Memorials to Shattered Myths Vietnam to 9/11

InProfessional Philosophy and Its Myths, Rebekah Spera and David M. Peña-Guzmán argue that academic philosophy is steeped in a host of myths that keep professional philosophers in ...

.Through the lenses of history this important book probes the events in Southeast Asia in the thirty years after 1945. This book compiles the most current scholarly interpretations...

An accessible ePub edition is available here.   Is bottled water better for you than tap water? Is the pollution created by wastewater treatment plant...

The remarkably accurate original translations of Native American myths from one of 19th-century America's foremost linguists. Native American mythology shows vestiges of relig...

The monograph is a comprehensive analysis of the mechanisms of mythologization of key stages in the history of the United States. She consistently examines the key myths that have ...

A type of folklore, myth is central to all cultures. Myths convey serious truths learned over generations and provide practical advice for living within a society. And while many m...

The Bill of Rights—the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution—are widely misunderstood by many Americans. This book explores the widely held myths about the Bill of Rights, h...

This chapter examines the legacy of the Scopes trial as well as Clarence Darrow and William Jennings Bryan with respect to creationism. The Scopes trial earned a special place in m...