Mary Boykin Miller Chesnut (1823-1886) is known today for her excellent firsthand account of life in the Confederate States of America. Elisabeth Muhlenfeld's expert... Læs mere
Examines the byzantine complexities of Louisiana's restoration to the Union, from the capture of New Orleans to the downfall of... Læs mere
Explroes the ethnic composition and history of New Orleans, which the authors argue is unique among American cities. The focus of the book is on the... Læs mere
In one of his most important books, the renowned historian Eugene D. Genovese examines slave revolts in the United States, the Caribbean, and Brazil, placing them in the context of modern world history.
In a region famous for its flamboyant politicians, Earl K. Long was one of the most flamboyant of them all. This biography of the former... Læs mere
In this first of a two-volume examination of the Cold War, Kenneth Thompson offers an account of its history and its historians. Thompson's aim is to find... Læs mere
Too often the war waged west of the Mississippi River has been given short shrift by historians, who have tended to focus their attention on the great battles east of the... Læs mere
In this sensitive intellectual biography David Blight undertakes the first systematic analysis of the impact of the Civil War on Frederick Douglass' life and thought, offering new insights into the meaning of the war in American history and in the Afro-American experience.
Pushes away the elaborate conspiracy theories that have always surrounded Abrham Lincoln's death and uncovers exactly... Læs mere