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1492-1992: Re/Discovering Colonial Writing 1492-1992 Re/Discovering Colonial Writing Rene Jara and Nicholas Spadaccini, Editors 1991 Spring
The essays and documents in this volume underscore the importance of writing as companion of Empire, while at the same time highlighting its subversive power as a series of counter-narratives emerge to contest the tactics and values of the “victors.” Contributors: Rolena Adorno, Tom Conley, Antonio Gomez-Moriana, Beatriz Gonzalez, Rene Jara, Stephanie Merrim, Walter Mignolo, Beatriz Pastor, Jose Rabasa, Nicholas Spadaccini, and Iris Zavala.
194X: Architecture, Planning, and Consumer Culture on the American Home Front 194X Architecture, Planning, and Consumer Culture on the American Home Front Andrew M. Shanken 2009 Spring
Rediscovering the visionary designs and idealistic rhetoric of American architecture during World War II
1989: Revolutionary Ideas and Ideals 1989 Revolutionary Ideas and Ideals Krishan Kumar 2001 Fall
By looking back, a major scholar probes the meaning of revolutionary change in the coming era.
50 Circuit Hikes: A Stride-by-Stride Guide to Northeastern Minnesota 50 Circuit Hikes A Stride-by-Stride Guide to Northeastern Minnesota Howard Fenton 2002 Spring
Filled with tempting trails and intriguing trailside lore, this comprehensive guide introduces hikers of all abilities to the unique natural beauty of northeastern Minnesota.
A Bibliography of English Etymology: Sources and Word List A Bibliography of English Etymology Sources and Word List Anatoly Liberman 2009 Fall
A broadly conceptualized reference tool that provides source materials for etymological research. For each word’s etymology, there is a bibliographic entry that lists the word origin’s primary sources, specifically, where it was first found in use. Featuring the history of more than 13,000 English words, their cognates, and their foreign etymons, this is a full-fledged compendium of resources indispensable to any scholar of word origins.
A Bibliography on South American Economic Affairs: Articles in Nineteenth Century Periodicals A Bibliography on South American Economic Affairs Articles in Nineteenth Century Periodicals Tom B. Jones, Elizabeth Anne Warburton and Anne Kingsley None
A Black Communist in the Freedom Struggle: The Life of Harry Haywood A Black Communist in the Freedom Struggle The Life of Harry Haywood Harry Haywood 2012 Spring
An extraordinary life story that encompasses the fight for African American freedom throughout the twentieth century
A Black Soldier’s Story: The Narrative of Ricardo Batrell and the Cuban War of Independence A Black Soldier’s Story The Narrative of Ricardo Batrell and the Cuban War of Independence Ricardo Batrell 2010 Fall
The autobiographical account of an Afro-Cuban soldier who fought in the Cuban War of Independence—available in English for the first time
A Blake Bibliography: Annotated Lists of Works, Studies, and Blakeana A Blake Bibliography Annotated Lists of Works, Studies, and Blakeana G.E. Bentley Jr. and Martin K. Nurmi None
A Burnt Child: A Novel A Burnt Child A Novel Stig Dagerman 2013 Spring
Stig Dagerman’s influential novel about a young man’s troubling journey through despair and illicit passion—here in a new English translation
A Call for Heresy: Why Dissent Is Vital to Islam and America A Call for Heresy Why Dissent Is Vital to Islam and America Anouar Majid 2009 Spring
Confronting the fundamentalism that afflicts both Islam and the United States through traditions of dissent
A Cavalcade of Lesser Horrors A Cavalcade of Lesser Horrors Peter Smith 2011 Fall
Peter Smith on how being human is an awkward, messy, embarrassing business
A Century of Art and Architecture in Minnesota A Century of Art and Architecture in Minnesota Donald Torbert None
A Century of Revolution: Social Movements in Iran A Century of Revolution Social Movements in Iran John Foran, Editor 1994 Fall
Provides insight into the political currents that led to the Iranian revolution.
A Chosen People, a Promised Land: Mormonism and Race in Hawai’i A Chosen People, a Promised Land Mormonism and Race in Hawai’i Hokulani K. Aikau 2012 Spring
How Native Hawaiians’ experience of Mormonism intersects with their cultural and ethnic identities and traditions
A Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe A Concise Dictionary of Minnesota Ojibwe John D. Nichols and Earl Nyholm 1995 Spring
This up-to-date resource for the linguistic and cultural heritage of the Anishinaabe contains ancient and modern words and meanings.
