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Rural German-Speaking Women and Their Families in the Nineteenth-Century Midwest
German-Americans make up one of the largest ethnic groups in the United States, yet their very success at assimilating has also made them one of the least visible. Contented among Strangers examines the central role German-speaking women in rural areas of the Midwest played in preserving their ethnic and cultural identity. Even while living far ......
Co-winner of the 1998 Poet's Prize Long known as a master narrative poet, Sydney Lea combines a sure lyrical ear with a storyteller's eye for plot, character, and physical detail. His poems, according to Stanley Plumly, ''live at the level at which lyricism is crowded with the daily lives of those who will not or cannot speak for themselves--the ......
Probing the profitable new science of creating--and altering--life formsModern agriculture is being transformed by the genetic alteration of seeds, animals, and microorganisms, a process that has produced such products as flavor saver tomatoes and crops resistant to specific insects or herbicides.Agricultural Biotechnology and the Environment is ......
Prowess--extraordinary skill and ability, especially in sports--has always been important to Americans, even in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Nancy L. Struna explores the significance, meaning, and structure of competitive matches and displays of physical prowess for both men and women in colonial culture. Engrossingly written for the ......
A CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title, 1998.In The New American Sport History sixteen scholars, many of them among the best known in the field, explore topics as diverse as the historical debate over black athletic superiority, the ''selling'' of sport in society, the eroticism of athletic activity, sexual fears of women athletes, and the marketing ......
Beyond Left and Right is a sweeping overview of political insurgency in the United States from the 1880s to the present. It is at once a stunning synthesis, drawing on a large number of scholarly works, and an ambitious and original piece of research. The book ranges over diverse individuals and groups that have attacked the established order, ......
In this volume, leading communication scholars integrate cutting-edge research with real-world dilemmas as they address ethical problems associated with technological and cultural changes and demographic shifts.In eleven chapters, the fourteen contributors to Communication Ethics in an Age of Diversity consider the implications of these changes to ......
Dance Script With Electric Ballerina, Fulton's award-winning first book, is now considered a classic of contemporary poetry. On its release, reviewers commented:''She achieves . . . intellectual substance . . . without sacrificing emotional richness. Fulton's lively, distinctive style and buoyant faith . . . are most evident.'' -- Choice''Her ......
