave country, black people sued white people in all-white courtrooms. They sued to enforce the terms of their contracts, recover unpaid debts, r...więcej »
From the late eighteenth century through the end of the Civil War, Choctaw and Chickasaw Indians bought, sold, and owned Africans and African Americans as slaves, a fact that persisted after the tr...więcej »
Some know Oklahoma's Black towns as historic communities that thrived during the Jim Crow era—this is only part of the story. In this book, Karla Slocum shows that the appeal of these towns i...więcej »
During the 1840s and 1850s, a dangerous ferment afflicted the North-South border region, pitting the slave states of Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, and Missouri against the free states of New Jersey...więcej »
Between 1819 and 1845, as veterans of the Revolutionary War were filing applications to receive pensions for their service, the government was surprised to learn that many of the soldiers were not ...więcej »
The origin story of hip-hop—one that involves Kool Herc DJing a house party on Sedgwick Avenue in the Bronx—has become received wisdom. But Joseph C. Ewoodzie Jr. argues that the full s...więcej »
This book is intended for students, policy makers, lawyers and experts in the field of substance use and crashes. I describe in simple terms epidemiological issues important for understanding wheth...więcej »
CAREERS IN THE FASHION INDUSTRY is a glossary style guide to careers in the fashion world from industry veteran Tamiko White. This overdue reference book lists and defines jobs in fashion by sub-in...więcej »
Cherokee Stories of the Turtle Island Liars' Club paints a vivid, fascinating portrait of a community deeply grounded in tradition and dynamically engaged in the present. A collection of for...więcej »
Recent scholarship on slavery has explored the lives of enslaved people beyond the watchful eye of their masters. Building on this work and the study of space, social relations, gender, and power i...więcej »
The book includes author's personal experiences and reflections on the Cultural Revolution. The essence of the Cultural Revolution is that bypassing the resistance from bureaucrats at various level...więcej »
WHAT COMMON FACTORS CONNECT THE DEATH OF MARY SANDERS DURING A SIMPLE SURGICAL INTERVENTION, CHERNOBYL NUCLEAR DISASTER, AND THE COSTA CONCORDIA SHIPWRECK?
WAS IT A FATAL MINDSET, DEFECTIVE EQUIPM...więcej »
From nineteenth-century public baths to today's private backyard havens, swimming pools have long been a provocative symbol of American life. In this social and cultural history of swimming pools i...więcej »
The New Madrid earthquakes of 1811–12 were the strongest temblors in the North American interior in at least the past five centuries. From the Great Plains to the Atlantic Coast and from the ...więcej »
Published thesis discussing the impact of engaging with the public through the medium of crowdsourcing by three UK museums, focusing on the changing roles of curator and historian.więcej »
For many Cubans, Fidel Castro's Revolution represented deliverance from a legacy of inequality and national disappointment. For others—especially those exiled in the United States—Cuba'...więcej »
Culinary Specialists (CS) receive extensive training in cooking, baking, dining and living area management. Navy Culinary Specialists provide food service for admirals and senior government executi...więcej »
Dana has a zest for life - adventure, learning, creating, giving, connecting with others - that has made for a rich and interesting journey. We, her family are very grateful to have been part of t...więcej »
The historical memory of the Civil War and Reconstruction has earned increasing attention from scholars. Only recently, however, have historians begun to explore African American efforts to interpr...więcej »
This book explains how to deliver and check quality COBie data during design. Readers will learn where to create ARCHICAD templates to streamline COBie production and coordinate the work of multipl...więcej »