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Book SynopsisThis book provides a narrative historical, postcolonial account of African American religions. It examines how African American religions have been shaped by early relations between sub-Saharan Africa and Europe, American imperial practices in the 1700s and 1800s, and FBI repression in the twentieth century.Trade Review'Not a conventional survey of African American religion, which might trace religious origins and developments, this book is a groundbreaking exploration of the conditions of possibility for thinking about African American religion. Transatlantic empires, colonial enclosures, and political engagements, as Sylvester Johnson shows, are more than historical contexts; they are forces of religious formation. The book is an important contribution to the study of African American religion and the study of religion.' David Chidester, author of Empire of Religion: Imperialism and Comparative Religion'Sylvester Johnson, through his exploration of the economies of space, time, and discourse, reorders the materialities of the Atlantic world formation, allowing for a fresh interpretation of African Americans, religion, and modernity itself. In this work, African American diasporic religion can be seen as an epistemological probe enabling a critique of regnant notions while opening up new sources of data.' Charles H. Long, Professor Emeritus, University of California, Santa Barbara'Sylvester Johnson's book provides a new interpretation of the beginning and formation of what has often been termed a slave religion, but in a more refreshing and in-depth manner than previous books on the subject. This is an interdisciplinary work that bridges the gap between the old African spirituality on the slave coasts of Africa and the emerging New World religions practiced by Africans across the Atlantic. By so doing, Johnson has given new meaning to what African diaspora religions should mean in the discipline. The historical context in which he places the impact of colonialism, democracy, and freedom in the formation of slave religions surpasses what is available in the literature. This work will appeal to many disciplines, including religion, history, and African American and African studies.' Jacob Olupona, Harvard University, Massachusetts'This superb book locates African American religions in the context of the development of colonial empire in the Atlantic world. By placing religion in the conflicted network of geopolitics, economic exploitation, and ideological struggles over domination, race, and freedom, Johnson develops a fresh and sophisticated narrative of the history of black religion, freedom, and colonialism. This book will be mandatory reading for anyone interested in African American and Atlantic world history.' Albert J. Raboteau, author of Slave Religion'In this brilliant work Johnson offers an innovative examination and interpretation of the intersection of African American religions, colonialism, democracy, and freedom. He approaches the subject chronologically, in three time periods … A major contribution to the literature on African American religions, this book is a tour de force. Summing up: essential. Upper-division undergraduates through faculty.' L. H. Mamiya, Choice'Johnson's book provides a persuasive, innovative, and broader global framework to understand African American religions that should be required reading for current and future scholars of black religion and American religious history.' Julius H. Bailey, The American Historical Review'… Johnson's African American Religions, 1500–2000 is a work of great clarity, passion and power that deserves deep and fervent reading for years to come.' Juan M. Floyd-Thomas, Black Theology'A century of work in slavery studies and critical race theory has exposed the terrors that underwrite American democratic freedom. Johnson's ambitious text steps into this multifaceted conversation … and reinterprets the history of African American religion through the lens of its central arguments …' Lucia Hulsether, Religious Studies ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Black Atlantic religion and Afro-European commerce; 2. On religious matters; 3. Colonial governance and religious subjectivity; 4. Stateless bodies, African missions, and the Black Christian settler colony; 5. Black political theology, white redemption, and soldiers for empire; 6. Garveyism, anticolonialism, and state repression of Black religions; 7. Fundamentalism, counterintelligence, and the 'negro rebellion'; 8. Black religion, the security state, and the racialization of Islam; 9. Conclusion. Black religion, freedom, and colonialism.

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Book SynopsisVolume 1 in The Cambridge History of Latin America looks at the history of colonial Latin America.Trade Review"Prospective readers who want a wide ranging collection of modern, high level essays on colonial Latin America will welcome this work warmly." - American Historical Review"...the essential reference and review work in Latin American history." - American Historical Review"The historical scholarship, judgement and writing displayed in these pages are of a superior kind and will ensure that the work stands supreme for many decades to come. The editor and his authors are to be applauded for producing a history which honours the profession, serves the subject and deserves a great number of readers. We are in the presence of a major historical enterprise" - Bulletin of Latin American Research"… will inform and guide the study of colonial society for years to come." - Hispanic American Historical Review"... [a] magisterial work ... the best in. Latin American scholarship on the colonial period ... a comprehensive history of Latin America that is most unlikely to be superseded ... a monumental work of learning." - British Book News"... fresh outlook, painstaking scholarship, and fine writing style ... Superior and authoritative, this work will lead in the field ... for years to come." - Library Journal"a major synthesis of current scholarship on colonial Latin America… the most detailed, comprehensive and authoritative work on the subject available." - Library Journal Best Reference Books of 1985"a classic work for which generations will be grateful." - Financial Times"Leslie Bethell has done a remarkable job ... nowhere else, will the reader find so comprehensive an account of nearly every aspect of the history of Central and South America from the remotest past to the eve of Independence, ... the most detailed, extensive and authoritative general account of Latin America to date." - Times Literary Supplement"... impressed by the international nature of the research on the region, the range of the themes discussed, the sophistication. of the methods and interpretations developed ... the two volumes show the cosmopolitan nature of the methodological and theoretical influences on the colonial history of Latin America." - Times Higher Education Supplement"It is remarkable how one individual ... is planner, coordinator and editor of the entire set ... Throughout his work we find the ultimate in scholarship, expressed simply, precisely and clearly. The editing as well as the physical presentation are first rate… the set promises to be a treasure trove." - Inter American Review of Bibliography"An up-to-date synthesis of the best scholarship in the field." - Luso-Brazilian Review"a truly impressive project ... Leslie Bethell is to be complemented on the overall high quality of the 34 contributions ... the organization and format of these volumes and the Herculean labor of general editorship." - Southeastem Latin Americanist"a landmark event to be celebrated by all readers, interested in any aspect of the history, culture and society of Latin America ... the first time a single editor has been given responsibility for the planning, coordination and editing of an entire Cambridge History ... a massive undertaking ... some truly remarkable essays ... several of the chapters, in these two volumes may well stand for some time as classic essays on their topic. All the chapters exhibit a uniformly high level of both scholarship and clarity ... the two volumes now in, hand shew a remarkable consistency of editorial craftsmanship and cohesiveness, to say nothing of a very high level, of scholarly achievement ... marks a giant step forward ... a celebration of the maturation of the field and a stimulant to fresh discovery and thought." - Canadian Journal of HistoryTable of ContentsList of maps; Note on currency and measurement; Abbreviations; General preface; Preface to volumes 1 and 2; Part I. America on the Eve of the Conquest: 1. Mesoamerica before 1519 Miguel Leon-Portilla; 2. The Indians of the Caribbean and Circum-Caribbean at the end of the fifteenth century Mary W. Helms; 3. Andean societies before 1532 John Murra; 4. The Indians of southern South America in the middle of the sixteenth century Jorge Hildalgo; 5. The Indians of Brazil in 1500 John Hemming; A note on the native American population on the eve of the European invasions Leslie Bethell; Part II. Europe and America: 6. The Spanish Conquest and settlement of America J. H. Elliott; 7. The Indian and Spanish conquest Nathan Wachtel; 8. The Portuguese settlement of Brazil, 1500–1580 H. B. Johnson; 9. Spain and America in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries J. H. Elliott; 10. Spain and America: the Atlantic trade 1492–1720 Murdo J. MacLeod; 11. Bourbon Spain and its American empire D. A. Brading; 12. Portugal and Brazil: political and economic structures of empire, 1580–1750 Frédéric Mauro; 13. Portugal and Brazil: imperial re-organization, 1750–1808 Andree Mansuy-Diniz Silva; Part III. The Church in America: 14. The Catholic church in colonial Spanish America Josep M. Barnadas; 15. The Catholic church in colonial Brazil Eduardo Hoornaert; Bibliographical essays; Index.

