Matthew William: 82 books
Writing History with Lightning
Cinematic Representations of Nineteenth-Century America
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...
The Worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens
Place, Personality, and Politics in the Civil War Era
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2019
The Worlds of James Buchanan and Thaddeus Stevens examines the political interests, relationships, and practices of two of the era’s most prominent politicians as well as the political landscapes they inhabited and informed. Both men called Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, their home, and both were...
There is a Gunman on Campus
Tragedy and Terror at Virginia Tech
Language: English
Release Date: March 27, 2008
In our media-saturated culture, momentous events occur quickly, as news and images are broadcast around the country and the world. We are often riveted by the news and our everyday reality is suddenly changed. Yet, almost as quickly, that critical event is replaced by a new story. The old event fades...
by Matt King, Michael Moats, Matthew J. King
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2005
More sulfuric acid is produced every year than any other chemical. It has a wide range of uses including phosphate fertilizer production, explosives, glue, wood preservatives, and lead-acid batteries. It is also a particularily corrosive and dangerous acid, with extreme environmental and health hazards...
Designer Biology
The Ethics of Intensively Engineering Biological and Ecological Systems
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Advances in our scientific understanding and technological power in recent decades have dramatically amplified our capacity to intentionally manipulate complex ecological and biological systems. An implication of this is that biological and ecological problems are increasingly understood and approached...
Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization
Exploring the Fandemonium
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2011
Identity and socialization among sports fans are burgeoning areas of study among a growing cadre of scholars in the social sciences and beyond. Sports Fans, Identity, and Socialization, edited by Adam C. Earnheardt, Paul Haridakis, and Barbara Hugenberg, is an eclectic collection of new studies from...
by Mary T. Clark, Siobhan Nash-Marshall, William Werpehowski
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2015
This volume brings into dialogue the ancient wisdom of Augustine of Hippo, a bishop of the early Christian Church of the fourth and fifth centuries, with contemporary theologians and ethicists on the topic of social justice. Each essay mines the major themes present in Augustine's extensive corpus...
Bioarchaeology of the American Southeast
Approaches to Bridging Health and Identity in the Past
Language: English
Release Date: September 25, 2018
A timely update on the state of bioarchaeological research, offering contributions to the archaeology, prehistory, and history of the southeastern United States.
Building on the 1991 publication What Mean These Bones? Studies in Southeastern Bioarchaeology, this new edited collection from Shannon...
Crossing the Finish Line
Completing College at America's Public Universities
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2009
The United States has long been a model for accessible, affordable education, as exemplified by the country's public universities. And yet less than 60 percent of the students entering American universities today are graduating. Why is this happening, and what can be done? Crossing the Finish Line...
by Danielle M. Stern, William E. Loges, Steve Granelli
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2015
Television, Social Media, and Fan Culture examines how fans use social media to engage with television programming, characters, and narrative as well as how television uses social media to engage fan cultures. The contributors review the history and impact of social media and television programming;...
Remake Television
Reboot, Re-use, Recycle
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2014
Remakes are pervasive in today’s popular culture, whether they take the form of reboots, “re-imaginings,” or overly familiar sequels. Television remakes have proven popular with producers and networks interested in building on the nostalgic capital of past successes (or giving a second chance...
Charlotte, NC
The Global Evolution of a New South City
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2012
The rapid evolution of Charlotte, North Carolina, from “regional backwater” to globally ascendant city provides stark contrasts of then and now. Once a regional manufacturing and textile center, Charlotte stands today as one of the nation’s premier banking and financial cores with interests...
by William Diller Matthew
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2015
Palæontology deals with the History of Life. Its time is measured in geologic epochs and periods, in millions of years instead of centuries. Man, by this measure, is but a creature of yesterday—his "forty centuries of civilization but a passing episode. It is by no means easy for us to adjust our...
by Joaquín Almunia, Chris Fonteijn, Peter Freeman
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2015
This volume contains the papers presented at the annual Concurrences Journal conference held on 21 February 2014 at the French Ministry for the Economy. After the traditional « State of the Union », presented by Vice President Joaquín Almunia in the context of the « after » economic crisis, the...