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A Biography
H. Beam Piper is one of science fiction's most enigmatic writers. In 1946 Piper appeared seemingly from out of nowhere, already at the top of his form...
A Land Set Apart
Encompassing the Boundary Waters Canoe Area of Superior National Forest, Voyageurs National Park, and Grand Portage National Monument in Minnesota and...
Dr. John Andreas Olsen has written an insightful, compelling biography of retired U.S. Air Force colonel John A. Warden III, the brilliant but controv...
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Racial Violence and America's Civil Rights Century
Lying just south of Neshoba County, where three civil rights workers were murdered during Freedom Summer, Clarke County lay squarely in Mississippi's ...
The Wounding and Death of Confederate General Stonewall Jackson
“The definitive book on the last days of Stonewall Jackson” (Frank A. O’Reilly, author of The Fredericksburg Campaign). On May 2, 1863, Confeder...
Migration, Work, and Community
The term “Heartland” in American cultural context conventionally tends to provoke imageries of corn-fields, flat landscape, hog farms, and rural c...
The Peninsula and the Seven Days
The Richmond campaign of April-July 1862 ranks as one of the most important military operations of the first years of the American Civil War. Key poli...
Fifth ed.- published in 7 vols.: Who's who in biotechnology; Who's who in chemistry & plastics; Who's who in civil engineering, earth sciences & energ...
Christian Pop Music and the Transformation of American Evangelicalism
In this cultural history of evangelical Christianity and popular music, David Stowe demonstrates how mainstream rock of the 1960s and 1970s has influe...
Nuclear Antiaircraft Arms and the Cold War
Thousands of nuclear antiaircraft arms were designed, tested and deployed in the United States during Dwight D. Eisenhower's presidency. These Army "N...
Comics and the Historical Imagination in the World
Contributions by Dorian L. Alexander, Chris Bishop, David Budgen, Lewis Call, Lillian Céspedes González, Dominic Davies, Sean Eedy, Adam Fotos, Mich...
Gloria Richardson and Black Liberation
Many prominent and well-known figures greatly impacted the civil rights movement, but one of the most influential and unsung leaders of that period wa...
From Victory to Collapse
A history of the Confederate troops under Robert E. Lee presents portraits of soldiers from all walks of life, offers insight into how the Confederacy...
Nothing Left of Blackness
In this ground-breaking book, Stephen C. Ferguson addresses a seminal question that is too-often ignored: What should be the philosophical basis for A...
Canadian Army Operations in Korea
The extended peace the world anticipated following the decisive Allied victory in the Second World War was abruptly shattered in June 1950 by the inva...
The Making of the Black Lawyer, 1844-1944
"Emancipation is an important and impressive work; one cannot read it without being inspired by the legal acumen, creativity, and resiliency these pio...
The Hopi Indians In A Century Of Change
For the past 100 years, Hopis have had to deal with technological, economic and political changes originating from outside their society. The author d...
The Story of the Rivalries, Traditions, and Scandals of the First Two Decades of the Atlantic Coast Conference
Since the inception of the Atlantic Coast Conference, intense rivalries, legendary coaches, gifted players, and fervent fans have come to define the l...
Another Side of the Story
This collection of essays looks at the impact of anticommunism on black political culture during the early years of the Cold War, with an eye toward l...
Civil Rights, Black Power, and the Meredith March Against Fear
In 1962, James Meredith became a civil rights hero when he enrolled as the first African American student at the University of Mississippi. Four years...
The Story of Hanley Sound
Known as the "Father of Festival Sound," Bill Hanley (b. 1937) made his indelible mark as a sound engineer at the 1969 Woodstock Music and Arts Fair. ...
The Life and Politics of an Irish Revolutionary
A biography and analysis of the influential Irish political and military leader. At his death in 2013, Ruairí Ó Brádaigh remained a divisive and in...
Religion, Warfare, and Exchange Across the American Southwest and Beyond : Proceedings of the 1996 Southwest Symposium
"How and why did styles, materials, conflicts, and religious ideas spread across prehistoric landscapes? The Archaeology of Regional Interaction inves...
Superstition and Allied Aircrews in World War II
During World War II, Allied casualty rates in the air were high. Of the roughly 125,000 who served as aircrew with Bomber Command, 59,423 were killed ...
Organizing Memphis Workers
Widely praised upon publication and now considered a classic study, Southern Labor and Black Civil Rights chronicles the southern industrial union mov...
Join William C. Connery as he recounts the notable events and battles that occurred in Northern Virginia in 1861 after the firing on Fort Sumter. Begi...
Scotland's national bibliography, listing books, periodicals, and major articles of Scottish interest published all over the world. Covers material is...
The Movie Guide is the most comprehensive, in-depth film reference available in a single volume - the indispensable sourcebook for movie buffs and fil...
A Bibliography of Published Sources
The Genealogy Annual is a comprehensive bibliography of the year's genealogies, handbooks, and source materials. It is divided into three main section...