Documents the transformation of British literary culture, spanning the eighteenth century and linking journalism, literature, theology, and philosophy. In recovering the... Læs mere
Documents the period from 1 January through 30 April 1794, a time when Washington continued to focus his efforts as president on preventing the United States from becoming entangled in the continuing war between France and Great Britain.
This volume covers the closing months of Washington's first presidential term, opening at Mount Vernon with Washington... Læs mere
Addresses the role of Southern women during the Civil War; topics include the experiences of female slaves, the lives of rural and non-elite refugee women, the effects of the post-war era on African-American women and the legacy of the Civil War in women's suffrage movements.
Explains for a general reader what eighteenth-century American militias were and why the authors of the Constitution believed them to be... Læs mere
Offers a new critical history of the way seventeenth-century religion and the eighteenth-century Enlightenment... Læs mere
Covering the full range of building, this text traces the origin and development of an American architectural vocabulary in the colonies and states of the Eastern seaboard from Delaware to Georgia. It features 1500 terms ranging from building types to methods of construction.
Explores the English literary influence on classic American novelists’ depictions of gender, sexuality, and race. With All The Devils... Læs mere
Offers the first comparative study of Toni Morrison and Chinua Achebe. Surveying both writers’ oeuvres, Christopher Okonkwo examines significant relations... Læs mere
By the time the British evacuate Charleston - and Greene and his ragged, malaria-stricken, faithful Continental Army enter the city in... Læs mere
Forty years after the fall of Saigon, and drawing on more than a decade spent studying Nixon’s secretly recorded Oval... Læs mere