The University Press Of Kentucky imprint: 774 books
Russell Kirk
American Conservative
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2015
Emerging from two decades of the Great Depression and the New Deal and facing the rise of radical ideologies abroad, the American Right seemed beaten, broken, and adrift in the early 1950s. Although conservative luminaries such as T. S. Eliot, William F. Buckley Jr., Leo Strauss, and Eric Voegelin...
Ziegfeld and His Follies
A Biography of Broadway's Greatest Producer
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2015
The name Florenz Ziegfeld Jr. (1867--1932) is synonymous with the decadent revues that the legendary impresario produced at the turn of the twentieth century. These extravagant performances were filled with catchy tunes, high-kicking chorus girls, striking costumes, and talented stars such as Eddie...
by Mark Twain
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2010
When the Civil War halted steamboat travel on the Mississippi River in 1861, an unemployed riverboat pilot named Samuel Clemens enlisted in the Missouri militia. After two weeks of service, Clemens abandoned his post and fled westward to begin a writing career -- a turn of events that precipitated...
Lincoln's Final Hours
Conspiracy, Terror, and the Assassination of America's Greatest President
Language: English
Release Date: September 9, 2015
When John Wilkes Booth fired his derringer point-blank into President Abraham Lincoln's head, he set in motion a series of dramatic consequences that would upend the lives of ordinary Washingtonians and Americans alike. In a split second, the story of a nation was changed. During the hours that followed,...
by Dean A. Kowalski
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2011
In The Philosophy of The X-Files, Dean A. Kowalski has gathered a remarkable cast of contributors to shed light on the philosophical mysteries of the television show The X-Files. With sections devoted to the show's credos, such as "The Truth Is Out There," individual characters, and specific...
by Eve Golden
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
" Anna Held (1870?-1918), a petite woman with an hourglass figure, was America's most popular musical comedy star during the two decades preceding World War I. In the colorful world of New York theater during La Belle Époque, she epitomized everything that was glamorous, sophisticated, and suggestive...
Street with No Name
A History of the Classic American Film Noir
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2002
A Choice Outstanding Academic Title
Flourishing in the United States during the 1940s and 50s, the bleak, violent genre of filmmaking known as film noir reflected the attitudes of writers and auteur directors influenced by the events of the turbulent mid-twentieth century. Films such as Force...
The Tube Has Spoken
Reality TV and History
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2010
Featuring ordinary people, celebrities, game shows, hidden cameras, everyday situations, and humorous or dramatic situations, reality TV is one of the fastest growing and important popular culture trends of the past decade, with roots reaching back to the days of radio. The Tube Has Spoken provides...
William Wyler
The Life and Films of Hollywood's Most Celebrated Director
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2013
During his forty-five-year career, William Wyler (1902--1981) pushed the boundaries of filmmaking with his gripping storylines and innovative depth-of-field cinematography. With a body of work that includes such memorable classics as Jezebel (1938), Mrs. Miniver (1942), Ben-Hur (1959), and Funny Girl...
Liquor in the Land of the Lost Cause
Southern White Evangelicals and the Prohibition Movement
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2007
In the late 1800s, Southern evangelicals believed contemporary troubles -- everything from poverty to political corruption to violence between African Americans and whites -- sprang from the bottles of "demon rum" regularly consumed in the South. Though temperance quickly gained support...
Race and Liberty in America
The Essential Reader
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2009
The history of civil rights in the United States is usually analyzed and interpreted through the lenses of modern conservatism and progressive liberalism. In Race and Liberty in America: The Essential Reader, author Jonathan Bean argues that the historical record does not conveniently fit into either...
What Ever Happened to Orson Welles?
A Portrait of an Independent Career
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
At the age of twenty-five, Orson Welles (1915--1985) directed, co-wrote, and starred in Citizen Kane, widely regarded as the greatest film ever made. But Welles was such a revolutionary filmmaker that he found himself at odds with the Hollywood studio system. His work was so far ahead of its time...
American Racist
The Life and Films of Thomas Dixon
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2002
" Thomas Dixon has a notorious reputation as the writer of the source material for D.W. Griffith's groundbreaking and controversial 1915 feature film The Birth of a Nation. Perhaps unfairly, Dixon has been branded an arch-conservative and a racist obsessed with what he viewed as "the Negro...
Homer Simpson Goes to Washington
American Politics through Popular Culture
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2008
The modern landscape of American entertainment is filled with commentary on the state of the union. Many people now get their news from The Daily Show and The Colbert Report instead of Fox or CNN, and satirical political films such as Bulworth and Wag the Dog resonate with audiences and reviewers...