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In this, the sixth and final volume of the journals of don Diego de Vargas, Kessell and his colleagues continue their exploration of politics and society in the colonial New Mexico of the turn of the eighteenth century.
Vladimir Nabokov taught at Cornell University from 1948 to 1959. This book examines Nabokov's work and interests durring these years, from his poetry and prose, to criticism of literature and the visual arts, and writings on the humanities and science.
"Foner often let others take credit, but with his names and telephone numbers he was the man to call—and take a call from. He was a champion of civil rights and civil liberties and an early and strong opponent of the Vietnam War when that was rare...
The Castorland Journal is a diary, a travel narrative about early New York, a work of autobiography, and a narrative of a dramatic and complex period in American history. In 1792 Parisian businessmen and speculators established the New York Company...
The first full-length biography of the influential nineteenth-century American reformer, reporter, and impresario.
Consulting a range of legal sources, this text offers a biographical approach to the American president, Martin Van Buren. It... Læs mere
When "citizen-soldier" Alvin Coe Voris first wrote to his wife in 1861, he embarked on a correspondence that spanned the... Læs mere
This work examines the relationship between Abraham Lincoln's religious language and antebellum political culture, offering a new perspective on the Great Emancipator's thought.
A lifelong crusader for society's powerless, Senator Paul Douglas was one of the most influential liberals of the 20th century. This work covers his life, offering a complete portrait of the man who brought civil rights issues to the forefront of American politics.
An ordinary 18th-century New England woman, Hannah Heaton's legacy is a piece of social history. Spanning 40 years, from the Great Awakening through to the Revolutionary war, her diary offers insights into the inner life of this devoutly religious and intensely self-aware women.