It is the first book to draw together definitions and practitioner examples, making it a cutting edge work on the subject.

Historian John A. Britton examines contemporary accounts written by Americans commenting on social upheaval south of the border: radical writers John Reed, Anita Brenner, and Carlton Beals; novelists Katherine Anne Porter and D.H. Lawrence; ...

The antiquarian and topographer John Britton published this biography of author and antiquarian John Aubrey (1626-97) in 1845.