Social Science - Regional Studies

Author: Mandi Fugate SheffelPublisher: University Press of KentuckyPublished: 10/07/2025Pages: 192Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 7.90h x 5.40w x 0.80dISBN: 9781985903104About the AuthorSheffel, Mandi Fugate: - Mandi Fugate Sheffel was born and raised in Redfox, Kentucky. She is the owner of the Read Spotted Newt, an...

In this riveting account of an area of Appalachia known as the Quiet Zone where cell phones and WiFi are banned, journalist Stephen Kurczy explores the pervasive role of technology in our lives and the innate human need for quiet."Captures the complex beauty of...

NEW YORK TIMES and MIBA BESTSELLER From the St. Louis-based journalist often credited with first predicting Donald Trump's presidential victory. "A collection of sharp-edged, humanistic pieces about the American heartland...Passionate pieces that repeatedly assail the inability of many to empathize and to humanize." --...

Author: Rae GarringerPublisher: University Press of KentuckyPublished: 04/01/2025Pages: 112Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.32lbsSize: 8.44h x 5.61w x 0.33dISBN: 9781985901834About the AuthorGarringer, Rae: - Rae Garringer is a writer, oral historian, and audio producer living on S'atsoyaha (Yuchi) and Saawanwaki (Shawnee) lands in southeastern West Virginia...

Over 30 years, San Francisco's underground art scene developed techniques to create magical, impossible, life-changing experiences. Today big corporations are trying to figure out how to spend millions of dollars to do what these artists and anti-artists did using nothing but time, space, and...

Whether you've summered in Eastern coastal towns, visited cottages beside the Great Lakes, or dreamed of Pacific Ocean sunsets from your own porch, Waterfront Living reintroduces the practical and aspirational possibilities of waterside small towns across the U.S. Beloved waterside destinations can be a...

The fate of Micronesia is the fate of Sustainable Humanity. Micronesia is last domino in the quest to globalize the Earth into a singular monoculture. It is the region least affected by the increasingly global culture of conspicuous consumption and individualistic materialism. Micronesia is...

In 2016, headlines declared Appalachia ground zero for America's forgotten tribe of white working class voters. Journalists flocked to the region to extract sympathetic profiles of families devastated by poverty, abandoned by establishment politics, and eager to consume cheap campaign promises. What You Are...

A haunting account of teaching English to the sons of North Korea's ruling class during the last six months of Kim Jong-il's reign Every day, three times a day, the students march in two straight lines, singing praises to Kim Jong-il and North Korea:...

Come along with an adventurous and charismatic independent journalist (perhaps you're one of his four million subscribers on YouTube) on a journey through some of the very best of America, reminding us of all the reasons we've got to love this place and one...