Edited by Franklin W. Knight (NHC Fellow, 1986–87) and Colin A. Palmer (Trustee; NHC Fellow, 1989–90) This collection of thirteen original essays by experts in the field of Caribbean studies clarifies the diverse elements that have shaped the modern Caribbean. Through an interdisciplinary examination of the complexities of race, politics, language, and environment that mark … Continued
By Elizabeth A. Clark (NHC Fellow, 1988–89; 2001–02) Around the turn of the fifth century, Christian theologians and churchmen contested each other’s orthodoxy and good repute by hurling charges of “Origenism” at their opponents. And although orthodoxy was more narrowly defined by that era than during Origen’s lifetime in the third century, his speculative, Platonizing … Continued
By Robert Bireley (NHC Fellow, 1998–99) Unlike the traditional terms Counter-Reformation or Catholic Reform, this book does not see Catholicism from 1450 to 1700 primarily in relationship to the Protestant Reformation but as both shaped by the revolutionary changes of the early modern period and actively refashioning itself in response to these changes: the emergence … Continued
By Timothy D. Taylor (NHC Fellow, 1999–00) From the early days of radio through the rise of television after World War II to the present, music has been used more and more to sell goods and establish brand identities. And since the 1920s, songs originally written for commercials have become popular songs, and songs written … Continued
By Jonathan Freedman (NHC Fellow, 1994–95) From the beginning of modern intellectual history to the culture wars of the present day, the experience of assimilating Jews and the idiom of "culture" have been fundamentally intertwined with each other. Freedman's book begins by looking at images of the stereotypical Jew in the literary culture of nineteenth- … Continued
Edited by N. G. L. Hammond (NHC Fellow, 1985–86), Mortimer Chambers, Theodore K. Rabb, Isser Woloch, and Raymond Grew
By Mia Bay (NHC Fellow, 2009–10) Born to slaves in 1862, Ida B. Wells became a fearless antilynching crusader, women's rights advocate, and journalist. Wells's refusal to accept any compromise on racial inequality caused her to be labeled a "dangerous radical" in her day but made her a model for later civil rights activists as … Continued
By Barbara Will (NHC Fellow, 2003–04)
By John Shelton Reed (NHC Fellow, 1983–84) If you think that nowadays the South is pretty much just a hot Midwest, meet John Shelton Reed: "Americans need to be reminded that there are good-sized regional differences in this country. So I'm volunteering to help with this reminding." Readers on both sides of the Late Unpleasantness … Continued
Edited by Luis R. Corteguera (NHC Fellow, 2001–02) and Marta V. Vicente This is the first essay collection to examine the relation between text and gender in Spain from a broad geographical, social and cultural perspective covering more than 300 years. The contributors examine women and the construction of gender thematically, dealing with the areas … Continued