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University of Oklahoma Press A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect Expanded
Book Synopsis"First published by Blackie and Son, Limited, London, Glasgow and Bombay, 1924. New edition published 1963 by the University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, Publishing Division of the University. Paperback edition published 1977. Expanded edition published 2012."--t.p. verso.Trade Review-In its expanded form, this edition of Cunliffe's Lexicon is now the best single-volume Homeric reference in English.---Bruce Louden, author of The Iliad Structure, Myth and Meaning
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University of Oklahoma Press In the Year of the Tiger Volume 62
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University of Oklahoma Press Blood Vessels
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University of Oklahoma Press Matador Land and Cattle Company
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University of Oklahoma Press Arapaho Stories Songs and Prayers
Book SynopsisOffers a celebration of Arapaho oral narrative traditions in all the richness of their original language. Working with Alonzo Moss, Sr., and William J. C'Hair, Andrew Cowell retranscribes Arapaho texts into modern Arapaho orthography, and retranslates and annotates them in English.
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University of Oklahoma Press Indigenous War Painting of the Plains Volume 283
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University of Oklahoma Press Building a House Divided Slavery Westward
Book SynopsisThe origins and evolution of the conflict between North and South can be traced back to the early years of the American Republic, as Stephen Hyslop demonstrates in this volume, an exploration of how the incipient fissure between the Union’s initial slave states and free states lengthened and deepened as the nation advanced westward.Trade Review“Building a House Divided is a beautifully written study of the scheming, calculations, and missteps of presidents, politicians, and everyday people that led to one of the most defining wars in American history.”— Andrew Torget, author of Seeds of Empire: Cotton, Slavery, and the Transformation of the Texas Borderlands, 1800–1850“Most people look at the history of the early United States backwards from Fort Sumter and ask how it all could have happened. Stephen J. Hyslop looks forward from the very earliest moments of the republic and clearly explains how slavery became entwined with westward expansion—deliberately or inadvertently—and how it led to disunion and civil war.”—Christopher Childers, author of The Failure of Popular Sovereignty: Slavery, Manifest Destiny, and the Radicalization of Southern Politics“This engrossing book provides a meticulous account—engaging, clear, polished, and sure-handed throughout—of the politics, diplomacy, and geography that simultaneously allowed the United States to become a continental nation by 1850 and triggered the South’s secession from the Union in 1860–1861 and the bloody Civil War that followed.”—Robert E. May, author of Slavery, Race, and Conquest in the Tropics: Lincoln, Douglas, and the Future of Latin America
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University of Oklahoma Press Containing History How Cold War History Explains
Book SynopsisIn the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, with US-Russia relations approaching a breaking point, this book provides a key to understanding how we got here. Specifically, Stephen P. Friot asks, how do Russians and Americans think about each other, and why do they see the world so differently?Trade ReviewAt a time when the US-Russia relationship has deteriorated considerably, Stephen Friot provides a fresh, updated analysis of Cold War history and its subsequent impact that enables a better understanding of the factors on both sides that have resulted in the current tensions." —Nikolas K. Gvosdev, author of Decision Making in American Foreign Policy"Stephen Friot connects the profiles of the key leaders to the decisions they and others made during the Cold War, and, rather than assume that the American interpretation is the default for understanding events, he also presents the Russian perspective." —Michael J. Sulick, author of Spying in America: Espionage from the Revolutionary War to the Dawn of the Cold War"Fascinating and original. Stephen Friot arrives at a set of provocative conclusions about U.S.-Russian relations, conclusions he prepares the reader well for in this vividly written and substantially researched history of the Cold War." —Michael Kimmage, author of The Conservative Turn: Lionel Trilling, Whittaker Chambers, and the Lessons of Anti-Communism
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University of Oklahoma Press Corn Dance Inspired First American Cuisine
