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For much of the 19th century and all of the 20th, the per capita rate of suicide in Cuba was the highest in Latin America and among the highest in the world - a condition made all the more extraordinary in light of Cuba's historic ties to the Catholic church. This title presents an illustrated social and cultural history of suicide in Cuba.

Miguel La Serna's gripping history of the Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement (MRTA) provides vital insight into both the history of modern Peru and the link between political violence and the culture of communications in Latin America.

Revolt of the Provinces: The Regionalist Movement in America, 1920-1945

Wilhelm II (1859-1941), King of Prussia and German Emperor from 1888 to 1918, reigned during a period of unprecedented economic, cultural, and intellectual achievement in Germany. In this book and a second volume, historian Lamar Cecil provides the first comprehensive biography of one of modern history's most powerful - and most misunderstood - rulers.

A decade before the American Civil War, James Churchwill Vaughan (1828-93) set out to fulfil his formerly enslaved father's dying wish that he should leave America to start a new life in Africa. Tracing Vaughan's journey from South Carolina to Liberia to several parts of Yorubaland, Lisa Lindsay documents this "free" man's struggle to find economic and political autonomy.

Throughout the 1960s and 1970s, folklorist Ferris documented the voices of African Americans as they spoke about and performed the diverse musical traditions that form the authentic roots of the blues. Illustrated.

Since the moment William Ferris' parents him a Kodak Brownie Hawkeye camera in 1954, Ferris passionately began to photograph his world. He has never stopped. This beautiful, provocative collection of 100 of Ferris' photographs of the South, taken during his formative period, capture the power of his colour photography.

A history of the Protestant evangelization of Jews in America from 1880 to 2000. Based on research in missionary archives as well as Jewish writings, it analyzes the theology and activities of both the missions and the converts, and describes the reactions of the Jewish community.

Reaching back to the origins of antievolutionism in the 1920s, and continuing to the promotion of intelligent design, this title analyzes the creationism movement, one of the most formidable political movements of the twentieth century. It tells the story of the 1925 Scopes 'monkey' trial and reinterprets its meaning.

The essential handbook for successful small newspapers.

In this comprehensive study of the role of religion in American education, the author argues that public schools and universities must take religion seriously. The book argues both for a radical change and for taking a middle course in America's culture wars.

At a time when access to health care in the United States is being widely debated, the author argues that an even more important issue is being overlooked. Although necessary health care should be available to all who need it, he says, the health-care debate assumes that everyone requires massive amounts of expensive care to stay healthy.

What are the basic values and commitments of American liberals? This title answers this question. Tracing a tradition that extends from James Madison through Franklin Delano Roosevelt to today, this title emphasizes liberalism's distribution of power throughout society in order to secure freedom and equality.

Cheddi Jagan and the Politics of Power: British Guiana's Struggle for Independence

Spanning the North Atlantic rim from Canada to Scotland, and from the Caribbean to the coast of West Africa, the British Atlantic world is deeply interconnected across its regions. In this groundbreaking study, thirteen leading scholars explore the idea of transatlanticism--or a shared "Atlantic world" experience--through the lens of architecture, built spaces, and landscapes in the British Atlantic from the seventeenth century through the mid-nineteenth century. Examining town planning, churches, forts, merchants' stores, state houses, and farm houses, this collection shows how the powerful visual language of architecture and design allowed the people of this era to maintain common cultural experiences across different landscapes while still forming their individuality.By studying the interplay between physical construction and social themes that include identity, gender, taste, domesticity, politics, and race, the authors interpret material culture in a way that particularly emphasizes the people who built, occupied, and used the spaces and reflects the complex cultural exchanges between Britain and the New World.

This collection of thirteen essays brings together original work from sixteen scholars in various disciplines, ranging from theatre and literature to history and music, to address the complex roles of black performers, entrepreneurs, and consumers in American mass culture during the early twentieth century.