The University of Alabama Press

American Culture, Canons, and the Case of Elizabeth Stoddard
American Culture, Canons, and the Case of Elizabeth Stoddard

Robert McClure Smith is Associate Professor of English at Knox College in Galesburg, Illinois, and t

Paul Crumbley

Miles of Stare: Transcendentalism and the Problem of Literary Vision in Nineteenth-Century America
Miles of Stare: Transcendentalism and the Problem of Literary Vision in Nineteenth-Century America

Miles of Stare explores the problem of nineteenth-century American literary vision: the strange conf

Michelle Kohler

Memorial Boxes and Guarded Interiors: Edith Wharton and Material Culture
Memorial Boxes and Guarded Interiors: Edith Wharton and Material Culture

In Edith Wharton's works, references to architecture, interior decoration, painting, sculpture, and

Gary Totten

The American Counterfeit: Authenticity and Identity in American Literature and Culture
The American Counterfeit: Authenticity and Identity in American Literature and Culture

Fakery, authenticity, and identity in American literature and culture at the turn of the 20th centur

Mary Balkun

The Slaves Who Defeated Napoleon: Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian War of Independence, 1801-1804
The Slaves Who Defeated Napoleon: Toussaint Louverture and the Haitian War of Independence, 1801-1804

To a contemporary audience, Haiti brings to mind Voodoo spells, Tontons Macoutes, and boat people -

Philippe R.Girard

It Wasn't All Dancing, and Other Stories
It Wasn't All Dancing, and Other Stories

With the 11 stories in this long-awaited collection, Mary Ward Brown once again offers her devoted f

MS Mary Ward Brown

Freshwater Mussels of Florida
Freshwater Mussels of Florida

Freshwater Mussels of Florida is the only comprehensive, illustrated encyclopedia of all recorded sp

James D.Williams

Homelands: Southern Jewish Identity in Durham-Chapel Hill and North Carolina
Homelands: Southern Jewish Identity in Durham-Chapel Hill and North Carolina

"Homelands "blends oral history, documentary studies, and quantitative research to present a colorfu

Leonard Rogoff

Dixie Diaspora: An Anthology of Southern Jewish History
Dixie Diaspora: An Anthology of Southern Jewish History

This book is an anthology of essays designed to introduce readers to key issues in a growing field o

Elliot Ashkenazi