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Book SynopsisVolume III opens with five chapters which survey the revolutions and wars of independence in Spanish America and the relatively peaceful transition to independence in Brazil during the first quarter of the nineteenth century - after three centuries of Spanish and Portuguese rule.Trade Review"A particularly commendable feature of this scholarly undertaking lies in the fact that the corps of historians who have contributed to these volumes have, in many cases, read one another's essays, and have commented critically and offered helpful suggestions as the project went forward. This has resulted in an optimum degree of competency and high level of scholarship. The material presented and the varying interpretaions offered combine to form a highly readable text and most enjoyable experience for the reader. A carefully detailed index is to be found in each volume. In addition, all three tomes, taken together, contain more than 200 pages of richly documented bibliographic materials, based on the subject matter of each chapter." - Revista Canadiense De Estudios Hispanicos"…a superbly integrated collection of 18 essays by some of the very best historians of Latin America ... Leslie Bethell, both general editor and editor of each volume, wisely commissioned a mixture of country by country histories and thematic essays to provide linkages ... there is much subtle interaction among the contributors." - Hispanic American Historical Review"... extraordinarily high standard of comprehensive scholarship ... Leslie Bethell ... has assembled an outstanding team of specialists from both sides of the Atlantic and has edited their contributions impressively ... This outstanding team, under a first class captain, has produced what will undoubtedly be for many years, the authoritative general history of Latin America ... an indispensable work." - British Book News"One of the really noteworthy aspects of the Cambridge History so far is its treatment of Brazil…between them Leslie Bethell, José Murilo de Carvalho and Richard Graham have filled those gaps, maintaining the standards set by the chapters on Brazil in the earlier volumes." - Times Higher Education Suplement"The third volume of the CHLA maintains the high standard of scholarship which emerged in the first two volumes on Colonial Latin America ... The editor's division of material into chronological and topical parts reveals a sensitivity and grasp of nineteenth-century Latin American history in Keeping with the most recent research… [An] outstanding and original contribution is the editor’s short chapter on the church and the independence of Latin America… a fine addition to anyone’s library of Latin American history." - Journal of Latin American Studies"… the product of much careful work. In structure and content it is a model of its kind … this extremely learned work, large parts of which are brilliantly written, represents a valuable enrichment of the historiography on Latin America. The contributors and the editor have earned our gratitude..." - Historischer ZeiWg"This volume offers many more keys to understanding this period than were hitherto available ... it is now much clearer where work must be done. It is an essential first stop for scholars embarking on research in this period and will be invaluable for general courses on Latin American history." - Bulletin of Latin American ResearchTable of ContentsList of maps; General preface; Preface to Volume 3; Part I. Independence: 1. The origins of Spanish American Independence John Lynch; 2. The Independence of Mexico and Central America Timothy Anna; 3. The Independence of Spanish South America David Bushnell; 4. The Independence of Brazil Leslie Bethell; 5. International politics and Latin American Independence D. A. G. Waddell; A note on the church and the Independence of Latin America Leslie Bethell; Part II. The Caribbean: 6. Haiti and Santo Domingo: 1790–c.1870 Frank Moya Pons; 7. Cuba from the middle of the eighteenth century to c.1870 Hugh Thomas; Part III. Spanish America after Independence: 8. Economy and society in post-Independence Spanish America Tulio Halperín Donghi; 9. Politics, ideology and society in post-Independence Spanish America Frank Safford; 10. Mexico from Independence to 1867 Jan Bazant; 11. Central America from Independence to c.1870 R. L. Woodward; 12. Venezuela, Colombia and Ecuador: the first half-century of independence Malcolm Deas; 13. Peru and Bolivia from Independence to the War of the Pacific Heraclio Bonilla; 14. Chile from Independence to the War of the Pacific Simon Collier; 15. The River Plate Republics from Independence to the Paraguayan War John Lynch; Part IV. Brazil after Independence: 16. Brazil from Independence to the middle of the nineteenth century Leslie Bethell and José Murilo de Carvalho; 17. Brazil from the middle of the nineteenth century to the Paraguayan War Richard Graham; Part V. Cultural Life: 18. The literature, music and art of Latin America from Independence to c.1870 Gerald Martin; Bibliographical essays; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe Cambridge History of Latin America is the first authoritative large-scale history of the whole of Latin America - Mexico and Central America, the Spanish-speaking Caribbean (and Haiti), Spanish South America and Brazil - from the first contacts between the native peoples of the Americas and Europeans in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries to the present day. A major work of collaborative international schoarship, the Cambridge History of Latin America has been planned, co-ordinated and edited by a single editor, Dr Leslie Bethell, reader in Hispanic American and Brazilian History at University College London. It will be published in eight volumes. Each volume or set of volumes examines a period in the economic, social, political, intellectual and cultural history of Latin America.Trade Review"A particularly commendable feature of this scholarly undertaking lies in the fact that the corps of historians who have contributed to these volumes have, in many cases, read one another's essays, and have commented critically and offered helpful suggestions as the project went forward. This has resulted in an optimum degree of competency and high level of scholarship. The material presented and the varying interpretaions offered combine to form a highly readable text and most enjoyable experience for the reader. A carefully detailed index is to be found in each volume. In addition, all three tomes, taken together, contain more than 200 pages of richly documented bibliographic materials, based on the subject matter of each chapter." - Revista Canadiense De Estudios Hispanicos"The essays ... are generally of high quality ... the overall impression is one of solid scholarship and sound judgement, a reflection on both the authors and editor Leslie Bethell ... likely to serve as an indispensable reference for scholars, as a convenient summary of recent scholarship ... and as standard statements of current conventional wisdoms against which future research and writing will be framed and judged. In short, these volumes amply justify the vision that launched them." - American Historical Review"Leslie Bethell's grand enterprise … so far so good, indeed, so far so very good. This newest (and fastest appearing) of the multi volume Cambridge histories is as authoritative as any of its predecessors ... Bethell has succeeded in putting together as good a collaborative history of Latin America as is conceivable right now… These two volumes will take their place alongside the preceding three as indispensable reading matter for Latin Americanists (and, one hopes, many others) for a long time to come." - Bulletin of Latin American Research"The two volumes are to be warmly welcomed. They are an undoubted success. They will be a great value for reference and teaching ... There is simply no text available which comes anywhere near these two volumes in breadth and quality of coverage. Leslie Bethell is to be congratulated in maintaining ... the same form, control and sense of direction displayed in the first three volumes of the series." - Journal of Latin American Studies"Professor Bethell has done his job sensitively and well … I find it hard to believe that a better collaborative history of Latin America could be assembled at the present time." - Times Literary Supplement"… maintains the high standards and exceptional usefulness of other [volumes]… include many of the world’s leading authorities on Latin American history…superb bibliographical essays… a monumental contribution… should be in every library and on the shelves of all serious specialists on Latin America." - Choice"A genuine classic in the same scholarly, authoritative and comprehensive tradition as its predecessors." - Library Journal Best Reference Books of 1986"... volumes merit a readership beyond historians ... the substantial contribution to the subject made by scholars from other disciplines economics, literature and political science is reflected in. these two volumes ... scholarly synthesis of ... quality ... the multi volume Cambridge histories have often come under heavy criticism for lacking a clear purpose or editorial continuity. Neither criticism can fairly be made of these volumes." - International Affairs"... cohesive, satisfying and thorough. They give a real sense of the state of the latest historiography." - Canadian Journal of History"Two indispensable volumes which go far beyond the minimum requirement of providing a standard work of reference." - Bulletin of Hispanic Studies"When publication is complete the Cambridge History will stand alone as a commanding survey of historical knowledge of the region and guide to its bibliography. Individual chapters are never less than authoritative, while some are models of concise scholarship. The editor has shown enormous determination in pursuing his contributors and shaping their contributions to fit in the overall design. On the basis of what has appeared so far, it is a remarkable achievement that demands congratulations and gratitude… a wealth of scholarship, of careful generalization, authoritative judgement and helpful direction… These volumes are a major historiographical achievement." - Economic History ReviewTable of Contents1. Latin America and the international economy, 1870–1914 William Glade; 2. Latin America and the international economy from the First World War to the World Depression Rosemary Thorp; 3. Latin America, the United States and the European powers, 1830–1930 Robert Freeman Smith; 4. The population of Latin America, 1850–1930 Nicolás Sánchez-Albornoz; 5. Rural Spanish America, 1870–1930 Arnold Bauer; 6. Plantation economies and societies in the Spanish Caribbean, 1860–1930 Manuel Moreno Fraginals; 7. The growth of Latin American cities, 1870–1930 James R. Scobie; 8. Industry in Latin America before 1930 Colin M. Lewis; 9. The urban working class and early Latin American labour movements, 1880–1930 Michael M. Hall, and Hobart A. Spalding Jr; 10. Political and social ideas in Latin America, 1870–1930 Charles A. Hale; 11. The literature, music and art of Latin America, 1870–1930 Gerald Martin; 12. The Catholic Church in Latin America, 1830–1930 John Lynch.

