History of the Americas Books

Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive environmental synthesis of the Caribbean region, written by eminent scholars of the topic.Trade ReviewThe Caribbean was the first region in the Americas to bear the human and environmental stamp of European intervention, mainly through slavery and sugar monoculture. Further, it is the place from which modernity and European capitalism emergedthe modern industrial labor regime had its origin in the rigors of plantation slavery, and in the 18th century, the Caribbean became a center of European finance. This volume treats Caribbean environmental history from the first Indigenous settlement of 7,000 BCE to the mid-19th century. It comprises three sections, each with eminent authorship and a cooperatively written conclusion...[that] deals with the regions environmental history after 1850. An authoritative and accessible work for all libraries. Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates through faculty. * Choice *The violence of natural phenomena like hurricanes, manmade horrors like African chattel slavery, and the destruction of the natural environment by planters,...the dangers of environmental destruction, deforestation, and climatic shocks...all of these subjects are excellently covered in Sea and Land, which, surprisingly, is the Caribbean's first twenty-first-century comprehensive environmental history....This book provides a standard account of Caribbean history but one that is done with such verve and with such authority that it is an essential guide to the dynamics of the Caribbean in a larger global system....Brilliantly executed. * Trevor Burnard, New West Indian Guide *This enticing and coherent volume is environmental history at its best, gracefully moving in scale from microscopic insects to massive global transformations during the last five hundred years. The research is innovative and the writing stellar. Together, the authors illustrate the centrality of the Caribbean to global phenomena such as slavery and the Atlantic world, ecological exchanges, and pandemics. * Charles F. Walker, University of California, Davis *This exceptional work brims with the richness, exuberance, and fragility of the creole ecologies of the Caribbean. Through its focus on the multifarious physical environments of the region and their amalgams of global biota, this volume fills a significant gap in the region's historiography. It demonstrates that thinking with the environment is essential for the historical understanding of the Caribbean and the violent worlds of modern colonialism, capitalism, and extractivism that emerged from the region. * Pablo F. Gómez, University of Wisconsin-Madison *An authoritative and accessible work for all libraries. * Choice *This book was overdue...This attempt to bring an environmental focus to the islands and the sea is an excellent place to start, a most enjoyable reading...This book delivers on its promise to document environmental changes in the Caribbean for the longue durée. Undergraduates will benefit from this knowledge, while graduate students should draw inspiration toward topics that demand further research. The collaboration that these scholars undertook has paid off handsomely. * Myrna Santiago, Saint Mary's College of California, H-Net *Sea and Land excels in balancing the broad, enduring themes of Caribbean environmental history alongside an analysis of particular events and their aftermaths. In the same convincing manner, it identifies the elements that make the Caribbean a unified space while also showing variations in diverse island environments and societie...It is a thorough, scholarly work that also speaks to a broader audience. * Rasmus Christensen, Journal of Early America *

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Book SynopsisScars on the Land is the first comprehensive history of American slavery to examine how the environment fundamentally formed enslaved people's lives and how slavery remade the Southern landscape.Trade ReviewDavid Silkenat has written an astoundingly original history of southern slavery. To the crimes against humanity committed by enslavers, one can add environmental destruction. It is the enslaved, whose interactions with the flora, fauna, and landscape allow them to create alternative geographies of freedom, who emerge as stewards of the south. Scars on the Land reveals perceptively the long afterlives of slavery all around us. * Manisha Sinha, author of The Slave's Cause: A History of Abolition *This beautifully crafted book provides a striking new context for understanding southern slavery. Silkenat takes us deep into the South's fields, forests, and swamps, showing how the natural world shaped the daily lives of enslaved and enslavers alike. At the same time, we see how slavery remade the southern landscape and how African American knowledge of the environment eventually helped facilitate emancipation. Readers will never think of the South's 'peculiar institution' in the same way again. * Timothy Silver, co-author of An Environmental History of the Civil War *Here we see the outline of a three-dimensional history of slavery: one in which 'power' and 'resistance' and 'work' and 'agency' are to be understood as dynamic material processes. The system's ecological and spatial aspects are understood by David Silkenat as both the determining parameters and agonistic products of its economic and racial aspects. * Walter Johnson, author of The Broken Heart of America: St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States *Synthesizing decades of scholarship in slavery and environmental studies, and offering a new interpretative framework, Scars on the Land expands our understanding of the environmental and human disaster that was built into the business model of racial slavery in the US South and integral to its power. In this timely and illuminating book, Silkenat refuses to let us forget that the devastation of black life was of a piece with the deep entanglement of the expansionary visions and policies of slaveholders that laid waste to the land with a force peculiar to slavery. He makes clear how, in the production of cash crops, the mining of coal, or the tapping of pine trees for tar, slavery and environmental devastation went hand in hand and at tremendous cost to black life and in the years before the Civil War, a narrowing of the possibilities of black freedom. * Thavolia Glymph, author of The Women's Fight: The Civil War's Battles for Home, Freedom, and Nation *This volume resolves a notable historiographic absence in the literature of slavery as well as in American environmental history....Silkenat...demonstrates that the environmental history of slavery is not a simple matter of evaluating the impersonal forces of the South's ecology on enslaved men and women. One of the book's strengths is demonstrating how much of the environment itself was subject to the very human actions of enslavement and enslaved labor...The thematic chapters provide readers with a depth of analysis that richly incorporates African American primary source...and offers readers a tightly focused examination of the role that soil, rivers, forests, animals, and swamps played in the lives of slaves...This volume will be of enormous value in bringing these topics to the attention of students, laypersons, or environmental historians. * Nicholas Cox, H-CivWar *Scars Upon the Land's lively pace, vivid examples, and sensitive construction clearly demonstrate both how the landscape affected enslaved people and how they interacted with and shaped their environment. The book brings to bear a mountainous bibliography of primary accounts and secondary interpretations to explore this tension. Scars Upon the Land manages all this material elegantly...The book sweeps the reader across the South from eastern turpentine forests to Mississippi River levees, presenting familiar narratives in new ways and making connections that many students of slavery may not otherwise think to probe, like the links between the weather and white fears of slave revolt...informative yet readable and could easily be assigned to undergraduate student...in southern, African American, and nineteenth-century history. * Kelly Houston Jones, American Nineteenth Century History *With compelling prose, a convincing re-reading of primary and secondary sources, and an effective organization, this book offers an excellent overview of the complicated cause-and-effect relationships between human enslavement and environmental change in disparate spaces over a long period of time...The book's most important accomplishment is that within each setting, readers encounter the natural world through the eyes, hands, and labour of enslaved people. * James C. Giesen, Slavery & Abolition *It is an incisive and ramifying book, one that deserves a wide readership and a prominent place on the bookshelf of scholars. * Rich Newman, Civil War Book Review, Vol. 26 *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1 An Exhausted Soil Chapter 2 An Animal Without Hope Chapter 3 Dragged Out by the Roots Chapter 4 Breeches in the Levee Chapter 5 A Southern Cyclone Chapter 6 An Inhospitable Refuge Chapter 7 Landscape of Freedom Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThis is the very first book-length biography of John Wesley Gilbert, a man famous as "the first black archaeologist." The book uses previously unstudied sources to reveal the triumphs and challenges of an overlooked pioneer in American archaeology.Trade ReviewLee (history, Univ. of California, Santa Barbara) has written a comprehensive, impeccably researched biography of John Wesley Gilbert, the first Black American archaeologist. Lee explains that Gilbert was much more than just an archaeologist: he was also an educator, a Methodist minister and missionary to the Congo, and the first Black professor of Paine College, founded by both Black and white Methodists in 1882. * L. D. Baker, CHOICE *A comprehensive, impeccably researched biography of John Wesley Gilbert, the first Black American archaeologist.... Gilbert's life demonstrates the diversity of thought in the years just preceding the New Negro Movement. * CHOICE *Rescues a pioneering Black scholar from obscurity in this intriguing biography.... Lee meticulously pieces together the fragmentary records of Gilbert's life to highlight his extraordinary commitment to 'interracial cooperation' at a time of worsening racism in the South. The result is an informative addition to the history of Black education in America * Publishers Weekly *The First Black Archaeologist is a riveting narrative, weaving threads of post-Reconstruction racism, conflicts, and religious commitment into a revealing tapestry of personal success and interracial cooperation. * Bishop Othal Hawthorne Lakey, Retired, Christian Methodist Episcopal Church *In the 1885 inaugural issue of The American Journal of Archaeology, John Izard Middleton was hailed by Charles Eliot Norton as 'the first American classical archaeologist.' Now thanks to John W. I. Lee's deeply researched and beautifully written biography, we can learn about the first African American to work in the same field and publish in the same journal. This was John Wesley Gilbert whose life is an index to his era. * Michele Valerie Ronnick, Wayne State University *A revelatory read. John Lee's well-written, meticulously researched biography of the largely forgotten Black archaeologist, John Wesley Gilbert, shows that Gilbert, usually known for his trip as a missionary to the Congo under Belgian rule, was one of the most important figures of Greek archaeology in early-twentieth-century America. Lee shows us a more nuanced, transgressive Gilbert, whose mastery of the Greek language, archaeology, and classical education made him an American anomaly. Lee's biography excels most in its almost daily tracking of this fascinating New Negro, as he trips through Greece, the Congo, and the minefields of Jim Crow higher education in America. In the process, Lee creates a template for studying Black scholars in terms of the disciplines they mastered, not simply the disciplines that have come to dominate Black Studies. * Jeffrey C. Stewart, author of the Pulitzer Prize- and National Book Award-winning biography The New Negro: The Life of Alain Locke *Lee masterfully reconnects Gilbert with his era…and cohesively argues for 'the centrality of both Classics and Christianity in the black intellectual tradition'... A significantly interesting study, The First Black Archaeologist goes far beyond...earlier work by connecting Gilbert to a religious and an intellectual lineage, as well as to a community heritage in Augusta and at Paine College. * Ricardo O.Howell, Journal of Southern History *Table of ContentsForeword: Dr. Mallory Millender, Paine College Acknowledgements Abbreviations List of Figures List of Maps Introduction: Out of the Ashes 1. Nursed in the Arms of Poverty 2. This Young Man Deserves Special Mention 3. Nothing Less Than Glorious 4. The American School 5. No Stone Unturned 6. The Demes of Athens 7. Excavating Eretria 8. A Humble Worker in the Colored Ranks 9. Mutombo Katshi 10. The Old Veteran Conclusion: Enduring Spirit Appendix 1: The Birthdates of Gilbert and his Family Appendix 2: John Wesley Gilbert and John Hope Bibliography

