Kenneth A. Lockridge
Enlarged Edition
In his highly original and controversial study. Professor Lockridge traces the origins of Dedham, Massachusetts, carefully examining its establishment as a utopia in 1636, the changes that occurred during the first four generations of its settlement, and the kind of community it had become by the mid-eighteenth century.More
Suzanne Lebsock
In this book, which has important implications for our vision of the
female past, Suzanne Lebsock examines the question, Did the position of
women in America deteriorate or improve in the first half of the
nineteenth century?More
I. Bernard Cohen
Revised and Updated
The earth circles the sun every year and rotates on its axis every twenty-four hours. The earth does not stand still.More
Byron Farwell
"Tells all the old stories of imperial heroism con brio." —Noel Annan, New York Review of BooksMore
Max Hastings, Simon Jenkins
"Must be read by all our military people and anyone who wants to find out what really happened on the Falkland Islands." —James M. GavinMore
Arturo Morales Carrión
The people of Puerto Rico today are caught in a centuries-old dilemma of identity.More
John Alexander Williams
John Alexander Williams's West Virginia: A History is widely considered one of the finest books ever written about the state.More
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Howard N. Meyer
"One of the great source documents in human history, but one of our greatest Americans. . . . Thrilling reading." —Tillie OlsenMore
Ronald G. Walters
"A fresh and provocative contribution . . . . the clearest, most penetrating, and best-informed study of the post-1830 antislavery movement that exists." —Richard Bardolph, North Carolina Historical ReviewMore
Paul MacKendrick
Second Edition
"MacKendrick writes so enthusiastically that all laymen who have a serious interest in scholarship and antiquity will delight in following his story." --New York Times Book ReviewMore
Michael F. Holt
Professor Holt's book provides a lucid and provocative interpretation of the coming of the Civil War.More
Marshall I. Goldman
The Soviet Union in the post-Brezhnev era confronts an economic disaster on a vast scale.More
Paul MacKendrick
Second Edition, Revised and Enlarged
"Paul MacKendrick has a thrilling tale to tell. . . . His book is for those who want an authoritative exposition of what archaeologists are accomplishing in Greek lands."--New York Times Book ReviewMore
Ramón Eduardo Ruíz
The great rebellion ignited by Francisco Madero's call to arms in 1910 was a momentous event in the turbulent history of Mexico.More
Russell F. Weigley
In this, the definitive comprehensive history of Philadelphia, the reader will discover a rich and colorful portrait of one of America's most vital, interesting, and illustrious cities.More