Search Results for 'Barbara A. Purdy'

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The Sword Went Out to Sea: (Synthesis of a Dream), by Delia Alton

Never before published,<em>&nbsp;The Sword Went Out to Sea</em>&nbsp;is the first book in H.D.'s prose trilogy that continues with&nbsp;<em>White Rose and the Red</em>&nbsp;and concludes with&nbsp;<em>The Mystery</em>. This complex, semi-autobiographical novel combines H.D.'s interest in the occult and experiences during the Blitz, and sheds light on the aesthetics and origins of literary modernism.

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A Historical Archaeology of Early Spanish Colonial Urbanism in Central America

In this milestone work, William Fowler uses archaeology, history, and social theory to show that the establishment of cities was essential to Spanish colonialism. Fowler draws upon decades of research at Ciudad Vieja, a sixteenth-century site located in present-day El Salvador and the best-preserved Spanish colonial city in Latin America.

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Early and Middle Woodland Landscapes of the Southeast

Fourteen in-depth case studies incorporate empirical data with theoretical concepts such as ritual, aggregation, and place-making, highlighting the variability and common themes in the relationships between people, landscapes, and the built environment that characterize this period of North American native life in the Southeast.

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The Sugar Industry and the Abolition of Slave Trade, 1775-1810

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<i>The Usual Star</i> and <i>The Moment</i>: Stories

<p>This scholarly edition makes available two little-known story collections by the modernist writer H.D., encouraging new ways of thinking about the role of the short story genre in H.D.&rsquo;s life and career.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

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How the New Deal Built Florida Tourism: The Civilian Conservation Corps and State Parks

Countering the conventional narrative that Florida&rsquo;s tourism industry suffered during the Great Depression, this book shows that the 1930s were, in reality, the starting point for much that characterizes modern Florida&rsquo;s tourism. David Nelson argues that state and federal government programs designed to reboot the economy during this decade are crucial to understanding the state today.

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The Archaeology of Magic: Gender and Domestic Protection in Seventeenth-Century New England

In this book, C. Riley Aug&eacute; provides a trailblazing archaeological study of magical practice and its relationship to gender in the Anglo-American culture of colonial New England.

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Technified Muses: Reconfiguring National Bodies in the Mexican Avant-Garde

In this volume, Sara Potter uses the idea of the muse from Greek mythology and the cyborg from posthuman theory to consider the portrayal of female characters and their bodies in Mexican art and literature from the 1920s to the present, examining genres including science fiction, cyberpunk, and popular fiction.

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The Stroessner Regime and Indigenous Resistance in Paraguay