History of the Americas

The Japanese Empire and Latin America provides a comprehensive analysis of the complicated relationship between Japanese migration and capital expo...

First Martyr of Liberty explores how Crispus Attucks's death in the 1770 Boston Massacre led to his achieving mythic significance in African Americ...

When Samuel de Champlain founded the colony of Quebec in 1608, he established elaborate gardens where he sowed French seeds he had brought with him...

Focusing on the interconnections of the Atlantic world from 1450-1900, The Atlantic Connection examines the major themes of Atlantic history. Durin...

In 1904, Edmund J. James inherited the leadership of an educational institution in search of an identity. His sixteen-year tenure transformed the ...

Beginning in January 1692, Salem Village in colonial Massachusetts witnessed the largest and most lethal outbreak of witchcraft in early America. V...

Francis La Flesche (18571932) lebte zwischen zwei Welten: Als Umoho (Omaha) kämpfte er für deren Rechte, als Wissenschaftler erforschte er seine ei...

From Victorian anxieties about syphilis to the current hysteria over herpes and AIDS, the history of venereal disease in America forces us to exami...

When Samuel de Champlain founded the colony of Quebec in 1608, he established elaborate gardens where he sowed French seeds he had brought with him...

At the turn of the 20th century, the American photographer Edward Sheriff Curtis (18681952) started on his 30-year project to produce a monumental ...

At the turn of the 20th century, the American photographer Edward Sheriff Curtis (18681952) started on his 30-year project to produce a monumental ...

Interpreting The Amistad Trials traces the signal importance of interpreters and translators in the famous 19th-century Amistad case and discusses ...

Why is it that so many Americans have not heard of John Dickinson? John Dickinson of Pennsylvania and Delaware was an early leader of the resistan...

Like many Midwestern factory towns, deindustrialization damaged Racine in the 1970s and 1980s. But the Wisconsin city differed from others like it ...

Like many Midwestern factory towns, deindustrialization damaged Racine in the 1970s and 1980s. But the Wisconsin city differed from others like it ...

Scientific Practices in European History, 12001800 presents and situates a collection of extracts from both widely known texts by such figures as C...

Two phenomena are of central interest in the nine contributions that make up this volume: one is the question of power and its multiple forms, and ...

This book focuses on the relationships between underground urban music cultures in Los Angeles and specific urban imaginaries related to music prac...