Rowman Littlefield Publishers imprint: 5577 books
When the War Never Ends
The Voices of Military Members with PTSD and Their Families
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2011
Service members returning from deployment are often suffering from PTSD. Its symptoms include distressing flashbacks, memories and nightmares, aggression, memory problems, physical symptoms, loss of positive emotions, and withdrawal from society. When the War Never Ends tells the stories of those...
1607
Jamestown and the New World
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2007
1607 vividly tells the story of the founding of Jamestown, recounting the situation of the original Indian inhabitants, the arrival of the British settlers 400 years ago, the building of the town, and modern excavations at the site. Along the way, we meet such familiar figures as King James, John...
The Forty Years that Created America
The Story of the Explorers, Promoters, Investors, and Settlers Who Founded the First English Colonies
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2014
The names “Jamestown” and “Plymouth” have become synonymous for most students of American history with “founding,” and “birth”—both, of the American nation, and of freedom and democracy themselves. In this book, author Ted Lamont asks us to reconsider our country’s formative years,...
by Kate Caffrey
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2014
The ship itself was obscure and small, valued at a mere 128 pounds, eight shillings, and fourpence. Each passenger had a total area the size of a single mattress under a five-foot ceiling in which to cook, eat, sleep, dress and all the rest of living.
During the months-long journey, one Pilgrim...
A Single Grand Victory
The First Campaign and Battle of Manassas
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2002
More than 800 men lost their lives and 2,700 were wounded. Confederate General Thomas J. Jackson earned his legendary nickname "Stonewall" here as fellow Confederate General Barnard Bee, later fatally wounded in the battle, shouted, "Yonder stands Jackson like a stone wall!" Both...
Race and the Early Republic
Racial Consciousness and Nation-Building in the Early Republic
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2001
By 1840, American politics was a paradox—unprecedented freedom and equality for men of European descent, and the simultaneous isolation and degradation of people of African and Native American descent. Historians have characterized this phenomenon as the "white republic."
Race and the...
by Andrew Lefebvre, Daniel M. Masterson, Graeme Mount
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2006
The first full-length study of World War II from the Latin American perspective, this unique volume offers an in-depth analysis of the region during wartime. Each country responded to World War II according to its own national interests, which often conflicted with those of the Allies, including the...
Tibet's Last Stand?
The Tibetan Uprising of 2008 and China's Response
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2009
This book offers a definitive account of the origins and events of the 2008 Tibetan uprising, which began with peaceful demonstrations by monks of Lhasa's great monasteries on the anniversary of the 1959 revolt. Noted expert Warren W. Smith Jr. argues that the uprising was a widespread response to...
China's Tibet?
Autonomy or Assimilation
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2008
This groundbreaking book explores China's efforts to assimilate Tibet, in the process rewriting Tibetan history to conform to Beijing's goals. Warren W. Smith Jr. provides the historical context for understanding the current situation through an overview of China's actual—as opposed to its promised—policies...
by Vijaya Ramaswamy, Jawaharlal Nehru University
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2017
The Tamils have an unbroken history of more than two thousand years. Tamil, the language they speak, is one of the oldest living languages in the world. The only people comparable to the Tamils in terms of their hoary past and vibrant present would be the Jews with one marked difference. The Tamils...
He Shall Go Out Free
The Lives of Denmark Vesey
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2004
On July 2, 1822, Denmark Vesey was hanged in Charleston, S.C., for his role in planning one of the largest slave uprisings in the United States. During his long, extraordinary life Vesey played many roles—Caribbean field hand, cabin boy, chandler's man, house servant, proud freeman, carpenter, husband,...
by Catherine Moses
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 1999
This new book provides a first-hand, grassroots look at life in Cuba, including very vivid descriptions of its people and places. Real Life in Castro's Cuba illuminates the human face of Cuba, which over the years has largely been hidden in the shadow of Fidel Castro. Real Life in Castro's Cuba is...
by Cheryl Lawhorne-Scott, Don Philpott, Jeff Scott
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2014
Military life places unique demands on military families with children including frequent moves, disruptions in schooling, family separation, health care issues, loss of friends, financial hardships, underemployment of military spouses, and the ever present threat of risk of injury or death of loved...
Growing up Untouchable in India
A Dalit Autobiography
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2002
'In this English translation, Moon's story is usefully framed by apparatus necessary to bring its message to even those taking their first look at South Asian culture...The result is an easy to digest short-course on what it means to be a Dalit, in the words of one notable Dalit.'-Journal of Asian Studies