Bøger udgivet af Nebraska

Nebraska Volleyball is the first book to tell the fifty-year story of how volleyball took hold at the University of Nebraska, going from its early origins to its first National Championship and beyond.

Loving the Dying is a collection of poems on life’s different stages and what the ineluctable reality of death might imply about how we should think about our lives.

Brand Antarctica analyzes advertisements and related cultural products to identify common framings that have emerged in representations of Antarctica from the late nineteenth century to the present.

Great Plains Forts introduces readers to the fortifications that have aided and impacted the lives of Indigenous peoples, fur trappers and traders, travelers, and military personnel on the Great Plains from precontact times to the present.

Framing Nature explores the environmental perception of Grand Canyon National Park and how visual representations shape popular ideas and meanings about national parks and the American West.

The biography of George Allen, one of the greatest and most memorable coaches in NFL history and a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

Spencer D. Segalla examines natural and anthropogenic disasters during the years of decolonization in Algeria, Morocco, and France and explores how environmental catastrophes impacted the dissolution of France’s empire in North Africa.

Musician and music historian Craig Harris tells the compelling stories of contemporary Indigenous musicians of North America in their own words.

Life in the G details the G League experience and the relentless pursuit of the NBA dream through the lens of the Birmingham Squadron’s inaugural season.

Washington State Politics and Government explains how the many parts of government function and introduces readers to a diverse array of people who are actually in government, including how they got there and what it is they’re trying to do.

Of Love and War details the intimate relationships forged during wartime between women and U.S. servicemen stationed in the South Pacific, traces the fate of wartime marriages, and addresses consequences for the women and children left behind.

Adam Raider examines the signature seasons of the Minnesota North Stars from the late 1970s, when the club was at its worst, to its two surprising runs to the Stanley Cup Finals.

A Grammar of Upper Tanana is a comprehensive text that performs the impressive task of linguistically rendering a written record of the endangered Upper Tanana language.

Award-winning historian Mary F. Ehrlander and Hild M. Peters tell the compelling story of Episcopal missionaries who engaged in social reform and delivered critical health care to Alaska Native communities as economic development and white migration negatively impacted Native life.

Denise Low recovers the life and times of her grandfather Frank Bruner (1889–1963), whose expression of Lenape identity was largely discouraged by mainstream society.

Mary F. Ehrlander illuminates the remarkable life of Walter Harper, a traditionally raised Koyukon Athabascan of Irish Athabascan descent who was a leader of his people during his brief life.

Coming of Age in Chicago combines scholarly essays and primary documents to explore the significance of the 1893 World’s Fair and the history of American anthropology.

Claire Colebrook examines how postapocalyptic cinema uses images from the past and present to depict what it means to preserve the world—and who is left out of the narrative of rebuilding society.

Bruce F. Pauley highlights his hometown of Lincoln, Nebraska, to study larger trends that affected daily life during a period of rapid social and technological change between the 1890s and 1920s.

Urban Homelands explores writing by Native Oklahomans that connects urban homelands in Oklahoma and beyond and reveals the need for a new methodology of urban Indian studies.

Oracle of Lost Causes tells the life story of John Newman Edwards, a Confederate soldier and political journalist perpetually at war with the modernizing world around him, who sought to weaponize the memory of Confederate defeat.

Indigenous and African Diaspora Religions in the Americas offers an introduction and nine original perspectives on religious and cultural traditions emanating from communities in several regions across the Americas.

Elias Kelly’s My Side of the River combines memoir and stories of Kelly’s elders with public history to explore the impact of federal and state regulations on the traditional life and subsistence methods of Native Alaskans.

Changing Woman invokes one of the Southwest’s most infamous massacres, the slaughter of Aravaipa Apaches near Camp Grant in 1871, through the eyes of Valeria Obregón, a settler in Tucson, and Nest Feather, a young Apache woman.

James Robbins Jewell examines the First Oregon Cavalry Regiment’s role in protecting and policing the Pacific Northwest during the Civil War.

Unpapered brings together personal narratives of Indigenous writers to explore the meaning and limits of Native American identity beyond its legal margins.

Without Warning captures the story of the deadliest tornado in the history of Kansas, chronicling a massive disaster as it unfolds and the many challenges of rebuilding. Jim Minick’s spellbinding narrative connects this history to our world today.