In the first book to focus exclusively on George Balanchine's early Russian ballets, most of which have been lost to history, Elizabeth Kattner offers new insights into the artistic evolution of a legend through her reconstruction of his first group ballet, Funeral March.
This re-issue of the classic 1927 documentary edition features a new introduction by John David Smith about its publishing history, its editors, and its scholarly value to southern historiography. Originally published by the Missouri Historical Society, it documents the plantation records of George Noble Jones and his two Florida plantations, El ......
Inside knowledge from Florida's fishing greats, showing how the sport has developed in the state over more than a century As one of the most lauded fishing destinations in the United States, boasting world records on varieties of fish, Florida has proven irresistible to the world's top anglers for more than 100 years. Florida's Fishing ......
The history and groundbreaking discovery of a 1559 shipwreck and an ill-fated early Florida colony Honorable Mention, North American Society for Oceanic History John Lyman Book Award in the Naval and Maritime Science and Technology Category In 1559, Spanish explorer Tristan de Luna led a fleet of ships from Mexico to Pensacola Bay to settle ......
The Beginnings of the AMEZ Church in Florida, 1864-1905
The story of a church that became influential within the Black community in Florida after the Civil War ? This history of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion (AMEZ) Church in Florida tells how dedicated members of one of the oldest and most prominent black religious institutions created a forceful presence within the African-American ......
He walked on the Moon. He flew six space missions in three different programs--more than any other human. He served with NASA for more than four decades. His peers called him the ""astronaut's astronaut."" Enthusiasts of space exploration have long waited for John Young to tell the story of his two Gemini flights, his two Apollo missions, the ......
The illustrated story of the history and groundbreaking discovery of an important historical site, fully updated on the 30th anniversary of its first publication Awards and praise for the first edition: Florida Historical Society Charlton Tebeau Book Award American Association for State and Local History Award of Merit "Tells ......
Looking at writers, directors, and thinkers who are linked to the Maghreb, Mireille Rosello argues that new types of encounters between the French and the Algerians have the potential to counteract the negative force of history. She maintains that these "performative" encounters are moments of fragile and precarious exchange that could shift the ......
The Ongoing Struggle for Black Equality in the U.S. South
Examining the African American stuggle for economic parity in the South after the 1960sRich with the voices of Black and white southern workers, From Rights to Economics shows how African Americans have continued fighting for economic parity in the decades since the civil rights legislation of the 1960s. Using oral histories and case studies that ......
