Local and family history, nostalgia

In absorbing style, we are told the story of the great but unheralded 19th-century Scot who created the means for large ships to be constructed on the Clyde and to reach Glasgow from the Atlantic - making Glasgow a city of enormous worldwide importance.

The city of Exeter was one of the great provincial capitals of late medieval and early modern England, possessing a range of civic amenities fully commensurate with its size and importance.

The city of Exeter was one of the great provincial capitals of late medieval and early modern England, possessing a range of civic amenities fully commensurate with its size and importance.

By considering the folklore of Cornwall in a Northern European context, this book casts light on a treasury of often-ignored traditions.

By considering the folklore of Cornwall in a Northern European context, this book casts light on a treasury of often-ignored traditions.

This book explores the history of Cornwall's picturing on screen, from the earliest days of the moving image to the recent BBC adaptation of Winston Graham's Poldark books.

A new edition of Philip Payton's modern classic Cornwall: A History, published now by University of Exeter Press, telling the story of Cornwall from earliest times to the present day.

A new edition of Philip Payton's modern classic Cornwall: A History, published now by University of Exeter Press, telling the story of Cornwall from earliest times to the present day.

This book explores the history of Cornwall's picturing on screen, from the earliest days of the moving image to the recent BBC adaptation of Winston Graham's Poldark books.

Annie Barrows, celebrated co-author of the global bestsellerThe Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, once again evokes the charm and eccentricity of a small town filled with extraordinary characters.

"e;An unusual combination of illustrated guidebook and in-depth narrative"e; on the hidden treasures of these islands just north of Scotland (Scots Magazine).

Though calling itself The Bloody Seventh after only a few minor skirmishes, the Seventh West Virginia Infantry earned its nickname many times over during the course of the Civil War.

"e;Who would have thought you could create a cat bed from a washing-up bowl, design a doll's house from an old shoe box or make a flower pot from a margarine tub - all on live television!

Leah Trachtman-Palchan was an ordinary woman who lived an extraordinary life.

What does it mean to evoke a sense of home through song, or intentionally utilize nostalgia in songwriting?

It is a rule that no Trevelyan ever sucks up either to the press, or the chiefs, or the right people .

Since 1941 the Medal of Honor has been more often awarded to dead than to living men.

The image of Coventry in flames was one of the most haunting of the Second World War.

'It is a rule that no Trevelyan ever sucks up either to the press, or the chiefs, or the right people .

The word cowboy conjures up vivid images of rugged men on saddled horsesmen lassoing cattle, riding bulls, or brandishing guns in a shoot-out.

The first woman to serve in both houses of the New Mexico legislature, Pauline Eisenstadt has witnessed many exciting moments in the state's political history and made much of that history herself.

Here is the first comprehensive history of the Colfax County area of northeastern New Mexico.

In Securing Paradise, Vernadette Vicuna Gonzalez shows how tourism and militarism have functioned together in Hawai`i and the Philippines, jointly empowering the United States to assert its geostrategic and economic interests in the Pacific.

The Mexican American woman zoot suiter, or pachuca, often wore a V-neck sweater or a long, broad-shouldered coat, a knee-length pleated skirt, fishnet stockings or bobby socks, platform heels or saddle shoes, dark lipstick, and a bouffant.

Hurricane Sandy was a fierce demonstration of the ecological vulnerability of New York, a city of islands.

From the beginning of the sound cinema era, singing actresses captivated Chinese audiences.

Memorializing Pearl Harbor examines the challenge of representing history at the site of the attack that brought America into World War II.

In The Power of the Steel-tipped Pen Noenoe K.

During the early twentieth century, Shanghai was the center of China's new media culture.

With this superbly written, meticulously researched, and concisely argued study, Rogers has helped deepen our understanding of the Confederate civilian experience.

Jefferson County, New York, has one of the richest concentrations of stone houses in America.

Blending social, intellectual, legal, medical, gender, and cultural history, Segregation's Science: Eugenics and Society in Virginia examines how eugenic theory and practice bolstered Virginia's various cultures of segregation--rich from poor, sick from well, able from disabled, male from female, and black from white and Native American.

A noted civil rights historian examines Louisville as a cultural border city where the black freedom struggle combined northern and southern tactics.

A Kentucky native and folk studies scholar presents a collection of haunting legends and stories of spirits from across the Bluegrass State.

"e;A captivating account of two families whose stubbornness and loyalty were exceeded only by their capacity for a terrible revenge.

The African American experience in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley from the antebellum period through ReconstructionThis book examines the complexities of life for African Americans in Virginias Shenandoah Valley from the antebellum period through Reconstruction.

Based on ten years of collaborative, community-based research, this book examines race and racism in a mixed-heritage Native American and African American community on Long Islands north shore.

A revealing work of public history that shows how communities remember their pasts in different ways to fit specific narratives,Race, Place, and Memorycharts the ebb and flow of racial violence in Wilmington, North Carolina, from the 1730s to the present day.

Queering the Redneck Riviera recovers the forgotten and erased history of gay men and lesbians in North Florida, a region often overlooked in the story of the LGBTQ experience in the United States.

They were Uncle Sams smiling workers and they looked like all-American boys.

This first volume of John Worth's substantial two-volume work studies the assimilation and eventual destruction of the indigenous Timucuan societies of interior Spanish Florida near St.

On January 22, 1912, Henry Flagler rode on the first passenger train from South Florida to Key West.

Southern Anthropological Society James Mooney Award - Honorable MentionDrawing on new methods and theories, Edward Gonzalez-Tennant uncovers important elements of the forgotten history of Rosewood.

From the Constitutional Convention to the Civil War to the civil rights movement, the South has exerted an outsized influence on American government and history while being distinctly anti-government.

At the outset of World War II, North Carolina was one of the poorest states in the Union.

Florida Historical Society Charlton Tebeau AwardUniversity of Tampa College of Arts and Letters Outstanding Scholarship or Creative Work AwardWhen recalling the roots of soul music, most people are likely to name Memphis, Detroit, New Orleans, Muscle Shoals, or Macon.

Inside knowledge from Florida's fishing greats, showing how the sport has developed in the state over more than a centuryAs one of the most lauded fishing destinations in the United States, boasting world records on varieties of fish, Florida has proven irresistible to the worlds top anglers for more than 100 years.

For nearly two hundred years, Floridians have eagerly exploited tourism as the key to economic prosperity.

Florida Historical Society Stetson Kennedy Book AwardStretching along 156 miles of Florida's East Coast, the Indian River Lagoon contains the St.

The African American experience in Virginia's Shenandoah Valley from the antebellum period through ReconstructionThis book examines the complexities of life for African Americans in Virginias Shenandoah Valley from the antebellum period through Reconstruction.