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Book SynopsisThis dual biography of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, the thirty-ninth President and the First Lady, chronicles their personal and professional relationships and their business and political successes. The second volume of their dramatic story is filled with the emotional and political ups and downs of their lives as they managed a large family, attempted to use their presidency to bring peace, human rights, and justice to all peoples of the world, and dedicated theremainder of their long lives to making a safer, more caring world.Trade ReviewAlthough the Carters are the rare presidential couple to admit and value the wife's role in her husband's success, E. Stanly Godbold, Jr. is the first to document how extensively Rosalynn figured in Jimmy's presidency and in the remarkable accomplishments of his post-presidency. Even readers who think they know the Carter record well will find much to savor in this captivating, carefully researched account. * Betty Boyd Caroli, author of Lady Bird and Lyndon: The Hidden Story of a Marriage that Made a President *The second volume of this wonderful, deeply researched, and eminently fair dual biography of the Carters invaluably illuminates their remarkable presidency, post-presidency, and partnership. * Laura Kalman, University of California, Santa Barbara *E. Stanly Godbold's exhaustively researched account of Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter, beginning with his unlikely campaign for the presidency, explores their personal and their political lives, capturing the sometimes-awkward balance between Jimmy Carter's deep moral compass and his fierce political ambition. No other study of the 39th President has more fully explored the critical role of his wife, Rosalynn, whose ability to capture the mood of Main Street Americans made her an invaluable partner in his presidency and in the years after he left the White House. * Dan Carter, University of South Carolina *Jimmy Carter, now our oldest former president, is also the president with the longest marriage in US history. Throughout their lives together, Jimmy and Rosalyn Carter have been hard working and sincere. They have been devoted to idealistic ambitions—and each other. E. Stanly Godbold, Jr. explores their relationship and its consequences for the nation and the world. His book will hold an important place in the collection of new volumes that revisit and revise the controversial and complicated Carter legacy. * Robert A. Strong, author of Working in the World: Jimmy Carter and the Making of American Foreign Policy *Impressively researched and clearly presented, this biography does not ignore Carter's occasional missteps and ideological inconsistency, but the thrust is distinctly revisionist. In essence: the Carters were good for the US. * Choice *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Candidate from the South 2. It's Going to Happen 3. Mini-Juggernaut 4. The Carters Take New York 5. Jimmy, and Rosalynn, Won 6. The Shadow Presidency 7. A Different Presidency 8. Matters of Style 9. One Hundred Days 10. Rosalynn Steps Out 11. A Rising Tide 12. Quest for Justice: Panama, Israel, Iran 13. Revolutionaries 14. The Perils of Political Courage 15. The Tightrope to Peace 16. Quiet Path to Camp David 17. Miracle at Camp David 18. Life after Camp David 19. Carter's Coup: China 20. Khomeini, Bella, and Rosalynn 21. A White House Signing 22. Dangerous Rhetoric and a Harmless Rabbit 23. SALT II, Enemies, and Allies 24. Crisis of Confidence 25. Kennedys and Terrorists 26. In the Name of God, Iran! 27. The Soviet Union Makes a Move 28. Hostages and Politics 29. Delta Force 30. Keeping Faith 31. An Uphill Battle 32. A Surprise in October 33. The Agony of Defeat 34. Welcome Home 35. When Carter Ruled the World 36. The Carter Center 37. Humanitarians Adrift 38. Navigating Troubled Waters 39. Servant of Peace 40. Tyrants, Books, and Mr. Earl 41. The Nobel Prize 42. Tuned to the World 43. Endangered Values and Palestine Apartheid 44. "Cootie Man" Among the Elders 45. Journey into Eternity Notes Selected Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisActivists, pundits, politicians, and the press frequently proclaim today''s digitally mediated racial justice activism the new civil rights movement. As Charlton D. McIlwain shows in this book, the story of racial justice movement organizing online is much longer and varied than most people know. In fact, it spans nearly five decades and involves a varied group of engineers, entrepreneurs, hobbyists, journalists, and activists. But this is a history that is virtually unknown even in our current age of Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Black Lives Matter. Beginning with the simultaneous rise of civil rights and computer revolutions in the 1960s, McIlwain, for the first time, chronicles the long relationship between African Americans, computing technology, and the Internet. In turn, he argues that the forgotten figures who worked to make black politics central to the Internet''s birth and evolution paved the way for today''s explosion of racial justice activism. From the 1960s to present, the book examines how computing technology has been used to neutralize the threat that black people pose to the existing racial order, but also how black people seized these new computing tools to build community and wealth, and to wage a war for racial justice.Through archival sources and the voices of many of those who lived and made this history, Black Software centralizes African Americans'' role in the Internet''s creation and evolution, illuminating both the limits and possibilities for using digital technology to push for racial justice in the United States and across the globe.Trade ReviewCharlton McIlwain's Black Software is a groundbreaking history of the intersection between technology and race in the United States. * Pavithra Suresh and Alexander Monea, Technology and Culture *McIlwain's book [is an] utterly compelling demonstratio[n] of the contributions black people have made, and struggle to make still, to modern culture. * Lilian Anekwe, New Scientist *A poetic tour de force. By amplifying black voices and their stories, McIlwain peels back a layer of overwritten history to reveal how technology and race have always been entwined. This book's rhythmic drumbeat and call to action will energize your soul. * danah boyd, Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research and Founder of Data and Society *McIlwain has written the first digital history book that explains in crystal clear terms eactly how Big Tech came to be an engine for inequality. Black Software is an utterly fascinating, painstakingly researched origin story of black cyberculture...It will change the way you think about computers, fairness, racial identity, and America as a technological nation. * Lisa Nakamura, Gwendolyn Calvert Baker Collegiate Professor and Director the Digital Studies Institute, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor *Black Software imaginatively reprograms late twentieth-century digital history with a revelatory account of the black men and women who are its hidden figures. Unsung innovator are recovered as the forerunners of #BlackLivesMatter, #BlackTwitter, and #MeToo in this detailed, creative and crucial rendering of the tech communities that-against both the odds and countervailing forces-inspired today's hashtag politics. * Alondra Nelson, Harold F. Linder Professor of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study *Black Software is one of the most moving and important books about the history of digital culture and politics in the United States. Charlton McIlwain tells stirring stories of those who moved the world a bit closer to racial justice and relates broad account of the social and political forces that worked against the interests of African Americans. * Siva Vaidhyanatha, author of Antisocial Media: How Facebook Disconnects Us and Undermines Democracy *Table of ContentsPrologue Chapter One: The Great Equalizer Chapter Two: Different Strokes Chapter Three: The Roxbury Shake Chapter Four: The Vanguard Chapter Five: Black Software Comes to Cambridge Chapter Six: The Electronic Village Needs an Organizer Chapter Seven: Want Ad for a Revolution Chapter Eight: The Battle for (Black) Cyberspace Chapter Nine: 100 Years Black: A Cautionary Tale Chapter 10: Taking IT to the Streets Chapter Eleven: Collision Course Chapter Twelve: The Revolution, Brought to You by IBM Chapter Thirteen: The Committeemen Chapter Fourteen: What Happened at the Homestead Chapter Fifteen: Kansas City Burning Chapter Sixteen: The Man's Best Friend Chapter Seventeen: Digital Technology: Our Past Is Prologue Notes Bibliography Index

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Book SynopsisThe history of the Episcopal Church is intimately bound up with the history of empire. The two grew in tandem in the modern era, and as they grew they developed particular ideologies and practices around race. As slavery was carried over into the new political formations of the United States, so too were racially based exclusions carried over in the Episcopal Church. Mission, Race, and Empire presents a new history of the Episcopal Church from its origins in the early British Empire up to the present, told through the lenses of empire and race. The book demonstrates the dramatic shifts within the Episcopal Church, from initial colonial violence to reflective self-critique. Jennifer Snow centers the stories of groups and individuals that have often been sidelined, including Native Americans, Black Americans, Asian Americans, women, and LGBTQ people, as well as the institutional leaders who sought to create, or fought against, a church that desired to be a house of prayer for all people.Trade ReviewHighly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty and professionals. * Choice *Table of ContentsIntroduction Section I Overview Chapter 1: Original Empire Chapter 2: Converting the Colony Chapter 3: A Conventional Religion Section II Overview Chapter 4: The Great Innovation Chapter 5: Slavery and Anti-Slavery Chapter 6: From Sea to Shining Sea Chapter 7: Exile and Education Chapter 8: Emancipation and Exodus Chapter 9: Westward the Course of Empire Section III Overview Chapter 10: Mission to the World Chapter 11: Turning Inward Chapter 12: Missio Dei Chapter 13: The Church for Others Chapter 14: Sexuality and Schism Conclusion Index

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Book SynopsisNorth to Boston tells the life histories of ten Black individuals who moved from the southern United States to Boston, Massachusetts, during the Great Migration. Based on extensive oral history interviews and a creative narrative structure, Gumprecht illuminates this singularly important event in the making of Boston as it exists today.Table of ContentsPreface 1. The Great Migration in New England 2. Charles Gordon, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, 1943 3. Thomas Lindsay, Birmingham, Alabama, 1951 4. Lucy Parham, Morven, North Carolina, 1957 5. Ollie Sumrall Jr., Quitman, Mississippi, 1959 6. Elizabeth Hall Davis, Columbia, South Carolina, 1963 7. Willie Pittman, Shady Grove, Alabama, 1963 8. Geraldine Walker, Clay County, Alabama, 1963 9. Barbra Hicks, Bradford, Alabama, 1964 10. Al Kinnitt Jr., Brunswick, Georgia, 1964 11. Elta Garrett, Sun, Louisiana, 1969 12. Ten Lives, What They Teach Us, and Why They Matter Notes Additional Reading Index

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Book SynopsisA new look at the drama that lay behind the end of the war in the PacificSigned on September 2, 1945 aboard the American battleship USS Missouri in Tokyo Bay by Japanese and Allied leaders, the instrument of surrender that formally ended the war in the Pacific brought to a close one of the most cataclysmic engagements in history. Behind it lay a debate that had been raging for some weeks prior among American military and political leaders. The surrender fulfilled the commitment that Franklin Roosevelt had made in 1943 at the Casablanca conference that it be unconditional. Though readily accepted as policy at the time, after Roosevelt''s death in April 1945 support for unconditional surrender wavered, particularly among Republicans in Congress, when the bloody campaigns on Iwo Jima and Okinawa made clear the cost of military victory against Japan. Germany''s unconditional surrender in May 1945 had been one thing; the war in the pacific was another. Many conservatives favored a negotiated surrender.Though this was the last time American forces would impose surrender unconditionally, questions surrounding it continued through the 1950s and 1960s--with the Korean and Vietnam Wars--when liberal and conservative views reversed, including over the definition of peace with honor. The subject was revived during the ceremonies surrounding the 50th anniversary in 1995, and the Gulf and Iraq Wars, when the subjects of exit strategies and accomplished missions were debated. Marc Gallicchio reveals how and why the surrender in Tokyo Bay unfolded as it did and the principle figures behind it, including George C. Marshall and Douglas MacArthur. The latter would effectively become the leader of Japan and his tenure, and indeed the very nature of the American occupation, was shaped by the nature of the surrender. Most importantly, Gallicchio reveals how the policy of unconditional surrender has shaped our memory and our understanding of World War II.Trade ReviewRecommended. Advanced undergraduates through faculty; professionals. * J. Daley, CHOICE *. . . a narrative that unwinds less like a debate than a geopolitical thriller. * New York Times *Unconditional Surrender: Sounds like a tidy formula for ending a war. During America's war against Japan, it turned out to be anything but tidy. In this fascinating volume, Marc Gallicchio unpacks the diplomatic, political, bureaucratic, and civil-military complexities involved in translating a seemingly simple formula into an actual outcome. An illuminating book. * Andrew Bacevich, author of America's War for the Greater Middle East: A Military History *The superbly told and thoroughly researched story of how American politics shaped peace in the Pacific War. New Dealers, including Truman, insisted on unconditional surrender, while conservatives, who had never wanted to fight Japan, clamored for softer terms. Truman won the battle but the American left lost the war, as they eventually adopted the right's revisionist history. * Eric Rauchway, Distinguished Professor of History, University of California, Davis *A reasoned, researched, and persuasive voice in the debates over the use of the atomic bomb, the survival of the Japanese Emperor, and the end and aftermath of the Pacific War. * Michael Barnhart, Stony Brook University *Skillfully connecting the strands of war policy, military strategy, diplomacy, and the play of key personalities, Marc Gallicchio illuminates the seminal issue of Japan's unconditional surrender and reveals how our fraught politics today arise from what many have erroneously supposed to be the happier, consensual days of World War Two and its immediate aftermath. * Thomas Zeiler, University of Colorado, Boulder *Marc Gallicchio's Unconditional: the Japanese Surrender in World War II stands out as a well-researched glimpse of the last months of World War II, revealing the many layers of decision-making which escape most cursory discussions of the war's conclusion. It is not merely diplomatic or military history, as it considers other key aspects which impacted the decision such as public opinion, economic factors and coalition warfare. * Navy History *The strength of Unconditional is Gallicchio's exhaustive research of events and debate leading up to Japan's surrender presented in a highly readable style and prose. It is simply hard to put down. This would be a fine complement to Implacable Foes and an excellent addition to the library of any historian or student with an interest on the subject. It is a must for foreign policy makers and military strategists. * Military Review *Table of ContentsIntroduction: A Great Victory Has Been Won Chapter I: "Our Demand has been and it remains-Unconditional Surrender!" Chapter II: "Popular opinion can offer no useful contribution." Chapter III. "[Admiral Leahy] said that his matter had been considered on a political level and consideration had been given to the removal of the sentence in question." Chapter IV: "I deem this reply a full acceptance of the Potsdam Declaration which specifies the unconditional surrender of Japan." Chapter V: "[T]he surrender today is no negotiated surrender. The Japanese are submitting to superior force now massed here." Chapter VI: "We demanded unconditional surrender, then dropped the bomb and accepted conditional surrender..." Chapter VII: "The curators simply will not let go of the notion that the policy of demanding Japan's unconditional surrender was (a) unreasonable, (b) prolonged the war needlessly, and foiled Japan's earnest desire to make peace." Conclusion: "Much of the success of the occupation derived from the fact that Japan surrendered unconditionally, thereby ceding absolute and nonnegotiable authority to the victors."