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Book SynopsisVolume 2 in The Cambridge History of Latin America examines the history of colonial Latin America before its independence.Trade Review"a landmark event to be celebrated by all readers, interested in any aspect of the history, culture and society of Latin America ... the first time a single editor has been given responsibility for the planning, coordination and editing of an entire Cambridge History ... a massive undertaking ... some truly remarkable essays ... several of the chapters, in these two volumes may well stand for some time as classic essays on their topic. All the chapters exhibit a uniformly high level of both scholarship and clarity ... the two volumes now in, hand shew a remarkable consistency of editorial craftsmanship and cohesiveness, to say nothing of a very high level, of scholarly achievement ... marks a giant step forward ... a celebration of the maturation of the field and a stimulant to fresh discovery and thought." - Canadian Journal of History"The Cambridge History of Latin America is a large-scale authoritative study of Latin America's unique historical experience. This is a major work of collaborative international scholarship and an event to be celebrated....After having perused volume II of the series, this reviewer can only look forward eagerly to the appearance of the remaining volumes." - Revista Canadiense de Estudios Hispanicos"Prospective readers who want a wide ranging collection of modern, high level essays on colonial Latin America will welcome this work warmly." - American Historical Review"...the essential reference and review work in Latin American history." - American Historical Review"The historical scholarship, judgement and writing displayed in these pages are of a superior kind and will ensure that the work stands supreme for many decades to come. The editor and his authors are to be applauded for producing a history which honours the profession, serves the subject and deserves a great number of readers. We are in the presence of a major historical enterprise" - Bulletin of Latin American Research"will inform and guide the study of colonial society for years to come." - Hispanic American Historical Review"... [a] magisterial work ... the best in. Latin American scholarship on the colonial period ... a comprehensive history of Latin America that is most unlikely to be superseded ... a monumental work of learning." - British Book News"... fresh outlook, painstaking scholarship, and fine writing style ... Superior and authoritative, this work will lead in the field ... for years to come." - Library Journal"a major synthesis of current scholarship on colonial Latin America? the most detailed, comprehensive and authoritative work on the subject available." - Library Journal Best Reference Books of 1985"a classic work for which generations will be grateful." - Financial Times"Leslie Bethell has done a remarkable job ... nowhere else, will the reader find so comprehensive an account of nearly every aspect of the history of Central and South America from the remotest past to the eve of Independence, ... the most detailed, extensive and authoritative general account of Latin America to date." - Times Literary Supplement"... impressed by the international nature of the research on the region, the range of the themes discussed, the sophistication. of the methods and interpretations developed ... the two volumes show the cosmopolitan nature of the methodological and theoretical influences on the colonial history of Latin America." - Times Higher Education Supplement"It is remarkable how one individual ... is planner, coordinator and editor of the entire set ... Throughout his work we find the ultimate in scholarship, expressed simply, precisely and clearly. The editing as well as the physical presentation are first rate? the set promises to be a treasure trove." - Inter American Review of Bibliography"An up-to-date synthesis of the best scholarship in the field." - Luso-Brazilian Review"a truly impressive project ... Leslie Bethell is to be complemented on the overall high quality of the 34 contributions ... the organization and format of these volumes and the Herculean labor of general editorship." - Southeastem Latin AmericanistTable of ContentsList of maps; List of figures; Note on currency and measurement; General preface; preface to volumes I and II; Part I. Population: 1. The population of colonial Spanish America Nicolás Sánchez-Albornoz; 2. The population of colonial Brazil Maria Luiza Marcílio; Part II. Economic and Social Structures: Spanish America: 3. The urban development of colonial Spanish America Richard M. Morse; 4. Mining in colonial Spanish America Peter Bakewell; 5. The formation and economic structure of the hacienda in New Spain Enrique Florescano; 6. The rural economy and society of colonial Spanish South America Magnus Mörner; 7. Aspects of the internal economy of colonial Spanish America: labour; taxation; distribution and exchange Murdo J. MacLeod; 8. Social organization and social change in colonial Spanish America James Lockhart; 9. Women in Spanish American colonial society Asunción Lavrin; 10. Africans in Spanish American colonial society Frederick P. Bowser; 11. Indian societies under Spanish rule Charles Gibson; Part III. Economic and Social Structures: Brazil: 12. Colonial Brazil, c.1580–c.1750: plantations and peripheries Stuart B. Schwartz; 13. Indians and the frontier in colonial Brazil John Hemming; 14. Colonial Brazil: the gold cycle, c.1690–1750 A. J. R. Russell-Wood; 15. Late colonial Brazil, 1750–1808; Part IV. Intellectual and Cultural Life: 16. Literature and intellectual life in colonial Spanish America Jacques Lafaye; 17. The architecture and art of colonial Spanish America Damián Bayón; 18. The architecture and art of colonial Brazil J. B. Bury; 19. The music of colonial Spanish America Robert Stevenson; A note on the music of colonial Brazil Robert Stevenson; Bibliographical essays; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe Cambridge History of Latin America is the first authoritative large-scale history of the whole of Latin America - Mexico and Central America, the Spanish-speaking Caribbean (and Haiti), Spanish South America and Brazil - from the first contacts between the native peoples of the Americas and Europeans in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries to the present day. A major work of collaborative international scholarship, The Cambridge History of Latin America has been planned, co-ordinated and edited by a single editor, Dr Leslie Bethell, Reader in Hispanic American and Brazilian History at University College London. It will be published in eight volumes. Each volume or set of volumes examines a period in the economic, social, political, intellectual and cultural history of Latin America.Trade Review"A particularly commendable feature of this scholarly undertaking lies in the fact that the corps of historians who have contributed to these volumes have, in many cases, read one another's essays, and have commented critically and offered helpful suggestions as the project went forward. This has resulted in an optimum degree of competency and high level of scholarship. The material presented and the varying interpretaions offered combine to form a highly readable text and most enjoyable experience for the reader. A carefully detailed index is to be found in each volume. In addition, all three tomes, taken together, contain more than 200 pages of richly documented bibliographic materials, based on the subject matter of each chapter." - Revista Canadiense De Estudios Hispanicos"The essays ... are generally of high quality ... the overall impression is one of solid scholarship and sound judgement, a reflection on both the authors and editor Leslie Bethell ... likely to serve as an indispensable reference for scholars, as a convenient summary of recent scholarship ... and as standard statements of current conventional wisdoms against which future research and writing will be framed and judged. In short, these volumes amply justify the vision that launched them." - American Historical Review"Leslie Bethell's grand enterpris... so far so good, indeed, so far so very good. This newest (and fastest appearing) of the multi volume Cambridge histories is as authoritative as any of its predecessors ... Bethell has succeeded in putting together as good a collaborative history of Latin America as is conceivable right now? These two volumes will take their place alongside the preceding three as indispensable reading matter for Latin Americanists (and, one hopes, many others) for a long time to come." - Bulletin of Latin American Research"The two volumes are to be warmly welcomed. They are an undoubted success. They will be a great value for reference and teaching ... There is simply no text available which comes anywhere near these two volumes in breadth and quality of coverage. Leslie Bethell is to be congratulated in maintaining ... the same form, control and sense of direction displayed in the first three volumes of the series." - Journal of Latin American Studies"Professor Bethell has done his job sensitively and well ? I find it hard to believe that a better collaborative history of Latin America could be assembled at the present time." - Times Literary Supplement""maintains the high standards and exceptional usefulness of other [volumes].... include many of the world's leading authorities on Latin American history.... superb bibliographical essays.... a monumental contribution.... should be in every library and on the shelves of all serious specialists on Latin America." - Choice"A genuine classic in the same scholarly, authoritative and comprehensive tradition as its predecessors." - Library Journal Best Reference Books of 1986"... volumes merit a readership beyond historians ... the substantial contribution to the subject made by scholars from other disciplines economics, literature and political science is reflected in. these two volumes ... scholarly synthesis of ... quality ... the multi volume Cambridge histories have often come under heavy criticism for lacking a clear purpose or editorial continuity. Neither criticism can fairly be made of these volumes." - International Affairs"... cohesive, satisfying and thorough. They give a real sense of the state of the latest historiography." - Canadian Journal of History"Two indispensable volumes which go far beyond the minimum requirement of providing a standard work of reference." - Bulletin of Hispanic Studies"When publication is complete the Cambridge History will stand alone as a commanding survey of historical knowledge of the region and guide to its bibliography. Individual chapters are never less than authoritative, while some are models of concise scholarship. The editor has shown enormous determination in pursuing his contributors and shaping their contributions to fit in the overall design. On the basis of what has appeared so far, it is a remarkable achievement that demands congratulations and gratitude? a wealth of scholarship, of careful generalization, authoritative judgement and helpful direction? These volumes are a major historiographical achievement." - Economic History ReviewTable of ContentsList of maps; List of figures; General preface; Preface to Volumes IV and V; Part I. Mexico: 1. Mexico: restored republic and Porfiriato, 1867–1910 Friedrich Katz; 2. The Mexican Revolution, 1910–1920 John Womack Jr.; 3. Mexico: revolution and reconstruction in the 1920s Jean Meyer; Part II. Central America and The Caribbean: 4. Central America: the Liberal era, c. 1870–1930 Ciro F. S. Cardoso; 5. Cuba, c. 1860–1934 Luis E. Aguilar; 6. Puerto Rico, c. 1870–1940 Angel Quintero-Rivera; 7. The Dominican Republic, c. 1870–1930 H. Hoetink; 8. Haiti, c. 1870–1930 David Nicholls; Part III. The River Plate Republics: 9. The growth of the Argentine economy, c. 1870–1914 Roberto Cortés Conde; 10. Argentina: society and politics, 1880–1916 Ezequiel Gallo; 11. Argentina in 1914: the Pampas, the interior, Buenos Aires David Rock; 12. Argentina from the first World War to the Revolution of 1930 David Rock; 13. The formation of modern Uruguay, c. 1870–1930 Juan A. Oddone; 14. Paraguay from the War of the Triple Alliance to the Chaco War, 1870–1932 Paul H. Lewis; Part IV. The Andean Republics: 15. Chile from the War of the Pacific to the world depression, 1880–1930 Harold Blakemore; 16. Bolivia from the War of the Pacific to the Chaco War, 1880–1932 Herbert S. Klein; 17. The origins of modern Peru, 1880–1930 Peter F. Klarén; 18. Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela, c. 1880–1930 Malcolm Deas; Part V. Brazil: 19. The Brazilian economy, 1870–1930 Warren Dean; 20. Brazil: the age of reform. 1870–1889 Emília Viotti Da Costa; 21. Brazil: the social and political structure of the First Republic, 1889–1930 Boris Fausto; Bibliographical essays; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis eighth volume consists of the separate histories of the countries of Spanish South America. Part I covers in depth the history of Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay. Part II is devoted to Chile. Part III covers Peru and Bolivia. The fourth and final section is devoted to Colombia, Ecuador and Venezuela.Trade Review"There can be no doubt that this is the best collaborative history of the region currently available, or likely to be available for a long time to come." - Book Review Digest"This most recent volume in The Cambridge History of Latin America follows the high standards of earlier volumes...Each chapter provides a lucid synthesis of historical writing to date, and most offer a bold and sometimes provocative interpretation of their subjects...Each country is dealt with up to the present, which is unusual and welcome. The volume is handsomely printed, with an outstanding bibliography. A must for all academic libraries." - Choice"The eighth volume of The Cambridge History of Latin America maintains the high standard of its predecessors, a tribute to the series editor, Leslie Bethell....The authors are all recognized authorities in their fields....The chapters provide insight into the political, economic, and social developments of the period....for upper-level and graduate courses, the book should be a required text; the annotated bibliographies for each chapter are invaluable for staff and students alike, and the volume--indeed, the entire series--is essential for any library with a Latin American collection." - Peter Blanchard, History"This impressive series ... Leslie Bethell must be wholeheartedly complimented on a prodigious effort ... There can be no doubt that this is, the best collaborative history of the region currently available, or likely to be available for a long time to come." - Times Literary Supplement"All of the volumes are magnificent achievements, conforming to the highest standards in editing skill and publishing excellence. The present volume is no exception ... sophisticated essays." - Canadian Journal of History"Another installment in the already acclaimed series ... an excellent corpus of essays ... digest a large and disparate literature, much originally in Spanish, to manageable and readable forms ... essential and rewarding reading." - The Times Higher Education Supplement"... inspired by a remarkably ambitious vision ... a remarkably successful venture ... has established a well deserved reputation for both reliability and excellence. lt has clearly benefitted from having remained under the same editor throughout: there is a consistent rigour underlying all its diverse essays ... geared to the serious scholar ... reference, books of the highest order ... The present (volume) maintain(s) the high standard set by those that preceded it." - Journal of Latin American Studies"Leslie Bethell and his team of distinguished contributors have achieved the aim stated in the general preface... the production of a high-level synthesis of existing knowledge. All of the 13 chapters provide lucid and scholarly accounts... This volume will surely become the first port of call for students... This splendid work of reference will provide invaluable for many years to come." - Bulletin of Latin American Research"... the most comprehensive and authoritative one-volume history of Spanish SouthAmerica in print...generally high level of scholarship, analysis and writing... the marriage of disciplines is both clear and fruitful... [as] an expression of the state of the field... the news is good for so recent a history and so uneven a historiography. This volume demonstrates that it is possible to write convincing contemporary histories of Spanish South America." - American Historical Review"This monumental compendium, as well as the other impressive volumes in the series, makes a lasting contribution to hemispheric historiography. Each of the nine essays…makes an invaluable contribution…truly impressive... This collection emerges as a tribute to the maturity of the Latin American studies profession... Few studies merit as strong a recommendation as this one." - Hispanic American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsList of maps; General preface; Preface to volume 8; Part I. Argentina, Uruguay and Paraguay: 1. Argentina, 1930–46 David Rock; 2. Argentina since 1946 Juan Carlos Torre and Liliana de Riz; 3. Uruguay since 1930 Henry Finch; 4. Paraguay since 1930 Paul H. Lewis; Part II. Chile: 5. Chile, 1930–58 Paul Drake; 6. Chile since 1958 Alan Angell; Part III. Peru and Bolivia: 7. Peru, 1930–60 Geoffrey Bertram; 8. Peru since 1960 Julio Cotler; 9. Bolivia since 1930 Laurence Whitehead; Part IV. Colombia, Ecudor and Venezuela: 10. Colombia, 1930–58 Christopher Abel; 11. Colombia since 1958 Christopher Abel and Marco Palacios; 12. Ecuador since 1930 Enrique Ayala Mora; 13. Venezuela since 1930 Judith Ewell; Bibliographical essays; Index.

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Book SynopsisWhite servitude was one of the major institutions in the economy and society of early colonial British America. In fact more than half of all the white immigrants to the British colonies sold themselves into bondage for a period of years in order to migrate to the New World. Professor Galenson's study of the system of indentured servitude analyses rigourously the composition of this labour force and provides a quantitative description of the demographic, social and economic characteristics of more than 20,000 indentured immigrants. The author examines the interactions between indentured, free and slave labour and provides a framework for analysing why black slavery prevailed over white servitude in the British West Indies and the southern mainland colonies and why both types of bound labour declined to insignificance in the northern colonies of the mainland.Table of ContentsPreface; Part I. Introduction: 1. The significance and origins of the colonial indenture system; Part II. Characteristics of the servant population; 2. The age and sex distributions of the indentured servants; 3. The occupations of the indentured servants in the seventeenth-century; 4. Occupations of the eighteenth-century indentured servants; 5. Literacy and the occupations of the indentured servants; Part III. Migration and the transatlantic market for indentured servants; 6. Patterns of servant migration from England to America; 7. The market for indentured servants; Part IV. White servitude in the colonial labour market: 8. The role of the indenture system in the colonial labour market; 9. The indenture system and the colonial labour market; Part V. Indentured servitude in American history: 10. Indentured labour in the Americas; Appendices; Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book presents a restatement and expansion of the theory of labor segmentation by three of its founding scholars. The authors argue that divisions with the US working class are rooted in a segmentation of jobs since World War II.Table of ContentsPreface; 1. The historical transformation of labor: an overview; 2. Long swings and stages of capitalism; 3. Initial proletarianization: 1820s to 1890s; 4. the homogenization of labor: 1870s to World War II; 5. The segmentation of labor: 1920s to the present; 6. A recapitulation; Notes; Bibliography; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis study examines the history of the sugar economy and the peculiar development of plantation society over a three hundred year period in Bahia, a major sugar plantation zone and an important terminus of the Atlantic slave trade. Drawing on little-used archival sources, plantations accounts, and notarial records, Professor Schwartz has examined through both quantitative and qualitative methods the various groups that made up plantation society. While he devotes much attention to masters and slaves, he views slavery ultimately as part of a larger structure of social and economic relations. The peculiarities of sugar-making and the nature of plantation labour are used throughout the book as keys to an understanding of roles and relationships in plantation society. A comparative perspective is also employed, so that studies of slavery elsewhere in the Americas inform the analysis, while at many points direct comparisons of the Bahian case with other plantation societies are also made.Trade Review'Sugar Plantation is a major contribution to our efforts to understand Bahia and its sugar and slaveholding system. It is required readin not only for specialists in Brazilian history, but for anyone interested in the question of slavery and race relations in the Americas.' Francis A. Dutra, Hispanic American Historical Review'Clearly destined to become a classic in the field.' Eric Van Young, Agricultural HistoryTable of ContentsList of figures, maps, and tables; Preface; Abbreviations and special terms; Weights and measures; Part I. Formations, 1500–1600: 1. The sugar plantation: from the Old World to the New; 2. A wasted generation: commercial agriculture and Indian laborers; 3. First slavery: from Indian to African; Part II. The Bahian Engenhos and their World: 4. The Recôncavo; 5. Safra: the ways of sugar making; 6. Workers in the cane, workers at the mill; 7. The Bahian sugar trade to 1750; 8. A noble business: profits and costs; Part III. Sugar Society: 9. A colonial slave society; 10. The planters: masters of men and cane; 11. The cane farmers; 12. Wage workers in a slave economy; 13. The Bahian slave population; 14. The slave family and the limitations of slavery; Part IV. Reorientation and Persistence, 1750–1835: 15. Resurgence; 16. The structure of Bahian slaveholding; 17. Important occasions: the war to end Bahian slavery; Appendixes; Notes; Glossary; Sources and selected bibliography; Sources of figures; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas, Volume II: Mesoamerica (Part One), gives a comprehensive and authoritative overview of all the important native civilizations of the Mesoamerican area, beginning with archaeological discussions of paleoindian, archaic and preclassic societies and continuing to the present. Fully illustrated and engagingly written, the book is divided into sections that discuss the native cultures of Mesoamerica before and after their first contact with the Europeans. The various chapters balance theoretical points of view as they trace the cultural history and evolutionary development of such groups as the Olmec, the Maya, the Aztec, the Zapotec, and the Tarascan. The chapters covering the prehistory of Mesoamerica offer explanations for the rise and fall of the Classic Maya, the Olmec, and the Aztec, giving multiple interpretations of debated topics, such as the nature of Olmec culture. Through specific discussions of the native peoples of tTrade Review'It is profoundly reassuring that this kind of scholarly publishing continues to flourish at the start of a new millennium, and it is even more profoundly to be hoped that these books acquire the wide readership that they deserve.' The Journal of The Royal Anthropological InstituteTable of Contents1. Introduction to a survey of the native prehistoric cultures of Mesoamerica Richard E. W. Adams; 2. The Paleoindian and Archaic cultures of Mesoamerica Robert N. Zeitlin and Judith Francis Zeitlin; 3. The preclassic societies of the central highlands of Mesoamerica David C. Grove; 4. The precolumbian cultures of the Gulf Coast Richard A. Diehl; 5. The Maya lowlands: pioneer farmers to merchant princes Norman Hammond; 6. The central American highlands from the rise of Teotihuacan to the decline of Tula George L. Cowgill; 7. Western and Northwestern Mexico Shirley S. Gorenstein; 8. Cultural evolution in Oaxaca: the origins of the Zapotec and Mixtec civilizations Joyce Marcus and Kent V. Flannery; 9. The southeast frontiers of Mesoamerica Payson D. Sheets; 10. The Maya highlands and the adjacent Pacific coast Robert J. Sharer; 11. The Aztecs and their contemporaries: the central and Eastern Mexican highlands Thomas H. Charlton.

