Indiana University Press

"An important contribution to railroad technological history. The book's strength is the author's mastery of the mechanical details." —Mark Reutter, editor, Railroad History
The diesel locomotive sent shock waves through rigid corporate cultures... Lire la suite

In some parts of South Africa, more than one in three people are HIV positive. Love in the Time of AIDS explores transformations in notions of gender and intimacy to try to understand the roots of this virulent epidemic. By living in an informal... Lire la suite

A history based on interviews with hundreds of Ukrainian Jews who survived both Hitler and Stalin, recounting experiences ordinary and extraordinary.
The story of how the Holocaust decimated Jewish life in the shtetls of Eastern Europe is well... Lire la suite

"A thorough, considered, and provocative treatment of what justifiably remains Kierkegaard's most famous book." — Marginalia Review of Books
Soren Kierkegaard's masterful work Fear and Trembling interrogates the story of Abraham and Isaac,... Lire la suite

Laleen Jayamanne examines the major works of leading Indian film director, Kumar Shahani, and explores the reaches of modernist film aesthetics in its international form. More than an auteur study, Jayamanne approaches Shahani's films conceptually,... Lire la suite

Trickster Theatre traces the changing social significance of national theatre in Ghana from its rise as an idealistic state project from the time of independence to its reinvention in recent electronic, market-oriented genres. Jesse Weaver Shipley... Lire la suite

"A plethora of spectacular new photographs of the natural landscapes, wildlife, and beauty found in this remarkable National Park." — BeautifulNow
The Great Smoky Mountains have inspired, challenged, and entertained millions of visitors for... Lire la suite

Observing that humans often deal with the past in problematic ways, Jerome Veith looks to philosopher Hans-Georg Gadamer and his hermeneutics to clarify these conceptions of history and to present ways to come to terms with them. Veith fully engages... Lire la suite

A history of the Ohio railroad car and equipment company and its 16-year run.
Entering an already crowded and established industry, the Niles Car & Manufacturing Company in Ohio began business with surprising success, producing well over 1,000... Lire la suite

In December 2004 the Indian Ocean tsunami devastated coastal regions of Sri Lanka. Six months later, Michele Ruth Gamburd returned to the village where she had been conducting research for many years and began collecting residents' stories of the... Lire la suite

A history of music for the imperial court "from a professor, choral director, and professional tenor who has studied Viennese cantatas for half a century" (Lowell Lindgren, Massachusetts Institute of Technology).
Lawrence Bennett provides a... Lire la suite

A unique study of dance forms and rhythms in the Baroque composer's repertoire.
Stylized dance music and music based on dance rhythms pervade Bach's compositions. Although the music of this very special genre has long been a part of every... Lire la suite

A Jewish man recounts his experience as a little boy in Paris during World War II and the Holocaust, as well as his escape and survival in this memoir.
On the nights of July 16 and 17, 1942, French police rounded up eleven-year-old Joseph... Lire la suite

What did it mean to be an African subject living in remote areas of Tanganyika at the end of the colonial era? For the Kaguru of Tanganyika, it meant daily confrontation with the black and white governmental officials tasked with bringing this rural... Lire la suite

Among the grand antebellum plans to build railroads to interconnect the vast American republic, perhaps none was more ambitious than the Louisville, Cincinnati & Charleston. The route was intended to link the cotton-producing South and the grain and... Lire la suite

Larisa Jasarevic offers an unforgettable look at the everyday experiences of people living in post-socialist, post-war Bosnia. Not at all existing on the world's margins, Bosnians today are concerned with the good life and are as entangled in... Lire la suite

A study of Botswana's dual face of prosperity and poverty and that relates to its land use policies.
Transformations on the Ground considers the ways in which power in all its forms—local, international, legal, familial—affects the collision of... Lire la suite

Wandering Women: Urban Ecologies of Italian Feminist Filmmaking explores the work of contemporary Italian women directors from feminist and ecological perspectives. Mostly relegated to the margins of the cultural scene, and concerned with women's... Lire la suite

Climate change is affecting Indiana's environment, threatening the way Hoosiers live and do business, and introducing new stresses to the state's economy, health, and infrastructure. And while scientists predict more days of extreme weather,... Lire la suite

Maurice Maeterlinck described his libretto Ariane et Barbe-bleue as "a sort of legendary opera, or fairy [opera], in three acts." In 1907, Paul Dukas finished setting Maeterlinck's libretto to music, and the opera's Paris premiere was lauded as a... Lire la suite