Search Results for 'Barbara A. Purdy'

In <em>Mythic Frontiers</em>, Daniel Maher illustrates how aggrandized versions of the past, especially those of the "American frontier," have been used to turn a profit. These imagined historical sites have effectively silenced the violent, oppressive, colonizing forces of manifest destiny and elevated principal architects of it to mythic heights.

Caribbean plantations and the forces that shaped them--slavery, sugar, capitalism, and the tropical, sometimes deadly environment--have been studied extensively. This volume turns the focus to the places and times where the rules of the plantation system did not always apply, including the interstitial spaces that linked enslaved Africans with their neighbors at other plantations.

A concise and accessible history of the state&rsquo;s unique political system, its development over the last 150 years, and the most important issues facing it today. Explores the shaping influences of: the state&rsquo;s early ties to Spain and Great Britain,

Through archaeological and archival research from sites associated with the 1893 World&rsquo;s Columbian Exposition in Chicago, this book explores the changing world of urban America at the turn of the twentieth century.

The contributors to this volume examine how Lincoln actively and consciously managed the war--diplomatically, militarily, and in the realm of what we might now call public relations--and in doing so, reshaped and redefined the fundamental role of the president.<div><br /></div>

Abnormal burial practices have long been a source of fascination and debate within the fields of mortuary archaeology and bioarchaeology.&nbsp;<em>The Odd, the Unusual, and the Strange&nbsp;</em>investigates an unparalleled geographic and temporal range of burials that differ from the usual customs of their broader societies, emphasizing the importance of a holistic, context-driven approach to these intriguing cases.&nbsp;&nbsp;