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Chronicles the twin paths of isolation and desire in the search for meaning and union with others.

Examines the politics of representing aboriginality. This title discusses the cinematic construction and transnational circulation of aboriginality. It analyzes how indigeneity is represented in cinema. It also explores contextual issues in filmmaking such as funding, personnel, modes of production, and means of distribution.

Explores the President Abraham Lincoln's ties to the American West. This title looks at the sixteenth president's lasting legacy in the territory beyond the Mississippi River. It traces the western connections, from Lincoln's early reactions to Texas, Oregon, and the Mexican War in the 1840s, through the 1850s, and throughout his presidency.

Broadway producer Cheryl Crawford (1902-1986) declared in her 1977 autobiography, ""The theatre has been my life."" Crawford was notoriously circumspect about her private life, and only now, with Milly S. Barranger's insightful biography, is her full story revealed. As Barranger traces Crawford's career as a producer, she tells the parallel story of American theatre in the mid-twentieth century.

While there have been several studies of writing programs at larger, the community college classroom has often been overlooked. This title presents a case study of first semester writing students. It reveals the challenges students face as budding writers, and their experiences with writing programs at the community college level.

Explores how the intersection of vision, rhetoric, and writing pedagogy in the classroom can help students become compassionate citizens who participate in the world as they become more critically aware of the world. This work argues that all social action depends on a person's repertoire of visual and rhetorical habits.

Drawing on numerous examples from a range of authors and genres, this title demonstrates the use of style as a vehicle for performance, a way for writers to project themselves onto the page while managing their engagement with the reader. It equips students with the vocabulary and tools to analyze the styles of others in fresh ways.

Examines the story of one of John Singleton Mosby's most trusted and respected officers, Colonel William Henry Chapman. This book offers an understanding of a man transformed by the shattering of his nation. It exposes a soldier and patriot whose convictions compelled him to battle fiercely for Southern independence.

Argues that contemporary economic and political challenges make elementary questions about literacy, language, literature, education, and class imperative, and require a clear understanding of the cultural ideals of English studies. This work explores the central role of freshman English and literary studies in the creation of the middle class.

Explores the historical, cultural, and political effects of teaching English composition in China. This book offers scholars a chance to observe how a nation changed from monolingual writing practices to bilingual writing instruction in a school setting. It alerts American writing scholars and teachers to an untimely English monolingual mentality.

Writer's block is more than a mere matter of discomfort and missed deadlines; sustained experiences of writer's block may influence academic success and career choices. The author delineates many cognitive errors that cause blocking, such as inflexible rules or conflicting planning strategies.

An examination of early television censorship, centered around the papers of Stockton Helffrich, the first manager of the censorship department at NBC. It explores the ways in which Helffrich's personal history and social class influenced his perception of his role as NBC-TV censor and his tendency to ignore certain political and cultural taboos.

Shows how hunting Confederate commerce raiders on the high seas endured the tedium of blockade duty and took part in riverine warfare on the Mississippi. This book presents the author's beliefs about race, slavery, and the Union cause that were unconventional for the time and stand in contrast to those held by many of his contemporaries.

Cites the parallel between Fannie Hurst's acclaim and the evolution of silent films, from which she borrowed ideas and techniques that furthered her career. This book presents the popular culture from 1910 through the 1920s, tracing the meteoric rise of Hurst and depicting the colorful cast of characters surrounding her.

A political biography of Richard Ogilvie that views him as a pivotal figure in Illinois politics during a time of great social and political turmoil. It sheds light on his military heroics, his political career, and the Illinois elections of 1968, 1970, and 1972.

Caresse Crosby rejected the culturally prescribed roles for women of her era and background in search of an independent, creative, and socially responsible life. This biography details Crosby's professional accomplishments and her personal struggles.

A comprehensive guide to plants in the Nelumbonaceae to Vitaceae families. It identifies aquatic and wetland plants in eight central Midwestern states. It contains 346 illustrations as well as ecological information, nomenclature, and keys for plants in the aforementioned families.

Describes the regimental history of Chicago's Irish Volunteers. This book tells the story of Chicago's 90th Illinois Volunteer Infantry, the only Irish regiment in Major General William Tecumseh Sherman's XV Army Corps. It exposes the racial issues that affected the soldiers of the 90th Illinois.

The first comprehensive collection of legal history documents from the Civil War and Reconstruction, this volume shows the profound legal changes that occurred during the Civil War era and highlights how law, society, and politics inextricably mixed and set American legal development on particular paths that were not predetermined.

Explores the life and career of actress, author, and feminist Clara Morris. This book reveals how Morris, even after experiencing blindness and the loss of her home, livelihood, and family, did not succumb to despair and found comfort in the small pleasures of her circumscribed life.

A collection of essay that examine aspects of the history of Sweden and its Nordic neighbors between the later eighteenth and the beginning of the twenty-first century. It deals with the historians of the Danish Agrarian Reforms of 1784-1814, parallel developments in Finland and Norway between 1808 and 1917, and the discovery of Norway abroad.

Explores the life and work of Mordecai Gorelik, a pioneering scene designer whose career spanned decades in American theatre. This book draws intriguing parallels and contrasts between Gorelik's productions and the theatrical movements of the twentieth century, exposing the indelible mark he left on the stage.

Mexico had interested Ulysses S Grant since the young lieutenant fought there. As president of the Mexican Southern Railroad, he emerged as a strong advocate of increased trade and investment. Appointed by President Chester A Arthur to negotiate a commercial treaty, Grant spent most of January 1883, working on the project.

Explores the life of Abraham Lincoln. This book contains topics including religion, education, middle-class family life, the antislavery movement, politics, and law. It examines aspects of Lincoln's life - his personal piety in comparison with the beliefs of his contemporaries.

Examines the experiences of seven prominent women of stage and screen whose lives and careers were damaged by the McCarthy-era ""witch hunts"" for Communists and Communist sympathizers in the entertainment industry: Judy Holliday, Anne Revere, Lillian Hellman, Dorothy Parker, Margaret Webster, Mady Christians, and Kim Hunter.

From odes to the corporate cornucopia of Target and the aggressive cheer of a Carnival cruise, to emotive examinations of Caravaggio's ""The Calling of St Matthew"" or flies circling a putrescent bowl of forgotten fruit, this title presents a lyrical web of apocalyptic scenarios and snapshots of pop culture.

Presents an English-language translation of the ill-fated Uruguyan erotic poet Delmira Agustini. This book presents a representative sampling of the poetry Delmira Agustini published before her untimely death on July 6, 1914 at the age of twenty-seven.