" The emphasis throughout is on tracing the elements of continuity and discontinuity between Mediterranean and Atlantic worlds and studying how colonial societies originate and behave
and comfortably grounded in the traditions of the social explanation of things religious and spiritual
Lees explores the persistent tension between ethnicity and national security by focusing on the Yugoslav-American community during World War II
eight days later he ran across an oil tanker and hitched a ride south
Return of the Lost Son Paul C. Gorski " The emphasis throughout isA son searches for his father, only to grow uncomfortable and even miserable with what he exhumes. Where, he asks, are the limits of forgiveness? Is failure a badge of honor? Are we free to share the secrets of the dead? In Return of the Lost Son, a vivid, tightly paced memoir, Christopher Gonzales attempts to understand a man who, due to early onset Alzheimer's, was unable to share his own memories. At the outset of his exploration, Gonzales hopes to