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Book SynopsisA sweeping account of Medieval North America when Indigenous peoples confronted climate change.Few Americans today are aware of one of the most consequential periods in North American history--the Medieval Warm Period of seven to twelve centuries ago (AD 800-1300 CE)--which resulted in the warmest temperatures in the northern hemisphere since the Roman Warm Period, a half millennium earlier. Reconstructing these climatic events and the cultural transformations they wrought, Timothy Pauketat guides readers down ancient American paths walked by Indigenous people a millennium ago, some trod by Spanish conquistadors just a few centuries later. The book follows the footsteps of priests, pilgrims, traders, and farmers who took great journeys, made remarkable pilgrimages, and migrated long distances to new lands.Along the way, readers will discover a new history of a continent that, like today, was being shaped by climate change--or controlled by ancient gods of wind and water. Through such eTrade ReviewReaders interested in pre-Columbian North America will be enlightened by this bold study. * Publishers Weekly *A grand narrative of the thousand years in North America before Columbus. Blends Native accounts and cosmologies, and archaeology, and ethnohistory. A landmark for the deep history of our continent * Stephen H. Lekson, University of Colorado *This remarkable work of synthesis demonstrates the power of archaeological research in bringing to light key social and ecological transformations in North America, between 800 and 1300 AD; the results are truly staggering and place the contemporaneous history of medieval Eurasia in an entirely new perspective. * David Wengrow, Institute of Archaeology, University College London *Pauketat offers a complex and extraordinarily rich narrative detailing how Indigenous peoples of ancient America celebrated and ritualized water as a response to climate change. He entangles seemingly disparate peoples of ancient North and Central America by making climatic events and processes - such as the evapotranspiration cycle and the Medieval Warm Period - as key actors in the histories of the ancient Maya, Aztec, and Mississippian peoples. And by exploring these processes within the ontological dimensions of Indigenous experience, Pauketat masterfully demonstrates the intersections of spirituality and science, or what contemporary Indigenous peoples describe as traditional ecological knowledge. In doing so, he makes clear that the language of water rights and movements such as Mní Wičhóni (Water is Life) have a much deeper past in which climate history has always been human history. * Patrick Bottiger, Kenyon College *Finally, after decades of sidestepping by archaeologists, Pauketat has finally brought to light the question of interaction between Mesoamerica and the American Bottom city of Cahokia. Even at present, extensive research in archaeology is focused on the ties between Northwest Mexico and the American Southwest, while we have been waiting for someone to break the ice on the fundamental problem of Mesoamerica's possible connections beyond its northeastern frontier. Pauketat takes the reader on a personal journey as he delves into this perplexing inquiry with a sharp mind that arrives at fascinating insights and conclusions. * Peter F. Jimenez, author of The Mesoamerican World System, 200-1200 CE *The book is a rich assemblage of sources and stories, giving a vivid impression of the ritual practices of 'Medieval America' and beyond and brings forth many thought-provoking ideas. * Antiquity *The author and Oxford University Press should be commended for broadening our methodological approach to North American ancient cultures and history with this volume. * Minerva Magazine *This volume will be valuable for archaeologists and their students involved in the study of the effects of climate change on the prehistory of North America. * Choice *This accessible and well-written travelogue boldly frames the hypothesis that late medieval Indigenous eastern North Americans embraced rain-bringing wind gods, originally conceived in Mesoamerica, along with maize agriculture. * American Antiquity *Table of ContentsList of Figures Acknowledgements Preface 1. Temples of Wind and Rain 2. Lost in Ancient America 3. Dark Secrets of the Crystal Maiden 4. Mesoamerican Cults and Cities 5. Across the Chichimec Sea 6. Ballcourts at Snaketown 7. A Place Beyond the Horizon 8. The Other Corn Road 9. Paddling North 10. Legacies of Thunderers 11. First Medicine 12. The Wind in the Shell Further Reading Notes

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Book SynopsisThe first authoritative history of American''s longest war by one of the world''s leading scholar-practitioners, this New York Times notable book of 2021 has now been updated to cover the final phase of the conflict.The American war in Afghanistan, which began in 2001 and ended in 2021, was the longest armed conflict in the nation''s history. In The American War in Afghanistan, Carter Malkasian provides the first comprehensive history of the entire conflict. Drawing from a deep well of local knowledge and a rich array of primary sources, Malkasian moves through the war''s multiple phases: the 2001 invasion and after; the resurgence of the Taliban in 2006; the Obama-era surge; the various resets in strategy that occurred from 2011 onward, culminating in the US exit from the war in 2021; and finally the calamitous ending. Today, the Taliban run the country, having achieved the victory they always thought inevitable. Although the al-Qa''eda leader Osama bin Laden was killed and no major attack on the American homeland occurred after 2001, the United States was unable to end the violence or hand of the war to the Afghan authorities, which did not survive without US military backing. This new paperback edition explains why the war had such a disappointing outcome and also includes a detailed account of the end of the war. A wise and all-encompassing portrait of the conflict, The American War in Afghanistan will remain the authoritative account for years to come.Trade ReviewMalkasian offers a nonpareil history of a war that initially was viewed as one of necessity but increasingly became one of choice. His book sets the standard for all future works that will examine the causes and nature of yet another unhappy American military adventure on the mainland of Asia. * Dov S. Zakheim, Senior Advisor at CSIS and a Vice Chairman of the Foreign Policy Research Institute, PRISM *Penetrating...estimable...a broad-reaching and quietly authoritative overview of U.S. involvement, from 9/11 onward. [Malkasian] is good on military operations...No less important, he enlightens us on the Afghan part of the story - on the tribal system and its variations; on the forbidding geography, so vital in the fighting; on the Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar and his decision-making; on the complex and ever-shifting relationships between the government of Hamid Karzai and the warlords in the provinces. * Fredrik Logevall, The New York Times Book Review *A full an authoritative account of US involvement in Afghanistan...Malkasian combines meticulous scholarship with a practitioner's eye. * Foreign Affairs *A sweeping history of the 20-year encounter between Americans and Afghans...Malkasian is drawn to two conflicting, but not irreconcilable, themes: American officials made a series of colossal errors that continually frustrated their own goals, and the Taliban probably would have returned to power even if the foreigners had gotten things right. Perhaps both are true. * Foreign Policy *A powerful new book. * Fareed Zakaria, The Washington Post *[A] comprehensive history of the longest armed conflict in US history...Malkasian gives a blow-by-blow of American phases of the war...A sweeping, deeply researched account that will gratify specialists and nonspecialists alike. * Kirkus, Starred Review *A rigorous, blow-by-blow chronicle of the US war in Afghanistan...Synthesizing a vast array of literature from both sides of the conflict, including Oval Office transcripts and Taliban war poetry, Malkasian gets deep into the weeds, but offers a refreshingly nuanced and well-informed perspective. Foreign policy wonks will savor this comprehensive reckoning with America's 'forever war'. * Publishers Weekly *Table of ContentsChapter One: Thinking About America's War in Afghanistan Chapter Two: The Country and Peoples of Afghanistan Chapter Three: The First Taliban Regime Chapter Four: The United States Enters Afghanistan Chapter Five: The Karzai Regime Chapter Six: Disorder in Kandahar Chapter Seven: The Taliban Offensive Chapter Eight: A Second Taliban Regime, 2007-2010 Chapter Nine: The War in the East Chapter Ten: Kandahar City and Lashkar Gah Chapter Eleven: The New Administration and the Surge Chapter Twelve: The Surge in Helmand Chapter Thirteen: The Surge in Kandahar Chapter Fourteen: End of the Surge Chapter Fifteen: Ghazni and the East Chapter Sixteen: The new army and police, insider attacks, and the bilateral security agreement Chapter Seventeen: The 2014 Elections Chapter Eighteen: The Taliban Offensives of 2015 and 2016 Chapter Nineteen: The Trump Administration Chapter Twenty: Peace Talks Chapter Twenty-One: Looking Back on Eighteen Years of War in Afghanistan References Notes Index

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Book SynopsisMaligned for centuries as a fictional tale, David Ingram's survival of a shipwreck in the Gulf of Mexico and journey north through the American continent is here convincingly proven to be both remarkable and true.Trade ReviewA highly informative and smooth combination of biography and colonialism history, Snow's book both shines new light on a four-century-old discussion over Ingram's credibility and provides a much-needed new perspective to studying the Age of Discovery. * World History Encyclopedia *The Elizabethan traveler David Ingram claimed to have walked from the Gulf of Mexico to coastal Canada, a journey that many over time have questioned. Here the renowned archaeologist Dean Snow, through an act of masterful archival sleuthing, has put his journey, which encompassed participation in the slave trade and early ethnographic observations, into a rich and memorable context. * Peter C. Mancall, author of The Trials of Thomas Morton *In this deftly argued and elegantly written investigation into the travels and travails of David Ingram, Dean Snow argues that we can still learn a few things from the misunderstood shipwreck survivor, despite his mendacity—and more than a few things from Professor Snow himself. * Matthew Restall, author of Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest *With expert historical detective work, Dean Snow has recovered a compelling 'truth is stranger than fiction' story from early America. David Ingram's odyssey calls to mind the travels of Cabeza de Vaca and Sir Walter Raleigh and the other-worldly fantasy of The Tempest. It is an illuminating record of Elizabethan England's first tentative steps into the New World. * Timothy J. Shannon, author of Indian Captive, Indian King *Cogent and well-documented, this is a valuable correction to the historical record. * Publishers Weekly *Provides a rare glimpse of an Atlantic world on the cusp of profound transformations wrought, in part, by ordinary sailors like [Ingram]. * Times Literary Supplement *Utilising his expertise in the anthropology and archaeology of North America, Snow has meticulously reconstructed Ingram's 3,600-mile journey along known 16th-century indigenous trails, and has also proved that everything Ingram said to his interrogators was true to the best of his knowledge and ability... Fascinating. * History Today *Utilising his expertise in the anthropology and archaeology of North America, Snow has meticulously reconstructed Ingram's 3,600-mile journey along known 16th-century indigenous trails, and has also proved that everything Ingram said to his interrogators was true to the best of his knowledge and ability... Fascinating. * History Today *Absorbing... Thanks to Dean Snow's impressive sleuthing, David Ingram's account can at last resume its proper place as an astonishing and true story. * , Sea History *Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Ingram in the 1560s 3. Ingram in Africa 4. Ingram in the Caribbean 5. The Long Walk, Autumn 1568 6. The Long Walk, Winter 1568-1569 7. The Long Walk, Spring 1569 8. The Long Walk, Summer 1569 9. The Return 10. Ingram in the 1570s 11. Ingram in the 1580s 12. Ingram's Legacy Appendix: A New Transcript

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Book SynopsisThe first history of polyamory, this work examines the roots of sexual non-monogamy in political thought and countercultural spiritualism and traces its path to mainstream practice and cultural discussion today.Recent studies have found that as many as one in five Americans have experimented with some form of sexual non-monogamy, and approximately one in fifteen knows someone who was or is polyamorous. Although gathering statistics on polyamorous people is challenging, there has clearly been a growing interest in and normalization of relationship practices defined by emotional intimacy and romantic love among multiple people. Over the past decade, the mainstream media has increasingly covered polyamorous lifestyles and the committed relationships of throuples, and popular dating apps have added polyamory as a status option.This book is the first history to trace the evolution of polyamorous thought and practice within the broader context of American culture. Drawing on personal journal

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Book SynopsisWhen I wrote the following pages, or rather the bulk of them, I lived alone, in the woods, a mile from any neighbor, in a house which I had built myself, on the shore of Walden Pond...Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) was a leading figure in the American Transcendentalist movement and the era of U. S. literary emergence, an intellectual with worldwide influence as essayist, social thinker, naturalist-environmentalist, and sage. Thoreau''s Walden, an autobiographical narrative of his two-year sojourn in a self-built lakeside cabin, is one of the most widely studied works of American literature. It has generated scores of literary imitations and thousands of neo-Walden experiments in back-to-basics living, both rural and urban. Thoreau''s great essay, Civil Disobedience, is a classic of American political activism and a model for nonviolent reform movements around the world. Thoreau also stands as an icon of modern American environmentalism, the father of American nature writing, a forerunner of modern ecology, and a harbinger of freelance spirituality combining the wisdom of west and east.Thoreau is also a controversial figure. From his day to ours, he has provoked sharply opposite reactions ranging from reverence to dismissal. Scholars have regularly offered conflicting assessments of the significance of his work, the evolution of his thought, even the facts of his life. Some disagreements are in the eye of the beholder, but many follow from challenges posed by his own cross-grained idiosyncrasies. He was an advocate for individual self-sufficiency who never broke away from home, a self-professed mystic now also acclaimed as a pioneer natural and applied scientist, and a seminal theorist of nonviolent protest who defended the most notorious guerrilla fighter of his day. All told, he remains a rather enigmatic figure both despite and because we know so much about him, beginning with the two-million-word journal he kept throughout his adult life. The esteemed Thoreau scholar Lawrence Buell gives due consideration to all these aspects of Thoreau''s art and thought, framing key issues and complexities in historical and literary context.Trade ReviewLawrence Buell's Henry David Thoreau: Thinking Disobediently is the essential guide to the essential Thoreau. Distilling a career's worth of study and thought, Buell deftly situates Thoreau, the 'confessed misfit,' at the center of 'the Transcendentalist centrifuge,' and proceeds to reveal how, in one too-short lifetime, this man of many gifts succeeded in leaving behind for us treasures of his own: a hybrid style of creative writing, a biocentric conception of life on our planet, a road map for political action, and perhaps the greatest of all, his 'vision of human infinitude.' * Megan Marshall, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Margaret Fuller: A New American Life, The Peabody Sisters, and Elizabeth Bishop: A Miracle for Breakfast *A scintillating distillation of Buell's career-long engagement with Thoreau's life and times, this volume stands as the best introduction to this iconic figure in American culture. Buell captures the essence of Thoreau's compelling personality as he details his remarkably varied contributions to antebellum intellectual life. This book is yet another gem in Buell's scholarly diadem. * Philip F. Gura, William S. Newman Distinguished Professor of American Literature and Culture, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill *Mr. Buell's book powerfully motivates us to treat Thoreau 'not as an oracle but as a stimulus to see and be beyond the ordinary.' * Christopher Irmscher, The Wall Street Journal *The best brief introduction to Thoreau we now have... His book is a schoolroom. Enroll in this class. * Todd Shy, Los Angeles Review of Books *Henry David Thoreau: Thinking Disobediently by Lawrence Buell, meanwhile, seeks to make some broader sense of the complex figure behind the work. * Costica Bradatan, TLS *Thinking Disobediently by Lawrence Buellâ¦seeks to make some broader sense of the complex figure behind the work... For all the disconcerting variety, Buell finds a sense of unity and harmony in Thoreau. * Times Literary Supplement *Table of Contents1. Life and Mythmaking 2. Essential Thoreau 3. Contexts: Antebellum America, Transcendentalism, Emerson 4. The Writer 5. The Turn to Science 6. The Political Thoreau 7. Matters of Faith Acknowledgments Notes Further Reading