Book SynopsisTells the story of Loretta Barrett’s journey and of the dishes she created along the way. Alongside recipes that combine the flavours of her Oklahoma upbringing and Indigenous heritage with the Southwest flair of her Santa Fe restaurant, Loretta offers entertaining and edifying observations about ingredients and cooking culture.Trade Review“Wonderful stories and recipes for food I can attest to being satisfyingly delicious!”— Wes Studi (Cherokee Nation) award-winning actor, musician, and artist“Loretta is a true inspiration and role model. Years before anyone else, she broke new ground and opened up new paths for what is possible when she brought Indigenous foods into a restaurant setting with her Corn Dance CafÉ. I am proud to call Loretta a friend and mentor, and am so excited to see her stories, recipes, and philosophy in the form of this beautiful cookbook! Pilamayeyelo, Loretta, for all you have done!”— Sean Sherman (Oglala Lakota) Founder, The Sioux Chef / Owamni / NATIFS / Indigenous Food Lab“Through her knowledge, food, and activism, Loretta has blazed a trail for Indigenous women like me who seek to revive our connection to our land and our food as a way to heal in all the ways that word intends. With Corn Dance and her recipes using traditional ingredients, Loretta is inviting a larger community to know the abundance of our ancestors so that we may forge a better future for our Earth and its people.”— Crystal Wahpepah (Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma) Chef-Owner of Wahpepah’s Kitchen“Loretta Barrett Oden is a legend. A trailblazer in the field of Indigenous cuisine, she remains an influential voice in the food sovereignty movement today. Corn Dance is a culmination of her lifetime of travels through Indian Country. The stories and recipes contained here present a balance of traditional ancestral dishes and the chef’s own original creations within the context of a life lived with and for the Native community.”— Nico Albert Williams (Cherokee Nation) Founder and Executive Director of Burning Cedar Sovereign Wellness and Executive Chef of Burning Cedar Sovereign Kitchen“Corn Dance is an irresistible invitation into Potawatomi chef Loretta Oden’s kitchen. For Oden we need a bigger word than “chef.” She is an artist, a renowned leader in the movement to revitalize Indigenous foods, a creator, a rememberer, and a storyteller. She tells stories with food—stories about the land, gardens, history, family, life—and helps us savor it all. I want to sit around her table with the grandmothers, shelling beans and shucking corn while she stirs up a new sauce that brings it all together, with flavors and ingredients from the four directions. We are in her debt for this bighearted book, which is sweet, savory, and wise.”— Robin Wall Kimmerer (Citizen Patowatomi) author of Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants“Corn Dance contains recipes to last a lifetime, each one mouthwatering and inspirational. Loretta’s whole life is an inspiration. Her Corn Dance CafÉ broke so many barriers for women and for Native cooks. This is much more than a cookbook: you will feel her spirit and cook with joy.”— Pati Martinson, Cofounder and Codirector, Taos County Economic Development Corp“Loretta’s enchanting storytelling and delightful recipes bring us together to celebrate the deeply complex cultural history of our First American relatives, bridging our modern world with the foods and medicines that have healed our lands and our bodies for centuries. This book satisfies the hungry historian and is practical for any home cook. Corn Dance offers us a way to connect directly with the abundance of nature and the sacred foods of First Americans.”— CaesarÉ Assad, Founder and Food System Consultant, Centipede Collective.
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University of Oklahoma Press Art and Advertising in Buffalo Bills Wild West
Book SynopsisThe unique posters that branded Buffalo Bill's Wild West as the true Wild West experience attracted patrons from around to the traveling show. Michelle Delaney showcases these posters in colour, many of which have never before been reproduced, pairing them with new research into previously inaccessible manuscript and photograph collections.Trade ReviewIn 'Art and Advertising in Buffalo Bill's Wild West', Michelle Delaney showcases these numerous posters in full color, many of which have never before been reproduced, pairing them with new research into previously inaccessible manuscript and photograph collections. Her study also includes Cody's correspondence with his staff, revealing the showman's friendships with notable American and European artists and his show's complex, modern publicity model. Beautifully designed, 'Art and Advertising in Buffalo Bill's Wild West' presents a new perspective on the art, innovation, and advertising acumen that created the international frontier experience of Buffalo Bill's Wild West."" - Midwest Book Review, Wisconsin Book Watch
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University of Oklahoma Press 1889
Book SynopsisAfter immigrants flooded into central Oklahoma during the land rush of 1889, the city's residents adopted the slogan “born grown” to describe their new home. But the territory's creation was never so simple or straightforward. The real story, steeped in the politics of the Gilded Age, unfolds in 1889.Trade Review1889 is a much-needed contribution to the history of Oklahoma, the American West, and Gilded Age America. Michael J. Hightower offers the best and most complete coverage of the Boomer movement that I have read."" - Sterling Evans, editor of Farming across Borders: A Transnational History of the North American West
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University of Oklahoma Press Emory Upton
