A central character in legends and histories of the Old West, Billy the Kid rivals such western icons as Jesse James and General George Armstrong Custer for the number of... Læs mere
Traces the rise of bilingual literacy and intellectual life in the Cherokee Nation during the nineteenth century - a time of intense social and political turmoil for the tribe.
Tells a story in which a band of men took over a city in an attempt to control the most valuable land on the West Coast. Ranging... Læs mere
The Ch’ol Maya who live in the western Mexican state of Chiapas are direct descendants of the Maya of the Classic period. Exploring their history and culture, contributors to... Læs mere
Tracing the building and erasing of past landscapes to make some of them more visible in the present,... Læs mere
In this engaging narrative, acclaimed historian R. David Edmunds combines careful research with creative storytelling to give voice to... Læs mere
As George Armstrong Custer’s aide-de-camp, Lieutenant Edward Granger was in an ideal position to record the inner workings of the Michigan... Læs mere
A first-rate ornithologist, Margaret Morse Nice pioneered field studies on song sparrows and advocated for women’s active role in the sciences. In this engaging first book-length biography, Marilyn Bailey Ogilvie sheds light on Nice’s intellectual journey.
This timely study of how the Supreme Court building shapes Washington as a space and a place for political action and meaning yields a multidimensional... Læs mere
Examining William Pitt the Younger’s foreign policy from 1783 to 1797, Nathaniel Jarrett considers a... Læs mere
Timely in its implications for debates over immigration and assimilation, Japanese Americans at Heart Mountain presents a remarkable... Læs mere
Spanning a century of fraught history, this volume describes the critical strategic work that tidewater Virginia Indians,... Læs mere