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Book SynopsisThe concept of settler colonialism offers an invaluable lens to reframe early westerns and travel pictures as re-enactments of the United States'' repressed past. Westerns in particular propose a remarkable vision of white settlers'' westward expansion that reveals a transformation in what American Progress came to mean.Initially, these films tracked settlers moving westward across the Appalachians, Great Plains, and Rockies. Their seizure of empty land provoked continual resistance from Indigenous peoples and Mexicans; pioneers suffered extreme hardships, but heroic male figures usually scattered or wiped out those aliens. Some films indulged in nostalgic empathy for the Indian as a Vanishing American. In the early 1910s, westerns became increasingly popular. In Indian pictures, Native Americans ranged from devious savages, victims of white violence, and Noble Savages to in-between figures caught between cultures and mixed-descent peoples partnered for security or advantage. Mexicans Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1: "Wild West" Subjects to 1910 Touring the West 1 Chapter 2: Single-Reel Westerns, 1910-1913 Touring the West 2 Chapter 3: Multiple-Reel Westerns, 1912-1914 Touring the West 3 Chapter 4: William S. Hart, "The Silent Man" Touring the West 4 Chapter 5: Harry Carey, Tom Mix, Douglas Fairbanks Afterword Bibliography Endnotes Index

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Book SynopsisAmericans today worry about concentrated power in private industry to an extent not seen in generations. Not only do they find diminished diversity of service-providers and producers, but they are disquieted by the power of a few large companies to shape and constrain democratic processes. Americans across the political spectrum, from former President Donald Trump to Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren, have sounded alarms about the overlarge power of business in both public and private life. While many of the technologies and industries that worry Americans are new, the concerns they''ve raised are not unprecedented.Antimonopoly and American Democracy traces the history of antimonopoly politics in the United States, arguing that organized action against concentrated economic power comprises an important American democratic tradition. While prevailing narratives tend to treat monopoly as a risk to people mainly in their roles as consumers--by causing prices to increase, for example-Trade ReviewAn essential guide to the history of the fight against monopoly in the United States, this remarkable book reveals that from the Boston Tea Party to today, the battle against monopoly has been a battle for freedom. * Luigi Zingales, Robert C. McCormack Distinguished Service Professor of Entrepreneurship and Finance, University of Chicago Booth School of Business *Antimonopoly and American Democracy is a scholarly, eminently readable, and wide-ranging treatment of Americans' understanding of the monopoly problem from the late-eighteenth to the mid-twentieth centuries. Its authors treat various markets and technologies, and from disciplines that are not limited to economics. In particular, this book addresses the heavy presence of antimonopoly rhetoric in the development of corporate law, antitrust, the law of regulated industries, and related concerns about federalism and international relations. An outstanding list of contributors explores these topics from every angle, emphasizing the extent to which monopoly was perceived as a threat to equality, economic participation and opportunity, and democracy itself. * Herbert Hovenkamp, James G. Dinan University Professor, University of Pennsylvania *Table of ContentsPART ONE: THE LONG HISTORY OF ANTIMONOPOLY AND AMERICAN DEMOCRACY I. Introduction: Democracy and the American Antimonopoly Tradition Daniel Crane and William J. Novak II. Rethinking the Monopoly Question: Commerce, Land, Industry Richard R. John III. From Antimonopoly to Antitrust Richard White PART TWO: RETHINKING THE PROGRESSIVE AND NEW DEAL ANTIMONOPOLY TRADITIONS IV. Antimonopoly and State Regulation of Corporations in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era Naomi R. Lamoreaux V. America Antimonopoly and the Rise of Regulated Industries Law William J. Novak VI. Banking and the Antimonopoly Tradition: The Long Road to the Bank Holding Company Act Jamie Grischkan PART THREE: REMAKING ANTIMONOPOLY IN A NEW GLOBAL AGE VII. De-Nazifying by De-Cartelizing: The Legacy of the American Decartelization Project in Germany Daniel Crane VIII. Jurisdiction Beyond Our Borders: United States v. Alcoa and the Extraterritorial Reach of American Antitrust, 1909-1945 Laura Phillips Sawyer IX. From Market Power to State Capture: The Fateful Shift in Postwar Antimonopoly James T. Sparrow PART FOUR: ANTIMONOPOLY AND AMERICAN DEMOCRACY: SELECT CASE STUDIES X. Antitrust and the Corporate Tax, 1909-1928 Reuven Avi-Yonah XI. Beyond the Labor Exemption: Labor's Antimonopoly Vision and the Fight for Greater Democracy Kate Andrias XII. Antimonopoly in the Media Industries: A History Sam Lebovic

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Book SynopsisThe Mexican Revolution defined the sociopolitical experience of those living in Mexico in the twentieth century. Its subsequent legacy has provoked debate between those who interpret the ongoing myth of the Revolution and those who adopt the more middle-of-the-road reality of the regime after 1940. Taking account of these divergent interpretations, this Very Short Introduction offers a succinct narrative and analysis of the Revolution. Using carefully considered sources, Alan Knight addresses the causes of the upheaval, before outlining the armed conflict between 1910 and 1920, explaining how a durable regime was consolidated in the 1920s, and summing up the social reforms of the Revolution, which culminated in the radical years of the 1930s. Along the way, Knight places the conflict alongside other ''great'' revolutions, and compares Mexico with the Latin American countries that avoided the violent upheaval. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Table of Contents1. Introduction ; 2. The old regime and the causes of the revolution (1876-1910) ; 3. The Madero revolt and regime (1910-11) ; 4. Counter-revolution and constitutionalism (1913-14) ; 5. The revolution in power (1914-20) ; 6. The institutional revolution: the Sonoran Dynasty (1920-34) ; 7. The Depression, Cardenas and after (1930 -)

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Book SynopsisIn this penetrating analysis of the role of political leadership in the Cold War''s ending, Archie Brown shows why the popular view that Western economic and military strength left the Soviet Union with no alternative but to admit defeat is wrong. To understand the significance of the parts played by Mikhail Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher in East-West relations in the second half of the 1980s, Brown addresses several specific questions: What were the values and assumptions of these leaders, and how did their perceptions evolve? What were the major influences on them? To what extent were they reflecting the views of their own political establishment or challenging them? How important for ending the East-West standoff were their interrelations? Would any of the realistically alternative leaders of their countries at that time have pursued approximately the same policies? The Cold War got colder in the early 1980s and the relationship between the two military superpowers, Trade ReviewThe Human Factor is in many respects the culmination of Archie Brown's long and distinguished career as a scholar and writer. It is full of a lifetime's achievement of wisdom and thought. * Fiona Hill, Brookings Institution, Washington DC *Brown's book is a superb achievement, a balanced, judicious and authoritative account of a foundation event of our contemporary world * Christopher Read, Diplomacy and Statecraft *A fascinating and instructive read ... Everybody will learn something from this first-class book. * Dominic Sandbrook, The Sunday Times *A masterly survey of the end of the cold war and the roles played in it by Gorbachev, Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. * Tony Barber, The Financial Times *Lucidly written and scholarly. * The Spectator *Browns narrative is peppered with anecdotes that add texture to our knowledge of the period. At times he injects great humour. At others, as in his retelling of the failed coup against Gorbachev and the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union, he infuses the narrative with drama and gripping suspense * , English Historical Review *In The Human Factor, Brown zooms out from analyzing Soviet decision-making and asks a broader question about why the Cold War ended. Scholars have proposed multiple explanations for the Cold War's end... but Brown encourages readers to focus on the personalities at the top of both the Soviet party-state and Western governments. * Chris Miller, The Russian Review *It is often a challenge for historians to find the right balance between the human factor and the historical forces at play. The value of Archie Brown's study [...] is that it does precisely that. * Christopher Coker, Literary Review *What The Human Factor does do, and does so well, is provide a fascinating new perspective on already well-trodden ground. * All About History *Brown devotes several fine-grained biographical chapters to the "making" of Gorbachev, the "rise" of Reagan, and the "moulding" of the "Iron Lady", and then traces the three leaders interactions... The result is a compelling picture of what led [them] to act as they did and how the difference each one made differed from the impact of the others. * William Taubman, The Political Quarterly *... magisterial work... based on a wealth of sources in Russian and English... The Human Factor is as much a fine work of foreign policy analysis as it is Cold War history... a fascinating, close-structured narrative. * Christopher Hill, Cold War History *Brown's narrative is peppered with anecdotes that add texture to our knowledge of the period. At times... he injects great humour. At others, as in his retelling of the failed coup against Gorbachev and the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union, he infuses the narrative with drama and gripping suspense... * English Historical Review *... splendid new book...The Human Factor makes a major contribution to scholarship and policy analysis. * Bruce Parrott, Journal of Cold War Studies *...a thought-provoking book...I highly recommend this book to readers. Brown is right to highlight the human factor in the ending of the Cold War...the sharpness of many of Browns insights, condensed with commendable crispness in this 500-page [make the book an], eminently readable foray into a highly contentious subject. * Sergey Radchenko, Slavic Review *The book is crammed with information, is well-written, and shows that Brown has a dry sense of humour. * SCRSS Newsletter *Here and elsewhere, as he once did for the leaders about whom he now writes, Archie Brown's scholarship can provide wisdom and hope. * James Graham Wilson, H-DIPLO *Another tour de force from Archie Brown: detailed scholarship, elegant prose and a clear argument. Read this book to find why we should not ignore the human factor underpinning great historical shifts. A fascinating account of how the Cold War ended, explored through the personal interactions between three world leaders - Gorbachev, Reagan and Thatcher. * Bridget Kendall MBE, former BBC Diplomatic Moscow and Washington Correspondent *Table of ContentsIntroduction PART 1 1: The Cold War and its Dangers 2: The Making of Mikhail Gorbachev 3: Gorbachev's Widening Horizons 4: The Rise of Ronald Reagan 5: Reagan's First Term 6: Margaret Thatcher: The Moulding of the 'Iron Lady' 7: Thatcher and the Turn to Engagement with Communist Europe PART 2 8: Breaking the ice (1985) 9: Nuclear Fallout: Chernobyl and Reykjavik (1986 10: Building trust (1987) 11: The End of the Ideological Divide (1988) 12: The End of the Cold War (1989) 13: Why the Cold War Ended When it Did 14: Unintended Consequences (1990) 15: Final Year - of the USSR and of Gorbachev's Power (1991) 16: Political Leadership and the End of the Cold War: Concluding Reflections Notes Index

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Book SynopsisCanada is not one nation, but three: English Canada, Quebec, and First Nations. Yet as a country Canada is very successful, in part because it maintains national diversity through bilingualism, multiculturalism, and federalism. Alongside this contemporary openness Canada also has its own history to contend with; with a legacy of broken treaties and residential schools for its Indigenous peoples, making reconciliation between Canada and First Nations an ongoing journey, not a destination.Drawing on history, politics, and literature, this Very Short Introduction starts at the end of the last ice age, when the melting of the ice sheets opened the northern half of North America to Indigenous peoples, and covers up to today''s anthropogenic climate change, and Canada''s climate politics. Donald Wright emphasizes Canada''s complexity and diversity as well as its different identities and its commitment to rights, and explores its historical relationship to Great Britain, and its ongoing relationship with the United States. Finally, he examines Canada''s northern realities and its northern identities.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Trade ReviewIt takes a brave person to write a history of Canada in 109 small pages of text but Donald Wright has made a very good stab at it ... I would happily recommend this thoughtful and elegantly-written survey to anyone looking for a very short history of Canada. * Phillip Buckner, British Journal of Canadian Studies *I very much enjoyed reading this book. I wholeheartedly recommend it to readers, both expert and general, although it will probably be more useful for the latter. If you have ever been fascinated to learn more about this vast country of the north then this book will be a wonderful introduction. * Jatinder Mann, Journal of Australian, Canadian, and Aotearoa New Zealand Studies *Table of ContentsList of illustrations Introduction 1: Beginnings 2: Dispossessions 3: Nationalisms 4: Rights 5: Borders 6: Norths Conclusion Further reading Index

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Book SynopsisFor three hundred years the ghetto defined Jewish culture in the late medieval and early modern period in Western Europe. In the nineteenth-century it was a free-floating concept which travelled to Eastern Europe and the United States. Eastern European ghettos, which enabled genocide, were crudely rehabilitated by the Nazis during World War Two as if they were part of a benign medieval tradition. In the United States, the word ghetto was routinely applied to endemic black ghettoization which has lasted from 1920 until the present. Outside of America the ghetto has been universalized as the incarnation of class difference, or colonialism, or apartheid, and has been applied to segregated cities and countries throughout the world. In this Very Short Introduction Bryan Cheyette unpicks the extraordinarily complex layers of contrasting meanings that have accrued over five hundred years to ghettos, considering their different settings across the globe. He considers core questions of why and when urban, racial, and colonial ghettos have appeared, and who they contain. Exploring their various identities, he shows how different ghettos interrelate, or are contrasted, across time and space, or even in the same place.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Trade ReviewThis overview of the changing meaning of the ghetto across the globe and through time is highly recommended for readers new to the subject, as well as for those who wish to deepen their knowledge through its excellent bibliography. * Laura Vaughan, LSE Review of Books *Bryan Cheyette has vigorously met the challenge of looking at ghettos in history and literature from 16th-century Italy to present-day America. * David Abulafia, Jewish Renaissance *Revealing new details and insights on almost every page. * Howard Cooper, Jewish Chronicle *Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments List of illustrations 1: Why ghetto? 2: The age of the ghetto 3: Ghettos of the Imagination 4: Nazism and the ghetto 5: The americanization of the ghetto 6: Global ghettos References Further reading Publishers acknowledgements