Book SynopsisEmory Upton (1839-1881) is widely recognized as one of America's most influential military thinkers. Yet as David Fitzpatrick contends, Upton is also misunderstood as an antidemocratic militaristic zealot. In biography, Fitzpatrick, the leading authority on Upton, radically revises our view of this important figure in American military thought.Trade ReviewThis superbly researched and entertaining book is a pathbreaking reconsideration of one of America's most influential military intellectuals. David J. Fitzpatrick's study will appeal to all those interested in the Civil War, the U.S. Army, and American military policy."" - Brian McAllister Linn, author of Elvis's Army: Cold War GIs and the Atomic Battlefield""David Fitzpatrick successfully challenges traditional interpretations not only of Emory Upton but also of the army's failure to implement substantive reforms following the Civil War. Anyone interested in the development of tactics and American military policy in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries needs to read this book."" - Robert Wooster, author of The American Military Frontiers: The United States Army in the West, 1783 - 1900The author has exhaustively consulted myriad primary and secondary sources to produce this well-written study. He concludes that Upton has been a misunderstood reformer, writing that instead of being considered the enemy of the citizen-soldier, ""he was in fact his advocate."" This book is highly recommended to all readers who are interested in the evolution of American military policy. - The Journal of America's Military Past
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University of Oklahoma Press Maya Caciques in Early National Yucatán
Book SynopsisThis engaging exploration of the life and career of Andrés Canché, and of his fellow Maya caciques, illuminates the realities of politics in Yucatán, revealing that seemingly ordinary political relationships were carefully negotiated by indigenous leaders. Theirs is a story not of failure and decline, but of survival and empowerment.Trade ReviewMaya Caciques in Early National Yucatán provides an updated account of Maya village headmen in the first half-century following Mexican independence in 1821. Rajeshwari Dutt's detailed narrative contributes to our knowledge of how Maya peoples responded to pressures generated by the construction of the modern Mexican state."" - Terry Rugeley, author of Rebellion Now and Forever: Mayas, Hispanics, and Caste War Violence in Yucatán, 1800 - 1880
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University of Oklahoma Press Tom Horn in Life and Legend
Book SynopsisSome of the legendary gunmen of the Old West were lawmen, but more, like Billy the Kid and Jesse James, were outlaws. Tom Horn (1860-1903) was both. In this masterful historical biography, Larry Ball, a distinguished historian of western lawmen and outlaws, presents the definitive account of Horn's career.Trade ReviewFew westerners lived a life as varied and as exciting as did Tom Horn - as cowboy, miner, army scout, packer, Apache interpreter, lawman, Pinkerton detective, veteran of the Spanish-American War, and finally, hired assassin. To this day his image rides boldly across the panorama of the American frontier. In this superbly researched biography, veteran historian Larry Ball wades through a morass of myth and misinformation - much of it promulgated by Horn himself - to get at the meat, bones, and gristle of the real man. Here is the true Tom Horn, the good, the bad, and the ugly."" - John Boessenecker, author of When Law Was in the Holster: The Frontier Life of Bob Paul.
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University of Oklahoma Press American Mythmaker Walter Noble Burns and the
Book SynopsisBilly the Kid, Wyatt Earp, and Joaquín Murrieta are fixed in the American imagination as towering legends of the Old West. But that has not always been the case. There was a time when these men were largely forgotten relics of a bygone era. Then, in the early twentieth century, an obscure Chicago newspaperman changed all that.Trade ReviewAmerican Mythmaker is a book for the ages, an important and much-needed roadmap to that place where, because of Walter Noble Burns, western history and storytelling met in an indelible way. It's a tribute to author and historian Mark J. Dworkin that we learn how and why the legends we love to believe were crafted, without our losing any sense of their addictive frontier magic."" - Jeff Guinn, author of The Last Gunfight: The Real Story of the Shootout at the O.K. Corral - And How It Changed the American West
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University of Oklahoma Press Frontier Children
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University of Oklahoma Press The Sioux Life and Customs of a Warrior Society
Book SynopsisFor many people the Sioux, as warriors and as buffalo hunters, have become the symbol of all that is Indian. They were the heroes of the Great Plains, and they were the villains, too. Royal Hassrick here attempts to describe the ways of the people, the patterns of their behaviour, and the concepts of their imagination.
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University of Oklahoma Press The Indian Tipi
Book SynopsisAn account of the tipi, an invention both practical and artistic, as used and constructed by the Plains Indians of North America. Also included is a a history of the tipi contributed by Stanley Vestal, biographer of Sitting Bull. Of interest both to students of Indian life and to campers.