A Concordance to Finnegans Wake A Concordance to Finnegans Wake Clive Hart None
A reference work to help the reader trace the symbolic and thematic development of the verbal motifs in James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake, this concordance contains a primary index of the 63,924 words in the vocabulary, an alphabetical list of syllables in the compound words, and a section listing some 10,000 English words suggested by Joyce’s puns and distortions. The primary word-index provides page-line references for every occurrence of all but a small handful of the most common English words. This is a full-scale work dealing with the language of Joyce’s last period, and much information gleaned from the Joycean research of the past ten years is gathered together in the volume.
A Course on Aesthetics A Course on Aesthetics Renato Barilli 1993 Fall
Written in an elegant and clear style, Barilli’s text explores the basic inherent structures of human thought about the classification and evaluation of the arts. This work offers a broad perspective on current scholarship without favoring any one particular school, discipline, or ideology.
A Critical Review of Research in Land Economics A Critical Review of Research in Land Economics Leonard A. Salter, Jr. None
A Culture of Light: Cinema and Technology in 1920s Germany A Culture of Light Cinema and Technology in 1920s Germany Frances Guerin 2005 Spring
A groundbreaking exploration of German expressionist cinema and technology
A Dialogue of Voices: Feminist Literary Theory and Bakhtin A Dialogue of Voices Feminist Literary Theory and Bakhtin Karen Hohne and Helen Wussow, Editors 1994 Spring
Focusing on feminist theorists such as Hélène Cixous, Teresa de Lauretis, Julia Kristeva, and Monique Wittig in conjunction with Bakhtin’s concepts of dialogism, heteroglossia, and chronotope, the authors offer close readings of texts from a wide range of multicultural genres, including nature writing, sermon composition, nineteenth-century British women’s fiction, the contemporary romance novel, Irish and French lyric poetry, and Latin American film.
A Flora of Northeastern Minnesota A Flora of Northeastern Minnesota Olga Lakela None
A Foray into the Worlds of Animals and Humans: with A Theory of Meaning A Foray into the Worlds of Animals and Humans with A Theory of Meaning Jakob von Uexküll 2010 Fall
The influential work of speculative biology—and a key document in posthumanist studies—now available in a new, accurate English translation
A Glossary of John Dryden’s Critical Terms A Glossary of John Dryden’s Critical Terms H. James Jensen None
A Good Boat Speaks for Itself: Isle Royale Fisherman and Their Boats A Good Boat Speaks for Itself Isle Royale Fisherman and Their Boats Timothy Cochrane and Hawk Tolson 2002 Spring
An intriguing account of the people, wooden boats, and folkways of this vanished community
A Governor and His Image in Baroque Brazil: The Funereal Eulogy of Afonso Furtado de Castro do Rio de Mendonca A Governor and His Image in Baroque Brazil The Funereal Eulogy of Afonso Furtado de Castro do Rio de Mendonca Juan Lopes Sierra Stuart B. Schwartz, Editor None
A Guide to the Architecture of Minnesota A Guide to the Architecture of Minnesota David Gebhard and Tom Martinson 1978 Spring
Traces Minnesota’s architectural development in eight regions of the state from territorial days to the present and outlines tours of the state’s landmarks. A perfect companion for sight-seeing trips.
A Guide to the Spring Flowers of Minnesota A Guide to the Spring Flowers of Minnesota Carl Otto Rosendahl and Frederic K. Butters None
A Handbook of Veterinary Parasitology: Domestic Animals of North America A Handbook of Veterinary Parasitology Domestic Animals of North America Henry J. Griffiths 1978 Spring
A History of Argos to 500 B.C. A History of Argos to 500 B.C. Thomas Kelly None
A History of Minnesota Books and Authors A History of Minnesota Books and Authors Grace Lee Nute None
A History of Scandinavia: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland A History of Scandinavia Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland, and Iceland T. K. Derry 2000 Spring
A concise history that emphasizes the region’s common heritage.
