The writings collected here reflect the Madison who emerges from the best scholarship of the last thirty years--scholarship to which Ralph Ketcham,...

The writings collected here reflect the Madison who emerges from the best scholarship of the last thirty years--scholarship to which Ralph Ketcham,...

"Readers of this book who thought they knew a lot about the U.S. Civil War will discover that much of what they 'knew' is wrong. For readers whose ...

The long rivalry between the Hudson's Bay Company and the North West Company for control of the fur trade in Canada's northwest came to an explosiv...

This engaging and insightful book is the first historical study in English portraying the lives and fates of Slovak women. The seven life stories, ...

The last third of the 19th century witnessed a considerable increase in the active participation of women in the various Christian missions. Kathar...

This new collection of essays based upon a conference at the University of Huddersfield, generously supported by the Heritage Lottery Fund, explore...

Living with drought is one of the biggest issues of our times. Climate change scenarios suggest that in the next fifty years global warming will in...

History's first national party with roots in a mass electorate, the Jacksonian Democrats were not so much unified around a shared policy program as...

History's first national party with roots in a mass electorate, the Jacksonian Democrats were not so much unified around a shared policy program as...

John Adams and Benjamin Rush were two remarkably different men who shared a devotion to liberty. Their dialogues on the implications of fame for th...

John Adams and Benjamin Rush were two remarkably different men who shared a devotion to liberty. Their dialogues on the implications of fame for th...

This richly illustrated history tells the fascinating story of Pacific people and their relationships with, and contributions to, New Zealand socie...

A little-known episode in North America's history, the 1839 Aroostook War was an undeclared war with no actual fighting. It had its roots in the 17...

History is not a snap-shot. Events happen, and the true record of them follows at a distance. Sometimes the early report is too voluminous, and it ...

The historical circumstances of the Danish Golden Age are well known: the Napoleonic Wars, the bombardment of Copenhagen, the state bankruptcy in 1...

For centuries, colonial powers searched for a sea passage that would link the Arctic and Pacific Oceans. The route, known as the Northwest Passage,...

In addition to a thoughtful selection of the essays, speeches, and autobiographical writings of Frederick Douglass, this anthology provides an illu...

In addition to a thoughtful selection of the essays, speeches, and autobiographical writings of Frederick Douglass, this anthology provides an illu...

Here, in a single volume, is a selection of the classic critiques of the new Constitution penned by such ardent defenders of states' rights and per...

Here, in a single volume, is a selection of the classic critiques of the new Constitution penned by such ardent defenders of states' rights and per...