While we know a great deal about naval strategies in the classical Greek and later Roman periods, our understanding of the period in between--the Hellenistic Age--has never been as complete. However,
One of the most intriguing questions in contemporary American Christianity is whether the recent warming of relations between Catholics and conservative evangelicals promises a thaw in the ice age tha
The Albigensian Crusade, which forms the main subject of William of Puylaurens' Chronicle, was a defining episode in the history of France. Launched in 1209 by Pope Innocent III, it was directed again
This detailed biography offers a reappraisal of the career of Robert Curthose, William the Conqueror's eldest son and duke of Normandy from 1087 to 1106, locating the duke's career in the social, cult
The First World War was an unprecedented event, and some of its effects on the state of Maryland can be seen to this day. Maryland’s civilian contributions included agricultural and industrial product
The World War II years were a time of growth and productivity for the Baltimore area, and the city contributed significantly to the Allied war effort. Baltimore launched the first of the famed Liberty
A military expert describes how a secret group of powerful and unelected “grey men” help keep the nation safe from “terror” through the steady erosion and undermining of everyday freedoms.
Reynolds (curriculum studies, Georgia Southern University) explores curriculum theory from hermeneutics and phenomenology to poststructuralism in these essays from 1982-2002. Democratic schools, the a
Scholars of education, most of them in southern states of the US, explore the possibility of a curriculum based on a region, taking the South as an example. Their topics include revisiting and reconce
Since the United States has gone South in a number of respects, it is crucial to our understandings of ourselves and our current milieu to peer through the mist that covers the intricacies of the cult
Critical Studies of Southern Place: A Reader critically investigates and informs the construction of Southernness, Southern identity, and the South past and present. It promotes and expands the notion
Southern contributors in education, writing, English, and community studies deal with topics related to Southern identity, culture, and education. The book’s 33 chapters are grouped in thematic sectio