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Book SynopsisBrazil is associated in many people''s minds with conviviality, sensuality, and natural beauty. Yet the country behind these images and associations is something of an enigma. It is alternately praised as the country of the future, a rising power ready to take its place at the top tables of global governance, or written off as a perennial disappointment, a country forever failing to reach its potential, mired in corruption, inequality, poverty, and violence. These oscillations between euphoria and despair obscure a country with its own unique trajectory through the 20th and 21st centuries. This Very Short Introduction offers an account of modern Brazil that covers some of the major features of the country''s transformation, including the rise of the modern state in the mid-20th century, the violent repression of dictatorship, the domestic economic, political, and social challenges faced by the country today, and the role Brazil plays in dealing with some of the most important contemporary global problems. In doing so, Anthony Pereira highlights some of the peculiar features of Brazil''s development, such as the tendency of its political leaders to engage in complicated, informal political deals; the state''s welfare institutions that often exacerbate, rather than improve, the country''s deep economic inequalities; and Brazil''s long history of peaceful relations with its neighbours despite a high level of state violence against citizens.ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Table of ContentsList of illustrations Introduction 1: The Vargas era and its legacy 2: Dictatorship and repression 3: Rich country, poor people: economic challenges 4: Development or decay? Citizenship and political representation 5: Brazil and the multipolar world Conclusion Further reading Glossary Index

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Book SynopsisA vivid narrative of an ill-fated Pan American flight during World War II that captures the dramatic backstories of its passengers and, through them, the impact of Americans'' global connections. On February 21, 1943, Pan American Airways'' celebrated seaplane, the Yankee Clipper, took off from New York''s Marine Air Terminal and island-hopped its way across the Atlantic Ocean. Arriving at Lisbon the following evening, it crashed in the Tagus River, killing twenty-four of its thirty-nine passengers and crew. Americans in a World at War traces the backstories of seven worldly Americans aboard that plane, their personal histories, their politics, and the paths that led them toward war.Combat soldiers made up only a small fraction of the millions of Americans, both in and out of uniform, who scattered across six continents during the Second World War. This book uncovers a surprising history of American noncombatants abroad in the years leading into the twentieth century''s most consequential conflict. Long before GIs began storming beaches and liberating towns, Americans had forged extensive political, economic, and personal ties to other parts of the world. These deep and sometimes contradictory engagements, which preceded the bombing of Pearl Harbor, would shape and in turn be transformed by the US war effort. The intriguing biographies of the Yankee Clipper''s passengers--among them an Olympic-athlete-turned-export salesman, a Broadway star, a swashbuckling pilot, and two entrepreneurs accused of trading with the enemy--upend conventional American narratives about World War II. As their travels take them from Ukraine, France, Spain, Panama, Cuba, and the Philippines to Java, India, Australia, Britain, Egypt, the Soviet Union, and the Belgian Congo, among other hot spots, their movements defy simple boundaries between home front and war front. Americans in a World at War offers fresh perspectives on a transformative period of US history and global connections during the American Century.Trade ReviewBlower shows us the Second World War from wholly novel and thought-provoking points of view. Recounting the doomed transatlantic flight of Pan Am's Yankee Clipper in 1943, Blower re-creates the strikingly worldly view of American civilians borne aloft and into a global cataclysm. Blower's original research and powerful prose carry us along on the journey, making us feel as if we know these people and allowing us to worry about their fates as if their story were happening right in front of us. * Eric Rauchway, author of Winter War: Hoover, Roosevelt, and the First Clash Over the New Deal *In this brilliant, creative, and compelling work, Brooke Blower brings readers into World War II through the lives of travelers on an ill-fated transatlantic flight, allowing readers to see the world on the edge of war. The author's beautiful writing and astonishing range of sources make this book a model of the integration of biography and global history. * Mary L. Dudziak, author of War Time: An Idea, Its History, Its Consequences *By expertly blending the international and the personal, Brooke Blower gives us a new and fascinating way to understand American reactions to the Second World War. This powerfully written and originally researched book shows the complexities and contradictions of America's rise to global superpower. Americans in a World at War is a prime example of the new and exciting generation of scholarly analyses of World War II. * Michael S. Neiberg, author of When France Fell: The Vichy Crisis and the Fate of the Anglo-American Relationship *It's a satisfyingly fresh perspective on the era. * Publishersweekly.com *Table of ContentsPreface Cast of Characters Maps Note on Names and Language Introduction: Into the Vortex Part I: 1914-1920 1. Balloon Work: George hopes to fight in France 2. Autumn Flies: Tamara survives civil war in Ukraine 3. Blood of the Earth: Harry learns the oil business in Romania 4. Tramp Trade: Manuel watches the Great War tear Spain apart Interlude: New York to Bermuda: Sully greets his passengers Part II: 1920-1939 5. Free Lunches: Frank competes in the Amsterdam Olympics 6. Unfinished People: Tamara struggles in the Bronx 7. The Silk-Stocking Revolt: George runs for Congress against the New Deal 8. Twelve Mile River: Ben falls in love with Roosevelt's Washington 9. Woman and Bird: Tamara finds fame on Broadway 10. Tea-Time: Frank moves to the Philippines 11. Stolen Soil: Manuel's schemes reach Mexico and Cuba Interlude: Bermuda to the Azores: Sully flies past the Point of No Return Part III: 1939-1942 12. Three-Minute Channel: Ben endures the London Blitz 13. Back to Porridge: Frank contends with the fall of the Netherlands 14. Ship's Stores: Manuel is arrested for smuggling 15. Easy Dish: Frank braves the invasion of Java 16. Red Mississippi: Ben reports from Russia 17. Hold Your Hats: George joins the army Interlude: The Azores to Portugal: Sully prepares for arrival Part IV: 1942-1943 18. Patent Denials: Harry manages his company's German ties 19. Dangerous Acts: Tamara volunteers to entertain troops 20. The Charter Offer: Manuel makes a bargain 21. Small Potatoes: Frank broadcasts from Australia 22. Acid Test: Ben witnesses the Quit India campaign 23. Hot Questions: George testifies before Congress Conclusion: A Strange and Frightening World Appendix: The Yankee Clipper's Last Passenger Manifest Acknowledgments Notes Index

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Book SynopsisTrade ReviewThis Very Short Introduction is a concise, readable narrative of American political history. Critchlow has done a particularly good job at illustrating transitions in elite political culture. * Reviews in History, Mark Power Smith *Table of ContentsList of illustrations ; Chapter 1 The Politics of the Constitution, 1787-89 ; Chapter 2 Contentious People and Factious Parties in the Early Republic, 1789-1824 ; Chapter 3 The Age of Democracy, 1816-1844 ; Chapter 4 The Politics of Slavery: Prelude to the Civil War, 1844-1860 ; Chapter 5 Politics in War and Reconstruction, 1861-1876 ; Chapter 6 Gilded Age Frustration and the Progressive Response, 1877-1918 ; Chapter 7 Affluence, Depression, and World War, 1920-1945 ; Chapter 8 Early Cold War Politics, 1946-74 ; Chapter 9 America Divided, 1974-present ; References ; Further reading ; Index

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Book SynopsisRobert Dallek''s masterful John F. Kennedy: An Unfinished Life was a number one national bestseller, and it remains the most widely read one-volume biography of the 35th President. Now, in this marvelous short biography of John F. Kennedy, Dallek achieves a miracle of compression, capturing in a small space the essence of his renowned full-length masterpiece. Here readers will find the fascinating insights and groundbreaking revelations found in An Unfinished Life. The heart of the book focuses on Kennedy''s political career, especially the presidency. The book sheds light on key foreign affairs issues such as the Bay of Pigs debacle, Khrushchev''s misguided bullying of Kennedy in Vienna, the Cuban Missile crisis, the nuclear test ban, the race for space, and the initial dealings with Southeast Asia, especially Laos. It also highlights the difficulties Kennedy faced getting a domestic agenda passed, from a tax cut to spur the economy, to federal aid to education, Medicare, and civil rights. Dallek reveals the thinking behind Robert Kennedy''s appointment as Attorney General and convincingly argues that Kennedy would never have expanded the war in Vietnam the way that Lyndon Johnson did. The book also addresses questions about Kennedy''s assassination and concludes with his presidential legacy and why he remains so popular despite serving only a thousand days in office.Trade Review"One of the most engrossing biographies I have ever read.... Nothing less than a masterpiece." David Herbert Donald, author of^iLincoln^r"It's hard to believe that someone could find anything new to say about John F. Kennedy, but Dallek succeeds in this riveting and well-documented biography."^iThe New Yorker^r"An intimate portrait indeed...unexpected and important.... This is nothing if not a profile in courage."^iNew York Times Book Review^rTable of Contentssingle chapter

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Book SynopsisFor better or worse, be it militarily, diplomatically, politically, economically, or culturally, Americans have had a profound role in shaping the wider world beyond them. Unsurprisingly, most non-Americans have passionate views about the nature of U.S. foreign policy. America has been a savior to some, a curse to others-and both have good reason to feel that way. And yet, such views are often also based on a caricature of American actions and intentions. For their part, Americans themselves have strong opinions about their role in the world and how it has evolved over time. Yet these views are shrouded as much in myth as they are grounded in fact. American Foreign Relations, then, suffers from being a subject of immense worldwide importance but almost complete misunderstanding; it provokes strong emotions and much debate in newspapers daily, but is accompanied by little comprehension.This Very Short Introduction aims to offer analysis of key events, episodes, crises, and individuals in the making of American foreign relations. It will discuss events such as the Revolutionary War, the Louisiana Purchase, the War of 1812, manifest destiny, the Mexican War, the Civil War, industrialization, the beginnings of globalization, the Spanish-American War, imperialism, the annexation of the Philippines, informal imperialism and the Open Door policy, World War I, isolationism, World War II, the Cold War from its origins to its end (including the Korean and Vietnam Wars), the Iraq Wars, 9/11, and Afghanistan. Such topics will be situated within an analytical narrative that follows chronology generally, but not strictly or comprehensively. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Trade ReviewThis Very Short Introduction is ... fluidly written, remarkably comprehensive, and accessible to those unfamiliar with United States history. * Sarah B. Synder, The American Historical Review *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Introduction Chapter 1: First Principles Chapter 2: Expansionism Chapter 3: Global America Chapter 4: The American Century? Chapter 5: Superpower Chapter 6: Hyperpower and Its Discontents References Further Reading Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"It is a classic which remains relevant largely because it poses questions still unresolved."--praise for previous edition "Choice " "One is still impressed by the relevance of certain chapters, particularly the way in which urban problems are descriptively yet perceptively presented, a relevance that applies to the problems as much as their academic study."--praise for previous edition "Urban Studies " "[The City] is decidedly more than a description of the objective features of city life. It is a scientific analysis of the forces and elements that go to produce our urban civilization. . . . Park and Burgess have rendered an exceedingly valuable service."--praise for previous edition "Social Forces "

