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The Mathersby Robert Middlekauff
University of California Press 1999; US$ 32.95In this classic work of American religious history, Robert Middlekauff traces the evolution of Puritan thought and theology in America from its origins in New England through the early eighteenth century. He focuses on three generations of intellectual ministers?Richard, Increase, and Cotton Mather?in order to challenge the traditional telling of the secularization of Puritanism, a story of faith transformed by reason, science, and business. Delving into the Mathers' private papers and unpublished writings as well as their sermons and published works, Middlekauff describes a Puritan theory of religious experience that is more creative, complex, and uncompromising than traditional accounts have allowed. At the same time, he portrays changing... more...
The Making of an American Thinking Classby Darren Staloff
Oxford University Press 1997; US$ 50.00This is a reinterpretation of the political and intellectual history of Puritan Massachusetts, envisioning the Bay colony as a 17th-century one-party state. The author argues that ideologies, as well as ideological politics, are produced by self-conscious and class-conscious thinkers. more...
Upstream Metropolisby Lawrence H. Larsen
University of Nebraska Press 2007; US$ 19.95From its birth as interdependent towns on the Missouri River frontier to its emergence as a metropolis straddling two states, Omaha?Council Bluffs has been one of the great urban construction projects in the nation?s history. Upstream Metropolis provides the first comprehensive history of this unique urban region that ranks 60th among the 370 major metropolitan areas in the United States. more...
Nebraska Momentsby Donald R. Hickey
University of Nebraska Press 2007; US$ 23.95An account of defining Nebraska moments, including: surviving the Oregon and Mormon trails; completing the Union Pacific Railroad; and winning national football championships, Nobel and Pulitzer prices, and presidential nominations. more...
Interior Placesby Lisa Knopp
University of Nebraska Press 2008; US$ 21.95A collection of essays embracing nonfiction from memoir and biography to travel writing and natural history, Interior Places offers a curiously detailed group photograph of the Midwests interior landscape. Here is an essay about the origin, history, and influence of corn. Here we find an exploration of a childhood meeting with Frederick Leopold, youngest brother of the great naturalist Aldo. Here also are a chronicle of the 146-year alliance between Burlington, Iowa, and the Burlington Route (later the CB&O, the BN, and finally, the BNSF) and a pilgrimage to Amelia Earharts Kansas hometown. Whether writing about the lives of two of P. T. Barnums giants or the secret nuclear weapons plant in southeastern Iowa, about... more...
Wall and the Gardenby A.W. Plumstead
University of Minnesota Press 1968; US$ 75.00The election day sermon in colonial New England was an annual, formal address by a minister of the gospel to the newly assembled legislature of the colony. The tradition began in the Massachusetts Bay colony in 1634, and it continued, in Boston, for 250 y more...
Massachusettsby Craig A. Doherty; Katherine M. Doherty
Infobase Publishing 2005; US$ 35.00Describes life in the early colony, including such details as the growth of the colony, farming practices, fishing, overseas trade, shipbuilding, and the structure of the government, as well as the numerous conflicts with Native Americans. more...
Nebraskaby Inc. Weigl Publishers
Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. 2008; US$ 10.95Nebraska: The Cornhusker State, is a part of the Discover America Series. Nebraska celebrates the people and culture with beautiful images and engaging facts as well as describing the history, industry, environment, and sports that make this state unique. more...
Mayor Helen Boosalisby Beth B Davis
University of Nebraska Press 2008; US$ 34.95Helen Boosaliss story, told by her daughter, Beth Boosalis Davis, is the story of a true pioneer of women in politics. The daughter of Greek immigrants, Boosalis achieved national prominence as the first woman president of the U.S. Conference of Mayors and as an outspoken advocate for economically distressed cities facing President Reagans new federalism. Winning the Democratic nomination for governor of Nebraska in 1986, Helen Boosalis ran against Kay Orr in the first gubernatorial contest between two women in U.S. history. The interwoven tales of conflict and challenge, from the mayors office to the campaign trail, combine personal insight into one womans trailblazing political history with a compelling... more...
Here You Have My Storyby Richard E Jensen
University of Nebraska Press 2010; US$ 30.00Here You Have My Story vividly describes life on the early Plains in the words of those who came to settle in the rugged region. Originally published by the Nebraska State Historical Society between 1885 and 1919, these stories provide surprisingly accurate recollections of events and life on the Great Plains, with a focus on Nebraska. Many are filled with interactions with Native Americans, from Samuel Alliss experiences as a missionary to the Pawnees, to Henry Fontenelles history of the Omaha Indians, to an account of the Powder River Expedition. Early freighters and cattle drovers share their personal experiences, including the dangers and difficulties of travel, and Nebraskas state-builders describe the early days of Omaha... more...









