E. Bradford Burns

Pioneers moving into Iowa in the nineteenth century created a distinctly rural culture: family, farm, church, and school were its dominant institutions. After decades of settlement, however, several lively and perceptive generations interpreted their political, economic, and cultural environment - their Iowa - much more imaginatively; they offered such an abundant insight, understanding, meaning, and mission that they mentally and spiritually recreated Iowa. In Kinship with the Land historian Brad Burns celebrates this intense period of intellectual and cultural development. Through their novels, short stories, poems, essays, drawings, and paintings, Iowa's regionalists expressed a rich abstraction of people and place. They conferred meaning, imparted understanding, defined the soil and the folk, conveyed a sense of place. Grant Wood in his overalls - the quintessential symbol of sophisticated talent and rural values - clearly represented regionalism's spiritual solidarity with the land and the people who worked it. Burns lets these Iowans speak for themselves, then interprets their distinctive voices to present a cogent case for and an understanding of the rural in an overwhelmingly urban America. Kinship with the Land emphasizes the importance of Iowa's intellectual and cultural history and reaffirms the state's identity at the very moment that standardization threatens to eradicate it. By endowing Iowa with vibrant, independent art and literature, regionalists made refreshing sense of their environment. Readers from every state will appreciate their generous legacy.

Two lectures originally presented at the University of St. Thomas in Houston in 1978. Graham, R. Popular challenges and elite responses: an introduction Burns, E.B. Cultures in conflict.

"The Unwritten Alliance, a collection of speeches from 1953-1959, was the last of Churchill's books to be published before his death. The title refers to the relationship between Britain and America, which, though informal, Churchill believed to be close and enduring, based on shared culture and common interests. The Anglo-American accord forms the basis of several orations in this collection, alongside a wide range of topics and occasions, including his last political speech and his speech at the coronation of Queen Elizabeth I. The volume is a testament to Churchill's vigour and achievements, both in his later years and throughout his life."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

"Extensively revised and updated, the Eighth Edition now features a special eight-page portfolio, "Latin America Through Art" that offers samples from Latin America's rich artistic tradition, revealing both change and continuity in Latin American culture from the arrival of Spaniards in the New World to the present day. Book jacket."--Jacket.