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Book SynopsisDuring most of the nineteenth century, physicians and pharmacists alike considered medical patenting and the use of trademarks by drug manufacturers unethical forms of monopoly; physicians who prescribed patented drugs could be, and were, ostracized from the medical community. In the decades following the Civil War, however, complex changes in patent and trademark law intersected with the changing sensibilities of both physicians and pharmacists to make intellectual property rights in drug manufacturing scientifically and ethically legitimate. By World War I, patented and trademarked drugs had become essential to the practice of good medicine, aiding in the rise of the American pharmaceutical industry and forever altering the course of medicine. Drawing on a wealth of previously unused archival material, Medical Monopoly combines legal, medical, and business history to offer a sweeping new interpretation of the origins of the complex and often troubling relationship between the phaTrade Review"Immensely informative." * New York Review of Books *"Gabriel’s brilliant account of patent and trademark law and use is the first comprehensive attempt to integrate the history of pharmaceuticals . . . in the wider setting of economic history and intellectual property law history and represents a milestone in that respect." * Isis *"In his thought-provoking and well-researched book, Gabriel explores the evolution of patenting, and to a lesser extent, trademark registration, in the American pharmaceutical industry. It is a fascinating and timely contribution." * EH.net *"To legal historians interested in the regulatory state and corporate capitalism, Gabriel's well researched book offers new insight into monopoly as an analytic category and antimonopoly sentiment as a driver for law and policy. Gabriel also provides a unique perspective on the development of modem intellectual property, a story not previously told from the viewpoint of pharmacists and travelling drug salesmen." * Law & History Review *"This fascinating book serves as a pointed reminder that the sources of therapeutic rationale are just as much tied to the production and regulation of therapies as the collective decision-making on ethical practice." * New Books in Medicine *"Medical Monopoly: Intellectual Property Rights and the Origins of the Modern Pharmaceutical Industry, by historian of medicine and the biomedical sciences Joseph M.Gabriel, is a significant and beautifully written book. By linking the study of patenting and other monopolistic practices in the pharmaceutical industry, such as trademarks, to the history of therapeutic reform, it makes an original and valuable contribution to the historiography in a variety of fields, from intellectual property to therapeutic reform, medical ethics, and the pharmaceutical industry. Medical Monopoly is therefore of relevance to a broad range of scholars, but also to clinicians, bioethicists, and the wider public concerned by the power of companies and the potential for conflicts of interest within modern medicine." * Bulletin of the History of Medicine *"Gabriel’s study of the early pharmaceutical industry in the U.S. is an outstanding addition to new literature. To illustrate this complex argument, Gabriel does a superb job of weaving together broad trends in patent, trademark, and antitrust law with the evolution of drug manufacturing and medical practice. The book is packed with fascinating case studies of products and their makers. Like a skilled ethnographer, Gabriel is more intent on reconstructing how past actors conceived of their actions than passing judgment on them. Paying careful and fruitful attention to “the relationship between names and things,” he avoids oversimplifying the motives of makers, prescribers, and users of drugs. Gabriel rewrites not only the history of the pharmaceutical industry but that of American medicine as well. Specialists in the history of medicine, science, and technology will appreciate his work for the fresh perspective he provides on familiar subjects. Specialists in health care policy and public health will find useful insights into contemporary debates over bioequivalence and its global implications. Finally, historians of intellectual property rights will find much to interest them in this book." * The American Historical Review *“In this important new book, Gabriel traces the surprisingly dynamic relationship between intellectual property and the economics and politics of the pharmaceutical industry. Medical Monopoly narrates the formation and reorganization of the ‘ethical pharmaceutical industry’ in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries around questions of patents, trademarks, and a series of mutually defining alliances made between the medical profession and the modern pharmaceutical enterprise. Gabriel’s research in preparation for this volume has been meticulous, and his narrative pacing will help audiences from many different fields engage with the provocative story he has to tell. The resultant work is an elegant demonstration of the power of historical analysis in understanding the present-day connections between patents, trademarks, medical science, and the marketplace, with substantial implications for contemporary policy and practice.” -- Jeremy A. Greene, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine“In this lively account, Gabriel takes us back to the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries to explore the early histories of the manufacturing, marketing, patenting, and regulation of drugs and their roles in transforming the practice of American medicine. Marrying a keen eye for detail with attention to the larger picture, Gabriel explores the tensions between beneficence and business in the emergent pharmaceutical industry. This meticulously researched book establishes Gabriel as one of the nation’s experts on the pharmaco-medical enterprise in America from the early Republic to the Progressive Era.” -- Elizabeth Watkins, University of California, San Francisco“Medical Monopoly is a fascinating book about the history of intellectual property (IP) rights in pharmaceuticals. Gabriel traces the role that patents and trademarks played in the development of the pharmaceutical industry, explores the question of whether IP rights promoted research and development, and identifies the changing attitudes of physicians and scientists to the propriety of patenting drugs. The book reaches a number of conclusions that are surprising to the contemporary student of both IP and pharmaceuticals, and Gabriel does a nice job of marshaling the massive amount of evidence he uncovered into a chronological narrative. This important work will be of interest to historians of patents and trademarks; to historians of medicine, science, and technology; and to scholars of contemporary IP and science policy.” -- Catherine Fisk, University of California, IrvineTable of ContentsA Note about Terms Introduction 1 Medical Science and Property Rights in the Early Republic 2 Monopoly and Ethics in the Antebellum Years 3 In the Shadow of War 4 Therapeutic Reform and the Reinterpretation of Monopoly 5 The Ambiguities of Abundance 6 The Embrace of Intellectual Property Conclusion: The Promise of ReformAcknowledgments Archival Collections ConsultedNotes Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"One of the ten best Chicago books of 2020. Plenty of books have been written about Afrofuturist pioneer Sun Ra and his Arkestra, but Sites is the first to make Chicago his co-protagonist. . . . Sites provides crucial context on how Chicago's Afrocentrist philosophy, religion, and jazz scenes helped turn Blount into Sun Ra.” * Chicago Reader *Best Historical Research in Recorded Jazz, Certificate of Merit 2021 * Association for Recorded Sound Collections Awards for Excellence *“Four stars. A must-read for fans of the musician and his city. . . . Fascinating and thoroughly readable. . . Sites makes the engaging argument that the idiosyncratic jazz legend’s penchant for interplanetary journeys and African American utopia was in fact inspired by urban life right on Earth.” * Spectrum Culture *“An important contribution. . . Sites draws on an impressive number of disciplines to ground Ra’s spacebound theatrics in material history. . . . He cites work from urban studies, African American studies, theology, and literary theory. . . It’s difficult to imagine anyone other than Sites writing a work that demands mastery of these specific disciplines.” * The Wire *"Required reading for anyone seriously interested in Sun Ra and his ensemble, the Arkestra." * American Literary History *"Not the launching point for an introduction to the life of Sun Ra, but rather a deeper dive into the city life and utopian vision informing his work and philosophy, emphasizing that (Urban) Space Is the Place." * Library Journal *“Highly readable. . . What Sites is good at is the detail of the period. . . He is good, too, on the economics of segregation, the racial divisions of the American working class, and the role of the black establishment. . . But best of all, especially to musicians and jazz fans, he is great about the musical life of Chicago, the Pershing and Du Sable venues, and the Jim Crow squalor of Calumet City, the sin suburb of Chicago. Where this book really scores is in its investigation of the sheer 'otherness 'of Sun Ra.” * Jazz Journal *"Sites’s project in this work is to get back to this future city by understanding Sun Ra’s geographic, intellectual, and galactic journeys. . . . Sites’s considerable skills as an urban cartographer help to further remap Chicago. . . . In Sites’s analysis, Sun Ra’s work continues to rethink the U.S. city." * Rain Taxi *“One of the most unique books to ever look at the music of Sun Ra. . . Digs very deep into Ra's early years – time that isn't covered in as much details as in other projects – and the book paints a picture of the city that's as vivid as the jazz legend himself. . . Sites comes at the project from a different perspective than most music writers – which makes for a very fresh volume that may well open up whole new territory in the exploration of jazz and community.” * DustyGroove.com *“Sun Ra’s Chicago is a masterful account of the musician’s formative years. Sites deftly applies a wider lens to his biography, analyzing the urban spaces and networks that shaped Sonny Blount’s transformation from an itinerant musician into the otherworldly philosophical leader of the Arkestra. This book is essential reading not only for Sun Ra listeners but for readers interested in the crosscurrents of Black intellectual thought and the utopian possibilities, past and present, of America’s cities.” * Erik S. Gellman, author of Troublemakers: Chicago Freedom Struggles through the Lens of Art Shay *"Like its subject, Sun Ra’s Chicago is a category buster—social history, musicology, urban studies, hermeneutics, cultural reclamation—and as such, a revelation. Sites tells a story of countercultural ferment in 1950s south side Chicago that is detailed and provocative. Sun Ra, Alton Abraham, and the members and friends of the Arkestra were truly a 'creative class' long before that term, as we know it, was coined." * Larry Bennett, author of The Third City: Chicago and American Urbanism *Table of ContentsUrban Routes, Utopian PathwaysPart I: Birmingham 1 Downtown Sounds 2 Industrial School to Territory Band 3 Leadership DreamsPart II: Chicago 4 South Side Music Scene 5 “Sound So Loud It Will Wake Up the Dead” 6 Utopian Chicago 7 African Space 8 Wonder Inn, 1960 Lineages/Legacies Acknowledgments Notes Index

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Living in the Future: Utopianism and the Long Civil Rights Movement links several cohorts of twentieth-century utopian radicals who worked to build a world they envisioned in the midst of one they lamented. . . Wolcott demonstrates a coherence of vision across civil rights efforts where historians have more often seen fracture and rupture... It is a history of coherent, deeply rooted and ideologically cohesive dissent - and a plea for its continuation." * The Journal of Southern History *“In this beautifully written, deeply researched, and groundbreaking study of black utopian activist movements, Wolcott recovers the forgotten histories that inspired the Civil Rights Movement. She gives extraordinary texture to the work of utopia on the ground and shows how utopia isn’t just a good theory, but a real, attainable, and necessary practice that can energize all those who care about the future and repairing our world. This astonishing book will forever change how we think about utopia and the struggle for democracy, both in the United States and across the globe.” * Alex Zamalin, author of Black Utopia: The History of an Idea from Black Nationalism to Afrofuturism *“I could not stop reading this fascinating, surprising, and inspiring book. Sweeping in scope while still richly detailed, Living in the Future deserves to become a foundational text in our understanding of the long Civil Rights Movement. While famous figures like Rosa Parks and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. emerge in a new light, these pages are full of lesser-known activists who dreamed of a better world and then fought to build it. Their stories are rich and moving—and full of lessons for all those who wish to achieve peace and justice in our world today.” * Nico Slate, author of The Prism of Race: W.E.B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, Paul Robeson, and the Colored World of Cedric Dover *"Wolcott effectively pulls previously siloed fields of study together by consulting an array of primary sources, researching in archives that house the records of the labor movement, Black culture, and both urban and rural histories. . . . As Living in the Future proves, utopianism had a major impact on the civil rights movement because activists had learned from and trained each other for decades before the 1950s." * H-Nationalism *"Wolcott’s juxtaposition of labor and religious histories with well-known civil rights activists... will encourage historians in all these fields to be in more direct conversation with one another. As Living in the Future proves, utopianism had a major impact on the civil rights movement because activists had learned from and trained each other for decades before the 1950s." * H-Net Reviews *"It is generally acknowledged that the 'classical' civil rights movement—the protest movement that began with the Montgomery bus boycott and faded away after the death of Martin Luther King, Jr.—drew considerable strength from pre-existing ideas and organizations. . . . But the origin story that has found most favor among historians finds the roots of the 'classical' movement in the left-wing activism of the New Deal era, with the Communist Party and the Congress of Industrial Organizations leading the way. . . . This elegantly written study offers a different perspective. In emphasizing the importance of the Marxist-influenced Left, Victoria Wolcott contends, too many historians have overlooked or belittled the significance of 'utopian socialists and radical pacifists' . . . The conclusions of this splendid study are persuasive. The radical nonviolence that guided the civil rights movement 'grew out of relatively small groups of activists committed to utopian interracialism.' And far from being a milquetoast ideology that posed no challenge to the capitalist order, the utopianism espoused by these groups, and bequeathed to the civil rights movement, sought both racial equality and economic justice." * Society for US Intellectual History *Table of ContentsList of Illustrations, Table, and Map Introduction 1 Chapter 1 The Workers Chapter 2 The Cooperators Chapter 3 The Divinites Chapter 4 The Fellowshippers Chapter 5 The Pacifists Afterword Acknowledgments Notes Index

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Book SynopsisA provocative new history of how the news media facilitated the Reagan Revolution and the rise of the religious Right. After two years in the White House, an aging and increasingly unpopular Ronald Reagan looked like a one-term president, but in 1983 something changed. Reagan spoke of his embattled agenda as a spiritual rather than a political project and cast his vision for limited government and market economics as the natural outworking of religious conviction. The news media broadcast this message with enthusiasm, and white evangelicals rallied to the president's cause. With their support, Reagan won reelection and continued to dismantle the welfare state, unraveling a political consensus that stood for half a century. In Righting the American Dream, Diane Winston reveals how support for Reagan emerged from a new religious vision of American identity circulating in the popular press. Through four key eventsthe evil empire speech, AIDS outbreak, invasion of Grenada, and rise Trade Review"Winston shows how the president harnessed the power of the news media to popularize a new ‘religious imaginary’ and thus to build support for his policies.” * Jacobin *"A valuable analysis of the intertwining of faith and politics in America." * Publishers Weekly *"Far from a study of religion in the Reagan presidency, the book considers the way Reagan recast presidential images and sound bites to appeal to a perceived sense of moral rightness and particularly to the reemerging Right, creating a social structure beneath his neoliberalism. . . . Careful readers will see in the methods and values explored in this volume the underpinnings of a less religious, more exploitative, and more recent presidential use of media." * Choice *“Journalist Diane Winston examines the marriage of religious fervor and politics in the United States, tracing the mainstream version of this phenomenon back to President Ronald Reagan. When the then-struggling president began framing the country’s woes through a spiritual lens in 1983, he quickly garnered passionate support from white evangelicals. Winston offers a withering critique of the media and explains how journalists advanced Reagan’s black-and-white views on religion, economics, and society—perspectives that remain popular today.” * Alta Journal *"Standard accounts of the Reagan era treat foreign policy, religious, and economic conservatism as separate spheres that rarely intersected, but Winston’s fascinating and well-argued account shows how the religious worldview championed by President Reagan reinforced the ideological transformation he sought in all three realms. Righting the American Dream will reshape studies of the media no less than our historical understanding of a pivotal era in the history of American religion.” -- E. J. Dionne Jr., author of 'Why the Right Went Wrong: Conservatism–From Goldwater to Trump and Beyond'“Perhaps no figure is more responsible for the interplay of American media, religion, and politics today than Ronald Reagan. Righting the American Dream masterfully weaves the story of how Reagan created a seemingly organic, but actually entirely constructed, religious imaginary that continues to fundamentally shape the terrain of our most pressing cultural and moral debates.” -- Brie Loskota, Martin Marty Center for the Public Understanding of Religion at the University of Chicago“Winston shows how Ronald Reagan had his cake and ate it too, perceiving the mainstream media as liberal while also using the press to promote and normalize his conservative agenda and a lived religion of American hyper-individualism and exceptionalism. A masterful critique, Righting the American Dream is key for anyone who wants to understand the impact of the Reagan era today.” -- Heather Hendershot, author of 'When the News Broke: Chicago 1968 and the Polarizing of America'“Above and beyond the study of [the religious right,] Righting the American Dream is also an excellent and concise history of journalism in the United States. . . . A fascinating account of the birth and growth and present status of newspapers and electronic media.” * Common Threads *Table of ContentsIntroduction Part One. Context: Media, Politics, and Religion 1. Faith in the Media 2. 1973: The Body Politic and the Religious Body 3. An American Religious Imaginary Part Two. Reporting Reagan’s Imaginary 4. Evil Empires: Communism and AIDS 5. The “New Patriotism”: The Mission in Grenada 6. Scrooged: Moralizing Welfare and Racializing Poverty Epilogue Acknowledgments Notes Index

