History of the Americas

Although much has been written about Cuba after Castro, relatively little has been written about Cuba before Castro.

Suitable for use as a core text in courses of comparative European politics or in departments of Politics.

Psalms for the Poor talk back to the blunt and beautiful phrases of the King James Bible.

An insightful exploration of the impact of urban change on Black culture, identity, and languageAcross the United States, cities are changing.

Political awareness of the tensions in U.

By providing detailed analyses of Civil War primary sources, this book will help readers to understand the history of the bloodiest of all American conflicts.

The Eastern Archaic, Historicized offers an alternative perspective on the genesis and transformation of cultural diversity over eight millennia of hunter-gatherer dwelling in eastern North America.

Though the origins of asylums can be traced to Europe, the systematic segregation of the mentally ill into specialized institutions occurred in the Unites States only after 1800, just as the struggle to end slavery took hold.

From the Salem Witch Trials of 1692 to the Sandy Hook school massacre of 2012, this two-volume encyclopedia surveys tragic events-natural and man-made, famous and forgotten-that helped shape American history.

Published to coincide with the 250th anniversary, this sweeping narrative is an astute exploration of the five critical military events that changed the outcome of the Revolutionary war.

Lewis Champion Chambers is one of the forgotten figures of Canadian Black history and the history of religion in Canada.

Despite the inherent brutality of slavery, some slaves could find small but important opportunities to act decisively.

Gripping.

In the antebellum South, divorce was an explosive issue.

After exploring several aspects of the craft of homily, How to Listen to a Sermon explains how listening to a sermon is different from attending to other forms of public address.

Focusing on the American Cherokee people and the South Carolina settlers, this book traces the two cultures and their interactions from 1680, when Charleston was established as the main town in the region, until 1785, when the Cherokees first signed a treaty with the United States.

Part anthropological history, part informed critique, Encounters examines the relations between the people of southeastern Labrador and the many visitors who have come to fish, heal the sick, and extract the region's resources.

An incisive look at American Indian and Euro-American relations from the seventeenth century to the present, this book focuses on how such relations--and Indian responses to them--have shaped contemporary Indian political fortunes.

What images come to mind when you think of Las Vegas?

This comprehensive documentary report on the cultural and political state of the union explores the flashpoints of the debate over American identity and values.

In 2012, the Episcopal Diocese of South Carolina declared its independence from the Episcopal Church.

Winner of the ASTR Translation Prize 2023.

This comparative, transatlantic two-volume work covers nearly 120 years of the history of the rights, integration, and security of the Jewish people in both the United States and France, the countries with the largest and third-largest Jewish populations.

Williams' controversial volumes, The Tragedy of AmericanDiplomacy, Contours of American History, and other works have established him as the foremost interpreter of US foreign policy.

A sweeping review of the role of women within the American military from the colonial period to the present day.

Pray Like a Champion Today takes you inside the heart of Notre Dame football-where faith, tradition, and teamwork collide.

In "Spirituelle Verbindungen: Dein eigenes Ouija-Board gestalten" nimmt dich Anna Techow mit auf eine inspirierende Reise, die Kreativität und Esoterik auf faszinierende Weise verbindet.

The nineteenth century was a time of upheaval for the Algonquin people.

Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last shah of Iran, is often remembered as a pliant instrument of American power during the Cold War.

Learn what it means to "e;submit to be more vile"e; for today's Methodists.

Over 400,000 people moved their families in search of a better life in the American West during the Westward Expansion.

During the brutal and destructive King Philip's War, the New England Indians combined new European weaponry with their traditional use of stealth, surprise, and mobility.

This is the first modern study to focus on the British dimension of the American Revolution through its whole span from its origins to the declaration of independence in 1776 and its aftermath.

The Lady Rode Bucking Horses depicts an era of the American West when capturing renegade horses from the hills above the homestead served as training ground for extraordinary horsemanship.

This book provides a thorough examination of the relations between the men in the British, French and American armies on the Western Front of the First World War.

This book is about the grassroots community revitalization movement in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Lyon, France, between 1980 and 2010, an extension of the post-WWII civil rights campaign that is rarely considered.

A "e;stimulating"e; account of the capitalists who changed America in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, setting the stage for the 1929 crash and Great Depression (Kirkus Reviews).

Islamophobia in America offers new perspectives on prejudice against Muslims, which has become increasingly widespread in the USA in the past decade.

Narratives of Vulnerability in Museums is a study of the challenges museums face when they present narratives of instability, uncertainty, and fear in their exhibitions.

William Appleman Williams was one of America's greatest critics of US imperialism.

This book focuses on US-UK relations with Jordan for the entire period of King Hussein's reign, explaining Hussein's successes and failures, while emphasizing the declining influence of London and the rising influence of Washington.

Revealing the story of the reopening of the case of the Birmingham, Alabama, church bombing of 1963, this insider's account divulges the ins and outs of the investigation led by detective Ben Herren of the Birmingham Police Department and special agent Bill Fleming of the FBI.

English describes the development of a uniquely Canadian selection system that attempted to match the aptitudes of aircrew candidates to the duties they would perform and the evolution of the RCAF's training program from a haphazard system with enormous attrition to one that became the model for many modern systems.

In 1957 after a century of scathing debates and threats of provincial separation Ottawa finally tackled the dangerous fiscal inequalities among its richer and poorer provinces.

This book collects for the first time the black freedom movement writings of Jack O'Dell and restores one of the great unsung heroes of the civil rights movement to his rightful place in the historical record.

Through engagement with the historical debate Incarnation and Inspiration offers a systematic exposition of the person of Jesus that brings together dissonant aspects of the tradition.