Social and cultural history

A Vineyard Odyssey is a fascinating saga of wine-the journey from vine to bottle-that takes the reader on a travelogue of the many hazards that lie along the way.

The Victorians were passionate about family.

Easter Island, isolated deep in the South Pacific and now a World Heritage Site, was home to a fascinating prehistoric culture-one that produced massive stone effigies (the moai) and the birdman cult-and yet much of the island's past remains shrouded in mystery.

It is now over four decades since the famed archaeologist and explorer Indiana Jones first appeared on our screens in Raiders of the Lost Ark.

Walk along side of three of the most amazing Native American Women as they journey across the United Sates: Sacagawea, Watkuese and Marie Dorion, whose adventures are intertwined.

This analysis of the Stratford Festival examines the full history of one of the largest and oldest dedicated centres for the performance of Shakespeare in North America.

'The third in a series explicating the criminal mind, this volume summarizes observations, interpretations, and conclusions derived from a study of 121 criminal men who used drugs and/or alcohol to excess.

This is a 17,300 word essay describing significant events leading toward a decline of Americas social and economic viability and some thoughts related to a reformation of basic institutions and ethics.

The International Sweethearts of Rhythm, a popular women's jazz band of the 1940s, has earned a reputation as the 'best all-women's swing band ever to perform.

Kantor writes from the perspective of a traditional Jew, covering events such as the Flood, giving of the Torah, and the fall of the Tower of Babel, placing these within the chronology of history along with the Spanish Inquisition, the Holocaust, and the founding of the State of Israel.

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A Sense Of Place Publishing is proud to include Dr James Cumes amongst its authors.

Howard Zinns unique take on this vital period in U.

from the Foreword:Possibly the heartless treatment of children, from the practice of infanticide and abandonment through to the neglect, the rigors of swaddling, the purposeful starving, the beatings, the solitary confinement, and so on, was and is only one aspect of the basic aggressiveness and cruelty of human nature, of the inbred disregard of the rights and feelings of others.

Two parts of this three part book are based upon fact: anti-Semitism and World War 2.

Wheat Fields is the story about the social trauma of change brought on by the introduction of the mobile combine harvester.

Geoffrey Robertson QC has been at the centre of internationally high-profile legal cases for over three decades.

Second in the Drago Mystery Series.

Amid the armed conflict and broken treaty signings of nineteenth-century America, the highly successful horse culture of the plains, the Sioux Indians clutched to their way of life.

This book is geared toward all ages and gives step-by-step instructions on scores of crafts and outdoor skills cultivated by various Native American tribes over the centuries.

For decades the most frightening example of bigotry and hatred in America, the Ku Klux Klan has usually been seen as a rural and small-town product-an expression of the decline of the countryside in the face of rising urban society.

Michael Plekon's Tradition Alive presents a collection of essays highlighting not only the vibrant tradition of 20th century Eastern Orthodox thought, but also the necessity of its inclusion in the theological canon constructed mainly by Western Christian thinkers.

The stirring story of the economic and cultural struggles of the eastern European immigrants to the United States in the early 1900's, as witnessed through the lives and contributions of eleven different men.

'A rich and subtle exploration of the sacredness of nature, filled with a timeless wisdom and deep humanity' Guardian In this hugely powerful book, Karen Armstrong argues that it isn't enough to change our behaviour to avert environmental catastrophe - we must rekindle our spiritual bond with the natural world.

This is a comprehensive clinical resource for addiction counselors who want to learn about the psychological components of the problem, for individual therapists-dynamic, cognitive, and behavioral-who want to understand systems approaches in order to draw on a broader repertoire of useful interventions, and for couple and family therapists who want to learn more about the intrapsychic, biological, and pharmacological aspects of addiction.

Hasidic Williamsburg recounts the dramatic emergence of this unique community in the face of major crises.

In this path-breaking study, Fr.

A food-history cookbook celebrating the spirit and flavors of what is now the American Southwest.

When the English first arrived at the Outer Banks in the summer of 1584, they were greeted by native Algonquian-speaking people who had long occupied present-day North Carolina.

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Southern Baptists have a unique and colorful story.

Henry Box Brown is well known in America for escaping slavery by being packed in a box and mailed from Virginia to Philadelphia.

On an April morning in 1896, unemployed single mother Stamata Revithi ran the 40 kilometers from Marathon to Athens, finishing in 5 hours 30 minutes.

Formed in 1951, the Federal Civil Defense Administration said that "e;the importance of women in civil defense can scarcely be overstated.

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From 1865, Susan B.

Since the arrival of European settlers, Native American cultural sovereignty has been under attack.

The story of the Apsaalooke (Crow) men who scouted for the Seventh United States Cavalry in 1876 has been told by historians, with details sometimes distorted or fabricated.

Since 1971, 35 Negro League baseball players and executives have been admitted to the Hall of Fame.

Nebraska is not usually thought of as a focal point in the history of black baseball, yet the state has seen its share of contributions to the African American baseball experience.

In its third edition this accessible and engaging collection of the writings of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B.

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Major Marcus Reno's actions at the Battle of Little Big Horn have been both criticized and lauded, often without in-depth analysis.

How the US crusade against prostitution became a tool of empireBetween the 1870s and 1930s, American social reformers, working closely with the US government, transformed sexual vice into an international political and humanitarian concern.

From the author of The Politics of Our TimeWhats happening in global politics, and is there a thread that ties it all together?

Lena Connell was one of a new breed of young professional women who took up photography at the turn of the 20th century.

For six decades the World Colored Heavyweight Championship was a useful tool of racial oppression--the existence of the title far more important to the white public than its succession of champions.

Through the analysis of surviving archival traces, this book constructs a history of the imagination and memory of the town of Peacehaven.

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Widely considered the best black player of the 19th century, Hall-of-Famer Frank Grant challenged baseball's color barrier in the 1880s to play for all-white professional teams--two of which fought a legal battle for his services.