Search Results for 'Barbara A. Purdy'

Most studies view the Caribbean as disparate countries prone to revolution and ripe for rebellion. In a refreshing departure from the norm, Anthony Maingot, using historical and contemporary examples, explains that the region is actually populated by resilient, adaptable societies with a political culture comprising both modern and conservative elements.

In this eye-opening journey through some of America’s most innovative landscape architecture projects, Charles Flink shows why we urgently need greenways. A leading authority in greenway planning, design, and development, Flink presents inspiring examples of communities that have come together to build permanent spaces for the life-sustaining power of nature.   

America&rsquo;s wettest state is running out of water. Yes, Florida&mdash;with its swamps, lakes, extensive coastlines, and legends of life-giving springs&mdash;faces a drinking water crisis that most people don&rsquo;t see coming.&nbsp;<em>Drying Up</em>&nbsp;is a wake-up call and a hard look at what the future holds for those who call Florida home. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;

Edited collection of essays on the work of the 19th-century American (Maine) writer Sarah Orne Jewett, author of The Country of the Pointed Firs. Considers gender, regionalism, class, and cross-influences with contemporaries Howells, Cather, and Wharton.

While previous research on household archaeology in the colonial Caribbean has drawn heavily on artifact analysis, this volume provides the first in-depth examination of the architecture of slave housing during this period. It examines the considerations that went into constructing and inhabiting living spaces for the enslaved and reveals the diversity of people and practices in these settings. &nbsp;

Fritz M&uuml;ller (1821-1897), though not as well known as his colleague Charles Darwin, belongs in the cohort of great nineteenth-century naturalists. Recovering M&uuml;ller's legacy, David A. West describes the close intellectual kinship between M&uuml;ller and Darwin and details a lively correspondence that spanned seventeen years.