This innovative volume examines historical homes and their wider landscapes to more fully address social issues of the past. The contributors analyse households across time periods and diverse cultures in North America, offering a new avenue for archaeological study of domestic sites.
This handbook offers an illustrated guide to over 250 of the snakes, lizards, turtles, frogs and salamanders common to the Amazonian regions of Peru, Brazil, Bolivia and Colombia. Close-up photographs accompany text that describes appearance, range, size and colour and lists similar species.
This is an anthology of crime, celebrating the murder mystery. The contributors, including John D. MacDonald and Charles Willeford, helped Florida become a serious contender for the title of crime fiction capital of America.
In the media, migrants are often portrayed as criminals; they are frequently dehumanized, marginalized, and unable to share their experiences. Telling Migrant Stories explores how contemporary documentary film gives voice to Latin American immigrants whose stories would not otherwise be heard.
Celebrates the work of one of America's most influential journalists who wrote in a time and place of dramatic social and political upheaval. The editor of the Atlanta Constitution from 1960 to 1968, Patterson wrote directly to his fellow white southerners every day, working to persuade them to change their ways.
Most research into humans' impact on the environment has focused on large- scale societies; a corollary assumption has been that small scale economies are sustainable and in harmony with nature. The contributors to this volume challenge this notion, revealing how such communities shaped their environment - not always in a positive way.