American sexual character

When Alfred Kinsey's massive studies Sexual Behavior in the Human Male and Sexual Behavior in the Human Female appeared in 1948 and 1953, their detailed data spurred an unprecedented public discussion of the nation's sexual practices and ideologies. As they debated what behaviors were normal or a...

American showman

Samuel "Roxy" Rothafel (1882–1936) built an influential and prolific career as film exhibitor, stage producer, radio broadcaster, musical arranger, theater manager, war propagandist, and international celebrity. He helped engineer the integration of film, music, and live performance in silent fil...

American shtetl

A compelling account of how a group of Hasidic Jews established its own local government on American soilSettled in the mid-1970s by a small contingent of Hasidic families, Kiryas Joel is an American town with few parallels in Jewish history—but many precedents among religious communities in the ...

American sociology and holocaust studies

The first résumé in English of up-to-date research on post-Holocaust Sociology. A single volume full of relevant tips to help a wide audience rethink the genocide in sociological tools and investigate the history of the same Sociology.

American sophistication

The fascinating story of sophistication in the United States, from the founding to the presentIs there such a thing as “American sophistication”—or is it a contradiction in terms? Those questions have been up for grabs since America’s founding. The idea of sophistication has always left Americans...

American statesmanship

American Statesmanship, much needed in our public discourse, examines some of the most significant political leaders in American history.With an eye on the elusive qualities of political greatness, this anthology considers the principles and practices of diverse political leaders who influenced t...

American stories

Nagai Kafu is one of the greatest modern Japanese writers, but until now his classic collection, American Stories, based on his sojourn from Japan to Washington State, Michigan, and New York City in the early years of the twentieth century, has never been available in English. Here, with a detail...

American studies

American Studies has long been a home for adventurous students seeking to understand the culture and politics of the United States. This welcoming spirit has found appeal around the world, but at the heart of the field is an identity crisis. Nearly every effort to articulate an American Studies m...

American trade politics

In this comprehensive revision of the most influential, widely read analysis of the US trade policymaking system, Destler addresses how globalization has reshaped trade politics, weakening traditional protectionism but intensifying concern about trade's societal impacts. Entirely new chapters tre...

American trojan

American Trojan is the captivating story of a refugee who lost everything and then rebuilt it all,  an immigrant who defied the odds and achieved the American Dream; a visionary technologist who transformed the University of Southern California into one of the nation’s most prestigious private re...

American tuna

In a lively account of the American tuna industry over the past century, celebrated food writer and scholar Andrew F. Smith relates how tuna went from being sold primarily as a fertilizer to becoming the most commonly consumed fish in the country. In American Tuna, the so-called “chicken of the s...

American universities abroad

Across the globe, American-style and liberal arts universities are being established. However, these universities operate in a distinctive dynamic that must learn to bridge one culture with another, and leadership of such institutions must by its nature focus on such complexities and tensions. Th...

American visa

Seaweed's story, from Maoist China to her New York emigration.

American war machine

A sweeping history of the vast military and industrial complex behind America’s unmatched power on the world stage, from the Eisenhower presidency to TrumpIn January 1961, President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivered his farewell address to the nation, in which he famously warned of the potential dan...

American whiskey bar

A remarkable memoir about the unmaking of a film.

American wine economics

The U.S. wine industry is growing rapidly and wine consumption is an increasingly important part of American culture. American Wine Economics is intended for students of economics, wine professionals, and general readers who seek to gain a unified and systematic understanding of the economic orga...

American workers, colonial power

Historically, Filipina/o Americans have been one of the oldest and largest Asian American groups in the United States. In this pathbreaking work of historical scholarship, Dorothy B. Fujita-Rony traces the evolution of Seattle as a major site for Philippine immigration between World Wars I and II...

American yiddish poetry

This remarkable volume introduces to the large English-speaking audience what is probably the most coherent segment of twentieth-century American literature not written in English. The range of American Yiddish Poetry runs the gamut from individualistic verse of alienation in the modern metropoli...

American zealots

In American Zealots, Arie Perliger provides a wide-ranging and rigorously researched overview of right-wing domestic terrorism. He analyzes its historical roots, characteristics, tactics, rhetoric, and organization, assessing the current and future trajectory of the use of violence by the far right.

American zion

American Zion is the story of the Bundys, a Mormon family famous for their armed conflicts on western public lands.

