Search Results for 'Barbara A. Purdy'

Never before published, <i>White Rose and the Red</i> is the fictional biography of Elizabeth Siddall, wife of English poet and painter Dante Gabriel Rossetti

Drawing from a variety of sites throughout Mesoamerica, this volume presents a collection of osteobiographies, which analyze skeletons and their surroundings alongside historical, archaeological, ethnographic, and other contextual data to better understand the life experiences of individuals.

Features both native and non-native species now living in Florida

<p>Frank pieces together the material culture and the historical record of the Miami River to re-create the fascinating past of one of the world&rsquo;s most influential cities.</p><p>&nbsp;</p>

Reflecting on such issues as poverty, education, racism, cultural preservation, and tribal sovereignty, the contributors to this volume offer a glimpse into the historical struggles of southern Native peoples, examine their present-day efforts, and share their hopes for the future.

The campaign that changed everything in Florida

<em>Edith Wharton and Cosmopolitanism</em> shows that Wharton was highly engaged with global issues of her time, due in part to her extensive travel abroad. Examining both her canonical and lesser-known works and including her art historical discoveries, her political writings, and her travel writing, the essays in this volume explore Wharton's diverse, complex, and sometimes problematic relationship to a cosmopolitan vision.