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American Dreams in Mississippi
Consumers, Poverty, and Culture, 1830-1998
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2002
The dreams of abundance, choice, and novelty that have fueled the growth of consumer culture in the United States would seem to have little place in the history of Mississippi--a state long associated with poverty, inequality, and rural life. But as Ted Ownby demonstrates in this innovative study,...
by Allan James Mathews
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2014
Situated west of the Continental Divide, the town of Missoula started in 1860 as a trading post called Hellgate that supplied miners with flour, trade goods, and, later, lumber. Its designation as county seat in 1860 and the arrival of two railroads (the Northern Pacific in 1883 and the Milwaukee...
Rivers of History
Life on the Coosa, Tallapoosa, Cahaba, and Alabama
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2015
Four streams make up the Alabama River system, the Coosa, Tallapoosa, Cahaba, and Alabama. Together they flow for more than 900 miles, through some of the most historic regions of the state. This book looks at the way these streams have shaped the lives of the people who lived along them, and how,...
Wet Mountain Valley
A Quick History of Rosita, Querida, Silver Cliff, and Westcliffe
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
Written in 1974, and continuously in print since then, this concise history of the stories of these four Colorado towns nestled in the Wet Mountain Valley is the only published book available. Still used as the sourcebook by virtually all residents and purchased by visitors to the lovely...
Turmoil In New Mexico, 1846-1868
Facsimile of 1952 Edition
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2007
The vital history of New Mexico and Arizona during the formative years between the American Occupation and the coming of the railroad has been compressed by the author into one volume with hundreds of footnotes and many profiles that make this book of vital importance to teachers, students, and researchers....
Spirit Tailings
Ghost Tales from Virginia City, Butte, and Helena
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2013
Floorboards creaking. Inanimate objects flying off walls. Fleeting glimpses of ghostly figures moving in solemn grace through the halls and walls of our homes and offices. We all recognize these telltale signs of haunted places, and in this delightful collection of stories from Montana's legendary...
by Sean Mclachlan
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
It Happened in Missouri takes readers on a rollicking, behind-the-scenes look at some of the characters and episodes from the Show Me State's storied past. Including both famous tales, and famous names--and little-known heroes, heroines, and happenings.
Stasis
Civil War as a Political Paradigm
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2015
We can no longer speak of a state of war in any traditional sense, yet there is currently no viable theory to account for the manifold internal conflicts, or civil wars, that increasingly afflict the world's populations. Meant as a first step toward such a theory, Giorgio Agamben's latest book looks...
Counting Americans
How the US Census Classified the Nation
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
How could the same person be classified by the US census as black in 1900, mulatto in 1910, and white in 1920? The history of categories used by the US census reflects a country whose identity and self-understanding--particularly its social construction of race--is closely tied to the continuous polling...
The Red Corner
The Rise and Fall of Communism in Northeastern Montana
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2014
The Red Corner chronicles the meteoric rise and decline of Communism on the prairies of northeastern Montana. During the 1920s and early 1930s, Sheridan County boasted a government largely run by Communists, a Communist camp for local youth, and an official newspaper of the Communist Party USA—the...
Strangers in a Strange Land
Living the Catholic Faith in a Post-Christian World
Language: English
Release Date: February 21, 2017
A vivid critique of American life today and a guide to how Christians—and particularly Catholics--can live their faith vigorously, and even with hope, in a post-Christian public square.
From Charles J. Chaput, author of Living the Catholic Faith and Render unto Caesar comes Strangers in a...
by Paul W. Papa
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
It Happened in Wyoming takes readers on a rollicking, behind-the-scenes look at some of the characters and episodes from the Equality State's storied past. Including both famous tales, and famous names--and little-known heroes, heroines, and happenings.
Making Waves
Michigan’s Boat-Building Industry, 1865-2000
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2015
Michigan will always be known as the automobile capital of the world, but the Great Lakes State boasts a similarly rich heritage in the development of boat building in America. By the late nineteenth century, Michigan had emerged as the industry’s hub, drawing together the most talented designers,...
Spare Time in Texas
Recreation and History in the Lone Star State
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2012
What do Texans' pastimes and recreations say about their characters? Looking at Texas history from a new angle, David McComb starts from the premise that how people spend their leisure time may well reveal more about their true natures and interests than the work they do or their family connections....