After many years in which it appeared to be losing the pre-eminent position it had occupied in the lexicon of the social and human sciences, the term 'capitalism' has once again become a matter of critical concern, both theoretically and substantively, in a range of disciplinary fields. The global [...]

Sixteen Civil War widows living in St. Louis respond to a series of meetings conducted by a land speculator who lures them west by promising 'prime homesteads' in a 'booming community'. Unbeknownst to them, the speculator's true motive is to find an excuse to bring women to the fledging community of[...]