By Thomas R. Flynn (NHC Fellow, 1991–92) Sartre and Foucault were two of the most prominent and at times mutually antagonistic philosophical figures of the twentieth century. And nowhere are the antithetical natures of their existentialist and poststructuralist philosophies more apparent than in their disparate approaches to historical understanding. In Volume One of this authoritative … Continued
Edited by David Warren Sabean (NHC Fellow, 2008–09) and Christopher H. Johnson Recently considerable interest has developed about the degree to which anthropological approaches to kinship can be used for the study of the long-term development of European history. From the late middle ages to the dawn of the twentieth century, kinship – rather than … Continued
By Christine Leigh Heyrman (NHC Fellow, 1985–86) In an astonishing history, a work of strikingly original research and interpretation, Heyrman shows how the evangelical Protestants of the late-18th century affronted the Southern Baptist majority of the day, not only by their opposition to slaveholding, war, and class privilege, but also by their espousal of the … Continued
Edited by Paul E. Szarmach (NHC Fellow, 1981–82) Old English prose before the late tenth century is examined in this collection of hitherto unpublished essays. Using a variety of techniques, the authors explore well-known and lesser-known texts in search of a better understanding of why, how, and by whom the manuscripts were produced. Part I … Continued
Edited by James L. Peacock (NHC Fellow, 2003–04), Harry L. Watson, and Carrie R. Matthews Looking beyond broad theories of globalization, this volume examines the specific effects of globalizing forces on the southern United States. Eighteen essays approach globalization from a variety of perspectives, addressing such topics as relations between global and local communities; immigration, … Continued
By Emília Viotti da Costa (NHC Fellow, 1984–85) This classic work is must reading for anyone who would understand Brazil and Latin America, past and present. First published in 1985 and now expanded to include a new chapter on women in Brazilian history, the book explores the social, political, economic, and intellectual currents that shaped … Continued
By Carolyn Merchant (NHC Fellow, 2000–01) How and why have Americans living at particular times and places used and transformed their environment? How have political systems dealt with conflicts over resources and conservation? This is the only major reference work to explore all the major themes and debates of the burgeoning field of environmental history. … Continued
By Charles Royster (NHC Fellow, 1984–85) From the moment the Civil War began, partisans on both sides were calling not just for victory but for extermination. And both sides found leaders who would oblige. In this vivid and fearfully persuasive book, Charles Royster looks at William Tecumseh Sherman and Stonewall Jackson, the men who came … Continued
By Padraig A. Breatnach (NHC Fellow, 2000–01) Led by Brother Míchél Ó Cléirigh, O.F.M., the Four Masters worked together between 1630 and 1636 to compile a series of historical tracts and records that are among the most important Irish writings from any century. No part of these productions was destined to appear in print in … Continued
Edited by David Warren Sabean (NHC Fellow, 2008–09), Jason Philip Coy, and Benjamin Marschke The Holy Roman Empire has often been anachronistically assumed to have been defunct long before it was actually dissolved at the beginning of the nineteenth century. The authors of this volume reconsider the significance of the Empire in the sixteenth, seventeenth, … Continued