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An innovative blend of cultural and political history, Emancipating New York is the most complete study to date of the abolition of slavery in New York state. Focusing on public opinion, David N. Ge……続きを見る

One of the most contentious issues in contemporary foreign policyーespecially in the United Statesーis the use of military force to intervene in the domestic affairs of other states. Some military i……続きを見る

Texas Women: Their Histories, Their Lives engages current scholarship on women in Texas, the South, and the United States. It provides insights into Texas’s singular geographic position, bordering o……続きを見る

Winner of the Herbert H. Lehman Prize for Distinguished Scholarship from the New York Academy of History. In Liberty's Chain**, David N. Gellman shows how the Jay family, abolitionists and slavehold……続きを見る

In 1983, Grenada, a small Commonwealth Island in the Caribbean, had strong ties with Communist Cuba. Bernard Coard and a group of hard-line Marxist-Leninists overthrew the unelected Prime Minister M……続きを見る

Author Alan Brown guides the intrepid on a dark tour of the Pelican State’s most infamous residents. Louisiana beckons those the world over with its culture and Spanish moss–draped beauty. But that ……続きを見る

The Mexican-American War, 1846–1848, resulted in the largest militaristic land acquisition in American history. It also, as Christopher Menking contends in this book, shaped the distribution of powe……続きを見る

A pioneer of architecture education in the United States, N. Clifford Ricker notably taught with an emphasis on construction and shop practice in his teaching. Marci S. Uihlein edits and elaborates ……続きを見る

Hernando De Soto’s invasion of Native lands in 1540 marked the onslaught of great change in the lives of Tennessee’s Native Americans. Although these first Tennesseans boasted a cultural heritage of……続きを見る

Author Alan Brown shines the light on some of worst characters in Mississippi history. Mississippi's nickname--"The Magnolia State"--highlights the region's natural and architectural beauty. However……続きを見る

A definitive reframing of the economic, institutional, and intellectual history of the managerial era The twentieth century was the managerial century in the United States. An organizational transfo……続きを見る

Tensions between salvors and archaeologists. Questions of what archaeology can contribute beyond the documentary record. These are debates that have bedeviled maritime archaeology for more than half……続きを見る

Despite the velocity and scale of the cumulative changes of immigrant integration and receptivity infrastructures in fast growing regions of the United States, less research has focused on the new a……続きを見る

The bomber pilot whose bravery in the Battle of Midway changed the course of WWII recounts his story in this extraordinary memoir: “An instant classic” (Dallas Morning News). On June 4, 1942, above ……続きを見る

How elites shape the use of force in American foreign policy One of the most widely held views of democratic leaders is that they are cautious about using military force because voters can hold them……続きを見る

In "The Dispatch Carrier and Memoirs of Andersonville Prison," William N. Tyler masterfully intertwines personal narrative with historical account, offering readers a vivid depiction of life during ……続きを見る

A history of life in one South Carolina city during the American Civil War, featuring personal stories from those who were there. Most of what we know about how the Civil War affected life in the Co……続きを見る

This WWII regimental history traces an unsung U.S. Army from its important role in the liberation of Europe through the postwar lives of its leaders. The Ninth Army was formed in May of 1944 under t……続きを見る

This vivid history chronicles the decisive US naval campaign that secured the Japanese island of Tinianーthe site that would launch the end of WWII. In July 1944, the United States Navy and Marine C……続きを見る

A vibrant biography of the woman who shaped the political climate of Daytona Beach with her civil rights, women’s rights, and education activism. Mary McLeod Bethune was often called the “First Lady……続きを見る

A look at one U.S. Army private’s attempt to free Nazi soldiers from a Colorado prisoner of war camp during World War II. Harvard honor alumnus Dale Maple had a promising future, but his obsession w……続きを見る

"Your boss, Hogan, is running the whole drug and gambling racket in Fairfield County." Vito Colucci had only been a cop in Stamford, CT for about a year and a half when he landed an assignment in th……続きを見る

Provides a comprehensive understanding of the evolution of the espionage game in the post-World War II era. For more than four decades after World War II, the quest for intelligence drove the Soviet……続きを見る

Winner, Liz Carpenter Award For Research in the History of Women, Texas State Historical Association, 2010 Texas women broke barriers throughout the twentieth century, winning the right to vote, exp……続きを見る

This second volume in the History of Wisconsin series introduces us to the first generation of statehood, from the conversion of prairie and forests into farmland to the development of cities and in……続きを見る

James Abijah Brooks (1855-1944) was one of the four Great Captains in Texas Ranger history, others including Bill McDonald, John Hughes, and John Rogers. Over the years historians have referred to t……続きを見る

Call Me Tom is the first book-length biography of one of Missouri’s most successful senators. A moderate liberal in a conservative state, Thomas F. Eagleton was known for his political independence,……続きを見る

In early May 1863, the Army of the Potomac was at the height of its power as it bore down on Robert E. Lees Army of Northern Virginia near Fredericksburg, where the Confederates had defeated the Uni……続きを見る

From the Pentagon to the wedding chapel, there are few issues more controversial today than gay rights. As William Eskridge persuasively demonstrates in Dishonorable Passions, there is nothing new a……続きを見る

Vourlojianis examines the history of the Grays from its founding in 1837, through military service in three wars, to its modern incarnation as a social and philanthropic group. While the nature of t……続きを見る