Spanish physicians constituted a crucial political force in the 19th century... Læs mere
Covers the century from the birth of Sigmund Freud in 1856 to the death of Sylvia Plath in 1963. The book includes European, American, and Russian... Læs mere
The first comprehensive history of Spanish colonial Louisiana. It emphasizes the Lower Mississippi valley's status as a borderland contested by empires and the region's diverse inhabitants in the era of volatility that followed the Seven Years' War.
Between 1861 and 1865, northern voters fortified Abraham Lincoln's administration as it oversaw the end of the institution of slavery... Læs mere
Charles Cowlam's career as a convict, spy, detective, congressional candidate, adventurer, and con artist... Læs mere
In 1685, the revocation of the Edict of Nantes made Catholicism the only recognized religion in France and criminalized the... Læs mere
Investigates how the presence of black Africans both enabled and disrupted English literary responses to Spanish... Læs mere
Presents the first annotated edition of the 1864 congressional investigation into Major General George Gordon Meade’s conduct... Læs mere
Questions about the meaning of womanhood and femininity loomed large in late nineteenth- and early twentieth-century French... Læs mere
The 1968 burning of the Lazy B Stables in Charlotte, North Carolina, attracted little notice... Læs mere