Middleton Awarded BAAS Prize
04/24/2007
The British Association for American Studies has awarded its Book Prize for the best published book in American Studies in 2006 to Simon Middleton’s From Privileges to Rights: Work and… READ MORE
Category: American History & Studies
EH.Net Review of Brides Inc.
04/17/2007
"Well-written and engaging, Brides, Inc. is a welcome addition to the fields of twentieth-century business as well as cultural history, " wrote Janice Traflet in a recent EH.Net review. In… READ MORE
Liberty on the Waterfront–Now in Paperback
04/05/2007
Liberty on the Waterfront: American Maritime Culture in the Age of Revolution Paul A. Gilje 360 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 43 illus. Cloth 2003 | ISBN… READ MORE
Nightclub City–Now Available
03/28/2007
Nightclub City: Politics and Amusement in Manhattan Burton W. Peretti 304 pages | 6 x 9 | 14 illus. Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-3997-3 | $39.95 | £26.00 This dark… READ MORE
Lustick Responds to Brzezinski Op-Ed
03/26/2007
Ian S. Lustick, author of Trapped in the War on Terror, noticed something familiar in Zbigniew Brzezinski’s recent Washington Post editorial. In his blog, Lustick wrote: In a long op-ed… READ MORE
Matter, Magic & Spirit–Now Available
03/22/2007
Matter, Magic, and Spirit: Representing Indian and African American Belief David Murray 224 pages | 6 x 9 Cloth 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-3996-6 | $59.95 | £39.00 Matter, Magic, and… READ MORE
Atlantic Virginia–Now in Paperback
03/21/2007
Atlantic Virginia: Intercolonial Relations in the Seventeenth Century April Lee Hatfield 320 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 9 maps Paper 2007 | ISBN 978-0-8122-1997-5 | $22.50 |… READ MORE
Doctor Franklin’s Medicine Excerpt Available
03/20/2007
In Doctor Franklin’s Medicine, Stanley Finger uncovers the instrumental role that Benjamin Franklin–scientist, inventor, publisher, and statesman–played in the development of the healing arts, giving preventive and bedside medicine, hospital… READ MORE
Chicago Tribune Reviews Jackson
03/12/2007
In a recent Chicago Tribune review of Thomas F. Jackson’s From Civil Rights to Human Rights, Eric Arnesen writes: Jackson . . . goes farther than many historians in arguing… READ MORE
Parkin Wins Emily Toth Award
02/28/2007
The Popular Culture Association/American Culture Association has awarded Katherine J. Parkin’s Food is Love: Advertising and Gender Roles in Modern America, the Emily Toth Award for the best book in… READ MORE
