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  • A History of Chowder

    Four Centuries of a New England Meal

    by Robert S. Cox, Jacob Walker ...
    The evolution of New England's famous culinary classic: chowder, in all its mouthwatering varieties—from the authors of Massachusetts Cranberry Culture.New England's culinary history is marked by a varying array of chowders. Early forms were thick and layered, but the adaptability of this beloved recipe has allowed for a multitude of tasty preparations to emerge. Thick or thin, brimming with fish ... Read more

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  • Massachusetts Cranberry Culture

    A History from Bog to Table

    by Robert S. Cox, Jacob Walker ...
    This historical look at New England's favorite fruit "ends up capturing the essence of the time period and place"—from the authors of A History of Chowder ( Edible South Shore ).New Englanders know that cranberries are not for holidays alone. For centuries, this tart fruit—a staple in the Yankee diet since before it was domesticated—has reigned over the cranberry heartland of Barnstable and Plymo ... Read more

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  • New England Pie

    History Under a Crust

    by Robert S. Cox ...
    Pie has been a delectable centerpiece of Yankee tables since Europeans first landed on New England's shores in the seventeenth century. With a satisfying variety of savory and sweet, author Robert Cox takes a bite out of the history of pie and pie-making in the region. From the crackling topmost crust to the bottom layer, explore the origin and evolution of popular ingredients like the ... Read more

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  • Body and Soul

    A Sympathetic History of American Spiritualism

    by Robert S. Cox ...
    A product of the "spiritual hothouse" of the Second Great Awakening, Spiritualism became the fastest growing religion in the nation during the 1850s, and one of the principal responses to the widespread perception that American society was descending into atomistic particularity.In Body and Soul, Robert Cox shows how Spiritualism sought to transform sympathy into social practice, arguing that each ... Read more

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  • The Origin of Others

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  • Angels and Ages

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  • When Memory Speaks

    Exploring the Art of Autobiography

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  • On Lies, Secrets, and Silence

    Selected Prose 1966-1978

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    In this collection of prose writings, one of America's foremost poets and feminist theorists reflects upon themes that have shaped her life and work.At issue are the politics of language; the uses of scholarship; and the topics of racism, history, and motherhood among others called forth by Rich as "part of the effort to define a female consciousness which is political, aesthetic, and erotic, and ... Read more

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  • Southern Honor

    Ethics and Behavior in the Old South

    by Bertram Wyatt-Brown ...
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  • Ghosts of Futures Past

    Spiritualism and the Cultural Politics of Nineteenth-Century America

    by Dr. Molly McGarry ...
    Ghosts of Futures Past guides readers through the uncanny world of nineteenth-century American spiritualism. More than an occult parlor game, this was a new religion, which channeled the voices of the dead, linked present with past, and conjured new worldly and otherworldly futures. Tracing the persistence of magic in an emergent culture of secularism, Molly McGarry brings a once marginalized ... Read more

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