In the lead-up to the Civil War, Virginia, like other southern states, amassed a large public debt while striving to improve transportation infrastructure and stimulate economic development. A Saga o
Supreme Court justices have long relied on law clerks to help process the work of the Court. Yet few outside the Court are privy to the behind-the-scenes bonds that form between justices and their cle
"This book, based on research on and transcripts of the Nixon, Johnson, and Kennedy White House presidential recordings as well as other contemporary sources, reveals for the first time the origins of
Describes Nixon's policies during the last years of the Vietnam War, detailing how the president placed his reelection aspirations above his promise to pull back from Vietnam, manipulating the America
Between Sovereignty and Anarchy considers the conceptual and political problem of violence in the early modern Anglo-Atlantic, charting an innovative approach to the history of the American Revolution
In Failed Frontiersmen, James Donahue writes that one of the founding and most persistent mythologies of the United States is that of the American frontier. Looking at a selection of twentieth-century
In Failed Frontiersmen, James Donahue writes that one of the founding and most persistent mythologies of the United States is that of the American frontier. Looking at a selection of twentieth-century
"This book examines young Revolutionary War soldiers' and officers' changing motivations and expectations in relation to their enlistments, experiences in the army, choices about quitting long-term mi
In 1845, seven years after fleeing bondage in Maryland, Frederick Douglass was in his late twenties and already a celebrated lecturer across the northern United States. The recent publication of his g
"This book, based on research on and transcripts of the Nixon, Johnson, and Kennedy White House presidential recordings as well as other contemporary sources, reveals for the first time the origins of
The "black family" in the United States and the Caribbean often holds contradictory and competing meanings in public discourse: on the one hand, it is a site of love, strength, and s
The "black family" in the United States and the Caribbean often holds contradictory and competing meanings in public discourse: on the one hand, it is a site of love, strength, and s
Most Americans believe that the ratification of the Constitution in 1788 marked the settlement of post-Revolutionary disputes over the meanings of rights, democracy, and sovereignty in the new nation.
Drawing on narratives from Martinique by Aime Cesaire, Edouard Glissant, Ina Cesaire, and Patrick Chamoiseau, among others, Christina Kullberg shows how these writers turn to ethnography—even as they
Drawing on narratives from Martinique by Aime Cesaire, Edouard Glissant, Ina Cesaire, and Patrick Chamoiseau, among others, Christina Kullberg shows how these writers turn to ethnography—even as they
From the formation of the first institutions of representative government and the use of slavery in the seventeenth century through the American Revolution, the Civil War, the civil rights movement, a
In this innovative and skillful study, Helene Tissieres investigates the "circulations" or transmigrations at work among multiple francophone African cultural forms, ranging geographically between Nor
In this innovative and skillful study, Helene Tissieres investigates the "circulations" or transmigrations at work among multiple francophone African cultural forms, ranging geographically between Nor
Beautifully illustrated, this collection of essays will introduce the reader to a rich, surprising, thought-provoking, and entirely new view of early New England. Eleven essays written by historians,
While the academic study of religion has increased almost exponentially in the past fifty years, general theories of religion have been in significant decline. In his new book, Carl Raschke offers the
While the academic study of religion has increased almost exponentially in the past fifty years, general theories of religion have been in significant decline. In his new book, Carl Raschke offers the
The fifteen original essays in this collection examine the politics of slavery and antislavery in the traditionally overlooked period between the 1770s and the 1840s, challenging the standard narrativ
"Providing historical context reaching back to 1652, Elphick concentrates on the era of industrialization, segregation, and the beginnings of apartheid in the first half of the twentieth century ... E
Examining the writings and life of Virginia Woolf, "In the Hollow of the Wave" looks at how Woolf treated "nature" as a deliberate discourse that shaped her way of thinking about the self and the envi
Between May and October of 1917, three young shepherds were reportedly visited six times by an apparition of the Virgin Mary near the town of Fatima in Portugal. At the final apparition event, approxi
Between May and October of 1917, three young shepherds were reportedly visited six times by an apparition of the Virgin Mary near the town of Fatima in Portugal. At the final apparition event, approxi
The Big House after Slavery examines the economic, social, and political challenges that Virginia planter families faced following Confederate defeat and emancipation. Amy Feely Morsman addresses how
The suburb carries moral implications, we learn, in this fascinating analysis by Kuchta (English, Western Michigan U.), which examines the character of the suburb in Victorian and later literature, de
In this dual biography, Alexander (history, George Washington U.) tells the story of William Henry Hunt (d. 1951) and Ida Alexander Gibbs (1862-1957), who married in 1904. As they both had mixed-race
Current historiography suggests that European nations regarded the New World as an inassimilable "other" that posed fundamental challenges to the accepted ideas of Renaissance cultur
Rejecting the tyranny of George III and backing it with a war turned out to be the easy part, says Bradburn (history, State U. of New York-Binghamton), because once people became American citizens, th
Schreier (English and Jewish Studies, University of Pennsylvania) suggests that cynicism cannot be equated with quietism, nihilism, selfishness, or false consciousness. Instead, he holds that cynicism
Though not a major player in early European expansion, says Johnson (history, Washington U., St. Louis), Germany was the source of some of the earliest and most important texts and maps explaining the
As the geographical borders of the US with Canada and Mexico became symbolic, so other symbolic borders were discovered and written about and from. Sadowski-Smith (English, Arizona State U.) surveys r
"Filled with critical insights, Brown’s revisionist study utilizes an impressive array of archival sources, some only recently cataloged, to support his thesis that the French Revolution survived unti
Loichot (French and Italian, Emory U.) juxtaposes the fiction and poetry of four writers from the post-slavery plantation world of the Americas to explore how that alienating environment produced empo
In Orphan Narratives, Valérie Loichot investigates the fiction and poetry of four writers who emerged from the postslavery plantation world of the Americas—William Faulkner (USA), Édouard Glissant (Ma
According to Pearlman (history of architecture and urbanism, Bowdoin College), standard accounts of the modernist influence of the Harvard University Graduate School of Design (GSD) err in their near-
Taking place in 1868, 1892, 1907, and 1935, the four Virginia homicides and subsequent trials discussed here each attracted significant national press attention. Hamm (history, State U. of New York at
As tensions between the northern and the southern United States rose in late 1860 and early 1861, five of the southern states appointed commissioners to other slave states in order to encourage secess
