Pole/Jew brings together a group of scholars-about half of them Jewish, about half of them ethnic Poles-from the United States, Poland, the United Kingdom, and Canada and enlists their diverse methodological and generational perspectives to push debates over Polish-Jewish relations beyond entrenched and reductive positions. At the core of the ......
Person, Family, and Nation in Colonial Bechuanaland, 1880s-1950s
In Morafe, Khumisho Moguerane has written a luminous exploration of two generations of the prominent Molema family. They were "border people" who straddled what would become present-day South Africa and Botswana. The book begins in the 1880s at the frontier of the new British territories of Bechuanaland (North West and Northern Cape provinces) and ......
Sex, Gender, and Nation in the Struggle Against Apartheid
The first book-length study to reveal how women in exile shaped South Africa's antiapartheid movement This groundbreaking book explores the often-overlooked role of women in South Africa's liberation movements, particularly within the African National Congress during its years in exile from 1960 to 1990. It examines how transformations in gender ......
Sex, Gender, and Nation in the Struggle Against Apartheid
The first book-length study to reveal how women in exile shaped South Africa's antiapartheid movement This groundbreaking book explores the often-overlooked role of women in South Africa's liberation movements, particularly within the African National Congress during its years in exile from 1960 to 1990. It examines how transformations in gender ......
A captivating retelling-newly translated-of the rise and fall of the Minoan civilization interwoven with some of ancient Greece's most enduring myths At the Palaces of Knossos is a vivid reimagining of ancient Crete, blending history and mythology into an epic tale of heroism, love, and destiny. Set against the grandeur of the Minoan court, the ......
An exploration of the resilient lives and legacies of enslaved Africans in Africa Unlike narratives focused on enslaved people in the Americas, Europe, or the Middle East, this edited collection highlights the lives of African slaves and their descendants who remained in Africa. The contributors chronicle lives spanning the continent, from Sierra ......
The Use and Maintenance of Technology in Midwestern Agriculture, 1845-1900
How farmers shaped the development of agricultural machinery Throughout the second half of the nineteenth century, farmers in the midwestern United States and in Ontario began adopting new agricultural machines: threshers, reapers, and drills for more efficient production of grains, as well as sewing and washing machines for more efficient ......
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 ......
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 ......