A History of Scandinavian Literature, 1870-1980 A History of Scandinavian Literature, 1870-1980 Sven H. Rossel None
A History of the Alans in the West: From Their First Appearance in the Sources of Classical Antiquity through the Early Middle Ages A History of the Alans in the West From Their First Appearance in the Sources of Classical Antiquity through the Early Middle Ages Bernard S. Bachrach None
A History of the Arts in Minnesota A History of the Arts in Minnesota John K. Sherman, Grace Lee Nute and Donald R. Torbert William Van O’Connor, Editor None
A History of the Swedish People: Volume I: Volume I A History of the Swedish People: Volume I Volume I Vilhelm Moberg 2005 Spring
The captivating early history of Sweden
A History of the Swedish People: Volume II: Volume II A History of the Swedish People: Volume II Volume II Vilhelm Moberg 2005 Spring
A revealing and entertaining account of Sweden’s past
A House of Cards: Baseball Card Collecting and Popular Culture A House of Cards Baseball Card Collecting and Popular Culture John Bloom 1997 Spring
Explores the connection between baseball card collecting and nostalgia among men of the baby boom.
A Hunger so Wide and so Deep: A Multiracial View of Women’s Eating Problems A Hunger so Wide and so Deep A Multiracial View of Women’s Eating Problems Becky W. Thompson 1996 Fall
A new feminist classic--now in paper!
A Joint Enterprise: Indian Elites and the Making of British Bombay A Joint Enterprise Indian Elites and the Making of British Bombay Preeti Chopra 2011 Spring
An in-depth look at the urban history of British Bombay
A Jumble of Needs: Women’s Activism and Neoliberalism in the Colonias of the Southwest A Jumble of Needs Women’s Activism and Neoliberalism in the Colonias of the Southwest Rebecca Dolhinow 2010 Spring
Why is it so difficult for NGOs to successfully bring about social transformation?
A Kinder, Gentler America: Melancholia and the Mythical 1950s A Kinder, Gentler America Melancholia and the Mythical 1950s Mary Caputi 2005 Fall
Examines the 1950s nostalgia that has influenced American politics since the Reagan era
A Leftist Ontology: Beyond Relativism and Identity Politics A Leftist Ontology Beyond Relativism and Identity Politics Carsten Strathausen, Editor 2009 Spring
A new ontology for a globalized world
A Line of Sight: American Avant-Garde Film since 1965 A Line of Sight American Avant-Garde Film since 1965 Paul Arthur 2004 Fall
A major reconsideration of avant-garde film in America
A Love Affair with Birds: The Life of Thomas Sadler Roberts A Love Affair with Birds The Life of Thomas Sadler Roberts Sue Leaf 2013 Spring
The father of Minnesota ornithology, whose life story opens a window on a lost world of nature and conservation in the state’s early days
A Man’s Reach A Man’s Reach Elmer L. Andersen Lori Sturdevant, Editor 2004 Spring
The beloved former governor’s personal story of a life in service and of triumph over adversity—now in paperback!
A Manufactured Wilderness: Summer Camps and the Shaping of American Youth, 1890–1960 A Manufactured Wilderness Summer Camps and the Shaping of American Youth, 1890–1960 Abigail A. Van Slyck 2010 Spring
An engrossing look at American summer camps—from mess halls to tents to fire circles
A Measure of Success: The Influence of Curriculum-Based Measurement on Education A Measure of Success The Influence of Curriculum-Based Measurement on Education Christine A. Espin, Kristen L. McMaster, Susan Rose and Miya Miura Wayman, Editors 2012 Fall
The past, present, and possible future of using progress monitoring to improve educational outcomes
A Meeting by the River A Meeting by the River Christopher Isherwood 1999 Fall
Isherwood’s final novel, bringing together his thoughts on gay identity and Eastern mysticism, now back in print.
A Modern Ukrainian Grammar A Modern Ukrainian Grammar George S. N. Luckyj and Jaroslav B. Rudnyckyj None
A Monograph on the Genus Heuchera A Monograph on the Genus Heuchera Carl Otto Rosendahl, Frederic K. Butters and Olga Lakela None
A National Acoustics: Music and Mass Publicity in Weimar and Nazi Germany A National Acoustics Music and Mass Publicity in Weimar and Nazi Germany Brian Currid 2005 Fall
A critical account of music, mass culture, and the technologies of national imagination
A New Theatre A New Theatre Tyrone Guthrie 2008 Spring
A tribute to the founding of the Guthrie Theatre by the master himself
A Parent’s Guide to Cleft Lip and Palate A Parent’s Guide to Cleft Lip and Palate Karlind T. Moller, Clark D. Starr and Sylvia A. Johnson None
A Parent’s Guide to Cystic Fibrosis A Parent’s Guide to Cystic Fibrosis Burton L. Shapiro and Ralph Heussner, Jr. 1991 Spring
Explains the genetic causes and biological effects of cystic fibrosis as well as its social and psychological effects. Includes case histories and personal selections from a “family diary.”
