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Presenting a study of the evolution of American women's clothing, this book traces the history of modern sportswear as a universal style that broke down traditional gender roles. It shows that behind this development was a growing interest in sports that was further nurtured by the establishment of schools of higher education for women.

A fresh look at the social context of a great American writer.

Presents a biography of Mary Livermore, an important nineteenth-century reformer. This book reconstructs Livermore's remarkable story, and explores how and why she became so renowned in her day.

Sponsored by the Thoreau Society, the books in this series offer the thoughts of a great writer on a variety of topics, some that we readily associate with him, some that may be surprising. Each volume includes selections from his familiar published works as well as from less well known lectures, letters, and journal entries.

What was life like for the young men who came of age in late-eighteenth-century New England? How did the American Revolution and its aftermath shape their outlook and experiences? This book offers a collective biography of the 204 members of the Harvard College classes of 1771 through 1774.

Although James Laughlin (1914-1997) came from one of Pittsburgh's leading steel-making families, he wanted to be a poet. Ezra Pound dismissed Laughlin's poetic talents, advising the wealthy young man to make himself a publisher. Laughlin did just that, founding New Directions Press in 1936.

Based on a three-year series of interviews conducted by Steven Ratiner for the ""Christian Science Monitor"", this book offers extended conversations with 12 poets writing in the 21st century. Included are coversations with: William Stafford, Mary Oliver, Charles, Simic and Seamus Heaney.

This collection of poems explores the conjoined cultures of Indian and European, the revisions the conquered race must face, and the disruption that results from the attempt to combine divergent cultures in a single being.

This text explores the process of collaboration in the creation of an American architectural masterpiece: Trinity Church on Copley Square in Boston .

In 1842, a group of radical abolitionists and social reformers established the Northampton Association of Education and Industry, a utopian community seeking equality and harmony. This volume contains 75 letters written by members of the Stetson family, documenting life in the Association.

The results of a five-year survey to map the distribution of all the birds that breed in the Commonwealth, this title features distribution maps showing possible, probable and confirmed breeding areas for 198 Massachusetts nesting species, plus summaries on the various birds.

An analysis of how culture, class and gender shaped American foreign policy during the Cold War. The author examines the institutions that shaped the members of the US foreign policy establishment, including all-male prep schools and Ivy-League universities.

The second edition of the selected poems of Nicolas Guillen, who died in 1989, includes an extensive new introductory essay by Roberto Marquez, an authority on Caribbean and Latin-American literature. Celebrated as Cuba's national poet, Guillen also attracted an international following.

He was the winner of 511 major league baseball games, nearly 100 more than any other pitcher, and was among the original 12 players inducted into baseball's Hall of Fame, but Cy Young remains a legendary but shadowy figure. This account of his life places him in the context of the time.

This volume looks at the literary and intellectual development of the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago. It examines narratives by and about its people and how notions of savagery and civilization were used in the writings of the dominant class, while also tracing the rise of nationalism.

Offering insights into urban literacy and conceptions of reading, this text explores the controversy that ensued over the alleged discovery of St Augustine's bones in Pavia, Italy, in 1695. Re-examining the dispute over Augustine's bones illuminates aspects of Catholic spirituality at the time.

This provides an inside view of Massachusetts political arena, including the workings of the executive, legislative, and judicial branches, as well as the administrative bureaucracy. The process of policy making and the complexities of on-the-ground implementation are examined.

The subject matter of these poems is ordinary: motherhood, marriage, sexuality, middle age, ambivalence, mortality, and the American Midwest. But in addressing these subjects, Laura Kasischke finds and reveals the strangeness of the most common traditions and dilemmas.

A chronicle of the mercurial rise, fall and revival of the Irish temperance movement. It examines how a popular Franciscan friar, Father Theobald Mathew, was almost single-handedly responsible for the transformation of Ireland into a temperance stronghold in the 1830s and 40s.

This work is a cultural history of the Vietnam War and its continuing impact upon contemporary American society. The author presents an investigation of how myths about the war evolved and why people depend on them to answer the confusing questions that have become the legacy of the war.

This volume reprints three short works by George Thompson, one of antebellum America's most successful authors of sensational fiction. There are two novels, ""Venus in Boston"" and ""City Crimes"", which depict the American city as a place of dark mystery, along with Thompson's autobiography.

In this collection of essays, a group of political scientists and historians re-evaluate the legacy of the New Deal. They show how Roosevelt and his allies forged an enduring public philosophy - modern liberalism - that redefined the relationship of government and governed.

A portrait of Charles Sumner, outspoken abolitionist, founder of the Free Soil and Republican parties, and leading member of the US Senate for more than 20 years. It traces the evolution of his character and thought, and presents a man animated more by principle than by impulse or ambition.

Designed as an introductory survey, this book examines the rise of American music over the 20th century. It starts with a look at music as a business, exploring various popular genres. Moving beyond outdated music-industry categories, it recovers and reinforces the blackness of much popular music.

This collection charts both the recesses of the human heart and the resiliency of the human spirit. In three novellas and two short stories, the author traces the arcs of emotion and the action that can follow on the heels of calamity.

This volume presents a survey of the rich heritage of the city of Massachusetts, showing how it has long exerted an influence disproportionate to its size. The authors argue that the experiences of the people of Massachusetts have been emblematic of larger themes in American history.

While recognizing affinities between music and poetry, this work argues that Western poetry is separate from music and the best poetry is a purely verbal art. In Kirby-Smith's view, poetry has always distanced itself from music, while retaining some memory of musical rhythms and organization.

A collection of papers on alternative approaches to environmental issues, written in an accessible style and aimed at a general audience. Sections cover the elements and our understanding of them, social institutions and human-nature interactions, and modern technology's affect on our imagination.

A collection of readings that explore the role of black style in American culture. While each essay focuses on a different aspect of African-American culture, together they seek to reveal a set of creative principles, techniques and practices - a cultural aesthetic - that is consistent.