History of the Americas

Walking Washingtons History: Ten Cities, a follow-up to Judy Bentleys bestselling Hiking Washingtons History, showcases the states engaging urban h...

Kelroy, a nearly-forgotten 1812 novel by Rebecca Rush, combines the refinement of the novel of manners with the Gothic novel's hidden evil to tell ...

Designed to encourage critical thinking about history, the MAJOR PROBLEMS IN AMERICAN HISTORY series introduces you to both primary sources and ana...

The Rising Tide of Color challenges familiar narratives of race in American history that all too often present the U.S. state as a benevolent force...

Long overlooked in histories of finance, women played an essential role in areas such as banking and the stock market during the late nineteenth an...

In the thirty-five years before the Civil War, it became increasingly difficult for Americans outside the world of politics to have frank and open ...

The Carolina Backcountry Venture is a historical, geographical, and archaeological investigation of the development of Camden, South Carolina, and...

Besides massive race prejudice and the perceived vindictiveness of the radical Republicans, another factor that contributed strongly to the derailm...

The thirty Guaraní missions of the Río de la Plata were the largest and most prosperous of all the Catholic missions established throughout the fro...

The Blue, the Gray, and the Red is the first book dedicated solely to chronicling the numerous campaigns waged against the Indians in the American ...