The University Press of Kentucky

It is commonly agreed that we live in an age of globalization, but the profound consequences of this development are rarely understood.

Though he was a recipient of both the Pulitzer Prize and the Nobel Prize for Literature, American novelist John Steinbeck (1902–1968) has frequently been censored.

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title Flourishing in the United States during the 1940s and 50s, the bleak, violent genre of filmmaking known as film noir reflected the attitudes of writers and auteur directors influenced by the events of the turbulent mid-twentieth century.

The Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) established a reputation as one of the most important civil rights organizations of the early 1960s.

Ang Lee (b. 1954) has emerged as one of cinema’s most versatile, critically acclaimed, and popular directors.