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Book SynopsisLongtemps considérée comme une rébellion mineure, la tentative de révolution de 1837 a en réalité secoué l'ensemble de l'Amérique du Nord, menaçant de renvoyer le pouvoir britannique hors du continent, mais également d'inaugurer une expérience républicaine différente. La révolution a échoué, mais les idées qu'elle a véhiculées - tant progressistes qu'élitistes - résonnent encore aujourd'hui.L'auteur se penche sur les réseaux des patriotes canadiens en exil aux États-Unis en s'appuyant sur des sources canadiennes et étasuniennes. En sollicitant le soutien de leurs frères au sud de la frontière, les rebelles ont poussé les autorités des États-Unis à coopérer activement avec l'Empire britannique, dans un dénigrement surprenant de leurs racines révolutionnaires et antibritanniques. Initialement favorables à l'annexion des Canadas aux États-Unis, les patriotes ont dû repenser leur avenir en dehors d'une république qui affichait ses faiblesses. Ils ont envisagé de fonder leur propTrade Review«Écrit dans une langue agile et élégante, l’ouvrage ne peut que stimuler les débats sur les Rébellions et devenir un incontournable de l’historiographie nord-américaine pour comprendre cette période phare. Le jury souhaite féliciter chaleureusement Julien Mauduit pour son livre remarquable qui atteint tous les objectifs du prix de l’Assemblée nationale en renouvelant et en élargissant notre compréhension des Rébellions et ce, de manière accessible, pour combler tant un lectorat d’universitaires que de passionnés d’histoire politique.» Le jury du Prix de l’Assemblée nationale du Québec

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Book SynopsisWhen strange signs appeared in the sky over Québec in 1660, people grew worried about the arrival of evil forces. Barbe Hallay, a teenaged servant, started to act as if possessed, and a miller accused of using dark arts to torment her was executed. Mairi Cowan explores this case of demonic infestation to understand the everyday experiences and deep anxieties of people in New France.Trade Review“This outstanding account of how colonization, demonology, martyrology, and hagiography became intertwined in New France is both fascinating and instructive, providing a textured view of the beliefs and life conditions of Europeans and Indigenous people. In skilfully presenting arresting or amusing material without fanfare, Mairi Cowan takes readers on an emotional as well as an intellectual journey. Most historians cannot achieve this. The Possession of Barbe Hallay is a refreshing and engaging read.” Sarah Ferber, University of Wollongong and author of Demonic Possession and Exorcism in Early Modern France“The Possession of Barbe Hallay is structured around five concise chapters, which mirror the stages of the subject’s life. Only a small portion of this woman’s fifty-year life was affected by demonic possession, which is presented here with integrity, reverence, and page-turning vigour.” Literary Review of Canada

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Book SynopsisFirst paperback edition of the illustrated reference to the identity, kinships, locations, populations and cultural characteristics of some 400 separately identifiable peoples native to the north American continent.

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Book SynopsisConsiders the misappropriation of African American popular culture through various genres, largely Hip Hop, to argue that while such cultural creations have the potential to be healing agents, they are still exploited -often with the complicity of African Americans- for commercial purposes and to maintain white ruling class hegemony.Trade Review“Soul Thieves is a collection of essays that critically weighs the consequences of appropriating black culture. … The volume has broad appeal and informs academics how black material culture is conversant with many of the same discourses as conventional historical narratives. … Soul Thieves is a welcomed addition to interdisciplinary fields, African American studies in particular.” (Kameelah L. Martin, Journal of American Culture, Vol. 102 (3), December, 2015)"This ground breaking interdisciplinary publication is long overdue and offers deep insight into the efficacy of African American popular culture and it's critical impact on shaping artistic cultural production on a global scale. The contributors, leading scholars in their respective research areas, set the record straight through their thought provoking and accessible historical research." - Melanye White Dixon, Associate Professor, Department of Dance, The Ohio State University, USATable of ContentsPreface; Tamara Brown PART I: ENTERTAINMENT AND FASHION 1. 'So You Think You Can Dance'; Tamara Brown 2. 'Foraging Fashion'; Abena Lewis-Mhoon 3. 'In the Eye of the Beholder: Definitions of Beauty in Popular Black Magazines'; Kimberly Brown PART II: BLACK POWER STUDIES 4. 'Neutering the Black Power Movement: The Hijacking of Protest Symbolism'; James B. Stewart 5. 'Silent Protest: The Appropriation of Black Athletic Power'; Jamal Ratchford 6. Black Comic Book Characters; David T. Terry PART III: MUSIC AND TECHNOLOGY 7. Soul Thieves: White America and the Appropriation of Hip Hop and Black Culture; Baruti Kopano 8. I'm Hip: An Exploration of Rap Music's Creative Guise; Kawachi Clemmons 9. 'Cash Rules Everything Around Me! Appropriation, Commodification and the Politics of Hip Hop and Contemporary Protest Music'; Diarra Osei Robinson 10. 'The Appropriation of Blackness in Ego Trip's The (White) Rapper Show'; Carlos D. Morrison and Ronald L. Jackson, Jr.

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Book SynopsisThis book is the authoritative account of the place that would become Central Park. From the first Dutch family to settle on the land through the political crusade to create America’s first major urban park, Sara Cedar Miller chronicles two and a half centuries of history.Trade ReviewCentral Park is the most important and influential urban public space in the world. But what did its 843 acres look like before Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert Vaux performed their magic? Sara Cedar Miller has given us the answer and so much more. The illustrations are beautiful, the prose rolling and imaginative, the research thorough, and the result, splendiferous. -- Kenneth T. Jackson, editor in chief of The Encyclopedia of New York CityWandering through the green heart of the city, Central Park, who hasn’t wondered: What have these rocks seen? What do the trees know? Who came before? Thank goodness for the charming, curious, careful historian, Sara Cedar Miller, who labored thirty years to bring us their surprising stories. Highly recommended. -- Eric W. Sanderson, author of Mannahatta: A Natural History of New York CityA stunning display of historical sleuthing. Brilliantly researched and superbly illustrated, Sara Cedar Miller’s book unravels the story of the 843 acres that became Central Park. Anyone interested in New York City’s past will find Before Central Park indispensable. -- Shane White, author of Prince of Darkness: The Untold Story of Jeremiah G. Hamilton, Wall Street’s First Black MillionaireSara Cedar Miller sets out to tell the landscape history of Central Park that often goes untold. She expertly uses the historical record to analyze the cultural processes responsible for shaping the landscape prior to the construction of the park. In doing so, she unearths the layers of the landscape to highlight the cultural attitudes embedded in the landscape. -- Phil Birge-Liberman, University of ConnecticutBefore Central Park is distinctive in its combination of Miller’s photography, her expert understanding of the park’s geography and archeology, and her meticulous real estate history of parkland from the 17th through the 19th centuries...an invaluable resource. -- Kara Murphy Schlichting * The Gotham Center for New York City History *Miller masterfully combines historical photographs, sketches, plans, designs, and contemporary images to create a rich tapestry. * Journal of Urban Affairs *Table of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionPart I: Topography1. The First Settlers, 1625–16642. Along the Kingsbridge Road, 1683–18453. The Other Bensons, 1754–18464. The War at McGowan’s Pass, 1776–17845. Valentine Nutter, 1760–18146. The War of 1812Part II: Real Estate7. Dividing Bloomingdale, 1667–1790s8. Dividing Bloomingdale, 1790–18249. Dividing Bloomingdale, Seneca Village: The Residents, 1825–185710. Dividing Bloomingdale, Seneca Village: The Black Leaders, 1825–185711. Dividing Harlem, 1825–184312. Dividing Yorkville, 1785–183513. The Receiving Reservoir, 1835–184214. A Changing Land, 1845–1853Part III: The Idea of a Park15. The Battle of the Parks, 1844–185216. Becoming Central Park, 1853–185617. The First Commission, 1855–185718. Designing Central Park, 1857–185819. Extending the Park, 1859–1863EpilogueAfterword by Elizabeth W. Smith, President and CEO of the Central Park ConservancyAcknowledgmentsNotesSelected BibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisWho are the millions of people marching against the Trump administration? American Resistance traces activists from the streets back to the communities and congressional districts around the country where they live, work, and vote. Using innovative data, Dana R. Fisher analyzes how resistance groups have channeled outrage into activism.Trade ReviewAmerican Resistance is an important book, not only as a portrait of our moment but also as a challenge to traditional understandings of protest politics. Dana R. Fisher shows how wrong it is—especially in the Trump era—to draw sharp lines between protest and electoral action. She details what drove millions to come out in revolt against Trump, explains who they are, and demonstrates how the early marches translated into the unprecedented political engagement of 2018. There are lessons here for 2020 and beyond. -- E. J. Dionne, Jr., coauthor of One Nation After Trump: A Guide for the Perplexed, the Disillusioned, the Desperate, and the Not-Yet DeportedAmerican Resistance charts the course of the anti-Trump surge in activism and organizing, shedding light on crucial realities and busting myths along the way. This is a must-read for anyone who wants to understand the people-powered movements that are changing American politics in the Trump era. -- Leah Greenberg, co-executive director, IndivisibleAfter the shocking 2016 election, millions of Americans took to streets and meeting halls to fight President Trump’s agenda and revitalize U.S. democracy. Using interviews with the leaders of national political groups and surveys of thousands of participants in D.C. protest marches, Dana R. Fisher offers a window into their passionate, loosely coordinated efforts to boost 2018 Democratic fortunes in Congress and the states while proclaiming a very un-Trumpian vision for the country’s future. -- Theda Skocpol, director, Scholars Strategy Network, and Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology, Harvard UniversityExactly what happened between the 2016 election of Donald Trump and the 2018 takeover of the House of Representatives by Democrats, and how did it happen? While conventional wisdom lazily suggested a pendulum swing, Dana R. Fisher, using survey data of participants in the two-year-long Resistance, gets under the skin of this movement to help us understand how it initially came together and then was able to sustain itself through the 2018 elections. More than just a fascinating piece of sociological research, Fisher's study will be a valuable resource for movement activists, helping them better understand the inner dynamics of their organizing work. -- James Zogby, founder of the Arab American Institute and board member of Our RevolutionTerrific. -- Micah L. Sifry * The New Republic *The comprehensive guide to the Resistance: the backlash to the 2016 elections, the Blue Wave of 2018, and the enthusiasm leading to 2020. -- Ian Silverii * Colorado Politics *The book accomplishes the challenging task of informing a general audience with an interest in social movements while bringing original data and a wealth of political science and sociological research to bear on the study of “the Resistance.” * Perspectives on Politics *American Resistance will appeal to social movement scholars as well as anyone interested in understanding contemporary social change efforts. * Mobilization *Fisher’s work is unapologetically descriptive, drawing from a unique series of surveys of protestors in Washington, DC in 2017 and 2018...The data that resulted from these surveys are the most important contribution of Fisher’s book, as measuring the attitudes of protestors is a fraught business. * Contemporary Sociology *Recommended. * Choice *For anyone concerned about the state of civic engagement, Fisher presents a treasure trove of new evidence, some of it interesting and encouraging * Social Forces *Interestingly, although American Resistance focuses on protests and protesters, the book may be most effective at illustrating how a lot of people are working hard to change society even when—and perhaps especially when—they are not visible in the streets. * American Journal of Sociology *Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments1. How Did We Get Here?2. Resistance in the Streets3. Organizing the Resistance in the Districts4. Resistance in the Districts5. Looking Back While Marching Forward Methodological AppendixNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisAll the Nations Under Heaven is an unparalleled chronicle of the role of immigrants and migrants in shaping the history and culture of New York City. This updated edition of a classic text brings the story of the immigrant experience up to the present with vital new material on the city’s revival with deeply rooted racial and economic inequalities.Trade Review[A] briskly paced volume. * The Gotham Center for NYC History *A new cohort of students and readers more generally will now be made aware of a classic work, All the Nations Under Heaven, a profoundly humane and exciting panorama of the linked histories of New York City and immigrants. The flow of women and men from around the world has done no less than shape them, the city, the nation, and the world. This book sweeps across time, connecting past and present with scrupulous research, clear thinking, rich detail, and fine writing. -- Hasia Diner, New York UniversityUpdated throughout and extended to the present through the latest scholarship, this enduring classic demonstrates once again how central the growth of immigrant-origin communities has been to the neighborhoods, collective life, politics, and economy of New York City. All the Nations Under Heaven brings to life the great and ongoing saga of immigrants helping a great city to reinvent itself. -- John Mollenkopf, coeditor of Unsettled Americans: Metropolitan Context and Civic Leadership for Immigrant IntegrationAll the Nations Under Heaven reveals the powerful social, political, economic, and religious influence of immigrants on New York City since the colonial era. Expanding on current scholarship, the authors make immigration history and the broader history of New York City accessible for both students and scholars. -- Deborah Dash Moore, author of Jewish New York: The Remarkable Story of a City and a PeopleTable of ContentsPreface1. A Seaport in the Atlantic World: 1624–18202. Becoming a City of the World: 1820–18603. Progress and Poverty: 1861–19004. Slums, Sweatshops, and Reform: 1880–19175. New Times and New Neighborhoods: 1917–19286. Times of Trial: 1929–19457. City of Hope, City of Fear: 1945–19978. Immigrants in a City Reborn: 1980–presentAfterwordAcknowledgmentsNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisFor more than twenty years, John Milton Bernhisel negotiated with the federal government on behalf of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Bruce W. Worthen illuminates the life and work of the man whose diplomacy steered the Church's relationship with Washington, D.C. from its early period of dangerous conflict to a peaceful and pragmatic coexistence. Having risen from a Pennsylvania backcountry upbringing to become a respected member of the upper class, Bernhisel possessed a personal history that allowed him to reach common ground with politicians and other outsiders. He negotiated for Joseph Smith's life and, after the Church's relocation to the Utah Territory, took on the task of rehabilitating the public image of the Latter-day Saints. Brigham Young's defiance of the government undermined Bernhisel's work, but their close if sometimes turbulent relationship ultimately allowed Bernhisel to make peace with Washington, secure a presidential pardon for Young, and put Utah aTrade Review"What Worthen has given readers is a candidate for 'bookshelf essential,' especially for those looking for fresh perspectives on the often-told and widely-documented early events of Restoration history. Academically impeccable, Mormon Envoy is a good yarn, and Bernhisel's unique perspective makes for a narratively fascinating vantage amidst these dueling saints and senators." --John Whitmer Historical Association Journal"Worthen does an excellent job of emphasizing Bernhisel's accomplishments in Mormon Envoy." --Journal of Mormon History"Worthen's biography of Bernhisel is also an elegantly written history lesson." --Library JournalTable of ContentsIntroduction: The Diplomacy of John Milton Bernhisel “My Journey to the Westward” “Stand Still and See the Salvation of God” Four Miles from Carthage The Angry Apostle An Adopted Son and a Travelling Bishop Far from the Land of Our Enemies Correcting Public Opinion Old Rough and Ready Great Basin Confrontation “We Have Only Asked for Simple Justice” “Throwing Down the Glove” Dueling Discourses “A Most Turbulent, Disloyal, and Rebellious People” Wild Fire “When a Thousand Years Have Slept Away” “Let Uncle Sam Choose” Wrongs Real and Imaginary The Train of Hell The Great Wheel of Time Conclusion: Out of the WestAppendix: Bernhisel’s MarriagesNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisAt the opening of the twentieth century, labor strife repeatedly racked the nation. Union organization and collective bargaining briefly looked like a promising avenue to stability. But both employers and many middle-class observers remained wary of unions exercising independent power. Vilja Hulden reveals how this tension provided the opening for pro-business organizations to shift public attention from concerns about inequality and dangerous working conditions to a belief that unions trampled on an individual''s right to work. Inventing the term closed shop, employers mounted what they called an open-shop campaign to undermine union demands that workers at unionized workplaces join the union. Employer organizations lobbied Congress to resist labor''s proposals as tyrannical, brought court cases to taint labor''s tactics as illegal, and influenced newspaper coverage of unions. While employers were not a monolith nor all-powerful, they generally agreed that unions wereTrade Review"Hulden's book is chock-full of revealing details recounting the ways that business leaders organized, lobbied politicians, secured legal assistance during union confrontations, and employed labor spies. . . . Read this terrific book to learn more about the many roots and characteristics of that ugly, undemocratic agenda." --Jacobin"The volume's wide range and mastery of the business and labor history of those years makes it a highly recommended study for specialists in those fields and more. Highly recommended." --Choice"With keen analysis and vivid prose, Vilja Hulden brilliantly illuminates how U.S. employers fought furiously to undermine unions and blunt demands for workplace democracy in the early twentieth century, creating a warped legacy that still haunts our labor relations and diminishes our politics. This powerfully argued book is essential reading for anyone who wishes to understand the long historical roots of today’s reawakened fights for worker justice.”--Joseph A. McCartin, author of Collision Course: Ronald Reagan, the Air Traffic Controllers, and the Strike that Changed AmericaTable of ContentsAcknowledgments IntroductionChapter 1. The Invention of the Closed Shop: The NAM Weighs In on the Labor QuestionChapter 2. The Deep History of the Closed or Union ShopChapter 3. The Potential and Limitations of the Trade AgreementChapter 4. The Range and Roots of Employer Positions on LaborChapter 5. Employers, Unite? The Bases and Challenges of Employer Collective ActionChapter 6. The Battle over the StateChapter 7. The Battle over Public OpinionChapter 8. Defending the Status Quo Ante BellumChapter 9. The Gift That Keeps on Giving: Institutionalizing the Open-Shop Ideal in the 1920sCoda: The Working Class and the Prerequisites of PowerAbbreviationsA Note on Sources and MethodsNotesIndex

