Traces, by means of their own words, women's work in 19th- and early 20th-century reform movements in Wisconsin's politics, and especially in its press. Until the state's ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1919, Wisconsin women were never at a loss for words, or a newspaper to print them.
Traces, by means of their own words, women's work in 19th- and early 20th-century reform movements in Wisconsin's politics, and especially in its pres...
Genevieve McBride traces women's work in reform movements in the state's politics and especially in its press, bringing women's voices vividly to life, in their own words. Nowhere was the struggle fought for so long and so hard as in Wisconsin.
Genevieve McBride traces women's work in reform movements in the state's politics and especially in its press, bringing women's voices vividly to life...
A literary, social and ethical history of book censorship in the USA. The first edition documented censorship from the 1870s to the 1930s. This second edition includes two new chapters that carry this history forward to the beginning of the 21st century.
A literary, social and ethical history of book censorship in the USA. The first edition documented censorship from the 1870s to the 1930s. This second...
For over a century, dark visions of moral collapse and social disintegration in American cities spurred an anxious middle class to search for ways to restore order. In this important book, Paul Boyer explores the links between the urban reforms of the Progressive era and the long efforts of prior generations to tame the cities. He integrates the ideologies of urban crusades with an examination of the careers and the mentalities of a group of vigorous activists, including Lyman Beecher; the pioneers of the tract societies and Sunday schools; Charles Loring Brace of the Children's Aid...
For over a century, dark visions of moral collapse and social disintegration in American cities spurred an anxious middle class to search for ways ...
Millions of Americans take the Bible at its word and turn to like-minded local ministers and TV preachers, periodicals and paperbacks for help in finding their place in God's prophetic plan for mankind. And yet, influential as this phenomenon is in the worldview of so many, the belief in biblical prophecy remains a popular mystery, largely unstudied and little understood. When Time Shall Be No More offers for the first time an in-depth look at the subtle, pervasive ways in which prophecy belief shapes contemporary American thought and culture.
Belief in prophecy dates back to...
Millions of Americans take the Bible at its word and turn to like-minded local ministers and TV preachers, periodicals and paperbacks for help in f...
Originally published in 1985, By the Bomb's Early Light is the first book to explore the cultural 'fallout' in America during the early years of the atomic age. Paul Boyer argues that the major aspects of the long-running debates about nuclear armament and disarmament developed and took shape soon after the bombing of Hiroshima.
The book is based on a wide range of sources, including cartoons, opinion polls, radio programs, movies, literature, song lyrics, slang, and interviews with leading opinion-makers of the time. Through these materials, Boyer shows the surprising and...
Originally published in 1985, By the Bomb's Early Light is the first book to explore the cultural 'fallout' in America during the early years o...
Capturing Education examines the founding of the first tribally controlled American Indian colleges in the late 1960s and early 1970s and follows their subsequent growth and development, especially in the 1980s and 1990s. Based on oral histories recorded over a twenty-year period, it documents the motivations of the movement's founders and the challenges they faced while establishing colleges on isolated and impoverished Indian reservations. Early leaders discuss the opposition they encountered from both Indians and non-Indians at a time when few people believed Indians could or should...
Capturing Education examines the founding of the first tribally controlled American Indian colleges in the late 1960s and early 1970s and follo...
Capturing Education examines the founding of the first tribally controlled American Indian colleges in the late 1960s and early 1970s and follows their subsequent growth and development, especially in the 1980s and 1990s. Based on oral histories recorded over a twenty-year period, it documents the motivations of the movement s founders and the challenges they faced while establishing colleges on isolated and impoverished Indian reservations. Early leaders discuss the opposition they encountered from both Indians and non-Indians at a time when few people believed Indians could or should...
Capturing Education examines the founding of the first tribally controlled American Indian colleges in the late 1960s and early 1970s and follo...
