History of the Americas

Where are the women in Canadas international history? Breaking Barriers, Shaping Worlds answers this question in a comprehensive volume that explor...

During the First World War, Henri Bourassa fierce Canadian nationalist, politician, and journalist from Quebec took centre stage in the national ...

In many western countries, judicial decisions are based on black letter law text-based, well-established law. Within this tradition, testimony bas...

In Wife to Widow, award-winning historian Bettina Bradbury explores the little-studied phenomenon of the transition from wife to widowhood to offer...

Hundreds of commissions of inquiry have been struck in Canada since before Confederation, but many of their recommendations have never been impleme...

Much attention has been paid to race in the Canadian metropolis, but how are the workings of whiteness manifested in the rural-urban? White Space a...

The Banff School opened its doors in 1933 by offering a summer drama course. Since then, it has grown into a renowned cultural destination, today k...

During the First World War, Henri Bourassa fierce Canadian nationalist, politician, and journalist from Quebec took centre stage in the national ...

In 1914, the SS Komagata Maru crossed oceans and jurisdictions to arrive at the west coast of Canada. Canadian officials, calling on legislative ac...

Coming to Buffalo as a young man with a background as an itinerant printers apprentice, newspaper reporter, and popular lecturer, Twain began his b...

What is slavery? It seems a simple enough question. Despite the long history of the institution and its widespread use around the globe, many peopl...

Reassesses the career of Benner C. Turner, the polarizing African American president at South Carolina State College during the civil rights eraTra...

In Azusa Reimagined, Keri Day explores how the Azusa Street Revival of 1906, out of which U.S. Pentecostalism emerged, directly critiqued America's...

In Azusa Reimagined, Keri Day explores how the Azusa Street Revival of 1906, out of which U.S. Pentecostalism emerged, directly critiqued America's...

J.L. Anderson seeks to change the belief that the Midwest lacks the kind of geographic coherence, historical issues, and cultural touchstones that ...

Gaeton Fonzi’s masterful retelling of his work investigating the Kennedy assassination for two congressional committees is required reading for stu...

The First Vermont Cavalry participated in 75 major Civil War engagements from 1862 through 1865. As the state's only mounted regiment, riding Ve...