Thomas R Gray: 7 books

Nat Turner was an African American slave who lead a rebellion of slaves and 'free blacks' in Southampton County Virginia in 1831. The rebellion was brief but bloody, and resulted in the deaths of over 50 white people - deemed all the more shocking at the time as they were mostly from the rich landowning...

Nathaniel "Nat" Turner (October 2, 1800 November 11, 1831) was an American slave who led a slave rebellion in Virginia on August 21, 1831 that resulted in 56 white deaths and over 55 black deaths. He gathered supporters in Southampton County, Virginia -- Turner started with a few trusted...

History, invention, the power of deduction…Clockwork Chaos is more than goggles and gears. It is about order and structure and timing striving for mechanical perfection. But in an era where mass production does not yet exist, the unique machinery brought forth into the world is at times bound to fall...

The first systematic collaboration between cognitive scientists and sports psychologists considers the mind–body relationship from the perspective of athletic skill and sports practice. This landmark work is the first systematic collaboration between cognitive scientists and sports psychologists...

The world has been witnessing a long unfolding process of urbanization that not only has altered the structural basis of society in terms of political economy, but has also symbolically relegated rural people and life to a secondary or deviant status through an ideology of urbanormativity. Both structural...

Le 10 février 1763, le traité de Versailles cédait le Canada à l'Angleterre, et le drapeau français retraversait les mers sous la garde des braves qui l'avaient si noblement défendu, et qui, abandonnés, décimés, écrasés par le nombre, n'avaient pas voulu quitter le sol qu'ils avaient illustré...

A holistic approach to analyzing distinct grassland habitats that integrates ecological, historical, and archaeological data   Today the southeastern United States is a largely rural, forested, and agricultural landscape interspersed with urban areas of development. However, two centuries ago it...