Science Fiction, Literary Fiction, and the Contemporary Novel
How science fiction and literary fiction merge to represent today's social, political, and environmental concerns The future is now. Decades of accelerating technological, social, and environmental change have created a sense in the literary world that science fiction, rather than an augury of the future, may actually be the genre best equipped ......
Reading Aloud and the Politics of Attention from Austen to Audiobooks
A cultural and literary history of domestic reading aloud "Listening," a recent Audible advertising campaign proclaimed, "is the new reading." But this is no new phenomenon. In the nineteenth century, reading aloud was one of the most popular evening entertainments and one of the primary ways people consumed fiction. In Willful Listeners, Kate ......
Reading Aloud and the Politics of Attention from Austen to Audiobooks
A cultural and literary history of domestic reading aloud "Listening," a recent Audible advertising campaign proclaimed, "is the new reading." But this is no new phenomenon. In the nineteenth century, reading aloud was one of the most popular evening entertainments and one of the primary ways people consumed fiction. In Willful Listeners, Kate ......
Stigma, Citizenship, and Anti-Haitianism in the Bahamas
The historical roots and contemporary experience of anti-Haitian discrimination in The Bahamas Anti-Haitianism is deeply ingrained in The Bahamas-a multifaceted web of exclusion and hostility that bars the descendants of Haitian migrants from belonging and inclusion in the country of their birth. Tracing the legacy of anti-Black and anti-French ......
Stigma, Citizenship, and Anti-Haitianism in the Bahamas
The historical roots and contemporary experience of anti-Haitian discrimination in The Bahamas Anti-Haitianism is deeply ingrained in The Bahamas-a multifaceted web of exclusion and hostility that bars the descendants of Haitian migrants from belonging and inclusion in the country of their birth. Tracing the legacy of anti-Black and anti-French ......
Religion, Government, and Property in the Chesapeake, 1700-1830
The untold story of how church and state were remade in Revolutionary America A Great Revolution in Church and State rewrites the history of American religious freedom in the founding era. In colonial Virginia and Maryland, the established Church of England was a powerful arm of royal authority that enforced the law, collected taxes, amassed ......
Religion, Government, and Property in the Chesapeake, 1700-1830
The untold story of how church and state were remade in Revolutionary America A Great Revolution in Church and State rewrites the history of American religious freedom in the founding era. In colonial Virginia and Maryland, the established Church of England was a powerful arm of royal authority that enforced the law, collected taxes, amassed ......
A handbook for teaching Washington's legacy, the American founding era, and responsible engagement in contemporary civic life Crafted by a diverse group of expert historians, museum professionals, and K-12 teachers, Learning Through George Washington is an engaging, multifaceted exploration of how to teach and learn about the American ......
A handbook for teaching Washington's legacy, the American founding era, and responsible engagement in contemporary civic life Crafted by a diverse group of expert historians, museum professionals, and K-12 teachers, Learning Through George Washington is an engaging, multifaceted exploration of how to teach and learn about the American ......