"This is a clear, incisively written narrative history of American anxiety about British domination---political, military, economic, cultural---from the War of 1812 to the mid-nineteenth century. Unfi
Old-fashioned recipes and cooking methods will allow younger readers to discover new tastes and older cooks to recapture the tastes of their youth, when foods were eaten fresh according to season. The
Refuting the contention that slavery was neither the reason for secession nor the catalyst for the beginning of the American Civil War, Dew (social sciences, Williams College) argues that slavery was
Over the past decade, The Civilizations of Africa has established itself as the most authoritative text on early African history. Addressing the glaring lack of texts concentrating on earlier African
Ehret (history, U. of California) concentrates on the oft-neglected pre-colonial history of the African continent, surveying the rise and fall of civilizations and discussing the cultural artifacts an
As tensions between the northern and the southern United States rose in late 1860 and early 1861, five of the southern states appointed commissioners to other slave states in order to encourage secess
McDonald (history, US Military Academy) presents work exploring the question of why Thomas Jefferson, who claimed to abhor war and fear standing armies, founded the US Military Academy in 1802. Taking
Perhaps there is no other region in the world that has been more radically altered in terms of human and botanic migration, transplantation, and settlement than the Caribbean. Theorists such as Edouar
John E. Booty's edition of The Book of Common Prayer, 1559, first published by the University Press of Virginia for the Folger Shakespeare Library in 1976 and long out of print, is now being reissued
What was life really like for the band of adventurers who first set foot on the banks of the James River in 1607? Important as the accomplishments of these men and women were, the written records per
One hears often about people forced to sell their homes and businesses to make way for a highway or a sports stadium. Powell, who grew up near Shenandoah National Park and now teaches English at Virgi
In this compelling new study, Debra Walker King considers fragments of experience recorded in oral histories and newspapers as well as those produced in twentieth-century novels, films, and television
In this study of the eugenics movement in Twentieth-century Virginia Dorr (law, jurisprudence and social thought, Amherst College) reaches far beyond the regional and historical topic to its implicati
Kaminski (Center for the Study of the American Constitution, U. of Wisconsin) offers an intriguing look at America's founding fathers: in their own words. The author begins with an introductory essay
The debate over the affair between Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings rarely rises above the question of "Did they or didn't they?" And lost become equally urgent questions about a history that is mor
Discusses the long-standing affair between Thomas Jefferson and his slave Sally Hemings, the meaning of their relationship, and racial ideas of American identity.
Rejecting the tyranny of George III and backing it with a war turned out to be the easy part, says Bradburn (history, State U. of New York-Binghamton), because once people became American citizens, th
Higher education reformer Muscatine founded Strawberry Creek College, a six-year experiment using full professors and small classes to teach lower-division students. Here, he offers a radical new desi
Virginia has a 400-year equine tradition reaching back to the days when English planters first brought their love of racing and fast horses to the area, and Campbell (communication and public affairs,
