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Mexico's National Indigenist Institute was at the vanguard of hemispheric indigenismo... Læs mere
In villages scattered across the northern reaches of Spain's New World empire, remote from each other and from the centers of power,... Læs mere
Examines the establishment, growth, and evolution of slavery in the United States as it impacted women – enslaved and free, African American and white, wealthy and poor, northern and southern.
Through letters and journal entries rich in detail, this text follows the trials of the 19th-century Palmer family who dominated the southern banks of South Carolina's Santee River. The volume offers insights into plantation life; education; religion; and slave/master relations.
Focusing on the works of lesser-known yet influential Deists, the author examines the 70-year polemic between the Church... Læs mere
Explores how five turn-of-the-century women - Frances Willard, Anna Howard Shaw, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Emma Goldman and Mary Church Terrell - crafted autobiographies that became persuasive models for the women of their generation, and lead to movements for social change.
In this operational history of a significant period for the Royal Navy, the author presents the story of the battles, blockades, great fleet cruises, and the failures and lost opportunities. He argues that the British government underestimated the American maritime strength.
This volume chronicles a transformation in American jurisprudence that mirrored the widespread political, economic and social upheavals of the early 20th century. White's tenure coincided with a shift from a rural to an urban society and the emergence of the US as a world power.