Bøger udgivet af University of Massachusetts Press

A study of Olive Schreiner (1855-1920), the first white South African novelist to win international recognition. Schreiner was also known for her political and social treatises, which promoted feminism, socialism, pacifism and free thought, and which criticised racism and British imperialism.

Presents the voices of disability rights activists who, in the period from 1950 to 1990, transformed how society views people with disabilities, and recounts how the various streams of the movement came together to push through the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, the most sweeping US civil rights legislation since passage of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

Analyses the curatorial strategies, challenges, and critical receptions of the most significant museum exhibitions of African American art. Tracing two dominant methodologies used to exhibit art by African Americans this exposes the issues involved in exhibiting cultural difference that continue to challenge art history, historiography, and American museum exhibition practices.

Written with keen intelligence and biting humour, Carbine is a book about the ridiculousness of contemporary life-a book about what cannot be said.

This memoir centres on family life in a Massachusetts town from the 1920s to the 1960s. The author was born and raised in Norwood, and the narrative traces his personal growth, shaped by family, school, baseball, radio drama and art.

Reveals the personal experiences and ancestral histories of colonial Anglo-Americans.

Delving into the origins and development of the Library of Congress, this volume ranges from the first attempt to establish a national legislative library in 1783 to the advent of the Civil War. Carl Ostrowski shows how the Library was influenced by - and in turn affected - major intellectual, social, historical, and political trends.

Examines the life of Jonathan Fisher (1768-1847), a native of Braintree, Massachusetts, and graduate of Harvard College who moved in his late twenties to Blue Hill, Maine, where he embarked on a multifaceted career as a pioneer minister, farmer, entrepreneur, and artist.

Tells how presidents and other prominent figures have shaped public memory of the turbulent 1960s. This book shows how four presidents - Ronald Reagan, George H W Bush, Bill Clinton, and George W Bush - each sought to advance his political agenda by consciously shaping public understanding of the meaning of 'the Sixties'.

Traces the transformation of antiques from family keepsakes to valuable artistic objects, examining the role of collectors, dealers, and museum makers in the construction of a new tradition based on the aesthetic qualities of early American furnishings. This book examines the role of Jewish dealers in promoting American antiques.

A guide to coastal wetland plants of the Northeast. With coverage both botanically and geographically, it emphasizes plant identification and includes descriptions of over 700 species and illustrations of approximately 550 species. It also covers tidal wetland types such as: beaches, rocky shores, and tidal swamps.

In 1847, in the third year of Ireland's Great Famine and the thirteenth year of their rent strike against the Crown, hundreds of tenant farmers in Ballykilcline, County Roscommon, were evicted by the Queen's agents and shipped to New York. This book tells their story, using numerous Irish and US sources and with descendants' help.

Before the Civil War, slaveholders made themselves into the powerful, deeply rooted, and organized private interest group within the United States. This title explains how a small group of radical activists, the abolitionist movement, played a pivotal role in turning American politics against this formidable system.

Explores how, in the aftermath of September 11, 2001, the younger George Bush headed for the Wild West (Osama bin Laden); how his administration brought ""victory culture"" roaring back as part of its War on Terror; and how, from its ""Mission Accomplished"" moment on, its various stories of triumph crashed and burned in that land.