At a time when the idea of wilderness is being challenged by both politicians and intellectuals, Imagining Wild America
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Scientific research has now established that race should be understood as a social construct, not a true biological divi
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In America, perhaps more than in any other western society, reality, legend and myth overlap. Americans have always been
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This book offers a comprehensive look at musical representations of native America from the pre colonial past through th
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When Horace Greeley published his famous imperative, “Go West, young man, and grow up with the country,” the frontier wa
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"A fine book that is sure to provoke interesting debates. . . . Paying close attention to the implications of gende
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With the ever-expanding presence of China in the global economy, Americans more and more look east for goods and trade.
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Wild Bill's ever-evolving legend When it came to the Wild West, the nineteenth-century press rarely let truth get i
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Illus. in full color. A fascinating introduction to the world of wolves, one of nature's most enduring and misunder
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“Judeo-Christian” is a remarkably easy term to look right through. Judaism and Christianity obviously share tenets, text
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From the Pampas lowlands of Argentina, Uruguay and Brazil to the Altiplano plateau that stretches between Chile and Peru
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