Co-Author: David G. Anderson
This book is a synthesis of the prehistory of the Southeastern U.S. that is designed for high school and college students, avocational archaeologists, and interested members of the general public. It also serves as a basic reference for professional archaeologists worldwide on the record of a remarkable region.

Author: Ernest Freeberg
Arguably the most important invention of the nineteenth century was Thomas Edison’s incandescent lightbulb. More than any other invention, the electric light marked the arrival of modernity.

Co-Author: Elbio Dagotto
This book is devoted to the rapidly developing field of oxide thin-films and heterostructures, which promise novel functionalities and device concepts such as controlling magnetism with electric fields or switching ferroelectrics through magnetic fields.

Author: Michael David Cohen
The Civil War transformed American life. Not only did thousands of men die on battlefields and millions of slaves become free; cultural institutions reshaped themselves in the context of the war and its aftermath. This is the first book to examine the Civil War’s immediate and long-term impact on higher education.

Author: Nancy Henry
This book draws on the vast amount of scholarship conducted in recent years on the life of the Victorian novelist George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans) to produce original interpretations of Eliot’s novels, poetry and essays in the context of her life and times.