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Symbols have always had important roles, and each US state has developed its own seals, flags and emblems, but how did they come to be chosen? John C. Fisher provides an answer to this question for Missourians with a handy reference on the various official symbols of state.

One of two volumes which bring together Voegelin's miscellaneous papers, this text gathers crucial writings from the early formative period of this scholar's thought. It begins with Voegelin's dissertation on sociological method, which he completed in 1922.

Bringing together material from James A. Rawley's three decades of work, this volume depicts the slave trade from 1700 to the American Civil War. It considers the role of London in the trade, and focuses on a number of important figures in the slave industry, including Humphry Morice.

An illustrated architectural exploration of the history of 12 prominent mansions in the Midwest. Although most early governors did not live in mansions, staying instead in boarding houses or hotels, over time states recognized the need to provide more appropriate lodging for their chief executives.

The author details how Eliot re-imagined Milton's life and art to write epic novels for an age of unbelief. She demonstrates that Eliot directly engaged Milton's poetry, prose and the well-known legends of his life, transposing, re-framing, re-gendering and testing stories by and about him.

Set in England, these are stories that explore the nature of friendship: how friendships are formed and deepened, how they can be betrayed and lost. These diverse friendships are tested throughout, coming up against outside forces and internal conflicts that can alter or destroy them.

Joseph Coulombe maintains that for over 25 years, Mark Twain deliberately manipulated contemporary conceptions of the American West to create and then modify his public image. Coulombe analyses the stereotypes Twain uses and explores his struggle to find a new model of the West.

A collection of stories from ordinary men and women who lived through extraordinary times. They lived in places like Lee's Summit, Independence and Kansas City, yet their experiences were much like those of World War II veterans everywhere. The author has preserved the history each carries.

Studying the origins of direct legislation in the US, this title examines the source of the idea and early efforts to generate a national movement to expand popular democracy. It then examines the different ways in which 22 states enacted legislation allowing for statewide initiative and referenda.

Charles H. Gold provides a complete description of Samuel Clemens' business relationships with Charles L. Webster and James W. Paige during the 1880s. Gold analyses how these affected Clemens and the development of his Mark Twain persona and work.

In March 1929 a questionnaire was distributed among University of Missouri students to measure their attitudes towards marriage. This text explores how this psychology project, a seemingly innocuous questionnaire, could have caused a statewide uproar that attracted national attention.

The gradual transformation of the aristocratic sporting tradition of Britain into a popular one in America is the theme of this work. Dizikes examines the self-contradicting attitudes of 19th-century Americans in the process of creating a uniquely American sporting culture.

Peter Mackuck's stories, often humorous, deal with the costly habits of being materialistic, envious, narcissistic, fearful, judgemental, vengeful and obsessive - and altogether human. The characters in this collection all face loss and must find a way to deal with it and live their lives.

This collection explores the lives of African-American characters against the ever-present backdrop of race, but with the myriad complexities of individual minds and souls in the foreground.

These letters document Dickey's maturity into a poet, and follow his gradual establishment of self-identity and his struggle to determine subject matter and career. They are grouped by decade, with a critical introduction to each period, and reproduced without alterations.

James Schultz offers a pictorial study of a cultural movement that started in 1904 and spread across the United States. He provides an insight into the tent shows known as ""chautauquas"" that brought popular education and entertainment to the small towns of America for over 30 years.

This memoir of A.E. Hotchner's World War II experiences explores a different side of the war years. His excellent writing skills resulted in his working on propaganda films and writing plays. Here, he recounts meeting some unforgettable characters, such as Clark Gable, Alan Ladd and Dorothy Parker.

Based in the same locale as Mark Twain's tales of Tom Sawyer in Hannibal, Missouri, Ilasco was an industrial town created to serve the purposes of the Atlas Portland Cement Company. Andrews relates the story of the exploitation and the eventual destruction of the town.

Provides a politicized and historicized reading of William Golding's novels. Paul Crawford here argues that an understanding of fantastic and carnivalesque modes in Golding's work is vital if we are to appreciate fully his interrogation of 20th-century life.

The second of a two-volume history of the Jewish community of St Louis covering the St Louis Jewish population of the 20th century and continuing where volume one concluded.

Mark Twain's life is portrayed here in this mosaic of words and over 600 pictures. The words are Twain's own, taken from his writings - the autobiography, his letters, notebooks, newspaper reporting, sketches, travel pieces and fiction - and the illustrations provide a counterpoint to the text.

This volume brings to the forefront the suffering endured by Louisianians during and after the American Civil War - hardships more severe than those suffered by most of the Confederacy. The essays deal with the differing segments of Louisiana's society and their interactions with each other.

Part of ""The Collected Works of Langston Hughes"" series, this volume features his essays, from his radical pieces praising revolutionary socialist ideology in the 1930s to the more conservative, previously unpublished ""Black Writers in a Troubled World"".

This text is a comprehensive account of the life and work of Leslie Fiedler, the famous literary, cultural and political critic.

The 13 essays in this collection offer a nuanced picture of Samuel Clemens. As a whole they argue that we approach Clemens not as a shadow behind the literary persona but as a complex and intricate creator of stories, a creator who is deeply embedded in the political events of his time.

The story of McCord's fight for survival in Sante Fe, New Mexico, and also of his guerrilla warfare to help another small paper survive against Gannett's underhand tactics in Green Bay, Wisconsin. It seeks to show what happens when a ruthless wheeler-dealer gets control of the news.

Jesse B. Simple sprang to life in Langston Hughes's weekly ""Chicago Defender"" column in 1943. This is an examination of Hughes's ""Simple stories"". Through the conversations between Simple and his foil, Boyd, Hughes makes clear that both are alike - black men in a racially unbalanced society.

A collection of essays which have something to do with a genetic approach to literary study. In this work, Tom Quirk takes a stand against the direction taken by modern critical theory and sets forth his approach to literature. Authors discussed include Hawthorne, Melville, Twain and Faulkner.