The University Press Of Kentucky imprint: 774 books
by Shannon L. Mariotti, Kennan Ferguson, George Shulman
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
Herman Melville is widely considered to be one of America's greatest authors, and countless literary theorists and critics have studied his life and work. However, political theorists have tended to avoid Melville, turning rather to such contemporaries as Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau...
by Rachel Brahinsky, Lisa Beard, Brian Norman
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2017
In seminal works such as Go Tell It on the Mountain, Notes of a Native Son, and The Fire Next Time, acclaimed author and social critic James Baldwin (1924--1987) expresses his profound belief that writers have the power to transform society, to engage the public, and to inspire and channel conversation...
Hollywood's White House
The American Presidency in Film and History
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2010
" Winner of the 2003 Ray and Pat Browne Book Award, given by the Popular Culture Association The contributors to Hollywood's White House examine the historical accuracy of these presidential depictions, illuminate their influence, and uncover how they reflect the concerns of their times and the...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2010
The writings of Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) have captivated scholars, activists, and ecologists for more than a century. Less attention has been paid, however, to the author's political philosophy and its influence on American public life. Although Thoreau's doctrine of civil disobedience has...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2009
A former Sunday school teacher and Hollywood actor, Ronald Reagan was an unlikely candidate for president. His charisma, conviction, and leadership earned him the governorship of California, from which he launched his successful bid to become the fortieth president of the United States in 1980. Reagan's...
For a Voice and the Vote
My Journey with the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Language: English
Release Date: December 2, 2014
During the summer of 1964, hundreds of American college students descended on Mississippi to help the state's African American citizens register to vote. Student organizers, volunteers, and community members canvassed black neighborhoods to organize the Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party (MFDP),...
Abraham Lincoln, Esq.
The Legal Career of America's Greatest President
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2010
As our nation's most beloved and recognizable president, Abraham Lincoln is best known for the Emancipation Proclamation and for guiding our country through the Civil War. But before he took the oath of office, Lincoln practiced law for nearly twenty-five years in the Illinois courts. Abraham Lincoln,...
by George Anastaplo
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2006
Constitutional scholar George Anastaplo believes that many judges and lawyers draw upon a skimpy, if not simply unreliable, knowledge of history. He proposes that in order to write reliable opinions, these men and women must have a deeper understanding of the enduring principles upon which the law...
Under the Bombs
The German Home Front, 1942-1945
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Under the Bombs tells the story of the civilian population of German cities devastated by Allied bombing in World War II. These people went to work, tried to keep a home (though in many cases it was just a pile of rubble where a house once stood), and attempted to live life as normally as possible...
Sidelined
How American Sports Challenged the Black Freedom Struggle
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2013
In 1968, noted sociologist Harry Edwards established the Olympic Project for Human Rights, calling for a boycott of that year's games in Mexico City as a demonstration against racial discrimination in the United States and around the world. Though the boycott never materialized, Edwards's ideas struck...
Moonshiners and Prohibitionists
The Battle over Alcohol in Southern Appalachia
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2011
Homemade liquor has played a prominent role in the Appalachian economy for nearly two centuries. The region endured profound transformations during the extreme prohibition movements of the nineteenth century, when the manufacturing and sale of alcohol -- an integral part of daily life for many Appalachians...
Building a Healthy Economy from the Bottom Up
Harnessing Real-World Experience for Transformative Change
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2016
The global economy has witnessed important changes in recent years. In the United States, enterprising communities have transitioned from tobacco farming to growing organic produce, from extractive fishing to vertical farming, from nonrenewable energy consumption to the implementation of solar cooperatives...
The Essential Agrarian Reader
The Future of Culture, Community, and the Land
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2010
With a Foreword by Barbara Kingsolver. A compelling worldview with advocates from around the globe, agrarianism challenges the shortcomings of our industrial and technological economy. Not simply focused on farming, the agrarian outlook encourages us to develop practices and policies that promote...
A Woman's Wage
Historical Meanings and Social Consequences
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2014
In this updated edition of a groundbreaking classic, Alice Kessler-Harris explores the meanings of women's wages in the United States in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, focusing on three issues that capture the transformation of women's roles: the battle over minimum wage for women, which...