John Ford's classic films--such as Stagecoach, The Grapes of Wrath, How Green Was My Valley, The Quiet Man, and The Searchers--have earned him worldwide ...

"I lead a kind of staid life, actually, and oftentimes the characters will do things i would never dream of doing, or be ways i would never dare to be. ...

Winner of the 2019 Gordon K. ' Sybil Lewis Book Award In 1833, the abolition of slavery in the British Empire led to the import of exploited South Asian ...

A thorough reckoning of the evolving ideas and legacy of a founding force in American evangelism Evangelicals and scholars of religious history have long ...

Contributions by Murali Balaji, Charisse Burden-Stelly, Christopher Cameron, Carlton Dwayne Floyd, Robert Greene II, Andre E. Johnson, Werner Lange, Lisa ...

In the 1940s and '50s, Richard Dyer-Bennet (1913-1991) was among the best known and most respected folk singers in America. Paul O. Jenkins tells, for ...

Taking up the role of laughter in society, How the Other Half Laughs: The Comic Sensibility in American Culture, 1895-1920 examines an era in which the ...

Collected correspondence from arguably the most important folklorist of the twentieth century Alan Lomax (1915-2002) was one of the most stimulating and ...

Contributions by Nilanjana Bhattacharjya, Benjamin Burkhart, Ivy Chevers, Martha I. Chew Sánchez, Athena Elafros, William García-Medina, ...

An exploration of the history and intent behind the song lyrics of a great American folk singer. "Essential." -- Choice