History of the Americas

One of the first books to examine the earliest indigenous slave trade in the Spanish Caribbean Captives of Conquest is one of the first books to e...

The Cuzco region of highland Peru was the heartland of the Inca empire, the largest native state to develop in the Americas.

Cerro Azul, a pre-Inca fishing community in the Kingdom of Huarco, Peru, stood at the interface between a rich marine ecosystem and an irrigated co...

Landscapes of Promise is the first comprehensive environmental history of the early years of a state that has long been associated with environment...

How early Black prison writing shaped Black intellectual movements   In this book, Andrea Stone recovers critical, understudied writings from ear...

How early Black prison writing shaped Black intellectual movements   In this book, Andrea Stone recovers critical, understudied writings from ear...

The Poverty Law Canon takes readers into the lives of clients and lawyerswho brought critical poverty law cases in the United States. These casesin...

The last generation of Americans with a living memory of Jim Crow will soon disappear. They leave behind a collective memory of segregation shaped ...

Black Republicans left an indelible mark on the history of their party, the civil rights movement, and twentieth-century political development Refl...

Sharpshooters were the elite of the Union army. Clad in green uniforms and equipped with the eras latest rifles and scopes, they took up positions ...

Trees are not just natural resources; they are also cultural ones that present unique challenges and opportunities for public historians. Trees can...

Trees are not just natural resources; they are also cultural ones that present unique challenges and opportunities for public historians. Trees can...

In two volumes, Judson Jeffries brings together essays on 21 accomplished and influential members of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., demonstrating ...

In two volumes, Judson Jeffries brings together essays on 21 accomplished and influential members of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., demonstrating ...

Provides vital new evidence that Union veterans remained stubbornly opposed to the nations reconciliationist tendencies and unwilling to surrender ...

Provides vital new evidence that Union veterans remained stubbornly opposed to the nations reconciliationist tendencies and unwilling to surrender ...

The dramatic story of a pivotal figure in the Haitian Revolution, who shook the Atlantic world to its core Born to an enslaved mother in Grenada, H...

The Latino Continuum and the Nineteenth-Century Americas argues that the process of recovering Latina/o figures and writings in the nineteenth cen...

Reimagining our cities for a sustainable and human-centric future In her groundbreaking book Wonder City, Lynn Ellsworth delves deep into the heart...