Books published by University of Georgia Press

In various forms of verse, these 83 poems, most of them first published in ""Wilderness"" magazine, cover a diversity of creatures, weathers and landscapes from all regions of America. They decry ecological injuries, celebrate nature's beauties and point to its many mysteries.

The daughter of the novelist James Fenimore Cooper uses narratives and descriptions of her walks and excursions in this piece of American nature writing, to reveal her ideal society as a rural one, carefully poised between the receding wilderness and looming industrialization.

The practice of ""curanderismo"" or Mexican-American folk medicine is deeply rooted, both historically and culturally, in Mexican healing techniques. This book describes the practice from an insider's point of view, based on the authors' 3-year apprenticeships with ""curanderos"" or healers.

Julia Peterkin pioneered in demonstrating the literary potential for serious depictions of the African-American experience. In her novels and stories, she taps the richness of rural southern black culture and oral traditions to capture conflicting realities and reveal grace and courage.

From the age of eleven, to the month of her death at age 55, Louisa May Alcott kept copious journals. Although never intended for publication, they provide insights into her life and reading habits, and the free-spiritedness with which she imbued her fictional alter ego, Jo March.

Writing on subjects ranging from his family to the origin of the barbershop, Cooper digs into the surface of the Southern California landscape observing the collision of the American dream with the realities of everyday life, in an attempt to make sense of contemporary America.

This is a narrative account of the fall of the Confederacy told from the perspective of Jefferson Davis, his offical entourage, and his family as they tried to hold the government together while staying one step ahead of their Union Army pursuers.

This study explores the relationship between experimental forms and oppositional politics in Dorothy Richardson's autobiographical ""Pilgrimage"", demonstrating how the novel challenged the literary conventions and cultural expectations of the late-Victorian and Edwardian world.

This text explores the way in which our attitudes toward nature are mirrored in, and influenced by poetry. It illustrates how poetry can identify, interpret and celebrate issues related to nature and our place in it, with examples from poets such as T.S. Eliot and Robinson Jeffers.

Seeking to fill a gap in our knowledge of the legal history of the 19th century, this volume studies the influence of Roman and civil law upon the development of common law jurisdictions in the United States and in Great Britain.

A collection of most of the writings published by the Cherokee leader Elias Boudinot. The work documents letters, articles, pamphlets and editorials in order to demonstrate the stages of Boudinot's religious, philosophical and political growth.

An introductory survey that explains the fundamental concerns and methods of philosophy and then guides readers through a philosophical inquiry into some of the major issues surrounding technology's impact on our lives.

This collection of 59 primary documents presents multiple viewpoints on more than four centuries of growth, conflict and change in Georgia. Drawn from such sources as government records, newspapers, oral histories, personal diaries and letters, the documents provide a voice to people's concerns.

A collection of 14 essays on women's experiences of slavery in America. The study presents a range of questions and findings about American slavery that are engendered by the exploration of the experience and roles of women generally left invisible by conventional American slave history.

A broad cross-section of letters from the correspondence of the creator of ""Little Women"". This collection provides an autobiography spanning 45 years and provides an account of Alcott's life and development as a writer.

This text examines the post-World War II political evolution of the USA's 11 southern states and traces the effects of such influences as ""Brown versus Board of Education"", the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Voting Rights Act of 1965 and the rise of African Americans in the political landscape.

The autobiography of the Civil Rights activist, Walter White, during his 30 years of service to the National Association of Service for the Advancement of Colored People. Although African American, White's blue eyes and fair skin enabled him to cross the colour line and gather vital information.

This collection of 96 stories presents the best of Erskine Calder's short fiction from his most productive period of work. Included here is ""Crown-Fire"", ""Country Full of Swedes"", ""The Windfall"", ""Horse Thief"", ""Yellow Girl"" and ""Kneel to the Rising Sun"".

A graphic portrayal of the sharecropper's plight. This book documents the living conditions of the sharecroppers, America's poor rural underclass. Supported by commentary, the poor tell how the tenant system exploited whites and blacks alike and fostered animosity between them.

Attempts to account for nearly two centuries that are ""missing"" from the history of the American South. Using Spanish explorers' chronicles to corroborate artefacts and topography, the text surveys the chiefdoms of the Southeast and re-examines many of the expeditions conducted at this time.

This volume collects the most important writings by Mark Twain in which he used biblical settings, themes and figures. Featuring Twain's singular portrayals of God, Adam, Eve, Satan, Methuselah, Shem, St. Peter and others, the writings range from farce to fantasy to satire.

This volume presents an oral, musical and photographic record of the Gullah culture. With their slave forbears, the Johns Islanders of South Carolina, and their folk traditions, are a link between black Americans and their African and Caribbean ancestors.

This collection of folktales and superstitions presents the oral traditions of central and southeastern Alabama. A section follows in which superstitions are arranged by topic; and finally, the compilers have included slave narratives for a view of 19th-century African-American life.

Analyses the ideological changes that grew out of the American Revolution and caused substantial structural change in the legal and social order of Massachusetts and the nation at large. A new preface discusses the historiographical issues that have arisen since this book was first published.

This survey of Cherokee removal brings together essays by eight authors in the field of history, geography, sociology and law. They address such topics as Cherokee politics, class structure, and land-use patterns before the removal.

Discusses the prospects of fiction in the information age by examining cyberpunk literature. Driven by deep concerns about society, ethics and new technology, cyberpunk is the literature of the first generation of science fiction writers actually to live in a science fiction world.

Addresses the state of scholarly and critical writing as Atkins argues for a criticism that is at once theoretically informed and personal. The revitalised critical writing he advocates may entail a return to the essay, the form that is now enjoying a resurgence of popularity and excellence.

This study examines the reasons behind the demise of Radical Reconstruction in Georgia, showing that a primary factor was the extraordinary fairness on the part of the state's black leaders in dealing with their former masters. The book also looks at recent writing on Reconstruction.

Reflecting a new commitment by American anthropologists to engage in what has been called the anthropology of racism, this book examines racism, class stratification and sexism as they bear on the African-American struggle for social justice, equality and cultural identity in the South.