History of the Americas

Baptists tend to be the "e;problem children"e; of the ecumenical movement.

This title was originally published in 1963.

A Scotch Paisano in Old Los Angeles by Susanna Bryant Dakin reconstructs the career and milieu of Hugo Reid-a Scottish trader turned Californio hacendado-through an extraordinary epistolary record, chiefly his 1836-1852 correspondence with Abel Stearns.

Vicki Tolar Burton argues that John Wesley wanted to make ordinary Methodist men and women readers, writers, and public speakers because he understood the powerful role of language for spiritual formation.

Ronald C.

Negro Slavery in Latin America explores the profound historical and cultural impact of over three centuries of African slavery in the region.

"Travesía", trayecto entre dos puntos, viaje.

The greatest naval conflict in history occurred during World War II from 1939 to 1945.

This title was originally published in 1922.

First published in 1979, Revolt Against the Dead describes the changing lifestyle of the Aguacatec Indians, a Mayan peasant people of the northwestern highlands of Guatemala.

Los Angeles, City of Angels.

A brilliant look at the writers, artists, scientists, movie directors, and scholars-ranging from Bertolt Brecht to Albert Einstein, Hannah Arendt, Thomas Mann, and Fritz Lang-who fled Hitler's Germany and how they changed the very fabric of American culture.

This title was originally published in 1922.

Los Angeles, City of Angels.

The third volume in Studies in Rhetoric & Religion, Preaching Politics traces the surprising and lasting influence of one of American history's most fascinating and enigmatic figures--George Whitefield.

The question of economic justice for Black Americans continues to be the subject of contentious political debate.

Countless generations of Arabs and Muslims have called the United States "e;home.

This groundbreaking book is a history of the Black Baptist experience in Canada.

Ethnic Enterprise in America by Ivan H.

Ethnic Enterprise in America by Ivan H.

Michael Meranze uses Philadelphia as a case study to analyze the relationship between penal reform and liberalism in early America.

This title was originally published in 1938.

This catalog provides a descriptive bibliography of books in the Ahmanson-Murphy Aldine collection at the University of California, Los Angeles, together with abbreviated notices of works not at UCLA.

This title was originally published in 1938.

Frank Roney: Irish Rebel and California Labor Leader, edited by Ira B.

Helen Barrett Montgomery was a prominent member of the women's ecumenical movement of the early twentieth century.

Frank Roney: Irish Rebel and California Labor Leader, edited by Ira B.

This title was originally published in 1953.

This title was originally published in 1953.

This title was originally published in 1968.

This title was originally published in 1955.

Who is Bert Corona?

The Ilahita Arapesh: Dimensions of Unity delves into the social and religious structures of Ilahita, a uniquely large and complex village in New Guinea's Torricelli Mountains.

This title was originally published in 1951.

The Life and Adventures of George Nidever: 1802-1883 is a fascinating window into the life of a quintessential American frontiersman whose journey spanned the rugged terrains of Tennessee, Missouri, and eventually California.

This title was originally published in 1968.

The Ilahita Arapesh: Dimensions of Unity delves into the social and religious structures of Ilahita, a uniquely large and complex village in New Guinea's Torricelli Mountains.

Post-Revolutionary Nicaragua: State, Class, and the Dilemmas of Agrarian Policy offers a penetrating analysis of the challenges faced by the Sandinista regime following the overthrow of the Somoza dynasty in 1979.

This title was originally published in 1955.

The largest Protestant denomination in the United States is in the midst of a serious identity crisis; many Baptists are revisiting or turning away from the tradition, leaving others to become increasingly uncertain that the denomination can remain viable.

Post-Revolutionary Nicaragua: State, Class, and the Dilemmas of Agrarian Policy offers a penetrating analysis of the challenges faced by the Sandinista regime following the overthrow of the Somoza dynasty in 1979.