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Book SynopsisTrade Review"Eleff's well-researched examination of the changes that Horween and Bingham brought to Harvard in the 1920s is an uplifting story that is needed as Americans grapple with the latest wave of anti-Semitism." --Sport in American History“It sounds like fiction, but it’s true: A century ago, a Jewish running back and a track star with a working-class background altered the very nature of sports at Harvard. Kudos to Zev Eleff for putting Arnold Horween and Bill Bingham at the center of a poignant story about acceptance.”--John Eisenberg, author of The League: How Five Rivals Created the NFL and Launched a Sports EmpireTable of ContentsIntroduction Chapter I: The (Cinder) Path to a Better LifeChapter II: Winning isn’t Everything, but it is SomethingChapter III: Americanization, the Jewish Take on SuccessChapter IV: Winning for Winning’s SakeChapter V: Football, the Ultimate Wargame of LifeChapter VI: Horween versus McMahon and Rise of the National Football LeagueChapter VII: A Member of the Hebrew Race to Become Head Coach of Harvard?Chapter VIII: An Honorable Failure and Satisfactory Game in Every WayChapter IX: The Crusade to Keep Football a GameConclusionAcknowledgments

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Book SynopsisRenders the furious ebb and flow of the two-day battle, capturing both the evolving strategies of each side and the horrendous experience of the fight. This book draws from hundreds of diaries, letters, memoirs, interviews, official reports, and regimental histories.Trade ReviewA Selection of the History Book Club.— A Selection of the History Book ClubTable of ContentsCoverTitle PageCopyright PageTable of ContentsList of MapsList of IllustrationsAcknowledgmentsOne / My Dear General, You are Thoroughly OutdoneTwo / Golden Moments are PassingThree / I Have Never Felt so Glad to be a SoldierFour / A Glimmer in the TwilightFive / We are in a Ticklish Place HereSix / Sounds of Ill OmenSeven / Withdraw if not Already Too LateEight / They are Coming like a Pack of WolvesNine / We Shall Soon be in itTen / Give Help where it is NeededEleven / A Bellyful of FightingTwelve / They Skedaddled in Fine StyleThirteen / We Bury Our DeadFourteen / The Night Seemed to Quake and TrembleFifteen / If I Could Only Drown this Terrible SoundSixteen / God Grant that it May be SoSeventeen / If they Begin it, We will End itEighteen / The Left must be HeldNineteen / To Fire at Those Breastworks Seemed FoolishTwenty / Gentlemen, I Hold the Fatal Order of the DayTwenty-One / All was a Sickening ConfusionTwenty-Two / No More Show than a Broken-Backed CatTwenty-Three / The Signs Grew Rapidly WorseTwenty-Four / They can Kill us, But Whip us NeverTwenty-Five / Give us a Position to HoldTwenty-Six / Thomas is having a Hell of a FightTwenty-Seven / A Few are Holding out up YonderTwenty-Eight / I Never Saw Better FightingTwenty-Nine / Don't waste any Cartridges Now, BoysThirty / The Storm Broke LooseThirty-One / God Help Me to Bear it ArightThirty-Two / Denunciations Fierce and StrongAppendix / The Opposing Forces in the Chickamauga CampaignNotesBibliographyIndex

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Book SynopsisThe first full-length biography of William Still, one of the most important leaders of the Underground Railroad.William Still: The Underground Railroad and the Angel at Philadelphia is the first major biography of the free Black abolitionist William Still, who coordinated the Eastern Line of the Underground Railroad and was a pillar of the Railroad as a whole. Based in Philadelphia, Still built a reputation as a courageous leader, writer, philanthropist, and guide for fugitive enslaved people. This monumental work details Still's life story beginning with his parents' escape from bondage in the early nineteenth century and continuing through his youth and adulthood as one of the nation's most important Underground Railroad agents and, later, as an early civil rights pioneer. Still worked personally with Harriet Tubman, assisted the family of John Brown, helped Brown's associates escape from Harper's Ferry after their famous raid, and was a rival to Frederick DouTrade Review“There has been a need for a good biography of William Still. This sweeping book situates Still at the center of the workings of the Underground Railroad as well as other abolitionist-related activities of the period. William Still provides a sense of the world of which Still was a part and the many roles he played in this activist movement.” —Spencer R. Crew, author of Thurgood Marshall: A Life in American History"With this book, William C. Kashatus has delivered a valuable addition to the growing body of serious literature on the Underground Railroad. His attention to the details of Still's life both before and after his engagement in abolitionist work provides a new and rounded picture of a man who for too long remained a vague figure behind his well-known compendium of information on the fugitive slaves who passed through Philadelphia." —Fergus M. Bordewich, author of Bound for Canaan"William C. Kashatus's contribution expands the bandwidth of African American historiography on the Underground Railroad and William Still. For those who want a closer look at an extraordinary and multidimensional human being, William Still provides an expert and sophisticated view." —Kelisha B. Graves, editor of Nannie Helen Burroughs"William C. Kashatus has given us what will probably be the definitive biography of William Still. He has also deepened our understanding of the experiences of fugitive slaves and the people who aided them before the Civil War." —Thomas Hamm, editor of Quaker Writings"William C. Kashatus’s William Still, along with providing a rich account of the great abolitionist and archivist of the Underground Railroad, brilliantly conveys the courage, the resourcefulness, and the intelligence of the slaves escaping towards freedom. This is history as it should be written: poignant, passionate, and trenchant." —Kenneth A. McClane, author of Color: Essays on Race, Family, and History"William C. Kashatus’s William Still is a double tribute to the heroism of this fascinating man as well as to that of the many freedom-seekers who made the journey out of the house of bondage and of those who aided them." —Christopher A. McAuley, author of The Spirit vs. the Souls"Kashatus’s detailed biography of William Still, with its stories of courageous slaves plotting daring escapes, and moving accounts of free Black people who were kidnapped and taken into slavery, reveals the interracial cooperation involved in helping escaped slaves reach freedom, and honors the man who, at his death in 1902, was named 'Father of the Underground Railroad.'" —Foreword Reviews (Starred Review)"In the first scholarly biography of [William] Still, Kashatus highlights the critical roles Still and other Black Americans played along the entire Underground Railroad, and the risks they took to aid enslaved people. A penetrating analysis of Still’s interviews reveals new and important insights into the enslaved people who made the journey into freedom. . . . An essential work that is a must-read for those interested in the Underground Railroad and Black history in the U.S." —Library Journal (Starred Review)"Kashatus’s biggest contribution to the historiography of the Underground Railroad is the analysis he provides of the information collected by William Still. Using both Still’s Underground Railroad and his unpublished Journal C of Station No. 2 of the Underground Railroad, Kashatus has compiled significant trends that characterize the freedom seekers." —Hidden City"William C. Kashatus's new biography of abolitionist William Still is the first scholarly biography of the activist. It is also a very accessible text, suitable for a broad audience. . . . The biography accomplishes the important task of introducing Still and his significance to a wide readership." —Quaker History"William Still stands poised to be the authoritative biography of the ‘Angel at Philadelphia’ for a generation to come." —American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsAcknowledgments About the Author List of Illustrations Introduction 1. The Price of Freedom 2. Quaker Philadelphia 3. Underground Railroad 4. Fugitive Slave Law 5. Vigilance 6. Bondswoman’s Escape 7. “Dear Friends” 8. Canada West 9. Kidnapped & Ransomed 10. Memorable 28 11. Fighting for Freedom 12. Street Car Protest 13. Politics of Reform 14. Legacy Endnotes Appendix: Index of Still’s Runaways Bibliography

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