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Bilingual in format, this work is a collection of poems by a Vietnamese writer of the post-1975 generation. The poems are rooted in a culture that honours place and respect to landscapes of the past, present and future with contemporary juxtapositions.

Depicting the lives of inmates at the Connecticut Correctional Institution, this is the result of three years of research among the women at the prison. Built in 1917 as a work farm for prostitutes and unwed mothers, ""The Farm"" is seen as a barometer of prevailing social attitudes towards women.

This text examines the history of skiing in America, from its utilitarian origins to its transformation into a purely recreational activity. It integrates the history of skiing in the context of cultural, social and economic developments.

An account of the Krakow Jewish resistance, written during World War II, this book is the story of a group of young Jewish idealists who formed a clandestine unit to commit acts of defiance against the Nazi's, and was written on scraps of paper smuggled into the author's prison cell.

These 15 essays examine the lives of important but relatively little-known Native Americans. They explore the complexities of Indian-white relations from the 17th to the early 19th century, from Maine to the Ohio Valley. Figures such as Shickellamy, Awashunkes and Molly Ockett are highlighted.

Decadence has often been viewed as an ephemeral artistic vogue of late 19th- and early 20th-century Europe. This study makes the case for decadence as a literary movement in its own right, based on a set of aesthetic principles that formed a transitional link between romanticism and modernism.

Written from a non-Western point of view, this work offers a fresh perspective on the postcommunist literary scene. The four sections of the book - literature, ideology, culture and methodology - reflect the range of postmodernism in contemporary Russia.

The Quaker City is an expose of social corruption, personal debauchery and the sexual exploitation of women in the antebellum Philadelphia. ""The Monks of the Monk Hall"" illuminates urban America in the 19th century. Both these novels are edited and introduced in this volume.

This work presents an examination of the political philosophy of Martin Heidegger. It uncovers the political content of Heidegger's thinking on such topics as the temporality of Being, the role of science in the crisis of the West and the presumed special status and destiny of the German people.

In this work, the author re-examines Mark Twain as a person, a text and a myth. He argues that some of his best works are shaped by a drive for liberation from every social, psychological and artistic limit and describes him as a reflexive, paradoxical, rule shattering comic genius.

This revised edition offers cyclists informative and descriptive directions for a variety of bicycle routes in the Pioneer Valley of Western Massachusetts. There are 17 basic tours, which vary in length from 5.5 to 30 miles. Altogether, 60 rides can be derived from the information provided.

This account of the industrialization of the Merrimack River Valley is a tale of environmental degradation and engineering triumph. It shows how water came to be defined as private property. The book is a reminder of the contribution of interdisciplinary approaches to the heritage of an area.

This volume presents 15 feature articles from Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist, Madeleine Blais. She writes stories that illustrate the drama and importance of the life of each of her subjects. They include a portrait of Christine Falling, the baby killer, and a sketch of Tennessee Williams.

Provides psychological insights into the Jamaican poet's life in the US and examines the problems that confronted most black intellectuals during the Harlem renaissance of the 1920s and 1930s. This biography reveals much about the alienation of New York intellectuals and artists in general.

This is the autobiography and jounal of Thomas Shepard, Puritan writer, minister at Cambridge, Massachusetts, and a leading architect of New England's church way. The autobiography is printed here in full and there is a portion of the journal.

A biography of Marian (""Clover"") Hooper Adams, accomplished photographer, well-known in the cultural circles of Boston, and yet a suicide victim at the age of 42. It is an account of a gifted woman set against the intensely intellectual and moral life of 19th-century Boston and New England.

Presents a genealogy of the uses of conversion narratives in linking individual identity to various forms of social authority. Drawing on theories of Freud and Lacan, Peters traces the evolution of the conversion narrative from primitive initiation rituals to poetic uses in modern literature.

Boston marriage was first used to describe single women living together, with the presumption that their liaisons were non-sexual. The authors argue that in a sexually preoccupied society, we have no understanding of the intensely romantic but asexual friendships formed by some lesbians.

The 16 essays in this book explore the relationship between style and homosexuality, showing how ""camp"" has made its way into aspects of cultural life. The chapters address topics ranging from the ""high camp"" of Whitman and Proust to the ""low camp"" of drag-queen culture and gay fanzines.

Arguing that the USA's national faith in individual initiative and free opportunity has become a breeding ground for guilt over prejudice against those who exhibit signs of failure, this study of inequality in America looks at such issues as racism, poverty and the fight against crime.

Presents six outstanding works by Asian-American women playwrights, written in the past 20 years. Each play addresses the experiences of Asian-Americans in the United States, repudiating cultural and sexual stereotypes.

Offers an overview of coastal wetland ecology, describing eight major types in the south-eastern United States, from Virginia to Florida and west to Texas. More than 250 plants of tidal marshes and swamps are fully described, and over 200 others catalogued with distinguishing features.

A selection of 65 poems from 40 years of publication by Joseph Langland. Langland's books include ""Any Body's Song"", ""The Wheel of Summer"" and ""The Green Town"".

In this study, the author builds on 20 years of feminist scholarship to show how domestic ritual - the practice and traditions of housekeeping - has helped to shape the substances and tone of some of the best fiction by American women.

Winner of the 1991 Juniper Prize sponsored by the University of Massachusetts Press.

Analyzes the trials held in colonial New York concerning an alleged slave conspiracy, and looks at what this indicates about the city's racial and ethnic tensions, and legal system.

This collection aims to demonstrate the importance of Italian women writers to the literary world and seeks to bring them the critical attention they deserve. Twelve scholars and critics examine some of the best prose produced in recent years by Italian women.