Examines various aspects of childhood in American colonies between the late sixteenth and late eighteenth centuries. This title features essays that observe a diverse cross-section of children - from indigenous peoples of the east coast and Mexico to Dutch-born children of the Plymouth colony and African-born offspring of slaves in the Caribbean.
Early encounters between Britain and China are best known for igniting the First Opium War. Yet they also produced an enormous archive of writings by Britons who spent time in China. Frustrated with the restrictions imposed by the Manchu rulers of the Qing Empire, and unable to live or travel elsewhere apart from Canton and Macao, these diplomats, ......
English Country Dance and the Politics of the Folk in Modern America
Presents the story of English Country Dance, from its 18th century roots in the English cities and countryside, to its transatlantic leap to the US in the 20th century, told by not only a renowned historian but also a folk dancer, who has both immersed himself in the rich history of the folk tradition and rehearsed its steps.
Silas Talbot's life illuminates his time-not with greater brightness than the lives of his more famous contemporaries, but with perhaps broader range and greater insight into the experiences and circumstances of a plain citizen of the new republic-a citizen whose bravery and energy helped to create it. Silas Talbot was a farmer's son who went to ......
This book challenges the cultural optimism of the Enlighten through an examination of Nietzsche, Dostoevsky, and Artaud. These authors pushed back against the optimism of the enlightenment through their writing and advanced the idea of cruelty as lying at the root of all human nature and culture.
What are the best ways of thinking about the founding of Dartmouth College in 1769-in the context of the religious, political, and economic history of Britain, colonial America, and even the world? In Dartmouth and the World, a distinguished panel of scholars approaches the issue in a rich variety of ways.
What are the best ways of thinking about the founding of Dartmouth College in 1769-in the context of the religious, political, and economic history of Britain, colonial America, and even the world? In Dartmouth and the World, a distinguished panel of scholars approaches the issue in a rich variety of ways.
The Life and Times of Lady Elizabeth Foster Afterwards Duchess of Devons
Bess was the other Duchess, Georgiana's best friend, who with Georgiana and her husband, William Cavendish, 5th Duke of Devonshire, formed the infamous menage a trois at Devonshire house