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Book SynopsisThe story of the RCA VideoDisc is a rare inside look at a company and the way it conducts the complex process of science-based innovation. For nearly fifty years the RCA name was synonymous with innovation in the industries it helped to build - radio and television broadcasting and manufacturing, and electronics. This book, first published in 1986, presents an absorbing account of how RCA shaped a sophisticated consumer electronics technology in a research and development effort that spanned fifteen years. We see how the company's history, its structure, its technical capability, and its competition all influenced the choices that were made in moving VideoDisc from laboratory to development group to market, and ultimately to withdrawal from the marketplace. Graham's book seeks to examine the nature of science-based innovation as a management problem. It also describes the complex workings of a large corporate R&D organization and the relationship that exists between it and the other coTrade Review"The history she presents is essentially a tale of management. Yet it will be valuable to historians of technology in heightening our sensitivity to corporate policies and politics that affect the conduct of industrial R&D." Technology and Culture"Margaret Graham offers an absorbing insider account of a technological innovation that went wrong." The Philadelphia Inquirer"The history she presents is essentially a tale of management. Yet it will be valuable to historians of technology in heightening our sensitivity to corporate policies and politics that affect the conduct of industrial R&D." Technology and CultureTable of ContentsEditors' preface; Preface and acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Selectavision VideoDisc: opportunity and risk; 2. David Sarnoff: industrial entrepreneur; 3. Research as prime mover; 4. Laboratory as entrepreneur: videoplayer research begins; 5. Selectavision Holotape: RCA's professional innovation; 6. Everything ventured; 7. All in the family; 8. VideoDisc in the public eye; 9. RCA's 'Manhattan Project'; 10. On the market; 11. Managing R&D: lessons from RCA; Appendix; Notes; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe complete Cambridge History of Latin America presents a large-scale authoritative survey of Latin America''s unique historical experience from the first contact between Indians and Europeans at the end of the fifteenth century to the present day. Brazil: Empire and Republic, 1822-1930 is a selection of five chapters from volumes III and V -- three on the Empire (1822-89) and two on the First Republic (1889-1930) -- brought together to provide a continuous history of Brazil from independence in 1822 to the Revolution of 1930. A chapter on the separation of Brazil from Portugal (1808-22) forms an introduction to the volume and a link with Colonial Brazil, a collection of chapters drawn from volumes and a link with Colonial Brazil, a collection of chapters drawn from volumes I and II of the Cambridge History of Latin America. Bibliographical essays are included for all chapters. The book will be a valuable text for both teachers and students of Latin American history.Table of ContentsIntroduction: from colony to Empire; 1. The independence of Brazil Leslie Bethell; Part I. Empire (1822–89): 2. 1822–1870 Leslie Bethell and Jose Murilo de Carvalho; 3. 1850–1870 Richard Graham; 4. 1870–1889 Emilia Viotti da Costa; Part II. First Republic (1889–1930): 5. Economy Warren Dean; 6. Society and politics Boris Fausto; Bibliographical essays; Index.

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Book SynopsisVolume 9 of the 12-volume Cambridge History of Latin America: Brazil since 1930, is the final volume to be published. It examines the profound political, economic, and social changes experienced by Brazil in the 70 years from 1930 to the present day.Trade Review'In-depth information … Worthwhile.' American Reference Books Annual'This recently published volume in the Cambridge History of Latin America series offers an in-depth survey of Brazilian economic and political history from 1930 to the present … the chapters' main strength throughout this volume is the plethora of statistical information, data, and graphs, which will be indispensable to students, researchers, and lecturers.' M. E. Kehren, ChoiceTable of ContentsPart I. Politics: 1. Politics in Brazil under Vargas 1930–45 Leslie Bethell; 2. Politics in Brazil under the Liberal Republic 1945–64 Leslie Bethell; 3. Politics in Brazil under military rule 1964–85 Leslie Bethell and Celso Castro; 4. Politics in Brazil since 1985 Leslie Bethell and Jairo Nicolau; Part II: 5. The Brazilian economy 1930–80 Marcelo de Paiva Abreu; 6. The Brazilian economy 1980–94 Marcelo de Paiva Abreu; 7. The Brazilian economy since 1994: an interim assessment Marcelo de Paiva Abreu and Rogerio L. F. Werneck; 8. Brazilian society: continuity and change 1920–2000 Nelson do Valle Silva and Leslie Bethell.

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Book SynopsisVolume XI contains bibliographical essays from the complete Cambridge History of Latin America, Volumes IâX. It will be the definitive bibliographic reference for scholars of Latin America in the European era. It is the first authoritative large-scale history of the whole of Latin America from the first contacts between the native peoples of the Americas and Europeans in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries to the present day. A major work of collaborative international scholarship, this History has been planned, co-ordinated and edited by a single editor, Leslie Bethell.Trade Review"The scope and success of this work is impressive." Thomas S. Jennings, Southern HistorianTable of ContentsPart I. The Indigenous Peoples of Middle and South America on the Eve of the Conquest; Part II. Colonial Spanish America; Part III. Colonial Brazil; Part IV. The Independence of Latin America; Part V. Latin America; Part VI. Latin America; Part VII. Latin America; Part VIII. Ideas in Latin America Since Independence; Part IX. Latin American Culture since Independence; Part X. The International Relations of Latin America.

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Book SynopsisThe Civil War stands vivid in the collective memory of the American public. There has always been a profound interest in the subject, and specifically the participation of black Americans in and reactions to the war and the war's outcome. Almost 200,000 African-American soldiers fought for the Union in the Civil War. Although most were illiterate ex-slaves, several thousand were well-educated, free black men from the northern states. The 176 letters in this collection were written by black soldiers in the Union army during the Civil War to black and abolitionist newspapers. They provide a unique expression of the black voice that was meant for a public forum. The letters tell of the men's experiences, their fears and their hopes. They describe in detail their army days - the excitement of combat and the drudgery of digging trenches. Some letters give vivid descriptions of battle; others protest against racism; still others call eloquently for civil rights. Many describe their convictioTrade Review"...a significant addition to the small but growing body of literature speaking directly to the African Americans' Civil War." Richard M. Reid, Georgia Historical Quarterly"This volume is a substantial and important addition to the growing literature of African-American involvement in the Civil War." Richard Blackett, Journal of American HistoryTable of ContentsPreface; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations; Introduction: for freedom and equality; 1. Black soldiers in white regiments; 2. South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida; 3. Virginia and North Carolina; 4. The Gulf States; 5. Occupation duty; 6. For the rights of citizens; 7. The struggle for equal pay; 8. Racism in the army; 9. The navy; 10. War's end; Index.

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Book SynopsisVolume 6 brings together general essays on major themes in the economic, social, and political history of Latin America from 1930 to 1990. Part 2 deals primarily with political themes.Trade Review"...highly worthwhile as a starting point for researchers and for its overview of comprehensive topics." - Choice"Leslie Bethell's monumental Latin American juggernaut continues to roll on. Those who are interested in Latin America between the onset of the Depression and the early 1990s will find a rich store of both information and argument in this double volume.... the contributors' scholarly credentials are impeccable. And the story they have to tell is both important and intrinsically fascinating.... as good a general survey as is currently available or perhaps conceivable." - Times Higher Education Supplement"This international, interdisciplinary, collaborative scholarship, applied in a common effort to understand a complex historical period, is a principal strength of the work. Thoughtful editing under the guidance of Leslie Bethell has generally succeeded in creating a coherently inter-related set of essays... a sweeping data-rich solidly analytical survey." - Hispanic American Historical Review"Any addition to the monumental Cambridge History provides a salient landmark for Latin American studies since the series offers both a unique teaching and research aid and a useful synopsis of the 'state-of-the-art- in the field. Volume VI - split into two sizable volumes - is no exception... a great deal of valuable scholarship is packed into these volumes... volumes that will be widely and profitably used, particularly by readers looking for up-to-date resumes of these grand, complex contemporary themes... The area covered by the contributors is enormous... their - generally - diligent mapping of modern Latin America has greatly enhanced our collective cognitive capacity." - Journal of Latin American StudiesTable of ContentsGeneral preface; Preface to volume 6; Part I. State: 1. State organization in Latin America since 1930 Laurence Whitehead; Part II. Politics: 2. Democracy in Latin America since 1930 Jonathan Hartlyn; 3. The left in Latin American politics since c.1920 Alan Angell; 4. The military in Latin American politics since 1930 Alain Rouquie; Part III. Society and Politics: 5. The urban working class and labour movement in Latin America since 1930 Ian Roxborough; 6. Rural mobilizations in Latin America since c.1920 Guillermo de la Peña; 7. Women in twentieth-century Latin American society Asunción Lavrin; Part IV. Church: 8. The Catholic church in Latin America Enrique Dussel; 9. The Protestant churches in Latin America since 1930 José Miguez Bonino; Bibliographical essays; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe essays in Volume X: Latin America since 1930: Ideas, Culture and Society discuss trends in twentieth-century Latin American literature, philosophy, music, art, architecture, cinema, and mass media.Trade ReviewOn the Cambridge History of Latin America: 'I find it hard to believe that a better collaborative history of Latin America could be assembled at the present time.' The Times Higher Education Supplement' … wide-ranging in scope … substantial and impressive achievements'. Nicola Miller, Bulletin of Latin American ResearchTable of ContentsGeneral preface; Preface to Volume X; 1. The multiverse of Latin American identity, c. 1920–c. 1970; 2. Latin American narrative since c. 1920; 3. Latin American poetry, c. 1920–1950; 4. Latin American poetry since 1950; 5. Indigenous literatures and cultures in twentieth-century Latin America; 6. Latin American music, c. 1920–c. 1980; 7. Latin American architecture since c. 1920; 8. Latin American art since c. 1920; 9. Latin American cinema; 10. Mass communications in Latin America; Bibliographical essays; Index.

