Books published by University of Missouri Press

This text provides a historiography of the Truman administration as well as a history of public health. It details the road to comprehensive health care in the USA and the legislative victories and defeats that occurred during the Truman years.

Lamb, Hazlitt and Coleridge were often repelled by contemporary productions of Shakespeare that were decked out to appeal primarily to the senses. Heller examines their own theories of drama which conceived of a medium which would transcend the senses and engage the imagination.

American society did not suffer the consequences of the Great War that virtually all European countries knew - a lack of perspective that the World War I Museum seeks to correct. This book celebrates that effort, helping readers feel the excitement and the moral seriousness of historical scholarship in this field.

Offers tales that deal with the problems faced by newcomers to the city, ancestor figures who struggle to instill a sense of integrity in the young, problems of violence and vengeance, and tensions of caste and class. This anthology includes stories that take up such themes as marital infidelity and passing for black.

A collection of 12 wide-ranging stories about those unexpected moments in our lives when our layers of defenses are peeled away, one by one, and we are left with the harsh inevitability of our fates. Touching on themes of loneliness and isolation, it deals with characters alienated from society.

The Galapagos ecosystem, a tapestry of living things, is probably the best preserved of any in the world. Like all ecosystems, it is made of many components that are interwoven and interdependent. Now, in spectacular pictures and insightful prose, The Galapagos: Exploring Darwin's Tapestry opens the Galapagos experience to general readers.

Weapons for Victory originally appeared in 1995, the fiftieth anniversary of the end of World War II. Now, in this paperback edition, Robert James Maddox provides a new introduction about the ongoing controversy related to the decision to bomb Hiroshima.

An analysis of J. K. Rowling's work from a broad range of perspectives within literature, folklore, psychology, sociology, and popular culture. It explores the Harry Potter series' literary ancestors and the moral and ethical dimensions of Harry's world, including objections to the series raised within some religious circles.