"A higher education history text for United States history courses"--
He smiled faintly at her and rose to pull wood and dried leaves from the pack-rat nest clogging a hole in the corner. Using the pointed end of a piece of pack-rat litter, he dug out the firepit before arranging the leaves and wood just ...
-- Thomas F. Schwartz, Illinois Historic Preservation Agency, Lincoln Herald
Each chapter in this book features a scholar of Jewish studies revisiting a particularly foundational and salient work of maḥshevet Yisrael (Jewish thought), from medieval to modern, and discussing its themes, its historical context, the ...
In this history of the black peasants of Amazonia, Oscar de la Torre focuses on the experience of African-descended people navigating the transition from slavery to freedom.
Linking strong scholarship to a deep understanding of the needs and outlook of activists, Prisms of the People is the perfect book for our moment—for understanding what’s happening and propelling it forward.
Byron E. Shafer and Anthony J. Badger (Lawrence: University Press of Kansas, 2001), 13–15; second quotation, ... In his exhaustive study of disestablishment in New England, William G. McLoughlin 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 emphasizes that the ...
American Journal of Political Science 37, no. 4 (November 1993): 1179–206. What Americans Know about Politics and Why It Matters. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 1996. DePaulo, Bella M., James J. Lindsay, Brian E. Malone, et al.
T. H. Breen introduces us to the ordinary men and women who took responsibility for the course of the American revolution.
A novel from the author of ‘March’ and ‘Year of Wonders’ takes place in the aftermath of the Bosnian War, as a young book conservator arrives in Sarajevo to restore a lost treasure.
Of the People: A History of the United States, Third Edition, not only tells the history of America--of its people and places, of its dealings and ideals--but it also unfolds the story of American democracy, carefully marking how this ...