Search Results for 'Barbara A. Purdy'

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Samuel Roth, Infamous Modernist

Roth's story portrays a struggle with literary censorship in the mid-twentieth century while providing insights into how modernism was marketed in America.

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Kennedy v. Nixon: The Presidential Election of 1960

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Bravura!: Lucia Chase and the American Ballet Theatre

Combining unique personal insights as Chase's son along with experience garnered from his own professional dance and administrative career, Alex Ewing offers the definitive story of one of the true pioneers in the world of American ballet.

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Sleeping Rough in Port-au-Prince: An Ethnography of Street Children and Violence in Haiti

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British Forts and Their Communities: Archaeological and Historical Perspectives

While the military features of historic forts usually receive the most attention from researchers, this volume focuses instead on the people who met and interacted in these sites. Contributors to British Forts and Their Communities look beyond the defensive architecture, physical landscapes, and armed conflicts to explore the complex social diversity that arose in the outposts of the British Empire.        

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Indians and Wannabes: Native American Powwow Dancing in the Northeast and Beyond

Ann Axtmann examines powwows as practiced primarily along the Atlantic coastline, from New Jersey to New England.

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The Sunshine Economy: An Economic History of Florida since the Civil War

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Guide and Reference to the Snakes of Eastern and Central North America (North of Mexico)

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The Ghosts of Modernity

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Critical Theory and the Anthropology of Heritage Landscapes

<p>This book explores the sociopolitical contexts of heritage landscapes, paying special attention to sites with deep Indigenous histories&mdash;Ulu<span style="text-decoration:underline;">r</span>u-Kata Tju<span style="text-decoration:underline;">t</span>a National Park and the Burrup Peninsula along the Pilbara Coast in Australia, the Altai Mountains of northwestern Mongolia, and Prince William Sound in Alaska. For many communities, landscapes such as these have long been associated with cultural identity and memories of important and difficult events, as well as political struggles related to nation-state boundaries, sovereignty, and knowledge claims.&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;</p>