Fulton's examination of Twain's marginalia demonstrates that the "unlettered" Twain approached the writing of his novels with careful research and calculated design.

Essays in the The Prettier Doll focus on the same local controversy: in 2001,a third-grade girl in Colorado submitted an experiment to the school science fair. She asked 30 adults and 30 fifth-graders which of two Barbie dolls was prettier.

Eagle Days provides aunique view of the War in Vietnam.

Exciting new essays provide an important model for ecological criticism and an enriched appreciation of the Steinbeck canon.

Iconic photographs of climactic moments in the Civil Rights Movements from famed photographer Charles Moore

A superb work in the social history of American industry

A timely, comprehensive reevaluation of the Southeastern Ceremonial Complex.

A scholarly narrative of The University of Alabama at Birmingham from its nascent beginnings through the mid 1990s.

Close readings of Burke's public discourse and political writings

Lankford’s volume focuses on the ancient North Americans and the ways they identified, patterned, ordered, and used the stars to light their culture and illuminate their traditions.

Against the backdrop of the 36-year civil war that ended in 1996 and the rise of the indigenous Maya Movement in the late 1980s, this work provides a unique portrait of social movements, cultural and human rights, and the role that religion plays in relation to the nation-state in post-conflict political processes. Re-enchanting the World fills a niche within the anthropological literature on evangelicals in Latin America during a time of significant social change.