Over the course of its history, the US Supreme Court has emerged as the most powerful judiciary unit the world has ever seen. Paul... Læs mere
Nowhere in the United States did the Age of Democratic Revolution exert as profound an influence as in New Orleans. In Creole New Orleans in... Læs mere
Generations of scholars have debated why the Union collapsed and descended into civil war in the spring of 1861. Turning this question on its head, Brian Neumann’s Bloody Flag of Anarchy asks how the fragile Union held together for so long.
Provides the first in-depth exploration of Irish Americans’ use of balladry to portray and comment on virtually every aspect of the... Læs mere
Presents a pioneering study of women's resistance in the emergent Rastafari movement in colonial Jamaica. As D.A. Dunkley demonstrates, Rastafari... Læs mere
Investigates the lives of white Unionists in three Confederate states, revealing who they were, why and how they took their Unionist stand, and what happened to them as a result.
Examines blackness in gaming at the intersections of race, gender, sexuality, and (dis)ability. Situating her argument within the context of Gamergate... Læs mere
Unearths a long-hidden factor that led to the Constitutional Convention in 1787. Timothy Messer-Kruse suggests that scholars have discounted Americans' desire to compel Britain to return fugitives from slavery as a driving force behind the convention.