A classic volume on the early study of American Indians.

Boeckmann links character, literary genre, and science, revealing how major literary works both contributed to and disrupted the construction of race in turn-of-the-century America.

Accessible translation of a French language classic.

The Cultural Prison brings a new dimension to the study of prisoners and punishment by focusing on how the punishment of American offenders is represented and shaped in the mass media through public arguments.

Perilous Missions is William M. Leary's detailed operational history of  the USA's Civil Air Transport (CAT), taking it through its many forms and uses in Asian conflicts.

Three trailblazers for education reform in the Sunbelt South.

"In about 1615 an anonymous Jew from Prague composed a short Hebrew chronicle to recount 'the expulsions, miracles, and other occurrences befalling [the Jews] in Prague and the other lands of our long exile.' Abraham David discovered the manuscript [and] added glosses, historical notes, and an introduction. . . . The chronicle, with its brief annual entries, is not a continuous narrative, but does give a feeling of immediacy, like a newspaper."
—Polin: Studies in Polish Jewry

Examines the effects of the Spanish mission system on population structure and genetic variability in indigenous communities living in northern Florida and southern Georgia during the 16th and 17th centuries

Antoine Meillet (1866–1936) is one of the most important linguists of all time

A revealing and important Civil War memoir.

A study of the role of rhetoric in the exercise of leadership within a community of faith.

Explores literature's social mission at the turn of the century as defined by William Dean Howells and practiced by him and others.

One hundred years of archaeological excavations at an important American landmark, the Shiloh Indian Mounds archaeological site, a National Historic Landmark
 

The short fictions collected in Public Works explore the extremes of human nature and literary technique.

A cross-disciplinary view of an important De Soto chronicle.

This collection of 100 haunting, sometimes humorous, but always deeply honest black-and-white photographs reveals the 42-year career of a master photographer and photojournalist.

Essays on the roles played by women in forming American attitudes about benevolence and poverty relief

Illustrates the interweaving of rhetorical and historical forces in shaping public policy

Dissonance (if you are interested) consists of Incisive essays on modern poetry and translation by a noted poet, translator, and critic.

Dialogues in Cuban Archaeology provides a politically and historically informed review of Cuban archaeology, from both American and Cuban perspectives.

A critical examination of public administration's pervasive vision of a powerful state

The book tells of Stephen R. Mallory's support of naval inventions, strategy, and ideas. It also sheds light on the the successes and failures of Jefferson Davis. Durkin gives a well-balanced biography of Mallory and his life in the Confederate navy.