Franz Neumann's classic account of the governmental workings of Nazi Germany, first published in 1942, is reprinted in a new paperback edition with an introduction by the distinguished historian Peter Hayes. Neumann was one of the only early Frankfurt School thinkers to examin...
The twenties and thirties witnessed dramatic changes in American life: increasing... Læs mere
Breslin's marvelous account of the improbable saga of the New York Mets' first year.
The response of American workers to the advance of the Industrial Revolution, showing how labor suffered severe losses and sought to hold on to its economic status.
One of our most astute cultural critics offers a study of genius - and psuedo-genius - at work, and shows how intelligence can be used and abused.
What businessmen thought—or thought they thought—in the age of the “robber barons.” “Brightly written and thoughtful...a stimulating integration of economic and social history.”—Journal of American History.
Radu Ioanid's account of the destruction of Jews and Gypsies under the regime of Ion Antonescu, based upon privileged access to secret East European government archives, is an unprecedented analysis of heretofore purposely hidden materials. He builds an accurate perspective on...
Since the earliest days of colonial America, the relationship between cotton and the African-American experience has been central to the history of the republic. America's most serious social tragedy, slavery and its legacy, spread only where cotton could be grown. Gene Dattel...
David Hardin tells the compelling and often moving stories of eleven prominent Civil War figures after the war. Their struggle would be a constant tug back toward a destroyed past, and a confrontation with the reality of being strangers in their own land.
From Prairie to Corn Belt, first published in 1967, examines the development of farming in the prairie states. Bogue focuses on the individual farmer and the problems and developments that have forced changes in the family farm business.