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University of Oklahoma Press Custer Died for Your Sins
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University of Oklahoma Press The Bone Picker
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University of Oklahoma Press Latin Alive and Well An Introductory Text
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University of Oklahoma Press Summer in the Spring
Book SynopsisThe Anishinaabe, otherwise named as the Ojibwe or Chippewa, are well known for their lyric songs and stories. This annotated anthology aims to bring readers close to the tribe's union of natural reason and dream song, to "the memories that walk with the birds in the sky and sing across the water".
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University of Oklahoma Press Mapping the Four Corners Narrating the Hayden
Book SynopsisIn 1875, a team of cartographers, geologists, and scientists entered the Four Corners area for what they thought would be a calm summer's work completing a previous survey. By skilfully weaving the surveyors' diary entries, field notes, and correspondence with newspaper accounts, this book brings the survey to life.Trade ReviewA book like this from such seasoned and highly respected scholars as Robert McPherson and Susan Rhoades Neel is cause for rejoicing. It is timely in demonstrating that the headlong rush to development is not just a fact of contemporary life, but a fact of history as well. More than entertainment, this is a work of high literary art and scholarship, exactly the kind of gritty and dramatic western history sought by all types of readers, including backpackers, river runners, and tourists."" - Gary Topping, Archivist of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City and author of Utah Historians and the Reconstruction of Western History
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University of Oklahoma Press An Aide to Custer
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University of Oklahoma Press Peoples of a Sonoran Desert Oasis Volume 6
Book SynopsisTracing the building and erasing of past landscapes to make some of them more visible in the present, Peoples of a Sonoran Desert Oasis reveals how colonial legacies became embedded in national parks - and points to the possibility that such legacies might be undone and those lost landscapes remade.Trade Review“Peoples of a Sonoran Desert Oasis gets to the heart of one of the great debates in the history of conservation: whether there are any true ‘wildernesses’—pristine natural areas untouched by human hands—and, when we set aside protected areas like national parks, whether we should remove evidence of human occupation. The author does a marvelous job weaving O’odham oral traditions and histories into this historical account of Quitobaquito.”—Thomas E. Sheridan, author of Arizona: A History“With engaging prose, Jared Orsi excavates the layers of Indigenous history that underlie this seemingly ‘untouched’ nature reserve, details the environmental and cultural devastation of an increasingly hardened border, challenges the National Park Service—and us—to reckon with its colonial past, and points the way toward reconciliation with the O’odham peoples. The result is a fascinating study of a little-known place in the U.S.-Mexico borderlands.”—Marsha Weisiger, author of Dreaming of Sheep in Navajo Country“Peoples of a Sonoran Desert Oasis provides a trenchant analysis of how cultural heritage, modern management policies challenging that heritage, and local to international forces combined to shape a small, contested desert oasis. Quitobaquito is a tiny and unfamiliar space with lessons for the world.”—Lary M. Dilsaver, author of Preserving the Desert: A History of Joshua Tree National Park
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University of Oklahoma Press Party Wars
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University of Oklahoma Press The University of Oklahoma
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University of Oklahoma Press Frederic Remington
Book SynopsisOne of America's most influential artists, Frederic Remington is renowned for his depictions of the Old West. Through paintings, drawings, and sculptures, he immortalized a dynamic world of cowboys and American Indians, hunters and horses, landscapes and wildlife. This book offers a comprehensive presentation of the artist's body of work.
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University of Oklahoma Press The Sacred Pipe Black Elks Account of the Seven
Book SynopsisBlack Elk of the Sioux has been recognized as one of the truly remarkable men of his time in the matter of religious belief and practice. Black Elk was the only qualified priest of the older Oglala Sioux still living when The Sacred Pipe was written. This is his book.
