A textbook, Farm places the culture of agriculture (by which they mean the "knowledge, beliefs, laws, customs, ethics, and art of a society") at the forefront. Composed of texts (excerpted literary works, essays, recipes, ...

Where the Red-Winged Blackbirds Sing examines the ways in which the Akimel O'odham ("River People") and their ancestors, the Huhugam, adapted to economic, political, and environmental constraints imposed by federal Indian ...

A decade's worth of archaeological research conducted at Mountaineer, a Paleoindian campsite in Colorado's Upper Gunnison Basin. Extensively excavated, long-term Folsom occupations with evidence of built structures. The ...

A provocative theoretical synthesis, Briggs questions intellectual foundations and charts new paths. Through a look back at his own works as well as critical readings, scholars can disrupt existing social and discourse ...

Examines the hearings that followed Mormon apostle Reed Smoot's 1903 election to the US Senate and subsequent protests and petitioning efforts from mainstream Christian ministries disputing Smoot's right to serve. Explores ...

This-day-in-history approach to key figures and events that shaped Colorado from the 1690s to the present. A relevant vignette for each day of the calendar year, exploring Colorado's many facets through distilled tales of ...

This book describes, analyses, and interprets the historical and cultural contexts of an African art renaissance using the twentieth-and twenty-first century transformation of ancient Yoruba artistic heritage. Juxtaposing ...

New scholarship to study digital folklore. A unique virtual, hybridized platform for human communication, social media is more dynamic, ubiquitous, and nuanced than the internet ever was by itself. Taking both the "digital" ...

Explores the rich landscapes and diverse social histories of the San Luis Valley, an impressive mountain valley spanning over 9,000 square miles that crosses the border of south-central Colorado and north-central New Mexico. ...