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The era of the American Revolution was one of violent and unpredictable social, economic, and political change, and the dislocations of the period were most severely felt in the South. This title contends that the military struggle there involved a triangle - two sets of white belligerents and approximately 400,000 slaves.

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Providing a fresh look at a crucial aspect of the American Civil War, this new study explores the day-to-day life of people in the Confederate States of America as they struggled to cope with a crisis that spared no one, military or civilian.

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In the midst of the culture wars raging in the United States, this book recovers a part of U.S. history that some wish to forget--the war of 1898.

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The country of the ancient Mexicans or Aztecs, as they were known, formed but a very small part of the extensive territories which make up modern Mexico. This book contains an extract from William H Prescott's major work "A History of the Conquest of Mexico".

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This book presents for the first time the collected editorials Taft produced under contract for the Philadelphia Public Ledger from November 1, 1917 through July 5, 1921. This book will be a valuable addition to any research library, and it should appeal to scholars engaged in research in Taft, and in American political history.

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A founder of the New York Anti-Slavery Society, William Jay was one of the prolific and influential abolitionists of his day, yet Americans know little about him. Like many of his contemporaries, Jay looked at a rapidly changing America and it frightened him. This book examines his life and work in over 100 years.

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At the beginning of the 1650s, England was in ruins wrecked, impoverished, grief-stricken by plague and civil war. What started out as a heaven was soon to become one of the cruellest places on earth.

The history of Willoughbyland is a microcosm of empire, its heady attractions and fatal dangers.

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Selecting the most important literature from Wisconsin's rich historical resources, this bibliography provides 3,400 entries on the history of Wisconsin.

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"A study of contemporary American reactions to the Moscow show trials of the 1930s and their impact on US-Soviet relations"--

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The lives and contributions of eight female educators who influenced modern American schools are described, as well as the historical context in which the women lived and worked.

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Discover the best books, Web sites, audiovisual items, and other materials to research notable women of the United States. The guide concentrates on materials published or produced during the 1990s, and its final section outlines the field of women's history in terms of its historiography, theory and methodology, and its place in education.

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William Blake called himself a "sublime Artist" and acknowledged his own power to create "the Most Sublime Poetry." Words of Eternity reveals the fundamental importance of the term "sublime" in a defining of Blake's poetic achievement. This first full-length study of Blake and the sublime demonstrates that a sophisticated theory of sublimity permea

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An interpretation of the 1930s rise of industrial unionism. It challenges the popular historical notion that American workers' embrace of 'Americanism' and other patriotic sentiments in the post-World War I years indicated their fundamental political conservatism.

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Read the experiences of the men and women who served in a horrific war, across the sea-the Great War. Relying extensively on letters, diaries, and reminiscences of those Americans who fought or served in World War I, Jennifer Keene reports on training and camp requirements for enlistees and recruits;