Joanna B Spanos
Biographic Data
| ID | 704843 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joanna B Spanos |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joanna B |
| FAMILY NAME | Spanos |
| SIGNATURE | SPANOS J B |
| AFFILIATIONS | The Ohio State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A History of Herbalism
Food historian Emma Kay uses historical botanical writing as a lens to explore society's “desire to reclaim what has been lost from our environments and a shift toward understanding better the properties of nature to enhance our health, well-being, and spiritual happiness” (p. xxiv). She delineates her focus to include only herbs—not vegetables or spices—in medicine, magic, and cooking. Writing for an engaged popular audience, Kay relies on publi…
Lover's Leap Legends
Lover's Leap tales in the American Midwest exist in areas with the appropriate geographical features (tall cliffs or waterfalls) and local communities to populate the story's cast of characters. Leland Payton and Crystal Payton have been photographing the Ozark Mountain region for at least 50 years, documenting a range of Lover's Leaps, along with their other interests, within the local natural environment. The research for this book grew out of …
The Ballad and Its Pasts
Pardon or Punish? Legal and Community Interpretations of a Nineteenth-Century Infanticide
This article discusses the 1809 conviction of Susanna Cox for first-degree murder following the death of her newborn son. It uses sources from history and oral tradition in order to examine the case’s long- and short-term ramifications for political and social interpretations of capital punishment within Pennsylvania. I explore the impact one case could have on legal history, the treatment of accused and convicted women, issues of linguistic sepa…
No prominent works on this page.
Pardon or Punish? Legal and Community Interpretations of a Nineteenth-Century Infanticide
This article discusses the 1809 conviction of Susanna Cox for first-degree murder following the death of her newborn son. It uses sources from history and oral tradition in order to examine the case’s long- and short-term ramifications for political and social interpretations of capital punishment within Pennsylvania. I explore the impact one case could have on legal history, the treatment of accused and convicted women, issues of linguistic sepa…
The Ballad and Its Pasts
Lover's Leap Legends
Lover's Leap tales in the American Midwest exist in areas with the appropriate geographical features (tall cliffs or waterfalls) and local communities to populate the story's cast of characters. Leland Payton and Crystal Payton have been photographing the Ozark Mountain region for at least 50 years, documenting a range of Lover's Leaps, along with their other interests, within the local natural environment. The research for this book grew out of …
A History of Herbalism
Food historian Emma Kay uses historical botanical writing as a lens to explore society's “desire to reclaim what has been lost from our environments and a shift toward understanding better the properties of nature to enhance our health, well-being, and spiritual happiness” (p. xxiv). She delineates her focus to include only herbs—not vegetables or spices—in medicine, magic, and cooking. Writing for an engaged popular audience, Kay relies on publi…
History (4 works) · Art (2 works) · Genealogy (2 works) · Literature (2 works) · American Constitutional Law and Politics (1 work) · American Environmental and Regional History (1 work) · Archaeology and Natural History (1 work) · Art history (1 work) · Ballad (1 work) · Capital (architecture (1 work)