The University Press Of Kentucky: 775 books
Congressional Ambivalence
The Political Burdens of Constitutional Authority
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
Is the United States Congress dead, alive, or trapped in a moribund cycle? When confronted with controversial policy issues, members of Congress struggle to satisfy conflicting legislative, representative, and oversight duties. These competing goals, along with the pressure to satisfy local constituents,...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2010
In the second half of the twentieth century, American conservatism emerged from the shadow of New Deal liberalism and developed into a movement exerting considerable influence on the formulation and execution of public policy in the United States. During that period, the political philosophers who...
Family or Freedom
People of Color in the Antebellum South
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2012
In the antebellum South, the presence of free people of color was problematic to the white population. Not only were they possible assistants to enslaved people and potential members of the labor force; their very existence undermined popular justifications for slavery. It is no surprise that, by...
by Thomas D. Schoonover
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 25, 2013
The roots of American globalization can be found in the War of 1898. Then, as today, the United States actively engaged in globalizing its economic order, itspolitical institutions, and its values. Thomas Schoonover argues that this drive to expand political and cultural reach -- the quest for wealth,...
by Charles E. Ziegler, Reuel Hanks, Andrey A. Kazantsev
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2014
The five Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, and Turkmenistan constitute an area of increasing importance in global politics. The region currently serves as the main route for transporting American and NATO supplies and personnel into Afghanistan. Its Turkic Muslim...
by Charles R. Kesler, Hadley P. Arkes, Paul A. Cantor
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2012
Thirty years ago, Ronald Reagan rode a wave of patriotism to the White House by calling for a return to what he considered to be traditional American values--personal liberty, free markets, and limited government. After the cultural struggles and generational clashes of the 1960s and 70s, it appeared...
Narnia and the Fields of Arbol
The Environmental Vision of C. S. Lewis
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2009
The remarkable breadth of C. S. Lewis's (1898--1963) work is nearly as legendary as the fantastical tales he so inventively crafted. A variety of themes emerge in his literary output, which spans the genres of nonfiction, fantasy, science fiction, and children's literature, but much of the scholarship...
Learning Native Wisdom
What Traditional Cultures Teach Us about Subsistence, Sustainability, and Spirituality
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2012
Scientific evidence has made it abundantly clear that the world's population can no longer continue its present rate of consuming and despoiling the planet's limited natural resources. Scholars, activists, politicians, and citizens worldwide are promoting the idea of sustainability, or systems and...
Streaming
Movies, Media, and Instant Access
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2013
Film stocks are vanishing, but the iconic images of the silver screen remain -- albeit in new, sleeker formats. Today, viewers can instantly stream movies on televisions, computers, and smartphones. Gone are the days when films could only be seen in theaters or rented at video stores: movies are now...
A Revolution Down on the Farm
The Transformation of American Agriculture since 1929
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2008
At a time when food is becoming increasingly scarce in many parts of the world and food prices are skyrocketing, no industry is more important than agriculture. Humans have been farming for thousands of years, and yet agriculture has undergone more fundamental changes in the past 80 years than in...
The Soil and Health
A Study of Organic Agriculture
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2010
During his years as a scientist working for the British government in India, Sir Albert Howard conceived of and refined the principles of organic agriculture. Howard's The Soil and Health became a seminal and inspirational text in the organic movement soon after its publication in 1945. The Soil and...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2012
Arguably the most famous and recognized detective in history, Sherlock Holmes is considered by many to be the first pop icon of the modern age. Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fictional detective has stood as a unique figure for more than a century with his reliance on logical rigor, his analytic precision,...
by J.P. Telotte
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2008
Once confined solely to literature and film, science fiction has emerged to become a firmly established, and wildly popular, television genre over the last half century. The Essential Science Fiction Television Reader provides insight into and analyses of the most important programs in the history...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2010
Widely regarded as a turning point in American independent cinema, Steven Soderbergh's sex, lies, and videotape (1989) launched the career of its twenty-six-year-old director, whose debut film was nominated for an Academy Award and went on to win the Cannes Film Festival's top award, the Palme d'Or....