Category: American History & Studies

Lemay Among “The Year’s Best”

The New York Sun listed J.A. Leo Lemay’s The Life of Benjamin Franklin: Printer and Publisher, 1730-1747 as one of the best books of 2006. Reviewer Carl Rollyson says: Mr…. READ MORE

Bodies Politic–Now in Paperback

Bodies Politic: Negotiating Race in the American North, 1730-1830 John Wood Sweet 504 pages | 6 x 9 | 24 illus. Paper 2007 | ISBN 0-8122-1978-3 | $22.50 | £15.00… READ MORE

Recchiuti Recommended on Open University

In a recent post on Open University, the New Republic Online’s academic blog, historian and blogger Casey N. Blake recommended John Louis Recchiuti’s new book, Civic Engagement: Social Science and… READ MORE

Now in Paperback–Crossovers

Crossovers: Essays on Race, Music, and American Culture John Szwed 296 pages | 6 x 9 Paper 2006 | ISBN 0-8122-1972-4 | $26.50 | £17.50 "In this collection of thirty-one… READ MORE