A promising lawyer, Hugh Davis purchased in 1847 the Cahaba River plantation of Beaver Bend, which he operated until his death in 1862. He cleared land, bought slaves, increased his…

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The second edition features an updated commentary on each book of the Hebrew Bible that is authoritative for African and African-diaspora communities worldwide. It highlights issues of the Black community…

With their searing colors and dramatically contorted figures, the paintings of Francis Bacon compel attention. Unlike most painters of his generation, who preferred to investigate the rigors of abstraction, the…

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Andalucia in its heyday, after the invasion of the Moors in 711, was famous for its wealth and fertility, and the province has a distinct Moorish character. The Moors cultivated…

Before the Second World War, few universities in the United States could compete as research institutions with their European counterparts. Since 1945, however, America’s top research universities are the best…

Rethinking Hypermedia: The Microcosm Approach is essentially the story of the Microcosm hypermedia research and development project that started in the late 1980’s and from which has emerged a philosophy…