History of the Americas

In the aftermath of major violent events that affect many, we seek to know the truth of what happened. Whatever truth emerges relies heavily on the...

Between 1822 and 1857, eight Southern states barred the ingress of all free black maritime workers. According to lawmakers, they carried a 'moral c...

Magallania defines the region between the Santa Cruz river basin to the north and the Fuegian expression of the Andes to the south. It is one of th...

Located in the Northwest of South America (Ecuador), the Cuyes River Valley acts as a transition corridor between the Andean and Amazon regions. Th...

Heathen, Hindoo, Hindu is a groundbreaking analysis of American representations of religion in India before the turn of the twentieth century. In t...

Based on personal accounts by birthing women and their medical attendants, Brought to Bed reveals how childbirth has changed from colonial times to...

During the late 1960s, throughout the 1970s, and into the 1980s, New York City poets and musicians played together, published each other, and inspi...

Richard Snow, who writes with verve and a keen eye (The New York Times Book Review), tells the thrilling story of the naval battle that changed the...

In this information overloaded twenty-first century, it seems impossible to fully discern or explain how we know about the past. But two things ar...

While there are many biographies of JFK and accounts of the early years of US space efforts, this book uses primary source material and interviews ...

Slavery's expansion across the globe often escapes notice because it operates as an underground criminal enterprise, rather than as a legal institu...