Despite the growing scholarly interest in the civil rights movement, to date there has been no comprehensive examination of the Black Power movement. Black Power in the Belly of the Beast fills this gap by providing the first in-depth look at the Black Power movement from the 1963 founding of the Revolutionary Action Movement (RAM) to the Black ......
For most of the nineteenthand much of the twentiethcenturies, railroads dominatedAmerican transportation.They transformedlife and they captured theimagination. Yet by 1907railroads had also becomethe largest cause of violentdeath in the country, in thatyear claiming the lives ofnearly twelve thousand passengers,workers, and others.In Death Rode ......
Justinian's Plague, the Black Death, the Great Plague, cholera,influenza, tuberculosis, and AIDSthese diseases andothers have devastated human lives and society for generations,decimating populations, creating panic, and wreckingsocial and economic infrastructure. In Epidemics LaidLow epidemiologist and historian Patrice Bourdelais analyzesthe ......
Justinian's Plague, the Black Death, the Great Plague, cholera, influenza, tuberculosis, and AIDSthese diseases and others have devastated human lives and society for generations, decimating populations, creating panic, and wrecking social and economic infrastructure. In Epidemics Laid Low epidemiologist and historian Patrice Bourdelais analyzes ......
In 2002, Susan Schmidt retraced John Smith's 1608 voyage on the Chesapeake Bay. In Landfall along the Chesapeake she recounts her hundred-day, 2,500-mile, mostly solo adventure navigating a small boat. Her daily ship's log weaves history and science, weather and seamanship. As she circles the Bay counterclockwise from Jamestown, she explores ......
Becoming a mother after the age of thirty-five is increasingly common, but mothers-to-be in this age group can face unique medical, emotional, and social challenges. Conception may be difficult and necessitate fertility treatments. The risk of miscarriage during early pregnancy is higher for women over thirty-five, as is the potential for ......
Juan de Ribera and Religious Reform in Valencia, 1568-1614
In early modern Spain the monarchy's universal policy toconvert all of its subjects to Christianity did not end distinctionsamong ethnic religious groups, but rather maderelations between them more contentious. Old Christians,those whose families had always been Christian, definedthemselves in opposition to forcibly baptized Muslims(moriscos) and ......
Bacteria and mold may lurk undetected in carpets or in the heating or cooling system of your office or school. When inhaled, the by-products of these organisms can cause allergy and asthma symptoms. Chemical vapors emitted by office furniture and equipment may also foul the air we breathe indoors, causing headaches, eye irritation, or other ......
Bacteria and mold may lurk undetected in carpets or in the heating or cooling system of your office or school. When inhaled, the byproducts of these organisms can cause allergy and asthma symptoms. Chemical vapors emitted by office furniture or equipment may also foul the air we breathe indoors, causing headaches, eye irritation, or other ......
