The Colonial Printer in the Transatlantic World of the Eighteenth Century
A biography of the early American printer William Parks. Examines his early career in England as well as his later work in Colonial Maryland and Virginia. Focuses on the print culture on both sides of the Atlantic as well as the societal pressures on printing and publishing.
The Colonial Printer in the Transatlantic World of the Eighteenth Century
A biography of the early American printer William Parks. Examines his early career in England as well as his later work in Colonial Maryland and Virginia. Focuses on the print culture on both sides of the Atlantic as well as the societal pressures on printing and publishing.
The National Urban League and Black Social Work, 1910-1940
The biography of an important agent for black social change in the early twentieth centuryA leading African American intellectual of the early twentieth century, Eugene Kinckle Jones (18851954) was instrumental in professionalizing black social work in America. In his role as executive secretary of the National Urban League, Jones worked closely ......
The first in-depth look at an influential engineer and aviation pioneerFrench-born and self-trained civil engineer Octave Chanute designed America's two largest stockyards, created innovative and influential structures such as the Kansas City Bridge over the previously ''unbridgeable'' Missouri River, and was a passionate aviation pioneer whose ......
Baiqiao Tang's name became legendary during the time of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Over the past 21 years, he has remained on the front lines of the Chinese pro-democracy movement, where he has vowed to keep fighting until the dream of a free China is realized. This is a memoir of Baiqiao Tang.
Dr Jafar Yaghoobi experienced the terrible ordeal of being a political prisoner in Iran between 1984 and 1989. Against all odds, he survived the wave of state-sponsored killings. This is a memoir of Dr Jafar Yaghoobi that describes the events of that terrible time combined with testimonials of other prisoners.
Sabina de Werth Neu knew little during her earliest years except the hardships and fear of a war refugee. This is a memoir of Sabina that recollects the harrowing experiences of growing up in World War II Germany.
Emily Greene Balch was an important Progressive Era reformer and advocate for world peace whose opposition to World War I resulted with the board of trustees at Wellesley College refusing to renew her contract as a professor of economics and sociology. Afterwards, Balch cofounded the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF). For ......
