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William Pencak
This work provides historical background information on each of Jarman’s 15 scripts and films. The chapters are program notes to his films from a historical perspective. An interpretation of Jarman’s…
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Jews and Gentiles in Early America tells the story of the Jewish contribution to and participation in early American life.
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Through the lens of political and military history alongside social history, women’s history, ethnohistory, Native American studies, cultural history, material culture, religious history, and film studies and theater history, this…
A collection of essays on the American Revolution in Pennsylvania. Topics include the politicization of the English- and German-language press and the population they served; the Revolution in remote areas…
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William A. Pencak
The years between 1450 and 1550 marked the end of one era in world history and the beginning of another. Most importantly, the focus of global commerce and power shifted…
Paul Robeson was born April 9, 1898, in Princeton, New Jersey, the son of an escaped slave. He became arguably the most prominent African American from the 1920s through the…
These nine essays explore new directions and ways to pursue the elusive "Jack Tar"--the common sailor in the early modern world. We see him as a pirate, learn something of…
Presenting perspectives on legal theory and practice, this volume examines how visual images of the law influence interpretation and execution of the law in ways not discernible from written texts.
The essays in this volume reconsider the impact of the Civil War on Pennsylvania and the way its memory remains alive even today. These ten essays include courage on the…
This volume offers perspectives on the Pennsylvania or the Keystone State as it has been nicknamed from scholars who view the history of this Commonwealth critically and honestly, giving a…
Contributions here concentrate less on the details of how European and Indian Pennsylvanians negotiated and fought than on how people constructed and reconstructed their cultures in dialogue with others. Taken…
This volume examines the story of Pennsylvania’s pivotal role in the American Revolution, focusing on the rural areas to the north and west. It asks questions such as: what was…
An introduction to the range of protest and celebration in America from the Revolution to the Civil War. Leading American historians demonstrate that early America was in fact an integral…
William Pencak (Professor of History, Penn State University, USA)
History, Singing in is a double-entendre indicating the dual purpose of this book. First it marks the initial effort by a practicing historian to demonstrate the usefulness of semiotics for…
United States historian William Pencak presents thirteen of his essays, written beginning in 1976. Some deal with colonial and revolutionary crowds and communities in Massachusetts–the impressment riot of 1747, the…
William A. Pencak,Christian B Keller,Barbara B Gannon
Each state in the United States of America has a unique military history. The volumes in this series seek to provide a portrait of the richness of each state’s military…
Does the law act for or against the people? Who are the people? This collection of essays by philosophers, historians, legal scholars, and others examines these questions in historical perspective…