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Book SynopsisIn 1871 Japan sent a delegation to the USA and Europe. The report of this journey played a key role in Japan's transformation into an industrial nation. This abridgement makes the report accessible to a wider range of scholars and students, and those interested in the rise of modern Japan.Table of ContentsIntroduction Ian Nish; Volume I. The United States of America: Preface; 1. The voyage across the Pacific; 2. A survey of the United States of America; 3. A record of San Francisco, 1; 4. A record of San Francisco, 2; 5. The railroad journey in the state of California; 6. The railroad journey in the state of Nevada and Utah territory; 7. The Rocky Mountain railroad; 8. The Chicago railroad; 9. The railroad journey from Chicago to Washington, D.C.; 10. A survey of the District of Columbia; 11. A record of Washington, D.C., 1; 12. A record of Washington, D.C., 2; 13. A record of Washington, D.C., 3; 14. The journey through the northern states, 1; 15. The journey through the northern states, 2; 16. The journey through the northern states, 3; 17. A record of Washington, D.C.: epilogue; 18. A record of Philadelphia; 19. A record of New York City; 20. A record of Boston; Volume II. Britain: 21. A survey of Britain; 22. A survey of London; 23. A record of London, 1; 24. A record of London, 2; 25. A record of London, 3; 26. A record of Liverpool, 1; 27. A record of Liverpool, 2; 28. A record of Manchester, 1; 29. A record of Manchester, 2; 30. A record of Glasgow; 31. A record of Edinburgh; 32. A tour of the Highlands; 33. A record of Newcastle, 1; 34. A record of Newcastle, 2; 35. A record of Bradford; 36. A record of Sheffield; 37. A record of Staffordshire and Warwickshire; 38. A record of Birmingham; 39. A record of Cheshire; 40. A record of London, 4; Volume III. Continental Europe, 1: 41. A survey of France; 42. A record of Paris, 1; 43. A record of Paris, 2; 44. A record of Paris, 3; 45. A record of Paris, 4; 46. A record of Paris, 5; 47. A record of Paris, 6; 48. A record of Paris, 7; 49. A survey of Belgium; 50. A record of Belgium, 1; 51. A record of Belgium, 2; 52. A survey of Holland; 53. A record of The Hague, Rotterdam and Leiden; 54. A record of Amsterdam; 55. A survey of Prussia; 56. The journey by rail through western Prussia; 57. A survey of Berlin; 58. A record of Berlin, 1; 59. A record of Berlin, 2; 60. A record of Berlin, 3; with a supplement on Potsdam; Volume IV. Continental Europe, 2: 61. A survey of Russia; 62. A survey of Russian railways and St. Petersburg; 63. A record of St. Petersburg, 1; 64. A record of St. Petersburg, 2; 65. A record of St. Petersburg, 3; 66. A record of Northern Germany, first part; 67. A record of Denmark; 68. A record of Sweden, 1; 69. A record of Sweden, 2; 70. A record of northern Germany, second part, 1; 71. A record of northern Germany, second part, 2; 72. A record of southern Germany; 73. A survey of Italy; 74. A record of Florence; 75. A record of Rome, 1; 76. A record of Rome, 2; 77. A record of Naples; 78. A record of Lombardy and Venice; 79. A survey of Austria; 80. Travels by rail in Austria, and a survey of Vienna; 81. A record of Vienna; Volume V. Continental Europe, 3; and the Voyage Home: 82. The Vienna universal exposition, 1; 83. The Vienna universal exposition, 2; 84. A record of Switzerland; 85. Switzerland's mountain scenery; 86. A record of Berne and Geneva; 87. A record of Lyons and Marseilles; 88. Spain and Portugal; 89. Political practices and customs in Europe; 90. European geography and transportation; 91. The climate and agriculture of Europe; 92. European industry; 93. European commercial enterprise; 94. The voyage through the Mediterranean; 95. The voyage through the Red Sea; 96. The voyage through the Arabian Sea; 97. A record of the island of Ceylon; 98. The voyage through the Bay of Bengal; 99. The voyage through the China Sea; 100. A record of Hong Kong and Shanghai.

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Book SynopsisIn Everyday Life in the Aztec World, Frances Berdan and Michael E. Smith offer a view into the lives of real people, doing very human things, in the unique cultural world of Aztec central Mexico. The first section focuses on people from an array of social classes - the emperor, a priest, a feather worker, a merchant, a farmer, and a slave - who interacted in the economic, social and religious realms of the Aztec world. In the second section, the authors examine four important life events where the lives of these and others intersected: the birth and naming of a child, market day, a day at court, and a battle. Through the microscopic views of individual types of lives, and interweaving of those lives into the broader Aztec world, Berdan and Smith recreate everyday life in the final years of the Aztec Empire.Trade Review'A vast amount of sociocultural information is cleverly interwoven in this carefully crafted narrative …' C. C. Kolb, ChoiceTable of ContentsPart I. Lives: 1. The Emperor; 2. The priest; 3. The featherworker; 4. The merchant; 5. The farmer; 6. The slave; Part II. Intersecting Lives: 7. A child is born; 8. Marketday in Tlatelolco; 9. Judgement day; 10. A battle far afield; Epilogue; Glossary; References; Index.

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Book SynopsisThe Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 and 1919 claimed over 25 million lives worldwide. In America's Forgotten Pandemic, Alfred W. Crosby recounts the course of the pandemic and measures its impact on American society. This 2003 edition includes a preface discussing the SARS epidemic.Trade Review"Crosby will retain his reputation as a senior statesman of the 1918 influenza epidemic, as one of the first to study it comprehensively..." Linda Bryder, The International History Review"[This] is a definitive account of the 1918 influenza epidemic in the United States. Alfred Crosby has systematically covered the effect of influenza upon the armed forces, major cities, and American territories. Over and above this he has depicted the spread and impact of the disease over a good part of the world." Journal of the History of Medicine"[This] is a fine, galloping account of the influenza pandemic that killed some 25 million people in less than a year. In some ways it was a page out of the Middle Ages bound in the twentieth century. No plague ever killed so many people in so short a time." Natural History"[This] is a fine, galloping account of the influenza pandemic that killed some 25 million people in less than a year. In some ways it was a page out of the Middle Ages bound in the twentieth century. No plague ever killed so many people in so short a time." Natural History"Thoroughly researched and rich in detail, Crosby's book carefully narrates the rise and fall of the global pandemic, especially as it affected the United States." Medical History"Thoroughly researched and rich in detail, Crosby's book carefully narrates the rise and fall of the global pandemic, especially as it affected the United States." Medical History"...fascinating..." New York SunTable of ContentsPart I. An Abrupt Introduction to Spanish Influenza: 1. The great shadow; Part II. Spanish Influenza: The First Wave - Spring and Summer, 1918: 2. The advance of the influenza virus; 3. Three explosions - Africa, Europe, and America; Part III. The Second and Third Waves: 4. The United States begins to take note; 5. Spanish Influenza sweeps the country; 6. Flu in Philadelphia; 7. Flu in San Francisco; 8. Flu at sea on voyage to France; 9. Flu and the American expeditionary force; 10. Flu and the Paris Peace Conference; Part IV. Measurements, Research, Conclusions, and Confusions: 11. Statistics, definitions, and speculations; 12. Samoa and Alaska; 13. Research, frustration, and the isolation of the virus; 14. Where did the flu of 1918 go?; Part V. Afterword: 15. An inquiry in the peculiarities of human memory.

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Book SynopsisAlan Houston seeks to bring clarity to our understanding of Benjamin Franklin's political thought by making available a full and representative selection of his most important political writings. The entire text of the Autobiography is included alongside letters, essays, pamphlets, and manuscript notes.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Introduction; Chronology; Bibliographical note; Biographical guide; A note on the texts; 1. The autobiography - Part One, Part Two, Part Three, Part Four; 2. Plan of conduct (1726); 3. The nature and necessity of a paper currency (1729); 4. Apology for printers (1731); 5. Rules for a club formerly established at Philadelphia (1732); 6. Dialogue between two Presbyterians (1735); 7. Letter to Josiah and Abiah Franklin (1738); 8. Proposal for promoting useful knowledge (1743); 9. Speech of Miss Polly Baker (1747); 10. Plain truth (1747); 11. Form of the association and remarks (1747); 12. Advice to a young tradesman, written by an old one (1748); 13. Proposals relating to the education of youth in Pennsylvania; 14. Observations concerning the increase of mankind (1751); 15. Letter to James Parker (1751); 16. Rattlesnakes for Felons (1751); 17. Letter to Peter Collinson (1753); 18. Letter to Peter Collinson (1753); 19. Join or die (1754); 20. Reasons and motives for the Albany Plan of Union (1754); 21. Letters to Governor Shirley (1754) with a preface of 1766; 22. Preface to poor Richard improved (1757); 23. Letter to ________ (1757); 24. Letter to Lord Kames (1760); 25. On the price of corn, and the management of the poor (1766); 26. Letter to Lord Kames (1767); 27. Causes of the American discontents before 1768 (1768); 28. The Somersett case and the slave trade (1772); 29. Rules by which a Great Empire may be reduced to a small one (1773); 30. An edict by the King of Prussia (1773); 31. On a proposed act to prevent immigration (1773); 32. Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union (1775); 33. Morals of Chess (1779); 34. The Whistle (1779); 35. Letter to Joseph Priestley (1780); 36. Letter to Joseph Priestley (1782); 37. Letter to Richard Price (1782); 38. Letter to Robert Morris (1783); 39. Remarks concerning the savages of North America (1784); 40. Letter to Sarah Franklin Bache (1784); 41. Information to those who would remove to America (1784); 42. Letter to Benjamin Vaughan (1784); 43. At the Constitutional Convention (1787); 44. Queries and remarks (1789); 45. On the Slave Trade (1790); Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides the first comprehensive history of the Native Peoples of North America from their arrival in the western hemisphere to the present. It describes how Native Peoples have dealt with the environmental diversity of North America and have responded to the different European colonial regimes and national governments that have established themselves in recent centuries. It also examines the development of a pan-Indian identity since the nineteenth century and provides a comparison not found in other histories of how Native Peoples have fared in Canada and the United States.Trade Review"...the authors present an amazing amount of useful material and authoritative and carefully balanced judgements, from which general readers can profit and against which scholars can check their own studies." Francis Paul Prucha, Indiana Magazine of History"This work consists of the two handsome books....it will serve as a benchmark on the state of aboriginal research in the 1990s. It is a good work and deserves a place on the bookshelves of Native Studies specialists." Ontario History"...an impressive summing-up of Euro-American scholarship on Aboriginal peoples in the early 1990s. It will be a boon to students as they begin research on a particular period or topic." J.R. Miller, Canadian Historical Review"The Cambridge History of the Native People of the Americas is an impressive and formidable collection of three two- volume boxed sets that summarizes scholarship on Indian peoples as it existed by the end of the twentieth century...the Cambridge History is a land mark achievement. The broad sweep of the volumes reveals the tremendous diversity of Native American societies, cultures, languages, and historic experiences...It will enjoy a long shelf-life as a handbook even as new research, new publications, and new discoveries counter and qualify some of its contents." Tearsheet From William & Mary QuarterlyTable of Contents1. Native view of history Peter Nabokov; 2. Native peoples in Euro-American historiography Wilcomb E. Washburn and Bruce G. Trigger; 3. The first Americans and the differentiation of hunter-gatherer cultures Dean R. Snow; 4. Indigenous farmers Linda S. Cordell and Bruce D. Smith; 5. Agricultural chiefdoms of the Eastern woodlands Bruce D. Smith; 6. Entertaining strangers: North America in the sixteenth century Bruce G. Trigger and William R. Swagerty; 7. Native people and European settlers in Eastern North America, 1600–1783 Neal Salisbury; 8. The expansion of European colonization to the Mississippi valley, 1780–1880 Michael D. Green.

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Book SynopsisThis book provides the first comprehensive history of the Native Peoples of North America from their arrival in the western hemisphere to the present. It describes how Native Peoples have dealt with the environmental diversity of North America and have responded to the different European colonial regimes and national governments that have established themselves in recent centuries. It also examines the development of a pan-Indian identity since the nineteenth century and provides a unique comparison not found in other histories of how Native Peoples have fared in Canada and the United States.Table of Contents9. The Great Plains from the arrival of the horse to 1885 Loretta Fowler; 10. The Greater Southwest and California from the beginning of European settlement to the 1880s Howard R. Lamar with Sam Truett; 11. The Northwest from the beginning of trade with Europeans to the 1880s Robin A. Fisher; 12. The Reservation period, 1880–1960 Frederick E. Hoxie; 13. The Northern Interior, 1600 to modern times Arthur J. Ray; 14. The Arctic from Norse Contact to modern times David Damas; 15. The Native American renaissance, 1960–1994 Wilcomb E. Washburn; Bibliographical essays.