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University of Oklahoma Press The Lighthorse Police
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University of Oklahoma Press A Corporals Story
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University of Oklahoma Press Abolitionist of the Most Dangerous Kind
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University of Oklahoma Press Russias Army Volume 76
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University of Oklahoma Press Hungry Oklahoma
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University of Oklahoma Press Bridgets Gambit Volume 4
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University of Oklahoma Press Mansfield and Dirksen Bipartisan Giants of the
Book SynopsisA study of politics but also an analysis of different approaches to leadership, this is a portrait of a US Senate that no longer exists - one in which two leaders, while exercising partisan political responsibilities, could still come together to pass groundbreaking legislation - and a reminder of what is possible.Trade ReviewIn today’s era of polarized politics, it seems extraordinary that the Senate’s majority and minority leaders could put aside party rivalries to work together for the common good, but Mike Mansfield and Everett Dirksen shaped partisanship to create room for significant compromise. Marc C. Johnson deftly reveals how they made that work." - Donald A. Ritchie, Historian Emeritus of the US Senate and author of Press Gallery: Congress and the Washington Correspondents
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University of Oklahoma Press Eating Up Route 66 Foodways on Americas Mother
Book SynopsisGrab your hat and your wallet (you’ll probably need cash) and come along for an enlightening trip down America’s memory lane - a westward tour through the nation’s heartland and history, with all the trimmings, via Route 66.Trade Review“Drawing upon his admirable skills as a researcher and a raconteur, T. Lindsay Baker has fashioned a thoughtful and engaging examination of the culinary character of America’s celebrated Route 66.”—Peter Blodgett, author of Motoring West, Volume 1: Automobile Pioneers, 1900–1909“The best parts of any road trip are the memories the traveler brings home. With Eating Up Route 66, author T. Lindsay Baker offers Route 66 fans a chance to savor recipes from the Mother Road and experience (or re-experience) the flavor and texture of the road itself—from the topography and climate as it winds through the southwestern and midwestern United States to the often-eccentric people who spent their lives and earned their livings at the highway’s edge.”—Susan Croce Kelly, author of Route 66: The Highway and Its People and Father of Route 66: The Story of Cy Avery “T. Lindsay Baker takes readers on a unique trip down America’s favorite highway with a focus on one of the best ways to experience it—through the food. This is a must-read for American history lovers and foodies alike.”—Matt Pinnell, Seventeenth Lieutenant Governor of Oklahoma“Fill your gas tank and bring your appetite. T. Lindsay Baker’s new book takes readers on a culinary and historic adventure down the Mother Road…This book is a must-own for Route 66 restaurant enthusiasts. Highly recommended.”—Route 66 News“A very special, unique, and comprehensive study that is unreservedly recommended for personal, community, college, and university library American History collections, "Eating Up Route 66: Foodways on America's Mother Road" will have a very special appeal for readers with an interest in the history of Route 66 with travel dining, hospitality, and tourism.”—Midwest Book Review“For anyone who has eaten a few meals on Route 66, or anyone who plans to, Baker’s Eating Up Route 66 is an indispensable culinary guide to what once was and what is now.”—OzarksWatch
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University of Oklahoma Press Confederates and Comancheros Skullduggery and
Book SynopsisA vast and desolate region, the Texas-New Mexico borderlands have long been an ideal setting for intrigue and illegal dealings. This book takes us to the borderlands in the 1860s and 1870s for an in-depth look at Union-Confederate skullduggery amid the infamous Comanche-Comanchero trade in stolen Texas livestock.
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University of Oklahoma Press The Franciscans in Colonial Mexico
Book SynopsisAnalyses the Franciscans' engagement with native peoples, creole populations, the viceregal authorities, and the Spanish empire as a whole in order to offer a broad picture of Catholic evangelization in North America while keeping the Franciscans at the center of the story.
