Winner of the 2024 Will Rogers Medallion Award for Western BiographiesJohn William Dear was born in 1845 into a close-knit farming family in Northern Virginia.
Winner of the 2024 Will Rogers Medallion Award for Western BiographiesJohn William Dear was born in 1845 into a close-knit farming family in Northern Virginia.
*WINNER OF THE NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Debut Author*A gorgeous collection of 145 original portraits that celebrates Black pioneersfamous and little-known--in politics, science, literature, music, and morewith biographical reflections, all created and curated by an award-winning graphic designer.
A Sunday Times Paperback of the Year 2024The Sunday Times Bestseller and Waterstones Paperback of the Year 2024A Sunday Times History Book of the Year A Spectator Book of the Year The Irish Times No.
Join Sarah Woods on a mouth-watering celebration of British and South Asian fusion recipes, featuring the Desi communities who created them'I've longed for a book like this.
'Heartfelt, passionate, infuriating and often devastating, this book will inspire you to fight for your right to tread your own path' CAROLINE CRIADO PEREZ, author of Invisible WomenWhen Rachel loses five family members in five months, grief magnifies other absences.
How the misuses of Martin Luther King's legacy divide us and undermine democracyIn the postcivil rights era, wide-ranging groups have made civil rights claims that echo those made by Black civil rights activists of the 1960s, from people with disabilities to women's rights activists and LGBTQ coalitions.
An examination of coined money and its significance to rulers, aristocrats and peasants in early medieval EuropeBetween the end of the Roman Empire in the fifth century and the economic transformations of the twelfth, coined money in western Europe was scarce and high in value, difficult for the majority of the population to make use of.
There is a perception that the region of north-east India maintained its 'splendid isolation' and remained outside the reach of the Mughals and did not have a pre-colonial past.
This volume suggests a model of collective memory that distinguishes between two conceptual logics of memory fragmentation: vertical fragmentation and horizontal fragmentation.
Die aktuellen gesellschaftlichen Debatten um Fragen der Teilhabe von Frauen im Kultur- und Medienbetrieb sind nicht so neu, wie sie angesichts ihrer Dringlichkeit bisweilen erscheinen mögen.
Edward Conze's The Psychology of Mass Propaganda presents a commentary on the psychology of propaganda during the rise of fascism in Europe in the 1930s.
While mentorship has been shown to be critical in helping graduate students persist and complete their studies, and enter upon and succeed in their academic careers, the under-representation of faculty of color and women in higher education greatly reduces the opportunities for graduate students from these selfsame groups to find mentors of their race, ethnicity or gender.
National Bestseller One of the year's most acclaimed works of nonfictionA BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: New York Times, Washington Post, New Yorker, Chicago Tribune, Kirkus, New York Post, Fast CompanyFrom legendary historian Adam Hochschild, a "e;masterly"e; (New York Times) reassessment of the overlooked but startlingly resonant period between World War I and the Roaring Twenties, when the foundations of American democracy were threatened by war, pandemic, and violence fueled by battles over race, immigration, and the rights of labor The nation was on the brink.
Bilder von Kaisern, Königen und Fürsten auf Siegeln und Münzen aber auch in literarischen Texten geben wichtige Aufschlüsse über allgemeine Herrschaftsvorstellungen ebenso wie über repräsentative Strategien einzelner Herrscherpersönlichkeiten.
Straßen(um)benennungen haben seit den 2000er-Jahren Konjunktur: Politisch inakzeptabel erscheinen in den öffentlichen Erinnerungsdebatten mittlerweile Persönlichkeiten mit Nähe zum Nationalsozialismus.
Being a Woman and Being Tatar uses ethnographic research to explore the multifaceted and complex identities - such as gender, ethnicity, religion - of Tatar women in Siberia and Estonia.
Contesting stereotypical and deterministic accounts of British South Asian Muslims (BrAsians), which have largely contributed towards the perpetuation of Islamophobia, this book analyses how the influence of parents, extended family, and community support and constrain the lives of a younger generation of amateur and professional boxers.
Recipient of the 2021 Innovation Award of The Multiracial Network (MRN)In the last Census, over 9 million people - nearly 3% of the population - identified themselves as of two or more races.
A must-have anthology of the leading Black women and femmes shaping todays food and hospitality landscapefrom farm to table and beyondchronicling their passions and motivations, lessons learned and hard-won wisdom, personal recipes, and more.
This book analyzes the promotion of subnational identities undertaken by Spanish fascism and the Franco regime between 1930 and 1975, as well as their patterns of survival, accommodation and adaptation.
Tauchen Sie ein in die faszinierende Welt des Alten Ägyptens mit Antoine de Jussac's meisterhaftem Werk, das die Anfänge und das Vermächtnis der ersten ägyptischen Dynastien erforscht.
This book presents a fascinating exploration of eating experiences within US national parks, explaining how, on what, and why people eat in national parks and how this has changed over the last century.
The First Amendment ideal of an independent press allows American journalists to present critical perspectives on government policies and actions; but are the media independent of government in practice?
