Books

Total 1542 results found.

Weimar Prussia, 1925–1933

Weimar Prussia, 1925–1933

The Illusion of Strength

With the development of a strong parliamentary system, Orlow shows how close Prussia came to realizing its goal of lasting democracy for the entire Reich, and how far it fell when the Nazis took power.

Liquid Paper

Liquid Paper

New and Selected Poems

Peter Meinke was a master of traditional poetic forms long before the current interest in “the new formalism.” His work is, in turn, witty, comic, sane, deeply moving, and always readable. Liquid Paper collects the best of his previously published poems from the late 1960s on with a generous selection of new work.

The Inside History of the Carnegie Steel Company

The Inside History of the Carnegie Steel Company

A Romance of Millions

This book created a sensation when it appeared in 1903 and remains a striking insider’s narrative of the American steel industry in the late nineteenth century. Bridge was a fisthand witness to the confrontations of Andrew Carnegie and Henry Clay Frick, the eventual sale of Carnegie Steel and the formation of U.S. Steel.

How Does Social Science Work?

How Does Social Science Work?

Reflections on Practice

Paul Diesing takes an innovative, sometimes iconoclastic look at social scientists at work in many disciplines.

South America Mi Hija

South America Mi Hija

Set amidst the mysteries and tragedies of South American culture, this book-length narrative poem is both an account of their journey and a feminist exploration of the struggle between the sexes.

The Meaning Of Freedom

The Meaning Of Freedom

Economics, Politics, and Culture after Slavery

In The Meaning of Freedom scholars from a wide variety of disciplines contemplate the aftermath of slavery, focusing on Caribbean societies and the southern United States. They attempt to answer the questions about culture, economics, and politics central to this issue.

A Space Filled with Moving

A Space Filled with Moving

Praise for Maggie Anderson’s earlier work, Cold Comfort:“The crux of Maggie Anderson’s poems is the strong narrative line, one accompanied by an abundance of lore based in the folkways of the people. And her energy is that very essence of the old stories and poetry—present in the talk of ordinary people.”—Shelby Stephenson

The Battle For Homestead, 1880-1892

The Battle For Homestead, 1880-1892

Politics, Culture, and Steel

In The Battle for Homestead, Paul Krause calls upon the methods and insights of labor history, intellectual history, anthropology, and the history of technology to situate the events of the lockout and their significance in the broad context of America’s Guilded Age. Utilizing extensive archival material, much of it heretofore unknown, he reconstructs the social, intellectual, and political climate of the burgeoning post-Civil War steel industry.

The Andrew Carnegie Reader

The Andrew Carnegie Reader

The first anthology to bring together a representative selection of Carnegie’s writings which show him as a shrewd businessman, celebrated philanthropist, champion of democracy, and eternal optimist. Carnegie’s first letter to the editor at the age of seventeen was the beginning of a lifelong attempt to satisfy an insatiable journalistic desire. Always voluble and candid, Carnegie was as active with his pen as with his tongue.

Although most of the selections were penned for an audience now long gone, today’s reader will be intrigued by the pertinence and timelessness of Carnegie’s hopes for world peace, his views on labor, and his concern for better race relations in America.

The River Ran Red

The River Ran Red

Homestead 1892

A Richly Illustrated Account of a Crucial Moment in US Labor History

History and Context in Comparative Public Policy

History and Context in Comparative Public Policy

Through a series of essays, this volume argues that every political system is based on a substratum of shared intentions, meanings, and rules of conduct embedded in a culture.

Interests and Institutions

Interests and Institutions

Substance and Structure in American Politics

Interest and Institutions is a collection of essays written by distinguished political scientist Robert Salsibury, a leading analyst of interest group politics. He offers his theories on the workings and influence of groups, organizations, and individuals in many different areas of American politics.

The Red Line

The Red Line

Winner of the 1991 Associated Writing Programs’ Award Series in Poetry

Sleeping Preacher

Sleeping Preacher

The poems in this book deal with life in a Pennsylvania Mennonite community and the tensions and conflicts that exist for the speaker as she tries to be true to two worlds, the other being New York City.

Academic Discourse and Critical Consciousness

Academic Discourse and Critical Consciousness

Academic Discourse and Critical Consciousness traces the attempts of one writing teacher to understand theoretically – and to respond pedagogically – to what happens when students from diverse backgrounds learn to use language in college. Critical of even her own previous work, Patricia Bizzell presents a picture of how she has grappled with major issues in composition studies over the past decade and offers suggestions for the development of composition studies as an academic discipline.

Total 1542 results found.