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University of Oklahoma Press Ancient Rome
Book SynopsisGuides readers through the military campaigns and political developments that shaped Rome's rise from a small Italian city to the greatest imperial power the world had ever known. Paul Zoch includes stories about its protagonists - such as Romulus and Remus, Horatius, and Nero - that are often omitted from more specialized studies.Trade ReviewThis introductory history catches the essence of wonderful stories come down to us from the ancient world. I wish that all historic stories were so well and clearly told"". - Southbridge Evening News ""Recommended for any high school student of Latin or Roman history."" - The Bookwatch""A concise, straightforward chronology of Roman history from the mythological founding of Rome to the reign of Marcus Aurelius."" - Booklist ""Offers a story-filled narrative of ancient Rome and is a good first book for readers."" - Houston Chronicle
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University of Oklahoma Press Pioneer Mother Monuments
Book SynopsisFor more than a century, American communities erected monuments to western pioneers. The images they depict enshrine prevailing notions of American exceptionalism, race relations, and gender identity. This book is the first delve into the long and complex history of remembering, forgetting, and rediscovering pioneer monuments.Trade ReviewTouching on themes ranging from settler colonialism to heritage tourism, Cynthia Culver Prescott's engaging study relates these monuments to the core beliefs they embodied, such as manifest destiny and American exceptionalism, and explains how gendered narratives of white motherhood helped build and reproduce modern American views of the ideal family."" - Erika Doss, author of Memorial Mania: Public Feeling in America|""In Pioneer Mother Monuments, Cynthia Culver Prescott uncovers a long history of debates, silences, and responses to pioneer commemoration, reflecting shifting desires and anxieties prevalent in American culture and mirroring broader historical and art historical trends."" - Alison Fields, author of Picher, Oklahoma: Catastrophe, Memory, and Trauma""An innovative and groundbreaking study, Pioneer Mother Monuments weaves race, gender, and public memory together and challenges readers to rethink the place of pioneer monuments in our communal landscape. Prescott makes a compelling case for understanding these monuments as visible elements of the nation's settler colonial history."" - Abigail Markwyn, author of Empress San Francisco: The Pacific Rim, the Great West, and California at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition
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University of Oklahoma Press For the Birds American Ornithologist Margaret
Book SynopsisA first-rate ornithologist, Margaret Morse Nice (1883-1974) pioneered field studies on song sparrows and advocated for women's active role in the sciences. For the Birds gives Nice her due recognition, lending compelling insight into her activism promoting conservation and preservation, her field methods, and the role of women in science.Trade ReviewMarilyn Ogilvie's compelling biography of ornithologist and ethologist Margaret Morse Nice draws from a rich array of sources. For the Birds provides readers with a comprehensive, sympathetic, and analytical account of how one woman sustained her scientific work during the disappointing years of the post-Progressive Era, prior to the expanding professional opportunities for women in the 1970s."" - Sally Gregory Kohlstedt, author of Teaching Children Science: Hands-On Nature Study in North America, 1890‒1930
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University of Oklahoma Press Plains Indian Buffalo Cultures Art from the Paul
Book SynopsisOver the course of his career, artist Paul Dyck (1917-2006) assembled more than 2,000 nineteenth-century artworks created by the buffalo-hunting peoples of the Great Plains. Plains Indian Buffalo Cultures allows readers, for the first time, to experience the artistry and diversity of the Paul Dyck Collection - and the cultures it represents.
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University of Oklahoma Press Violence and Crime in Latin America
Book SynopsisAccording to media reports, Latin America is one of the most violent regions in the world. The authors of this volume contend that perceptions and representations of violence and crime directly impact such behaviours, creating profound consequences for the political and social fabric of Latin American nations.Trade ReviewThis book is a must-read for understanding crime and violence in Latin America. It challenges views of Latin American violence that either focus too much on regional particularities or univocally stress the role of the state as the overpowering site of violence and repression. Rather than denying these dimensions, the book recalibrates their significance by placing them in a larger, South-South geopolitical context. It will become a mandatory reference for studies of violence in Latin America and beyond."" - Federico Finchelstein, author of Transatlantic Fascism: Ideology, Violence and the Sacred in Argentina and Italy, 1919 - 1945
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University of Oklahoma Press Portrait of Route 66
Book SynopsisFor its mining of an invaluable and little-known photographic archive and depiction of high-quality photographs that have not been seen before, Portrait of Route 66 will be irresistible to all who are interested in American history and culture.
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University of Oklahoma Press The Last Cavalryman The Life of General Lucian
Book SynopsisIn this biography of Lucian K. Truscott, Jr., author Harvey Ferguson tells the story of how Truscott - despite his hardscrabble beginnings, patchy education, and questionable luck - made the rank of army lieutenant general, earning a reputation as one of World War II's most effective officers.Trade ReviewIn The Last Cavalryman, the remarkable ride of the Oklahoma schoolteacher, horse soldier, polo player and commanding general is presented the way the general would have wanted it: effective, honest and quietly charming."" - Wall Street Journal
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University of Oklahoma Press From Cochise to Geronimo The Chiricahua Apaches
Book SynopsisIn the decade after the death of their revered chief Cochise in 1874, the Chiricahua Apaches struggled to survive as a people and their relations with the US government further deteriorated. In From Cochise to Geronimo, Edwin Sweeney offers a definitive history of the turbulent period between Cochise's death and Geronimo's surrender in 1886.
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University of Oklahoma Press From Republic to Empire
Book SynopsisPolitical image-making - especially from the Age of Augustus, when the Roman Republic evolved into a system capable of governing a vast, culturally diverse empire - is the focus of this masterful study of Roman culture.
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