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Book SynopsisA history of various efforts to desegregate northern schools during the nineteenth century and the first half of the twentieth century, exploring two dominant themes. The first considers the role of law in accomplishing racial change. Most northern state legislatures enacted legislation after the Civil War that prohibited school segregation and most northern courts, when called upon, enforced that legislation. Notwithstanding this clear legal opposition to school segregation, racially separate schools flourished in much of the north until the late 1940s and early 1950s. The second theme is the ambivalence in the northern black community over the importance of school integration. Since the antebellum era, northern blacks have sharply divided over the question of whether black children would fare better in separate black schools or in racially integrated ones. These competing visions of black empowerment in the northern black community as reflected in the debate over school integration aTrade Review'This is an excellently researched and detailed study of northern school desegregation campaigns over a very broad period of history.' HistoryTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. The struggle for black education in the antebellum north; 3. Legislative reform: banning school segregation, 1865–90; 4. The spread of northern school segregation, 1890–1940; 5. Responding to the spread of northern school segregation: conflict within the black community, 1900–40; 6. The democratic imperative: the campaign against northern school segregation, 1940–54; 7. Conclusion.

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Book SynopsisWoven through this richly crafted study of America's shifting social and political landscapes are the multiple voices of the nation's history: slaves and slave owners, revolutionaries and reformers, soldiers and statesmen, immigrants and refugees. These voices help define the United States at the dawn of a new century.Trade Review“Susan-Mary Grant's vigorous new history of the United States is the ideal text for our troubled times. A fast-paced account of the martial roots of American national identity, it fairly bristles with insight, information, and indignation. This book should be required reading for anyone interested in the making of today's uneasy superpower.” – Robert Cook, Professor of American History, University of Sussex“In this elegantly written, immensely readable and fresh distillation of American history, Susan-Mary Grant brings a keen eye to bear on the processes that created and have since sustained the United States’ sense of nationhood. Notably, she shows how war and conflict, from colonial times to the present, have shaped and redefined American identity, and how – despite the gap between civic ideals and reality – national ligaments have remained remarkably strong. A Concise History of the United States provides the general reader with a superb introduction to the American past, while the author’s authoritative but lightly-worn scholarship offers much to reward the specialist, too.” – Professor Richard Carwardine, President, Corpus Christi College, Oxford"Recommended." -ChoiceTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. New found land: imagining America; 2. A city on a hill: the origins of a redeemer nation; 3. The cause of all mankind: from colonies to Common Sense; 4. Self-evident truths: founding the revolutionary republic; 5. The last, best hope of Earth: toward the second American revolution; 6. Westward the course of empire: from union to nation; 7. A promised land: gateway to the American century; 8. The soldier's faith: conflict and conformity; 9. Beyond the last frontier: a new deal for America; 10. A land in transition: America in the atomic age; 11. Armies of the night: counterculture and counterrevolution.

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Book SynopsisThis volume surveys research on the indigenous peoples of South America from the earliest peopling of the continent to the present. It concentrates on continental South America, but also discusses peoples in the Caribbean and lower Central America who were linguistically or culturally connected.Trade Review'The Cambridge History is an intensely academic publication whose conception, structure and coverage make it a benchmark for future work. … rich store of information and insight … No one interested or involved in indigenous South America can afford to ignore such a prodigious feat of modern scholarship.' The Times HigherTable of ContentsIntroduction Frank Salomon and Stuart Schwartz; 1. Testimonies: the making and reading of native South American historical sources; 2. Ethnography in South America: the first two hundred years; 3. The earliest South American lifeways; 4. The maritime, highland, forest dynamic and the origins of complex culture; 5. The evolution of Andean diversity: regional formations, 500 BCE–600 CE; 6. Andean urbanism and statecraft, 550–1450 CE; 7. Chiefdoms: the prevalence and persistance of 'Señorios Naturales', 1400 to European conquest; 8. Archaeology of the Caribbean region; 9. Pre-history of the Southern Cone; 10. The fourfold domain: Inka power and its social foundations; 11. The crises and transformations of invaded societies: the Caribbean, 1492–1580; 12. The crises and transformations of invaded societies, 1500–1580: Andean area; 13. The crises and transformations of invaded societies: Coastal Brazil in the sixteenth century; 14. The crises and transformations of invaded societies in the La Plata Basin (1535–1650); 15. The colonial condition in the Quechua-Aymara heartland, 1570–1780; 16. Warfare, reorganization, and readaptation at the margins of Spanish rule: the Southern margin (1573–1882); 17. The Western margins of Amazonia from the early sixteenth to the early nineteenth century.

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Book SynopsisThis volume surveys research on the indigenous peoples of South America from the earliest peopling of the continent to the present. It concentrates on continental South America, but also discusses peoples in the Caribbean and lower Central America who were linguistically or culturally connected.Trade Review'It is profoundly reassuring that this kind of scholarly publishing continues to flourish at the start of a new millennium, and it is even more profoundly to be hoped that these books acquire the wide readership that they deserve.' The Journal of The Royal Anthropological InstituteTable of Contents18. Warfare, reorganization, and readaptation at the margins of Spanish rule: the Chaco and Paraguay (1573–1882) James Schofield Saeger; 19. Destruction, resistance and transformation: Southern, Coastal and Northern Brazil, 1580–1890 Robin M. Wright and Manuela Carneiro de Cunha; 20. Native peoples confront colonial regimes in Northeastern South America, c. 1500–1900 Neil L. Whitehead; 21. New peoples and new kinds of people: adaptation, readjustment, and ethnogenesis in South American indigenous societies (Colonial Era) Stuart B. Schwartz and Frank Salomon; 22. The 'Republic of Indians' in revolt (c. 1680–c. 1790) Luis Miguel Glave; 23. Andean highland peasants and the trials of nation-making during the nineteenth century Brooke Larson; 24. Indigenous peoples and the rise of independent nation-states in lowland South America Jonathan D. Hill; 25. Andean people in the twentieth century Xavier Albó; 26. Lowland peoples of the twentieth century David Maybury-Lewis.

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Book SynopsisThe Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas, Volume II: Mesoamerica (Part Two), gives a comprehensive and authoritative overview of all the important native civilizations of the Mesoamerican area, beginning with archaeological discussions of paleoindian, archaic and preclassic societies and continuing to the present. Fully illustrated and engagingly written, the book is divided into sections that discuss the native cultures of Mesoamerica before and after their first contact with the Europeans. The various chapters balance theoretical points of view as they trace the cultural history and evolutionary development of such groups as the Olmec, the Maya, the Aztec, the Zapotec, and the Tarascan. The chapters covering the prehistory of Mesoamerica offer explanations for the rise and fall of the Classic Maya, the Olmec, and the Aztec, giving multiple interpretations of debated topics, such as the nature of Olmec culture. Through specific discussions of the native peoples of tTrade Review'It is profoundly reassuring that this kind of scholarly publishing continues to flourish at the start of a new millennium, and it is even more profoundly to be hoped that these books acquire the wide readership that they deserve.' The Journal of The Royal Anthropological InstituteTable of ContentsPart II: 12. Mesoamerica since the Spanish invasion: an overview Murdo J. MacLeod; 13. Legacies of resistance, adaptation, and tenacity: history of the native peoples of Northwest Mexico Susan M. Deeds; 14. The native peoples of Northeastern Mexico David Frye; 15. The indigenous peoples of Western Mexico from the Spanish invasion to the present Eric Van Young; 16. Native peoples of colonial central Mexico Sarah L. Cline; 17. Native peoples of Central Mexico since independence Frans J. Schryer; 18. Native peoples of the Gulf Coast from the colonial period to the present Susan Deans-Smith; 19. The indigenous population of Oaxaca from the sixteenth century to the present María de los Angeles Romero Frizzi; 20. The lowland Maya, from the conquest to the present Grant D. Jones; 21. The highland Maya W. George Lovell.

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Book SynopsisThis book offers a record of legal documents written in 1692 and 1693 in connection with the Salem witch trials. It is the most comprehensive collection of those records ever published, and for the first time puts them in chronological order, all transcribed from the original manuscripts.Trade Review'Few events of American history continue to grip our imagination as does the Salem witchcraft outbreak of 1692. This monumental new work of collaborative historical scholarship presents nearly a thousand legal documents relating to that outbreak, freshly edited with scrupulous care and introduced with a series of helpful essays. In this definitive assemblage of the episode's legal records, human anguish, terror, confusion, and grim certitude constantly break through the legalese. Records of the Salem Witch-Hunt will be welcomed not only by legal scholars, linguists, American Colonial historians, and students of witchcraft, but by all who continue to be drawn to the dark events that unfolded in a New England village more than three centuries ago.' Paul Boyer, co-author with Stephen Nissenbaum of Salem Possessed: The Social Origins of Witchcraft'Bernard Rosenthal and his exceptionally talented, international team of associate editors have produced the most comprehensive and carefully edited collection of legal documents from the Salem witch trials ever published. Unlike the three-volume collection of The Salem Witchcraft Papers, edited by Paul Boyer and Stephen Nissenbaum, who used the typescript prepared by the Works Progress Administration during the New Deal, the Rosenthal team has gone back to the original manuscripts and, in the process, corrected a number of serious errors of transcription. They have included more than thirty new documents either never published before or only printed in part. Unlike the earlier compilations that followed the practice of seventeenth-century courts in organizing the documents on a case-by-case basis in alphabetical order, this volume proceeds in chronological order, which permits the user to see on any given day how the larger crisis unfolded and how accusations against the victims were interrelated. Noting that scholars have disagreed sharply about the trials, Rosenthal declares that 'This edition will not settle these differences, but if it succeeds it will give the reader the most comprehensive, most carefully and consistently transcribed record ever produced of the Salem witch trials, as well as a chronological ordering of the documents.' His team has achieved this extraordinary goal.' John Murrin, Princeton University'Bernard Rosenthal and his international editorial team have produced an extraordinarily useful new edition of the Salem witch-trial records. Notable not only for its accurate transcriptions and revelatory chronological organization but also for its helpful general introductions and detailed annotations of individual documents, This volume will open new realms of inquiry to scholars and interested non-specialists alike. A truly remarkable editing achievement, it signals a great step forward in witchcraft studies.' Mary Beth Norton, author of In the Devil's Snare: The Salem Witchcraft Crisis of 1692'Anyone who is interested in the witchcraft crisis that centered on Salem in 1962 will want to consult if not own this volume.' The Journal of Ecclesiastical HistoryTable of Contents1. List of facsimile plates; 2. General introduction Bernard Rosenthal; 3. Legal procedures used during the Salem witch trials and a brief history of the published version of the records Richard Trask; 4. Linguistic introduction Peter Grund, Risto Hiltunen, Leena Kahlas-Tarkka, Merja Kytö, Matti Peikola and Matti Rissanen; 5. Editorial principles; 6. Chronological arrangement Bernard Rosenthal and Margo Burns; 7. List of the records of the Salem witch hunt; 8. The records; 9. Timeline: court of Oyer & Terminer and Superior Court of Judicature; 10. Biographical notes Marilynne K. Roach; 11. Works cited; 12. Acknowledgements; 13. Index.

