Offers perspectives on civil rights. This anthology gathers works by some of the influential writers to engage issues of race and social justice in America, including James Baldwin, Flannery O'Connor, Amiri Baraka, and Nikki Giovanni.
University of Georgia Press Books
From the earliest European colonization to the present, New Yorkers have been revolting. Hard hitting, revealing, and insightful, Revolting New York tells the story of New York's evolution through revolution, a story of near- continuous popular (and sometimes not-so-popular) uprising. číst celé
Television History, the Peabody Archive, and Cultural Memory
- 280 pages
- 10 hours of reading
Explores the influence of the Peabody Awards Collection as an archive of the vital medium of TV, These essays turn their attention to the wealth of programs considered for Peabody Awards that were not honoured and thus have largely been forgotten and yet have the potential to reshape our understanding of American television history.
The Letters of Mark Twain and Joseph Hopkins Twichell
- 472 pages
- 17 hours of reading
Presents the complete texts of all known correspondence between Samuel L. Clemens (Mark Twain) and Joseph Hopkins Twichell. Theirs was a rich exchange. The long, deep friendship of Clemens and Twichell rarely fails to surprise, given the general reputation Twain has of being antireligious. číst celé
The Magnificent Reverend Peter Thomas Stanford, Transatlantic Reformer and Race Man
- 312 pages
- 11 hours of reading
The charismatic Rev. Peter Thomas Stanford (1860-1909) rose from humble and challenging beginnings to emerge as an inventive and passionate activist and educator who championed social justice. This collection highlights Stanford's writings: sermons, lectures, newspaper columns, entertainments, and memoirs.
Daily Life in the Colonial South
- 462 pages
- 17 hours of reading
Offers a social history of the southern colonies. John Schlotterbeck describes how social interactions between Native Americans, Europeans, and Africans from initial contacts with Europeans in the early 1500s to the eve of the American Revolution in the 1760s created new societies.