History of the Americas

Crosby, Stills, Nash, and Young, with their distinct vocal harmonies, blending of rock, jazz, folk, and blues, and political and social activism, h...

While the United States sought to remain neutral in the early years of World War II, some Americans did not. This book is the first to provide t...

San Diego in the 1930s offers a lively account of the city''s culture, roadside attractions, and history - from the days of the Spanish missions t...

A good organizer is a social arsonist who goes around setting people on fire. (Fred Ross). Raised by conservative parents who hoped he would stay...

The United States currently has the largest prison population on the planet. Over the last four decades, structural unemployment, concentrated urba...

Structured to meet employers' needs for low-wage farm workers, the well-known Bracero Program recruited thousands of Mexicans to perform physical l...

Structured to meet employers' needs for low-wage farm workers, the well-known Bracero Program recruited thousands of Mexicans to perform physical l...

Preserving the legacy of one of the twentieth century''s most influential advocates for peace and justice, The Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr., i...

Chicago's 1933 world's fair set a new direction for international expositions. Earlier fairs had exhibited technological advances, but Chicago's fa...

This beautifully written book, now in its second edition, tells the haunting saga of a quintessentially American family. It is the story of Shoe Bo...

Slow Fade to Black completes Richard B. Jewell''s richly detailed two-part history of the RKO film studio, which began with RKO Radio Pictures: A T...