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In this richly illustrated book, Robert Macieski examines Lewis W. Hine's art and advocacy on behalf of child labourers as part of the National Child Labor Committee (NCLC) between 1909 and 1917. A "social photographer", Hine created images that documented children at work throughout New England, making the case for their exploitation in the North as he had for rural working children in the South.

"Strange Hymn by Carlene Kucharczyk is a meticulously crafted lyrical journey exploring morality and humanity. The poems here grapple with understanding physical loss. They also engage with the more abstract slipping away of memory and time. Kucharczyk's insightful poems blur the lines between history and myth, love and grief, song and silence, often caught between lamenting the passage of time and rejoicing in small beauties. Each moment reflects on our ephemeral lives from musings on art and nature to reflections on the self. As readers traverse this collection, they learn how the body sings, the many iterations of Mary, what sirens truly think of Odysseus, how a Morning Glory unfurls, and lessons in orthodontics, but most importantly, how to live with absence. Kucharczyk is a master of manipulating time and space through her dynamic use of form, creating a narrative that begs, 'After I'm gone, don't bury my body- / Burn it, and turn it into song'"-- Provided by publisher.

Chronicling the untold stories of marginalized veterans in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Service Denied uncovers the generational divides, cultural stigmas, and discriminatory policies that affected veterans during and after their military service.

Under this new 'science of work' that emerged in Britain between 1870 and 1939 fatigue was seen as the ultimate pathology of the working-class body, reducing workers' capacity to perform continued physical or mental labour. As Steffan Blayney shows, the equation between health and efficiency did not go unchallenged.

Journalist, activist, popular historian, and public intellectual, Lerone Bennett Jr left an indelible mark on twentieth-century American history and culture. This biography travels with him from his childhood in Jim Crow Mississippi and his time at Morehouse College to his participation in a range of Black intellectual and activist endeavours.

The Venice Ghetto was founded in 1516 by the Venetian government as a segregated area of the city in which Jews were compelled to live. This interdisciplinary collection engages with questions about the history, conditions, and lived experience of the Ghetto, including its legacy as a compulsory, segregated, and enclosed space.

Analyses a rich set of documents created for and by young Germans to show that children were central to reinventing their own education between 1770 and 1850. Through their reading and writing, they helped construct the modern child subject.

Details the cultural history and personal stories behind an iconic figure of Cold War masculinity - the fallout shelter father. Thomas Bishop demonstrates that the nuclear crisis years of 1957 to 1963 were not just pivotal for the history of international relations but were also a transitional moment in the social histories of American fatherhood.

Maria Baldwin held a special place in the racially divided society of her time, as a highly respected educator at a largely white New England school and an activist who carried on the radical spirit of the Boston area's renowned abolitionists from a generation earlier. This book reveals both Baldwin's victories and ""quiet courage"" in everyday life.

Taking up the New Hampshire newspaper industry as its case study, American Intelligence unpacks the ways in which an unprecedented quantity of printed material was gathered, distributed, marketed, and consumed, as well as the strong influence that it had on the shaping of the American political imagination.

Print culture expanded significantly in the nineteenth century due to new print technologies and more efficient distribution methods, providing literary critics with an increasing number of venues to publish their work. Adam Gordon embraces the multiplicity of critique in the period from 1830 to 1860 by exploring the critical forms that emerged.

During the 1960s and 1970s, New England and British seafaring workers experienced new hardships as modern fleets from many nations intensified their hunt for fish. Colin Davis details the unfolding drama as New England and British fishermen and their wives, partners, and families reacted to this competition.

Born on the island of Flores, between Europe and the United States, Pedro da Silveira captures the islander's longing for migratory movement, leading to departure and an inevitable return. These fresh and original poems express a deep connection to place, particularly, the insular world of the mid Atlantic islands of the Azores.