A Parent’s Guide to Heart Disorders A Parent’s Guide to Heart Disorders James H. Moller, William A. Neal and William Hoffman None
A Parent’s Guide to Kidney Disorders A Parent’s Guide to Kidney Disorders Glenn H. Bock M.D., Edward J. Ruley M.D. and Michael P. Moore 1993 Spring
The definitive resource guide for families coping with childhood kidney disease.
A Parent’s Guide to Spina Bifida A Parent’s Guide to Spina Bifida Beth-Ann Bloom and Edward Seljeskog None
A Passage to England: Barbadian Londoners Speak of Home A Passage to England Barbadian Londoners Speak of Home John Western 1992 Spring
A Place in the Woods A Place in the Woods Helen Hoover 1999 Spring
A beloved Minnesota author tells her tale of everyday life in the woods.
A Plague of Frogs: Unraveling an Environmental Mystery A Plague of Frogs Unraveling an Environmental Mystery William Souder 2002 Fall
An alarming account of the effects of environmental degradation-now in paperback for the first time!
A Poetics of Political Economy in Egypt A Poetics of Political Economy in Egypt Kristin Koptiuch 1999 Spring
Analyzes how economic transformation changes the meaning of artisanship.
A Political Companion to American Film A Political Companion to American Film Gary Crowdus, Editor None
A Political Space: Reading the Global through Clayoquot Sound A Political Space Reading the Global through Clayoquot Sound Warren Magnusson and Karena Shaw, Editors 2002 Fall
An innovative look at the convergence of global trends and local struggles in this out-of-the-way place.
A Porch Sofa Almanac A Porch Sofa Almanac Peter Smith 2010 Fall
An anthology of Peter Smith’s captivating musings on being Minnesotan
A Postcapitalist Politics A Postcapitalist Politics J. K. Gibson-Graham 2006 Spring
Presents compelling alternatives to capitalism—and strategies for achieving them
A Program for Land Use in Northern Minnesota: A Type Study in Land Utilization A Program for Land Use in Northern Minnesota A Type Study in Land Utilization Oscar B. Jesness and Reynolds I. Nowell None
A Promise and a Way of Life: White Antiracist Activism A Promise and a Way of Life White Antiracist Activism Becky W. Thompson 2001 Fall
The first in-depth look at white people’s activism in fighting racism during the past fifty years.
A Psychiatric Primer for the Veteran’s Family and Friends A Psychiatric Primer for the Veteran’s Family and Friends Alexander G. Dumas and Grace Graham Keen None
A Queer Mother for the Nation: The State and Gabriela Mistral A Queer Mother for the Nation The State and Gabriela Mistral Licia Fiol-Matta 2001 Fall
A forceful new view of the complex nexus of feminism and power.
A-Rafting on the Mississip’ A-Rafting on the Mississip’ Charles Edward Russell 2001 Fall
An entertaining account of the golden era of lumber rafting, back in print!
A Reading of Mansfield Park: An Essay in Critical Synthesis A Reading of Mansfield Park An Essay in Critical Synthesis Avrom Fleishman None
A Return to Servitude: Maya Migration and the Tourist Trade in Cancún A Return to Servitude Maya Migration and the Tourist Trade in Cancún M. Bianet Castellanos 2010 Fall
Tourism, consumption, migration, and the Maya in Cancún
A Romantic View of Poetry: Being Lectures Given at the Johns Hopkins University on the Percy Turnbull Memorial Foundation in November 1941 A Romantic View of Poetry Being Lectures Given at the Johns Hopkins University on the Percy Turnbull Memorial Foundation in November 1941 Joseph Warren Beach None
A Sawdust Heart: My Vaudeville Life in Medicine and Tent Shows A Sawdust Heart My Vaudeville Life in Medicine and Tent Shows Henry Wood 2011 Spring
A glimpse into a forgotten era of popular entertainment
A Short History of Canada for Americans A Short History of Canada for Americans Alfred Leroy Burt None
A Short History of Indians in Canada: Stories A Short History of Indians in Canada Stories Thomas King 2013 Fall
A collection of twenty short stories told in King’s classic wry, irreverent, and allegorical voice—now available in the United States
A Short History of Parliament: 1295-1642 A Short History of Parliament 1295-1642 Faith Thompson None
A Single Man A Single Man Christopher Isherwood 2001 Spring
The author's favorite of his own novels, now back in print!
