Galveston

GalvestonWhile the massive flow of immigrants to the Northeast was taking place, a number of Jews were finding their way to America through the port of Galveston, Texas. The descendants of these immigrants, now scattered throughout the United States, are hardly aware that their ancestors participated in a unique attempt to organize and channel Jewish immigration. From their recruitment in Eastern Europe to their settlement in the American West, these

The interdisciplinary contributions in this collection investigate the many interconnected dimensions of arboreality

Who ought to receive more (or less) health care

Sweeney Todd: The Barber of Fleet Street is a grisly penny dreadful novel

How do we reconcile the abstract reverence for the natural world central to American literary history

I swore that if I ever had an opportunity of getting hold of her

He proposes an alternative conception of rationality that does

and the origins of human existence

Pediatric Neurology is the first reference designed for trainees and nonspecialists in search of targeted information on the diagnosis and management of neurologic conditions in children

bullet-point summaries to reinforce chapter takeaways

This edition of Charles Brockden Brown’s Carwin the Biloquist is a classic of American literature reimagined for modern readers

Presented here in faithful translation

theologians and scientists have sought to demystify our extraordinary sense-making capabilities and how their attempts are of little help in explaining the intelligibility of the world