American zoo

A close-up look at the contradictions and wonders of the modern zooOrangutans swing from Kevlar-lined fire hoses. Giraffes feast on celebratory birthday cakes topped with carrots instead of candles. Hi-tech dinosaur robots growl among steel trees, while owls watch animated cartoons on old televis...

American-spanish semantics

American-Spanish Semantics examines how Spanish language in the New World evolved from its sixteenth-century roots in Spain, adapting to diverse social and environmental changes. Spanish conquerors and settlers came from varied regions of Spain, leading to a blend of regional dialects. They avoid...

Americas

Stunning in its sweep, Americas is the most authoritative history available of contemporary Latin America and the Caribbean. From Mexico to Tierra del Fuego, and from Cuba to Trinidad and Tobago, Americas examines the historical, demographic, political, social, cultural, religious, and economic t...

America’s arab refugees

America's Arab Refugees is a timely examination of the world's worst refugee crisis since World War II. Tracing the history of Middle Eastern wars—especially the U.S. military interventions in Iraq and Afghanistan—to the current refugee crisis, Marcia C. Inhorn examines how refugees fare once res...

America’s most famous catholic (according to himself)

This book investigates the religious identity and authority of Stephen Colbert and his character Stephen Colbert. By exploring Colbert’s position as a lay catechist and televised comedian, this book examines how Catholicism shapes Colbert’s experiences, and how Colbert and his persona nuance Ame...

America’s working poor

With the erosion of the economic boundaries that once defined the American middle class, the United States seems nearer to becoming an economically dichotomous society of rich and poor. While this alarming economic trend has spurred much discussion in the political and economic arenas, the workin...

Americo castro and the meaning of spanish civilization

Americo Castro and the Meaning of Spanish Civilization offers a systematic exploration of Castro's ideas, organized to trace the evolution and impact of his theories on Spanish history and culture. More than a typical Festschrift or homage, the book brings together contributions from scholars, fr...

Amharic student dictionary

Amnesty international and women's rights

Miriam Ganzfried offers a comprehensive look at Amnesty International’s work on women’s rights. Through interviews with staff members and activists and unprecedented access to archival material from the Swiss and the German sections, she shows how women activists strategized to make AI increase i...

Amnh the dinosaur hunters

Illustrated with 30 rare documents, photographs and hand-drawn maps, The Dinosaur Hunters explores the unearthing of Iguanodon teeth, the discovery of the first flying dinosaur, the infamous Bone Wars and Mark Norell's radical study of feathered dinosaurs, and much more.

Among african apes

These compelling stories and photographs take us to places like Bwindi Impenetrable National Park in Uganda, Ivindo National Park in Gabon, and the Taï National Park in Côte d’Ivoire for an intimate and revealing look at the lives of African wild apes—and at the lives of the humans who study them...

Among murderers

What is it like for a convicted murderer who has spent decades behind bars to suddenly find himself released into a world he barely recognizes? What is it like to start over from nothing? To answer these questions Sabine Heinlein followed the everyday lives and emotional struggles of Angel Ramos ...

Among prisoners

In the tradition of Flannery O'Connor, Manley presents a cultural snapshot that is poignant, grotesque, ironic, fascinating.

Among ruins

Among Ruins is the final volume of Homestead Works, a collection of four books of poetry that explore the industrial past and legacy of the old steel town of Homestead, Pennsylvania.

Among the goddesses

Among the islands

Tim Flannery is one of the world’s most influential scientists, credited with discovering more species than Darwin. In Among the Islands Flannery recounts a series of expeditions he made at the dawn of his career to the strange tropical islands of the South Pacific, a great arc stretching nearly ...

Among the walking wounded

This is a Canadian veteran’s experience of PTSD delivered in an intimate personal account that is as visceral as it is blunt — a courageous story of dark descent and painful triumph that stands as a testament for many Canadian soldiers who still fight and suffer in the shadows.

Amor and psyche

The renowned tale of Amor and Psyche, from Apuleius's second-century Latin novel The Golden Ass, is one of the most charming fragments of classical literature. Neumann chose it as the exemplar of an unusual study of feminine psychology. Unfolding the spiritual and mythical background of the pagan...

Ampersand organ

An Autostraddle Most Anticipated“Epic, kaleidoscopic and unapologetically crip: this is a book that sings the multitude in revolutionary new ways.”—PeopleA fearless, expansive collection that blurs the boundary between body and poem, wielding a liberatory lyric impulse that revels from neuron to ...