A Slave’s Tale A Slave’s Tale Erik Christian Haugaard 2013 Fall
The dynamic sequel to Hakon of Rogen’s Saga
A Subaltern Studies Reader, 1986-1995 A Subaltern Studies Reader, 1986-1995 Ranajit Guha, Editor 1997 Fall
A new collection from the founders of postcolonial studies
A Survey of Agricultural Economics Literature, Volume 2: Quantative Methods in Agricultural Economics, 1940s to 1970s A Survey of Agricultural Economics Literature, Volume 2 Quantative Methods in Agricultural Economics, 1940s to 1970s Lee R. Martin, George G. Judge, Richard H. Day, S.R. Johnson and Gordon C. Rausser, Editors None
A Survey of Agricultural Economics Literature V4: Agriculture in Economic Development 1940s to 1990s A Survey of Agricultural Economics Literature V4 Agriculture in Economic Development 1940s to 1990s Lee R. Martin, Editor 1991 Fall
This comprehensive four-volume series provides surveys of the literature in agricultural economics published from the 1940s to the 1990s.
A Syllabus for a Course in the History of European Civilization: For Use With Ferguson and Brunn, A Survey of European Civilization A Syllabus for a Course in the History of European Civilization For Use With Ferguson and Brunn, A Survey of European Civilization Alice Felt Tyler None
A Syllabus of Modern World History: For Use With Ferdinand Schevill: A History of Europe A Syllabus of Modern World History For Use With Ferdinand Schevill: A History of Europe Alice Felt Tyler None
A Textbook of Nursing Technique A Textbook of Nursing Technique Marion L. Vannier and Barbara A. Thompson None
A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia A Thousand Plateaus Capitalism and Schizophrenia Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari 1987 Fall
A positive exercise in the affirmative, “nomad” thought called for in its companion volume, Anti-Oedipus. This series of essays address war and death, territoriality and the anthropology of groups, model theory, and psychosis.
A University Looks at its Program: The Report of the University of Minnesota Bureau of Institutional Research, 1942-1952 A University Looks at its Program The Report of the University of Minnesota Bureau of Institutional Research, 1942-1952 Ruth E. Eckert and Robert J. Keller, Editors None
A Very Serious Thing: Women’s Humor and American Culture A Very Serious Thing Women’s Humor and American Culture Nancy A. Walker 1988 Fall
Defines why women have been blocked from participating in the mainstream of American comedy yet have overcome hurdles to produce a humor that is sustaining and spells survival for women in society.
A Wild Neighborhood A Wild Neighborhood John Henricksson 1997 Fall
An entertaining portrait of the creatures that share our place in the woods.
A Wilderness Within: The Life of Sigurd F. Olson A Wilderness Within The Life of Sigurd F. Olson David Backes 1999 Fall
The critically acclaimed biography of this venerable naturalist and writer.
A Women’s Berlin: Building the Modern City A Women’s Berlin Building the Modern City Despina Stratigakos 2008 Fall
The modern city as the birthplace of the modern woman
A World of Gangs: Armed Young Men and Gangsta Culture A World of Gangs Armed Young Men and Gangsta Culture John M. Hagedorn 2009 Fall
From L.A. to Lagos, Port-au-Prince to Paris—a provocative analysis of the global proliferation of street gangs
“Am I That Name?”: Feminism and the Category of “Women” in History “Am I That Name?” Feminism and the Category of “Women” in History Denise Riley 2003 Spring
A new edition of a classic work on the history of feminism
Aberrations in Black: Toward a Queer of Color Critique Aberrations in Black Toward a Queer of Color Critique Roderick A. Ferguson 2003 Fall
A hard-hitting look at the regulation of sexual difference and its role in circumscribing African American culture
Aberrations of Mourning Aberrations of Mourning Laurence A. Rickels 2011 Spring
Examining our unresolved relationship with death
Abiding by Sri Lanka: On Peace, Place, and Postcolonality Abiding by Sri Lanka On Peace, Place, and Postcolonality Qadri Ismail 2005 Fall
A provocative account of Sri Lankan politics and representative democracies in general
Abolition’s Public Sphere Abolition’s Public Sphere Robert Fanuzzi 2003 Spring
An innovative analysis of the Enlightenment’s effects on the anti-slavery movement
“But He Doesn’t Know the Territory” “But He Doesn’t Know the Territory” Meredith Willson 2009 Fall
Chronicles the making of Meredith Willson’s The Music Man
Academia and the Luster of Capital Academia and the Luster of Capital 1993 Spring
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