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  • The Soul of a Folklorist

    Historical Moments, Political Representation, and the Weight of Social Responsibility

    by Ann K. Ferrell, Diane E. Goldstein ...
    Series series Activist Encounters in Folklore and Ethnomusicology
    In the 1960s, '70s, and '80s, the US saw a growing awareness of representational politics following the civil rights, women's, gay and lesbian, antiwar, and environmental justice movements, and, like most fields, folklore became increasingly cognizant of these cultural and political shifts. The Soul of a Folklorist chronicles the growing pains folklorists felt as the field engaged in these new and ... Read more

    $43.99 USD

  • Burley

    Kentucky Tobacco in a New Century

    by Ann K. Ferrell ...
    Series series Kentucky Remembered: An Oral History Series
    Once iconic American symbols, tobacco farms are gradually disappearing. It is difficult for many people to lament the loss of a crop that has come to symbolize addiction, disease, and corporate deception; yet, in Kentucky, the plant has played an important role in economic development and prosperity. Burley tobacco—a light, air-cured variety used in cigarette production—has long been the ... Read more

    $26.99 USD

  • Narrative Knows No Boundaries

    Exploring the Claims and Limits of Telling

    Edited by Ann K. Ferrell, Martha C. Sims ...
    Contributions by Sheila Bock, Olivia Caldeira, Claudia Chiang-Frost, Cynthia Cox, Ann K. Ferrell, Kate Parker Horigan, Stewart Jobrack, Eleanor Paynter, James Phelan, Susan Ritchie, Martha C. Sims, Jasmine Stork, Sydney K. Varajon, and Jason WhiteselIn Narrative Knows No Boundaries: Exploring the Claims and Limits of Telling, the contributors examine uses of clearly recognizable narratives, as ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Religion and Society in Early Modern England

    A Sourcebook

    Edited by David Cressy, Lori Anne Ferrell ...
    Religion and Society in Early Modern England is a thorough sourcebook covering interplay between religion, politics, society, and popular culture in the Tudor and Stuart periods.It covers the crucial topics of the Reformation through narratives, reports, literary works, orthodox and unorthodox religious writing, institutional church documents, and parliamentary proceedings. Helpful introductions ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

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  • The Gatherings

    Reimagining Indigenous-Settler Relations

    by Shirley N. Hager, Mawopiyane ...
    In a world that requires knowledge and wisdom to address developing crises around us, The Gatherings shows how Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples can come together to create meaningful and lasting relationships.Thirty years ago, in Wabanaki territory – a region encompassing the state of Maine and the Canadian Maritimes – a group of Indigenous and non-Indigenous individuals came together to ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The Tycoons

    How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy

    by Charles R. Morris ...
    "Makes a reader feel like a time traveler plopped down among men who were by turns vicious and visionary."—The Christian Science MonitorThe modern American economy was the creation of four men: Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan. They were the giants of the Gilded Age, a moment of riotous growth that established America as the richest, most inventive, and most ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • The Art of Dying Well

    by St. Robert Bellarmine, Wyatt North ...
    This book comes complete with a Touch-or-Click Table of Contents, divided by each section. Robert Bellarmine, whose full name in Italian is Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino, was an Italian Jesuit and a Cardinal of the Catholic Church. He was one of the most important figures in the Counter-Reformation. He was canonized in 1930 and is a Doctor of the Church. During his retirement, he wrote ... Read more

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  • The Rule of Saint Benedict

    by St. Benedict of Nursia, Wyatt North ...
    This edition of The Rule of St. Benedict comes complete with a Touch-or-Click Table of Contents.The Rule of Saint Benedict (Regula Benedicti) is a book of precepts written by St. Benedict of Nursia for monks living communally under the authority of an abbot. Since about the 7th century it has also been adopted by communities of women. During the 1500 years of its existence, it has become the ... Read more

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  • A Black Queer History of the United States

    by C. Riley Snorton, Darius Bost ...
    Series series ReVisioning History
    **The first-ever Black history to center queer voices, this landmark study traces the lives of LGBTQ+ Black Americans from slavery to present dayGender and sexual expression have always been part of the Black freedom struggle**In this latest book in Beacon’s award-winning ReVisioning History series, Professors C. Riley Snorton and Darius Bost unearth the often overlooked history of the Black queer ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • Gone Tomorrow

    The Hidden Life of Garbage

    by Heather Rogers ...
    "A galvanizing exposé" of America's trash problem from plastic in the ocean to "wasteful packaging, bogus recycling, and flawed landfills and incinerators" ( Booklist, starred review).Eat a take-out meal, buy a pair of shoes, or read a newspaper, and you're soon faced with a bewildering amount of garbage. The United States is the planet's number-one producer of trash. Each American throws out 4.5 ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Life of St. Anthony (Vita S. Antoni)

    by St. Athanasius, Wyatt North ...
    This edition comes complete with a Touch-or-Click Table of Contents. Most of what is known about the life of Anthony comes from the Life of Anthony. Written in Greek around 360 by Athanasius of Alexandria, it depicts Anthony as an illiterate and holy man who through his existence in a primordial landscape has an absolute connection to the divine truth, which always is in harmony with that of ... Read more

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  • Our History Has Always Been Contraband

    In Defense of Black Studies

    Edited by Colin Kaepernick, Robin D. G. Kelley, Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor ...
    "The centuries-long attack on Black history represents a strike against our very worth, brilliance, and value. We’re ready to fight back. And when we fight, we win." —Colin KaepernickSince its founding as a discipline, Black Studies has been under relentless attack by social and political forces seeking to discredit and neutralize it. Our History Has Always Been Contraband was born out of an ... Read more

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