History of the Americas

Meyer London (1871-1926), a Russian Jewish immigrant, settled in New York's Lower East Side in 1891. He became a lawyer, labor activist, foundin...

Portraits of Conflict: A Photographic History of Alabama in the Civil War is the tenth volume in this acclaimed series showing the human side of th...

A fascinating, concise and comprehensive description of the rise, glory and fall of the Olmec and Maya civilizations. The volume is dedicated to t...

As the United States withdraws its combat troops from Iraq and Afghanistan, politicians, foreign policy specialists, and the public are worrying ab...

This is the first biography devoted to the life of a remarkable young man who, in the words of Civil War historian Ezra Warner, embarked upon a com...