The University Press Of Kentucky: 775 books
Blood in the Sand
Imperial Fantasies, Right-Wing Ambitions, and the Erosion of American Democracy
Language: English
Release Date: October 7, 2005
Following the attacks of September 11, 2001, clouds of ash blackened the skies over New York City, Washington, D.C., and rural Pennsylvania. In the wake of the destruction, the United States seemingly entered a new era marked by radical changes in the nation's discourse and in the policies of the...
Peace Out of Reach
Middle Eastern Travels and the Search for Reconciliation
Language: English
Release Date: June 29, 2007
In Peace Out of Reach, Stephen Eric Bronner offers an intriguing analysis and eyewitness account of the political and ideological conflicts plaguing the Middle East. Sharply critical of the United States' policies in Afghanistan and Iraq and concerned about our nation's declining credibility throughout...
Killing the Indian Maiden
Images of Native American Women in Film
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2006
Killing the Indian Maiden examines the fascinating and often disturbing portrayal of Native American women in film. Through discussion of thirty-four Hollywood films from the silent period to the present, M. Elise Marubbio examines the sacrificial role of what she terms the "Celluloid Maiden"...
Hollywood's West
The American Frontier in Film, Television, and History
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2005
American historians such as Frederick Jackson Turner have argued that the West has been the region that most clearly defines American democracy and the national ethos. Throughout the twentieth century, the "frontier thesis" influenced film and television producers who used the West as a...
by Jennifer L. McMahon, B. Steve Csaki, Shai Biderman
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2010
The western is arguably the most iconic and influential genre in American cinema. The solitude of the lone rider, the loyalty of his horse, and the unspoken code of the West render the genre popular yet lead it to offer a view of America's history that is sometimes inaccurate. For many, the western...
Foreign Policy at the Periphery
The Shifting Margins of US International Relations since World War II
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2016
As American interests assumed global proportions after 1945, policy makers were faced with the challenge of prioritizing various regions and determining the extent to which the United States was prepared to defend and support them. Superpowers and developing nations soon became inextricably linked...
Albanian Escape
The True Story of U.S. Army Nurses Behind Enemy Lines
Language: English
Release Date: September 29, 2010
On November 8, 1943, U.S. Army nurse Agnes Jensen stepped out of a cold rain in Catania, Sicily, into a C-53 transport plane. But she and twelve other nurses never arrived in Bari, Italy, where they were to transport wounded soldiers to hospitals farther from the front lines. A violent storm and pursuit...
by David Zurick, Julsun Pacheco
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2006
The Himalaya are world-renowned for their exquisite mountain scenery, ancient traditions, and diverse ethnic groups that tenaciously inhabit this harsh yet sublime landscape. Home to the world's highest peaks, including Mount Everest, and some of its deepest gorges, the region is a trove of biological...
Steven Spielberg and Philosophy
We're Gonna Need a Bigger Book
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2008
Has any film director had a greater impact on popular culture than Steven Spielberg? Whether filming Holocaust heroes and villains, soldiers, dinosaurs, extraterrestrials, or explorers in search of the Holy Grail, Spielberg has given filmgoers some of the most memorable characters and wrenching moments...
Albert Capellani
Pioneer of the Silent Screen
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2015
In recent years, technology has given films of the silent era and their creators a second life as new processes have eased their restoration and distribution. Among the films benefitting from these developments are the works of director Albert Capellani (1874--1931), whose oeuvre was instrumental...
The U.S. South and Europe
Transatlantic Relations in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
The U.S. South is a distinctive political and cultural force -- not only in the eyes of Americans, but also in the estimation of many Europeans. The region played a distinctive role as a major agricultural center and the source of much of the wealth in early America, but it has also served as a catalyst...
Civil War Recipes
Receipts from the Pages of Godey's Lady's Book
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2013
Godey's Lady's Book, perhaps the most popular magazine for women in nineteenth-century America, had a national circulation of 150,000 during the 1860s. The recipes (spelled ""receipts"") it published were often submitted by women from both the North and the South, and they reveal...
Entangled by White Supremacy
Reform in World War I-era South Carolina
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2009
Despite its significance in world and American history, the World War I era is seldom identified as a turning point in southern history, as it failed to trigger substantial economic, political, or social change in the South. Yet in 1917, black and white reformers in South Carolina saw their world...
Freedom Rights
New Perspectives on the Civil Rights Movement
Language: English
Release Date: October 31, 2011
In his seminal article "Freedom Then, Freedom Now," renowned civil rights historian Steven F. Lawson described his vision for the future study of the civil rights movement. Lawson called for a deeper examination of the social, economic, and political factors that influenced the movement's...