The Struggle for Black Voting Rights in 1800s Ohio
Brings to life the struggle for Black suffrage in nineteenth-century Ohio In False Promises, the fight for Black voting rights in Ohio comes alive through narratives of men of color who defied the state's nineteenth-century restrictions on suffrage. Though ratification of the Fifteenth Amendment ostensibly extended the franchise, state election ......
A guide to twenty-one historically themed bicycle tours in and around Dayton, Ohio Dayton boasts the largest contiguous bike trail network in the United States, and this guide for cycling enthusiasts and armchair travelers includes introductions to the city's innovative cycling past and present, to beautiful country roads, and to vibrant urban ......
The Literary Arts of Dissent in Nineteenth-Century Britain
A fresh perspective on the enduring relationship between literature, democracy, and dissent Rhetoric and Resistance explores the transformative role of nineteenth-century literature in shaping modern concepts and practices of democratic dissent. By examining the works of Romantic and Victorian novelists, poets, and journalists, Maeve Adams ......
Yoruba Metaphysics challenges Western dominance in the field of epistemology and sheds light on the sophisticated realm of indigenous African knowledge systems and metaphysical thought. Toyin Falola comprehensively explores the complex interplay between the physical and spiritual worlds as understood by the Yoruba people, offering a fresh ......
Yoruba Metaphysics challenges Western dominance in the field of epistemology and sheds light on the sophisticated realm of indigenous African knowledge systems and metaphysical thought. Toyin Falola comprehensively explores the complex interplay between the physical and spiritual worlds as understood by the Yoruba people, offering a fresh ......
Historical Tours Around Cincinnati, Updated and Revised
A revised edition of the award-winning book of historically themed cycling tours in and around Cincinnati, Ohio Bicycling Through Paradise: Historical Rides Around Cincinnati includes nineteen historically themed cyclist tours for all abilities centered around Cincinnati, Ohio. Written by two longtime cyclists-one a professor of history and one ......
A detailed study of Victorian supernaturalism in book and magazine illustrations and cartoons Illustrating the Victorian Supernatural explores written and visual texts through which the original Victorian readership encountered and navigated their experience of supernaturalism. Looking across the nineteenth century, Simon Cooke investigates ......
This elegant photography book showcases three centuries of architectural design with 360-degree panoramic photographs. Civic Architecture Across America: Extraordinary Views highlights the work of renowned architectural photographer Thomas R. Schiff and features over 120 of his panoramic photographs of the interior and exterior spaces of civic ......
Water, Oranges, and Race in the Gamtoos Valley of South Africa, 1700-2023
This study of the Gamtoos River floodplain in South Africa's Eastern Cape Province traces its transformation from an eighteenth-century natural landscape of thick bush into an agricultural zone now threatened by climate change. The first half of the book explains how missionaries from the London Missionary Society and residents of the Hankey ......
