Social and cultural history

Women were leading actors in twentieth-century developments in Georgia, yet most histories minimize their contributions.

Asylums were first established to care for the unfortunates of society.

A radical reinterpretation of early American history from a native point of viewIn Masters of Empire, the historian Michael McDonnell reveals the pivotal role played by the native peoples of the Great Lakes in the history of North America.

"e;A marvelously readable yet scholarly history"e; of American women-of European, Indigenous, and African backgrounds-in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries (Kirkus Reviews).

A detailed account of the pivotal decision made by a young army commander to march to Decatur, and the consequential combat that ensued.

The Gilded Age is in the air!

Este libro contribuye a ampliar las fronteras de la historia desde las herramientas conceptuales, metodológicas y técnicas que ofrecen el lenguaje teatral y las artes escénicas, proporcionando referencias para repensar los imaginarios existentes -incluso en el ámbito académico- en torno a los procesos de investigación en la creación artística.

Plunge into the breath-taking world of sharks with this beautiful photographic pictorial.

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A Confederate captain from the 1st Louisiana Brigade uses his skill as a newspaper editor to recount his experiences during the U.

Intergenerational African families in which the grandmother is the primary caregiver of grandchildren and great-grandchildren are increasing rapidly in American society.

Up to 500,000 Union soldiers, or one fourth of the Union army, had been born in Europe.

Sexuality in modern western culture is central to identity but the tendency to define by sexuality does not apply to the premodern past.