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Book SynopsisThis alternative history of the American Revolution, first published in 2000, portrays the colonists as conquerors. The revolution was an attempt to create not a democracy but an empire independent of Britain. To support his claims, the author includes information on the involuntary participation of Indians and blacks in addition to the usual players.Trade Review"This time Jennings takes on the entire British imperial establishment both at the Court of St. James and in the Crown's mini-empires in North America. In familiar style he skewers many of the notables of American popular history on his sword of justice, exposing a network of self-interest, hypocrisy, and skulduggery under the surface of revolutionary rhetoric." Anthony F. C. Wallace, University of Pennsylvania"This is vintage Jennings. It rests on enormous learning, a large historical vision, a strong moral sense, and absolute fearlessness about saying what the author thinks is right. Agree or disagree, it compels attention." Edward Countryman, Southern Methodist University"Jenning's account...succeeds through a fair and honest reevaluation that not only sheds light on commonly neglected areas, but also provokes thought about uncomfortable aspects of our heritage. An outstanding supplement to the many conventional histories of the American Revolution, Jenning's history offers both an objective account of the conflict and challenging insights about historical distortion." Kirkus Reviews, New York"Jennings presents his provocative views in a readable style that expands the substance of his argument." Mark Knoblauch, 8/00 Booklist"If you look at life with a cunical point of view...you should really like Francis Jennings' book. Jennings does such a good job of presenting the evidence that he undermines his own position. One can legitimately look at the glass as being half-full." ACE Weekly"Throughout, Jennings looks especially at the ways in which ideas about race helped the colonists justify certain kinds of conquest. And although he does not say much that has not been argued dozens of times before, his synthesis is provocative, useful and clearly stated." Publishers Weekly"In this sweeping revisionist account of the American Revolution, Francis Jennings dispenses with the shibboleths that have long formed the mythology surrounding the nation's birth...Jenning's self-conscious attempt to forego traditional interpretations, and their sources, moves beyond iconoclasm for its own sake, and instead provides a take on the origins of the American empire that gives balance to "mainstream" perspectives." Virgina Quarterly Review vol 77, No.3"a remarkable set of very engaging stories...Founding Brothers is a wonderful book, one of the best collections of essays on the Founders ever written." N.Y. Review of Books March 01Table of ContentsPart I. England Extends Conquests to North America: 1. Preface; 2. Origins; 3. Embryonic empires; 4. Dependencies: Indians, The West; 5. Colonial variety I: Virginia; 6. Colonial variety II: New England; 7. Colonial variety III: New York; 8. Colonial variety IV: Pennsylvania; 9. Colonial variety V: South Carolina; Part II. Frictions Arise Within The Empire: 10. 'Salutary neglect'; 11. Royal prerogative in America; 12. War in principle; 13. Irritants; 14. At the core; 15. George III; 16. Reactions becoming revolution; 17. A variation on the theme of liberty; 18. Repression and resistance; 19. A battle for bishops; Part III. An American Clone Breaks Off: 20. Imperial and colonial frontiers; 21. Changing sides; 22. Defiance and crackdown; 23. Uniting for liberty, tentatively; 24. Shots heard round the world; 25. Multiple revolutions; 26. Decision; 27. Religion then and now; 28. A 'people's democracy'; 29. Liberty, virtue, empire; 30. Conquest, slavery, race; 31. Combat: multiple outbreaks; 32. Combat: the western theatre, I; 33. Combat: the northern theatre, I; 34. Combat: the northern theatre, II; 35. Saratoga; 36. Combat: the western theatre, II; 37. 'West' in the middle; 38. Combat: the southern theatre; 39. Yorktown; Part IV. The Clone Establishes its Form: 40. What next?; 41. Land; 42. People; 43. Power; Part V. More Conquests: 44. Climax; 45. In sum.

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Book SynopsisThis revealing book exposes the influence of economics and finance on America's decisions to go to war, how those wars were fought, and the long-term consequences for the economy. Ranging from the Spanish-American War to the Gulf War it shows the true cost of these wars for the US economy.Trade Review'Based on extensive research, Rockoff provides an excellent analysis of the economic, financial, and human costs of America's wars between 1898 and 1991. This is a major contribution to the study of twentieth-century US life and thought.' Stanley L. Engerman, University of Rochester'Economic historians often tiptoe around wars as if they were accidental or incidental. In reality, warfare has generally been economically formative as well as destructive. America's Economic Way of War is packed with important new insights into how America fought and paid for the wars of the twentieth century in blood and treasure, and how these wars changed America.' Mark Harrison, University of Warwick'Hugh Rockoff calmly demonstrates that America's wars have been far costlier in economic terms than we have been led to believe. He carefully compiles the true costs and exposes the methods our leaders have used to disguise those costs and hide them from us. This is an informative and thought-provoking book.' Richard Sylla, New York University'America's Economic Way of War is essential reading for those interested in the history of the United States, the functioning of wartime economies, and how wars (even when they are over) continue to shape our lives.' Journal of Economic HistoryTable of Contents1. A century of war; 2. The economics of war; 3. The Spanish-American War; 4. The Philippine-American War; 5. World War I; 6. World War II; 7. The Korean War; 8. The Cold War; 9. The Vietnam War; 10. The Persian Gulf War; 11. The American way of war.

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Book SynopsisIn this second edition, Hilary Beckles updates the text to reflect the considerable number of writings recently published on Barbados.Table of Contents1. The first Barbadians c.350-c.1627; 2. English colonisation 1627-1650; 3. The 'sugar and slavery' model 1644-1692; 4. The Creole slave-based society and economy 1688-1807; 5. Abolition, rebellion and emancipation 1807-1838; 6. Freedom without liberties 1838-1897; 7. Right to full freedom 1843-1876; 8. Planter-merchant consolidation and workers' organisations 1876-1937; 9. From colony to nation state 1937-1966; 10. Current trends - from nation state to Caribbean single market and economy.

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Book SynopsisThis 2005 book explores the evolution of Americans' first way of war, to show how war waged against Indian noncombatant population and agricultural resources became the method early Americans employed and, ultimately, defined their military heritage.Trade Review"Read it as a clear, informed survey of the lesser-known wars of early American history, or as a strongly argued reinterpretation of the pattern and relevance of early American military experience, John Grenier's excellent book earns a place on the short shelf of essential books in U.S. military history." -John Shy, Professor Emeritus of History, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor"John Grenier demonstrates convincingly that there was an American way of war in the colonial and revolutionary eras, which was before the time when previous historians have acknowledged the beginnings of an American pattern of conflict. This earlier form of warfare was in some respects far more brutal and devastating than what came later; but the tendency to blur the differences between civilians and combatants has remained a troubling part of our martial heritage. Grenier's impressive volume will require us to rethink the contours of American military history." -Don Higginbotham, Dowd Professor of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill"The First Way of War offers an important reminder that early Americans fought their wars in a variety of ways. One way was largely designed for Indians, depended on unconventional methods, and could be terrifyingly violent. Based on wide and deep research, Grenier surveys a variety of wars between American colonists and Indians, covering both familiar and rarely-tread ground, and details the different techniques tried, adopted, and sometimes discarded as the colonists struggled to find a way to defeat a resilient and resourceful enemy. This is a significant contribution to the increasingly complex and subtle field of early American military history." -Professor Wayne E. Lee, Department of History, The University of Louisville"Grenier makes a strong case that a distinctive method of American warfare emerged during the colonial era. The author has the rare facility of combining an exciting narrative with thought-provoking analysis. A well-researched and well-written book that deserves serious consideration." -Brian McAllister Linn, Texas A&M University"The First Way of War is a well-crafted and exhaustively documented piece of scholarship, with each footnote an authoritative mini-bibliographical essay." -Thomas W. Cutrer, Arizona State University, Military History"...Grenier's study reveals North America's four-hundred-year continuum of irregular warfare and challenges Americans to confront the stark realities of their 'martial culture'." -Kevin T. Barksdale, Marshall University, The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography"The book works well as an overview of warfare in eastern North America in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Grenier's long perspective usefully conflates a multitude of little wars into a long-term struggle between Europeans and native peoples for survival and dominance in North America, a struggle that climaxed in the British triumph in the French and Indian War." -Andrew Cayton, Miami University, The International History Review"well-written monograph...thanks in part to Grenier's lucid prose, we have an excellent analysis of how Americans waged unlimited war from the early colonial period to the beginning of the Republic." -John Richard Mass, Ohio State University, The North Carolina Historical Review"The book's strength lies in its recognition and treatment of the asymmetrical dimension of war as it relates to societies and cultures in general...Grenier's book is lucid and well-written" -MAJ Joseph P. Alessi, USA, Military Review"[Grenier] has addressed the arguments of would-be critics like myself with a sound analytical framework and a well-researched and well-presented narrative. Scholars of American history and of military history will find this book thoughtful and highly provocative." -Guy Chet, University of North Texas, American Historical Review"...a richly insightful contribution to the literature on American ways of war." -Adam Jones, Journal of Genocide Research"The First Way of Ware is a well-researched and thought-provoking work overall. In addition, the historiographical magnitude of Grenier's arguments alone should make it required reading for serious students of early American military history." The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, Wesley T. Joyner, University of Southern MississippiTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The First Way of War's origins in Colonial America; 2. The First Way of War in the North American wars of King George II, 1739–55; 3. Continental and British Petite Guerre, circa 1750; 4. The First Way of War in the Seven Years' War, 1754–63; 5. The First Way of War in the era of the American Revolution; 6. The First Way of War in the 1790s; 7. The First Way of War and the final conquest of the transappalachian West.

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Book SynopsisIn 1871 Japan sent a delegation to the USA and Europe. The report of this journey played a key role in Japan's transformation into an industrial nation. This abridgement makes the report accessible to a wider range of scholars and students, and those interested in the rise of modern Japan.Table of ContentsIntroduction Ian Nish; Volume I. The United States of America: Preface; 1. The voyage across the Pacific; 2. A survey of the United States of America; 3. A record of San Francisco, 1; 4. A record of San Francisco, 2; 5. The railroad journey in the state of California; 6. The railroad journey in the state of Nevada and Utah territory; 7. The Rocky Mountain railroad; 8. The Chicago railroad; 9. The railroad journey from Chicago to Washington, D.C.; 10. A survey of the District of Columbia; 11. A record of Washington, D.C., 1; 12. A record of Washington, D.C., 2; 13. A record of Washington, D.C., 3; 14. The journey through the northern states, 1; 15. The journey through the northern states, 2; 16. The journey through the northern states, 3; 17. A record of Washington, D.C.: epilogue; 18. A record of Philadelphia; 19. A record of New York City; 20. A record of Boston; Volume II. Britain: 21. A survey of Britain; 22. A survey of London; 23. A record of London, 1; 24. A record of London, 2; 25. A record of London, 3; 26. A record of Liverpool, 1; 27. A record of Liverpool, 2; 28. A record of Manchester, 1; 29. A record of Manchester, 2; 30. A record of Glasgow; 31. A record of Edinburgh; 32. A tour of the Highlands; 33. A record of Newcastle, 1; 34. A record of Newcastle, 2; 35. A record of Bradford; 36. A record of Sheffield; 37. A record of Staffordshire and Warwickshire; 38. A record of Birmingham; 39. A record of Cheshire; 40. A record of London, 4; Volume III. Continental Europe, 1: 41. A survey of France; 42. A record of Paris, 1; 43. A record of Paris, 2; 44. A record of Paris, 3; 45. A record of Paris, 4; 46. A record of Paris, 5; 47. A record of Paris, 6; 48. A record of Paris, 7; 49. A survey of Belgium; 50. A record of Belgium, 1; 51. A record of Belgium, 2; 52. A survey of Holland; 53. A record of The Hague, Rotterdam and Leiden; 54. A record of Amsterdam; 55. A survey of Prussia; 56. The journey by rail through western Prussia; 57. A survey of Berlin; 58. A record of Berlin, 1; 59. A record of Berlin, 2; 60. A record of Berlin, 3; with a supplement on Potsdam; Volume IV. Continental Europe, 2: 61. A survey of Russia; 62. A survey of Russian railways and St. Petersburg; 63. A record of St. Petersburg, 1; 64. A record of St. Petersburg, 2; 65. A record of St. Petersburg, 3; 66. A record of Northern Germany, first part; 67. A record of Denmark; 68. A record of Sweden, 1; 69. A record of Sweden, 2; 70. A record of northern Germany, second part, 1; 71. A record of northern Germany, second part, 2; 72. A record of southern Germany; 73. A survey of Italy; 74. A record of Florence; 75. A record of Rome, 1; 76. A record of Rome, 2; 77. A record of Naples; 78. A record of Lombardy and Venice; 79. A survey of Austria; 80. Travels by rail in Austria, and a survey of Vienna; 81. A record of Vienna; Volume V. Continental Europe, 3; and the Voyage Home: 82. The Vienna universal exposition, 1; 83. The Vienna universal exposition, 2; 84. A record of Switzerland; 85. Switzerland's mountain scenery; 86. A record of Berne and Geneva; 87. A record of Lyons and Marseilles; 88. Spain and Portugal; 89. Political practices and customs in Europe; 90. European geography and transportation; 91. The climate and agriculture of Europe; 92. European industry; 93. European commercial enterprise; 94. The voyage through the Mediterranean; 95. The voyage through the Red Sea; 96. The voyage through the Arabian Sea; 97. A record of the island of Ceylon; 98. The voyage through the Bay of Bengal; 99. The voyage through the China Sea; 100. A record of Hong Kong and Shanghai.

