Old Is Gold

Speculative Fictions places Alexander Hamilton at the center of American literary history to consider the important intersections between economics and literature. By studying Hamilton as an economic and imaginative writer, it argues that we can recast the conflict with the Jeffersonians as a literary...

Yoga. Humanistic Psychology. Meditation. Holistic Healing. These practices are commonplace today. Yet before the early 1960s they were atypical options for most people outside of the upper class or small groups of educated spiritual seekers. Esalen Institute, a retreat for spiritual and personal growth...

Originally inhabited by Native American tribes, territorial Mississippi has a complex history rife with fierce contention. This book explores the political and diplornatic situations that led to the formation and expansion of the Mississippi Territory.Author: Robert V. HaynesPublisher: University Press of KentuckyPublished: 04/21/2010Pages: 432Binding...

" Access-no single word better describes the primary concern of the exploration and development of space. Every participant in space activities-civil, military, scientific, or commercial-needs affordable, reliable, frequent, and flexible access to space. To Reach the High Frontier details the histories of the various...

Machiavelli was painfully aware of living in a disastrous moment of Italy's history: foreign invasions, occupations and shattered states. He was harshly critical of Italy's princes (such as Francesco Sforza), its professional military class (especially Cesare Borgia), and the Church (Pope Julius II), and...

This study examines the significant roles of five women poets, in order of chronology: Eliza Hamilton Dunlop, Mary Bailey, Caroline Leakey, Emily Manning, and Louisa Lawson. The work of these poets can outline the development of women's poetry in Australia and internationally across the...

'Though home is a name, a word, it is a strong one', said Charles Dickens, 'stronger than magician ever spoke, or spirit answered to, in strongest conjuration.' The ancient Greek word nostos, meaning homecoming or return, has a commensurate power and mystique. Irish philosopher-poet...

By: Grace Gillam Davidson, Pub. 1929, Reprinted 2020, 408 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-007-1.Richmond County was created in 1777. It is one of the original counties of the state and was formed out of a portion of the colonial Parish of St. Paul. It is...

The eighteenth century was the Jews' first modern century. The deep changes that took place during its course shaped the following generations, and its most prominent voices still reverberate today. In this first volume of his magisterial work, Shmuel Feiner charts the twisting and...

By: James C. Flanigan, Pub. 1943, Reprint 2019, 446 pages, 0-89308-977-X. Gwinnett County was created in 1818 from Jackson County and lands gained through the cession of Creek Indian lands. It lies in the north-central part of the state. This book is similar to...

By: J.W. Wells, Pub. 1947, Reprinted 2019, 442 pages, ISBN #0-89308-890-0. Cumberland County was created in 1798 from Green County. It sits in along the Kentucky-Tennessee border in the south central portion of the state. Of special note: it sits directly above Smith and...

By: Millard K. Bushong, Pub. 1941, Reprinted 2019, 458 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-026-8. Jefferson County was formed in 1801 from Berkeley County. It sits in the Shenandoah Valley and is the eastern most county in West Virginia, bordering Washington County, Maryland and Loudoun, Clarke,...

By: John W. Baker, Pub. 1935, Reprint 2019, 440 pages, Index, 0-89308-933-8 Hart County was created in 1853 from Franklin and Elbert Counties. It lies in the Northeastern portion of the state. It sits on the Savannah River that seperates Georgia from Old 96...

By: Dr. A.S. Bosworth, Pub. 1916, Reprinted 2019, 450 pages, Index, ISBN #0-89308-902-8. Randolph County was formed in 1787 from Harrison County. This book is a detailed history of the county starting out with the pioneer era then moving to the creation of the...

Christian filmmaking, done outside of the corporate Hollywood industry and produced for Christian churches, affected a significant audience of church people. Protestant denominations and individuals believed that they could preach and teach more effectively through the mass medium of film. Although suspicion toward the...

Before Liz Smith and Perez Hilton became household names in the world of celebrity gossip, before Rush Limbaugh became the voice of conservatism, there was Hedda Hopper. In 1938, this 52-year-old struggling actress rose to fame and influence writing an incendiary gossip column, "Hedda...

On December 12, 1937, Japanese aircraft sank the American gunboat Panay, which was anchored in the Yangtze River outside Nanjing, China. Although the Japanese apologized, the attack turned American public opinion against Japan, and President Roosevelt dispatched Captain Royal Ingersoll to London to begin...

" On December 8, 1941, the day after the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese invaded the Philippine Islands, catching American forces unprepared and forcing their eventual surrender. Among the American soldiers who managed to avoid capture was twenty-five-year-old Lieutenant Robert Lapham, who...

The social practice of tact was an invention of the nineteenth century, a period when Britain was witnessing unprecedented urbanization, industrialization, and population growth. In an era when more and more people lived more closely than ever before with people they knew less and...

A former Wisconsin high school science teacher makes the case that how and why we teach science matters, especially now that its legitimacy is under attack. Why teach science? The answer to that question will determine how it is taught. Yet despite the enduring...