History of the Americas

This fascinating study traces sixteenth-century German colonialism in Venezuela through the lens of racialized capitalism and the subsequent memori...

Mapping Diversity in Latin America offers ample critical coverage of recent approaches to the historical study of race and ethnicity in Latin Ameri...

Mapping Diversity in Latin America offers ample critical coverage of recent approaches to the historical study of race and ethnicity in Latin Ameri...

Since the 1890s, New Jersey has attracted hundreds of thousands of Caribbean and Latin American migrants. The states rich economic history, high-in...

Since the 1890s, New Jersey has attracted hundreds of thousands of Caribbean and Latin American migrants. The states rich economic history, high-in...

The British surrender at Yorktown on 19 Oct. was a glorious moment for the allied forces under the command of Gen. George Washington and French lie...

One man's struggle for the ballot reveals the sacrifices of those who shaped the civil rights movement in the American South.

Tracing the metaphor of America as the Book of Revelations New Jerusalem, Yii-Jan Lin shows how apocalyptic narratives have been used to exclude un...

For nearly seven years, from 1967 to 1974, many hundreds of bright, college-going youthmost of whom had previously been labeled as high school drop...

For nearly seven years, from 1967 to 1974, many hundreds of bright, college-going youthmost of whom had previously been labeled as high school drop...

Though Latinx foodways are eagerly embraced and consumed by people across the United States, the nation exhibits a much more fraught relationship w...

Long before their country officially joined the war, American aid workers were active in rescue efforts across Europe. Two such Americans were Mart...

It has long been known that Hollywood was actively involved in shaping US public opinion during World War II. Less well documented are the ways in ...

Lake Titicaca - the world's highest navigable lake - was home to some of the greatest civilizations in the ancient world. This lavishly illustrated...

Built within an exceptional watershed, Montreal is intertwined with the waterways that ring its island and flow beneath it in underground networks....

Western philosophers have long claimed that God, if such a being exists, is a personal force capable of reason and that the path to a good human li...

This book brings together a trail blazing collection of music scholars to explore the intersections, frictions, and resonances between nineteenth-c...

The surprising history of old age in modern America, showing how we created unprecedented security for some and painful uncertainty for othersOn fa...

Why do Donald Trump, Tucker Carlson and much of the far Right so explicitly admire the murderous and incompetent Russian dictator Vladimir Putin? W...

This book analyzes the legacy of the first Trump administration on a variety of different fronts. Whether it was the extensive use of Twitter, the ...