J L Miller: 67 books

Book cover of Studies in Victorian and Modern Literature

Studies in Victorian and Modern Literature

A Tribute to John Sutherland

by Rosemary Ashton, Tony Bareham, Michael Caines
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2015

This book examines the vast range of human experience with British and American literature, from the publishing industry to film adaptations to literary puzzles. Our experience with literature is more than what we read; it is also how we read, how literature is produced and the eternal puzzles it creates.
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The Gilded Age

Perspectives on the Origins of Modern America

by Eric Arnesen, Robert G. Barrows, Michael Les Benedict
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2006

The United States that entered the twentieth century was vastly different from the nation that emerged from the Civil War. Industrialization, mass immigration, the growing presence of women in the work force, and the rapid advance of the cities had transformed American society. Broad in scope, The Gilded...
Book cover of Unlocking the Wealth of Indian Nations
by Terry L. Anderson, Ann M. Carlos, Christian Dippel
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016

Most American Indian reservations are islands of poverty in a sea of wealth, but they do not have to remain that way. To extract themselves from poverty, Native Americans will have to build on their rich cultural history including familiarity with markets and integrate themselves into modern economies...
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Ethnic Dress in the United States

A Cultural Encyclopedia

by Linda Arthur Bradley, Washington State University, Naomi Braithwaite
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2014

The clothes we wear tell stories about us—and are often imbued with cultural meanings specific to our ethnic heritage. This concise A-to-Z encyclopedia explores 150 different and distinct items of ethnic dress, their history, and their cultural significance within the United States. The clothing...
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Aging Heroes

Growing Old in Popular Culture

by Patrice M. Buzzanell, Paul Haridakis, Cynthia J. Miller
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2015

Despite the increasing number and variety of older characters appearing in film, television, comics, and other popular culture, much of the understanding of these figures has been limited to outdated stereotypes of aging. These include depictions of frailty, resistance to modern life, and mortality....
Book cover of From Planet Texas, With Love and Aliens
by Pat Hauldren, Russ Linton, Becky Burkheart
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017

Speculative fiction is a thing unto itself, full of wonder and wisdom, creativity and imagination, Here is the first anthology of the North Texas Speculative Fiction Workshop. In these pages, you'll find a mix of fantasy, science fiction, and horror with stories like growing up in the space age, a...
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Writing History with Lightning

Cinematic Representations of Nineteenth-Century America

by Kenneth Greenberg, William L. Andrews, Lesley J. Gordon
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019

Films possess virtually unlimited power for crafting broad interpretations of American history. Nineteenth-century America has proven especially conducive to Hollywood imaginations, producing indelible images like the plight of Davy Crockett and the defenders of the Alamo, Pickett’s doomed charge...
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Waves of Protest

Social Movements Since the Sixties

by David G. Bromley, Diana Gay Cutchin, Luther P. Gerlach
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 1999

This book updates and adds to the classic Social Movements of the Sixties and Seventies, showing how social movement theory has grown and changed_from an earlier emphasis on collective behavior, to the resource mobilization approach, and currently to analyses that emphasize culture, ideology, and...
Book cover of Leo Strauss, The Straussians, and the Study of the American Regime
by Kenneth L. Deutsch, John A. Murley, George Anastaplo
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 1999

Responding to volatile criticisms frequently leveled at Leo Strauss and those he influenced, the prominent contributors to this volume demonstrate the profound influence that Strauss and his students have exerted on American liberal democracy and contemporary political thought. By stressing the enduring...
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Archaeologists as Activists

Can Archaeologists Change the World?

by Jodi A. Barnes, Robert Chidester, Kim Christensen
Language: English
Release Date: January 28, 2011

Could archaeologists benefit contemporary cultures and be a factor in solving world problems? Can archaeologists help individuals? Can archaeologists change the world? These questions form the root of “archaeology activism” or “activist archaeology”: using archaeology to advocate for and affect...
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Klassiker der Psychologie

Die bedeutenden Werke: Entstehung, Inhalt und Wirkung

by Hermann Feuerhelm, Ernst Plaum, Miriam Rothe
Language: German
Release Date: May 23, 2018

In über 40 anschaulichen Beiträgen werden die klassischen Werke der Psychologie vorgestellt, wie z. B. Fechners Elemente der Psychophysik, Freuds Traumdeutung und andere Bücher, die heute zu den Meilensteinen der Psychologie zählen. Hier wird eine Brücke von der Zeit der Veröffentlichung zur...
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