History of the Americas

*Winner of the 2022 Cherasco International Prize*'Thoroughly engrossing' Michael Pollan, The Atlantic'Wonderful, energising' Kathryn Hughes, The Gu...

When most people think of the history of modern conservatism, they think of Ronald Reagan. Yet this narrow view leaves many to question: How did Do...

At the turn of the twentieth century, American women began to reject Victorian propriety in favor of passion and livelihood outside the home. This ...

A timely read. . . . [Nadelsons] reporting, all from a personal lens, is up-to-date. . . . Like chocolate chips in a cookie, the book is studded wi...

From 1969 to 1971, as the United States convulsed with political upheaval and transformative social movements, no band was bigger than Creedence Cl...

Theres the office: President of the United States. And then theres the man in the officeprone to temptation and looking to unwind after a long day ...

Elvis Presley stands tall as perhaps the supreme icon of 20th-century U.S. culture. But he was perceived to be deeply un-American in his early year...

While the history of the non-violent Civil Rights Movement, from Rosa Parks to Martin Luther King, is one of the great American stories of the twen...

From the multi-million copy bestselling author of Demon Copperhead: a true story of female-led resilience during the Great Arizona Mine Strike of 1...

I've been there before And I'll try it again But anyfoolknows Thatthere's no way to winThose lyrics have been sung by Ray Charles, Norah Jones, Nan...

My Life in Nevada Politics tells the entertaining, informative, and at times poignant story of the rise of Richard Bryan from humble beginnings in ...

An incisive account of the crucial role money played in the formation and development of British North America.  Promise to Pay follows Americas f...

The gritty, true blue story of two remarkable cops and an equally extraordinary nurse who provided the spirit and smarts that transformed Fear City...

From Colonial Cuba to Madrid examines the largest and most complex freedom suit litigated in the highest court of the Spanish empire at the end of ...

From Colonial Cuba to Madrid examines the largest and most complex freedom suit litigated in the highest court of the Spanish empire at the end of ...

In War Fever, celebrated sports historians Randy Roberts and Johnny Smith explore the monumental changes taking place in Boston during the Great Wa...

To most Americans, Malcolm X and Martin Luther King Jr. represent contrasting ideals: self-defense versus nonviolence, Black Power versus civil rig...

Black Robes Enter Coyotes World brings to life the complicated history of Jesuit missionaries among Montanas Native peoplesa saga of encounter, acc...

Ronald Takaki's brilliant revisionist history of America (Publishers Weekly) is a landmark work of American history retells American history from t...

Early modernity has long been seen as a crucial period in the history of biblical scholarship, witnessing rapid advances in studies of Hebrew, Gree...

Originally published in Mexico in 1970, Indigenous and Popular Thinking in América is the first book by the Argentine philosopher Rodolfo Kusch (19...

This vibrant biography of Griffintown, an inner-city Montreal neighbourhood, brings to life the history of Irish identity in the legendary enclave....

Helps readers understand how World War I affected Kansas and its residents, and how Kansans in turn had an impact on the outcome of the Great War. ...

When president Woodrow Wilson spoke in Topeka on February 2, 1916, in favor of a stronger military, he faced skepticism and outright opposition fro...

Talking Back to the Indian Act is a comprehensive how-to guide for engaging with primary source documents. The intent of the book is to encourage r...

Beginning with the 1992 presidential campaign that propelled them to two terms in the White House, Hillary and Bill Clinton have occupied the Ameri...

An incisive account of the crucial role money played in the formation and development of British North America.  Promise to Pay follows Americas f...

Neither Fish nor Fowl: A Mercantile Jewish Family on the Rio Grande is the memoir of Morris Riskind, who was born and lived most of his life in the...

A memoir of one of Americas first adventurers, a young boy who acted as a link between the Jamestown colonists and the Patawomecks and Powhatans. B...

In The Writings of Warner Mifflin, Gary Nash and Michael McDowell present the correspondence, petitions, and memorials to state and federal legisla...

After moonrise on the cold night of January 21, 1897, a mob of twenty five white men gathered in a patch of woods near Big Road in southwestern Sim...

Brazil's leadership role in the fight against HIV has brought its public health system widespread praise. But the nation still faces serious health...

The Dumville family settled in central Illinois during an era of division and dramatic change. Arguments over slavery raged. Railroads and circuit-...