An interdisciplinary cultural studies project that examines the role of the criminal justice system in... Læs mere
The first in a two-volume reassessment of Ulysses S. Grant's officer corps from Cairo to Appomattox. Covering the war's western theatre to July 1863, it... Læs mere
The ensuing battles on German soil - especially those in the so-called Ruhr Pocket - were as fierce and hard-fought as any in the European... Læs mere
While most previous work on America's participation in the Great War has focused on alliance with Great Britain, Robert Bruce argues that the... Læs mere
In the world of farmers, small-town businessmen, engaged women, and working people, Lynda Beck Fenwick's Prairie Bachelor shows us the provenance and lived reality of a rural populism that would forever alter the American political scene.
Long before the coming of Euro-Americans, native inhabitants of what is now Kansas left their mark on the land: carvings in the soft orange and red sandstone of the... Læs mere
A job that once was “not worth a bucket of warm spit”, according to John Nance Garner, became, in the hands of the most recent... Læs mere
The first thorough, well-documented, and fair-minded evaluation of Justice Thomas's 500 written opinions during 25 years on the Supreme Court, and, the most complete examination of his consistent original general meaning approach to constitutional interpretation.
Takes readers behind the common and simplistic representations of the state of Alaska to explore the rich history and... Læs mere
When the US took control of Cuba, Puerto Rico, the Philippines, and Guam following the Spanish-American War, it was unclear to what degree these... Læs mere
During the Civil War, thirty-six officers in the Army of the Potomac were assigned corps commands of up to 30,000 men. This book looks at this command cadre, examining... Læs mere
A reflection on the work of John Locke. The text explores the complexity of the Locke's engagement with his philosophical and theological predecessors, his effect on later liberal thinkers, and his success in transforming the political understanding of the Anglo-American world.