An investigation of the widespread popularity of modernist architecture in midcentury Brazil During the mid-twentieth century, Brazil as a country seemed to be fascinated with modernism. Middle-class people would read about it in popular newspapers and journals, then go about designing their own homes in the modernist style, using distinctive ......
A selection of speeches from UF's 11th president Bernie Machen, offering insights on public higher education and its challenges and changes The modern university is a beacon for students, a home for scholars, a hub of culture in the community, an engine of discovery, an economic force-a place of many purposes, all facing change or reinvention. ......
Long Island Sound Night Boats in the Twentieth Century
Edwin Dunbaugh's newest book, combining 49 nostalgic period photographs of steamships and in-depth historical research, will appeal to enthusiasts of maritime history and to students of New England business and maritime developments. Overnight steamboats between New York and ports in southern New England reached its zenith in the early years of ......
Television Production in the Digital Streaming Age
How new media is ushering in a more diverse Brazilian national identityIn this book, Eli Carter explores the ways in which the movement away from historically popular telenovelas toward new television and internet series is creating dramatic shifts in how Brazil imagines itself as a nation, especially within the context of an increasingly ......
A comprehensive overview of an important archaeological site from the Middle Woodland Period that represents a unique cultural phenomenon The Mann site, located in southwestern Indiana, is one of the most consequential but enigmatic archaeological sites of the Middle Woodland period. Dating to 200 - 600 CE, the site has long been known to ......
An Endangered Bird, Its Unlikely Prey, and a Story of Hope in a Changing World
The unexpected comeback of the endangered Everglade snail kite and what it means for other species facing extinction today
When a bird of prey known as the Everglade snail kite became hard to find in the wetlands of South Florida where it was once abundant, scientist Hilary Flower sought answers, tracking the kite far ......
Exploring archaeological sites and materials that uncover the history of the Bay State over four centuries ? Massachusetts's rich tapestry of people, places, and events has long been researched by historical archaeologists. Through archaeological sites and materials that document pivotal moments as well as lesser-known parts of the state's ......
Exploring archaeological sites and materials that uncover the history of the Bay State over four centuries ? Massachusetts's rich tapestry of people, places, and events has long been researched by historical archaeologists. Through archaeological sites and materials that document pivotal moments as well as lesser-known parts of the state's ......
In this complete, unabridged edition of H.D.'s visionary memoir, The Gift, Jane Augustine makes available for the first time the text as H.D. wrote it and intended it to be read, including H.D.'s coda to the book, her "Notes," never before published in its entirety.
