University of Massachusetts Press
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Cizojazyčná literatura, Economy, English literature, Knihy, Nonfiction
Taking up the New Hampshire newspaper industry as its case study, American Intelligence unpacks the ways in which an unprecedented quantity of printed material was gathered, distributed, marketed, and consumed, as well as the strong…922 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy
A loose narrative in three sections, these poems follow a speaker and her cousin through their hardscrabble, backwoods childhood to their separation - both physical and emotional - as adults.495 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy
Why did white pine help spark the American Revolution? How did balsam aid the development of germ theory? What does hemlock have to do with making leather? In this book microbiologist Steve Keating explores how…724 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy
Arguing for equality as the necessary foundation of liberty During Ralph Waldo Emerson’ s lifetime, the idea of universal human equality was under intensive assault. Repeatedly - in contexts ranging from slavery, to marriage, to…891 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy
Uncovering how and where Indigenous and settler communities found common ground using newly public church records Puritans in the American colonies created Congregationalism, a Protestant denomination where power rested in each congregation rather than a…891 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy, Nonfiction, True Crime and Criminology
Today ownership of weapons poses more acute legal problems than ever before. In this volume, contributors confront urgent questions, among them the usefulness of history as a guide in ongoing struggles over gun regulation, the…1 040 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy
Poems that question the world with tenderness and restless introspection In I Love You But I Don’t Speak Your Language, brushes with the profound may lead to brushes with the mundane, or vice versa. Cause…462 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy
Finding hope in a small farm, an engaged community, and an age-old connection to the earth After half a lifetime spent moving from place to place, Alexis Lathem at last settled down with her husband…660 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy
Details how American universities became a battleground for identity politics from the 1960s to the 1980s. Focusing on two case studies at Stanford University and the University of Texas at Austin, this book examines how…792 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy
Drawing on newspaper accounts, prisoner narratives, and government records, David Dzurec explores how stories of American captivity in North America, Europe, and Africa played a role in the development of American political culture, adding a…825 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy, Literature and Linguistics, Nonfiction
Playwright, biographer, screenwriter, and critic S.N. Behrman (1893-1973) characterized the years he spent writing for The New Yorker as a time defined by “feverish contact with great theatre stars, rich people and social people.†People…889 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy
Crafted with lines from her late father’s letters, Jennifer Tseng’s Thanks for Letting Us Know You Are Alive is a portrait of an immigrant, a rootless person whose unspoken loss - that of his native…495 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy, Nonfiction, Psychology
Between the 1880s and 1920s, a broad coalition of American dissidents, which included rabble-rousing cartoonists, civil liberties lawyers, socialist detectives, union organizers, and revolutionary martyrs, forged a culture of popular radicalism that directly challenged an…2 805 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, History, Knihy, Nonfiction
The Iraqi city of Fallujah has become an epicentre of geopolitical conflict, where foreign powers and non-state actors have repeatedly waged war. The Sacking of Fallujah is the first comprehensive study of the three recent…1 040 Kč KoupitCizojazyčná literatura, English literature, Knihy
A dazzling debut that blends folklore with the everyday Drifting between the past and present, the material and the otherworldly, Who Follow the Gleam melts lore and magic with history to shape distinctive narratives of…462 Kč Koupit
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