University Press Of Mississippi imprint: 979 books
Negative Intelligence
The Army and the American Left, 1917-1941
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Sports
The All-American Addiction
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2002
John R. Gerdy knows sports inside-out. He has been an All-American Basketball Player whose college jersey was retired. He was briefly a professional player. Later he served as an associate commissioner in the NCAA's Southeastern Conference, and as a legislative and ethical advisor to the NCAA and the...
Getting Off at Elysian Fields
Obituaries from the New Orleans Times-Picayune
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2015
No city in America knows how to mark death with more funerary panache than New Orleans. The pageants commemorating departed citizens are often in themselves works of performance art. A grand obituary remains key to this Stygian passage. And no one writes them like New Orleanian John Pope. Collected...
by Helen S. L., M.B.B.S., F.R.C.P.(C)
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2007
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2007
Cancer is one of the world's most dreaded diseases. Yet the past two decades have seen major revolutions in cancer therapy and steadily growing hopes for a cure. This book, written in easily understood language, provides an extensive look at the way medical professionals are treating the disease today....
This Woman's Work
The Writing and Activism of Bebe Moore Campbell
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2016
This Woman's Work presents a social history and critical biography based on the life of award-winning writer Bebe Moore Campbell (1950-2006). It offers the personal story of a popular novelist, journalist, and mental health advocate. This book examines Campbell's life and activism in two periods:...
by Barry Jean Ancelet, Jay Edwards, Glen Pitre
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1991
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 1991
The first book in the Folklife in the South series and by far the broadest look at traditional Cajun culture ever assembled. It not only describes the traditions as they are but also explains how they came to be.
Curt Flood in the Media
Baseball, Race, and the Demise of the Activist Athlete
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Curt Flood in the Media examines the public discourse surrounding Curt Flood (1938-1997), the star center fielder for the St. Louis Cardinals throughout the sixties. In 1969, Flood was traded to the Philadelphia Phillies. At the time, all Major League Baseball players were subject to the reserve clause,...
Swamp Pop
Cajun and Creole Rhythm and Blues
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1996
The Music of Multicultural America
Performance, Identity, and Community in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2016
The Music of Multicultural America explores the intersection of performance, identity, and community in a wide range of musical expressions. Fifteen essays explore traditions that range from the Klezmer revival in New York, to Arab music in Detroit, to West Indian steelbands in Brooklyn, to Kathak...