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Book SynopsisThis volume surveys the archaeology of Native North Americans from their arrival on the continent 15,000 years ago up to contact with European colonizers. Offering rich descriptions of monumental structures, domestic architecture, vibrant objects, and spiritual forces, Timothy R. Pauketat and Kenneth E. Sassaman show how indigenous people shaped both their history and North America''s many varied environments. They place the student in the past as they trace how Native Americans dealt with challenges such as climate change, the rise of social hierarchies and political power, and ethnic conflict. Written in a clear and engaging style with a compelling narrative, The Archaeology of Ancient North America presents the grand historical themes and intimate stories of ancient Americans in full, living color.Table of Contents1. Envisioning North America; 2. A social history of North American archaeologists and Native Americans; 3. Contact, colonialism, and convergence; 4. Ancient immigrants; 5. Sea change, see change; 6. Gender, kinship, and the commune: the Great Basin and greater Western Archaic; 7. Identity, ethnicity, and inequality: Holocene hunter-gatherers east of the Mississippi; 8. Animism, shamanism, and technology: life in the Arctic; 9. Building mounds, communities, histories; 10. The momentous late Woodland-Mississippian millennium; 11. Two worlds on the Great Plains; 12. The final centuries of the Northeast; 13. Divergence in the Far West; 14. Order and chaos in the Southwest: the Hohokam and Puebloan worlds; 15. Pots, peripheries, and Paquimé: the Southwest inside out; 16. 1984 BCE.

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Book SynopsisUsing the British Empire as a case study, this succinct study argues that the establishment of overseas settlements in America created a problem of constitutional organization. The failure to resolve the resulting tensions led to the thirteen continental colonies seceding from the empire in 1776.Trade Review'Who better than Jack Greene to bring us back to the unfinished business of explaining how conflicting understandings of British law paved the path to revolution? The Constitutional Origins of the American Revolution makes clear exactly how uncertainties about the authority of the Crown and Parliament pushed the colonists from conciliation to intransigence.' Joyce Appleby, University of California, Los Angeles'The fruit of half a century of research and reflection, Greene's masterly book restores legal pluralism and constitutional controversy to their proper place among the causes, course, and consequences of the American Revolution.' David Armitage, Harvard University'Jack P. Greene, one of the most gifted and prolific historians of our time, has given us a concise and incisive account of the constitutional origins of the American Revolution. It is a magnificent work of historical analysis - it should shape our understanding of the causes of the Revolution for decades to come.' Richard R. Beeman, University of Pennsylvania'In this book Jack P. Greene shows why he is the dean of the constitutional historians of the eighteenth-century British Empire: he presents us with the most incisive and deeply researched account of the constitutional origins of the American Revolution ever written.' Gordon S. Wood, Brown University'Beautifully executed, it provides a compelling distillation of arguments that Greene has long been developing about the Revolution … [he] has fashioned an invaluable and succinct guide to the constitutional interpretation of the Revolution, one that succeeds in offering a clear alternative to dominant historical interpretations of the period and in placing both law and imperial relations at the heart of the discussion - where they belong.' Journal of American HistoryTable of ContentsPrologue: inheritance; 1. Empire negotiated, 1689–1763; 2. Empire confronted, 1764–6; 3. Empire reconsidered, 1767–73; 4. Empire shattered, 1774–6; Epilogue: legacy.

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Book SynopsisThis book establishes Central Africa as the origin of most Africans brought to English and Dutch colonies in North America, the Caribbean, and South America before 1660. It reveals that Central Africans were frequently possessors of an Atlantic Creole culture, places the movement of slaves and creation of the colonies.Trade Review"A good addition to the historiography of the Atlantic slave trade." -Choice"Central Africans, Atlantic Creoles, and the Foundation of the Americas, 1585-1660 is a compelling and well-researched account of the earliest days of Atlantic slavery that will reward students and academics, especially those who reject the notion that we cannot untangle the ultimate origins and cultural antecedents of the first African slaves." -John Roby, African Diaspora Archaeology Newsletter"This extremely important and informative book should put to rest any conceivable effort to minimize the brutally destructive impact of the Atlantic slave trade upon Africa and Africans or to blame the victims." -Gwendolyn Midlo Hall, The Journal of Interdisciplinary History"...important contribution...to the history of Atlantic slavery." -Gayle K. Brunelle, H-AtlanticTable of Contents1. Privateering, colonial expansion and the African presence in Early Anglo-Dutch Settlements; 2. The Portuguese, Kongo and Ndongo and the origins of Atlantic Creole culture to 1607; 3. Wars, civil unrest and the dynamics of enslavement in West Central Africa, 1607–60; 4. Atlantic Creole culture: patterns of transformation and adaptations, 1607–60; 5. Shifting status and the foundation of African-American communities: Atlantic Creoles in the early Anglo-Dutch colonies; 6. Becoming slaves: Atlantic Creoles and the defining of status.

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Book SynopsisThe Haitian Revolution (17891804) was an epochal event that galvanized slaves and terrified planters throughout the Atlantic world. Rather than view this tumultuous period solely as a radical rupture with slavery, Malick W. Ghachem''s innovative study shows that emancipation in Haiti was also a long-term product of its colonial legal history. Ghachem takes us deep into this volatile colonial past, digging beyond the letter of the law and vividly re-enacting such episodes as the extraordinary prosecution of a master for torturing and killing his slaves. This book brings us face-to-face with the revolutionary invocation of Old Regime law by administrators seeking stability, but also by free people of color and slaves demanding citizenship and an end to brutality. The result is a subtle yet dramatic portrait of the strategic stakes of colonial governance in the land that would become Haiti.Trade Review'This book will have a major impact on our understanding of the single most important turning point in the history of New World slavery. A revolutionary study of revolution, this beautifully written and deeply researched work shows that the 'rupture narrative' has obscured critical aspects of continuity and the ways in which laws governing master-slave relations provided a changing framework for action in the slaves' quest for freedom.' David Brion Davis, Sterling Professor of History Emeritus and Director Emeritus of Yale's Gilder Lehrman Center for the Study of Slavery, Resistance, and Abolition'The Old Regime and the Haitian Revolution offers a sweeping and lucid analysis of the making and unmaking of slavery and colonial law in Haiti. Ghachem brings together insightful analysis of juridical and political debates with riveting stories of how the enslaved and free people of Saint-Domingue sought to use law in pursuit of liberty. This brilliantly crafted book is a vital contribution to our understanding of law, empire, and revolution in the French Atlantic.' Laurent Dubois, author of Haiti: The Aftershocks of History'Malick Ghachem's new book is a major contribution to our understanding of colonial Saint-Domingue and the Haitian Revolution. Ghachem argues that reforms meant to limit the abuses of slavery did more to weaken the institution than the criticisms of abolitionists, and he points out surprising continuities between the colonial regime and the new laws laid down by Toussaint Louverture and his successors. No one interested in the struggle against slavery during the revolutionary era can ignore his contribution.' Jeremy D. Popkin, T. Marshall Hahn, Jr, Professor of History, University of Kentucky'… contributes to our understanding of abolition and the Enlightenment, as well as colonial Saint Domingue and the Haitian and French Revolutions.' Richard Turits, William and Mary QuarterlyTable of Contents1. Domestic enemies; 2. Manumission was the means; 3. Reconciling humanity and public policy; 4. Stop the course of these cruelties; 5. Less than just a despot?; 6. To restore order and tranquility.

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Book SynopsisThe Mind of the Master Class tells of America's greatest historical tragedy. A great many of the slaveholding men and women were intelligent, honorable, and pious; yet, these very people, presided over a social system that proved itself an enormity and inflicted horrors on their slaves.Trade Review'Elizabeth Fox-Genovese and Eugene D. Genovese have given us a masterpiece of the historian's art. Every serious student of the American South and of American intellectual life must read it - now and for many years to come' The Times Literary Supplement'The Genoveses give us a learned, lucid, even luminous portrait of a worldview bought to ruin by the freeing of those on whose forced labour it rested.' The Times Literary Supplement'[Eugene D. Genovese] enlivened a stagnant field by bringing a Marxist analysis to the sectional conflict.' London Review of BooksTable of ContentsPart I. Cradled in the Storms of Revolution: 1. 'That Terrible Tragedy'; 2. The age of revolution through slaveholding eyes; 3. 'The Purest Sons of Freedom'; Entr'Acte: the bonds of slavery; Part II. The Inescapable Past: 4. History as moral and political instruction; 5. The slaveholders' quest for a history of the common people; 6. World history and the politics of slavery; 7. History as the story of freedom; Part III. Ancient Legacies, Medieval Sensibility, Modern Men: 8. In the shadow of antiquity; 9. Coming to terms with the Middle Ages; 10. The chivalry; 11. Chivalric slave masters; 12. Chivalric politics: Southern ladies take their stand; Part IV. A Christian People Defend the Faith: 13. A Christian people; 14. Unity and diversity among the faithful; 15. War over the Good Book; 16. Slavery: proceeding from the Lord; 17. The Holy Spirit in the word of God; 18. Jerusalem and Athens - against Paris; 19. Serpent in the garden: liberal theology in the South; 20. Theopolitics: golden rule, higher law, and slavery; Coda: St. John of Pottawatamie; Part V. At the Rubicon: 21. Between individualism and corporatism: from the reformation to the war for Southern Independence; 22. Past and future Caesars; Epilogue: King Solomon's dilemma.

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Book SynopsisThis highly interpretive and eminently readable study of the Supreme Court during the period in which Melvin Fuller was Chief Justice offers a complete account of the cases the Court saw during one of the most tumultuous times in U.S. history.Table of ContentsPart I. The Legacy of Negative Examples: 1. Legitimacy and history; 2. The identity of the institution; Part II. Class Conflict and the Supreme Court: 3. Debs and the maintenance of public order; 4. Pollock - the redistributive function denied; Part III. The Response to Progressivism: 5. The Antitrust campaign; 6. Labor legislation and the theory of Lochner; 7. Rate regulation: the assault on Munn v. Illinois; Part IV. The Concept of the Nation: 8. The American empire?; 9. Federalism and liberty; Part V. Liberty Dishonored: 10. The Chinese cases: citizenship and the claims of procedure; 11. The early free speech cases; 12. Plessy, alas; 13. The end of a tradition?

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Book SynopsisFeatured historian in the Ken Burns documentary The U.S. and the Holocaust on PBS • WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD • In this remarkable work of historical reclamation, Holocaust historian Rebecca Erbelding pieces together years of research and newly uncovered archival materials to tell the dramatic story of America’s little-known efforts to save the Jews of Europe. “An invaluable addition to the literature of the Holocaust.” —Andrew Nagorski, author of The Nazi Hunters and Hitlerland“Brilliantly brings to life the gripping, little-known story of [a] transformative moment in American history and the crusading young government lawyers who made it happen.” —Lynne Olson, New York Times bestselling author of Last Hope Island For more than a decade, a harsh Congressional immigration policy kept most Jewish refugees out

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Book SynopsisNATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FINALIST • The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Looming Tower—and a Texas native—takes us on a journey through the most controversial state in America. • “Beautifully written…. Essential reading [for] anyone who wants to understand how one state changed the trajectory of the country.” —NPR The inspiration for the HBO Original documentary trilogy God Save Texas streaming on MaxTexas is a red state, but the cities are blue and among the most diverse in the nation. Oil is still king, but Texas now leads California in technology exports. Low taxes and minimal regulation have produced extraordinary growth, but also striking income disparities. Texas looks a lot like the America that Donald Trump wants to create. Bringing together the historical and the contemporary, the political and the personal, Texas native Lawrence Wright gives us a

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