Drawing on newspaper accounts, prisoner narratives, and government records, David Dzurec explores how stories of... Læs mere
Drawing on a wealth of primary sources, The Conspiracy of Capital offers a new history of American radicalism... Læs mere
Traces the growth of the natural foods movement from its countercultural fringe beginning to its twenty-first-century “food revolution” ascendance, focusing on popular natural foods touchstones - vegetarian cookbooks, food co-ops, and health advocates.
Maria Baldwin held a special place in the racially divided society of her time, as a highly respected educator at a... Læs mere
Analyses a rich set of documents created for and by young Germans to show that children were central to reinventing their own education between 1770 and 1850. Through their reading and writing, they helped construct the modern child subject.
Examines the life of Jonathan Fisher (1768-1847), a native of Braintree, Massachusetts, and graduate of Harvard College who moved in his late twenties to Blue Hill, Maine, where he embarked on a multifaceted career as a pioneer minister, farmer, entrepreneur, and artist.