A Birthday Toast to Ben
01/17/2007
‘Twas Honest old Noah first planted the VineAnd mended his morals by drinking its Wine.—from a drinking song by Benjamin Franklin Here’s to Benjamin Frankin in honor of his 301st… READ MORE
Category: American History & Studies
Native Ground is a “Great Contribution” to History
01/12/2007
Two historical journals recently ran reviews of Kathleen DuVal’s The Native Ground. In Common-Place, an online journal dedicated to the study of early American history and culture, reviewer April Lee… READ MORE
Ann M. Little on Boston Globe’s New England Book List
01/10/2007
The Boston Globe’s Michael Kenney included Ann M. Little’s Abraham in Arms in a recent listing of new books on New England history. His review is available at boston.com.
Now in Paperback–Women’s Radical Reconstruction
Women’s Radical Reconstruction: The Freedmen’s Aid Movement Carol Faulkner 208 pages | 6 x 9 | 6 illus. Cloth 2003 | ISBN 0-8122-3744-7 | $42.50 | £28.00 Paper Dec 2006… READ MORE
Lemay Among “The Year’s Best”
01/09/2007
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
01/08/2007
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
Legendary Hawai’i and the Politics of Place–Now Available
01/03/2007
Legendary Hawai’i and the Politics of Place: Tradition, Translation, and Tourism Cristina Bacchilega 248 pages | 6 x 9 | 34 illus. Cloth 2006 | ISBN 0-8122-3975-X | $45.00 |… READ MORE
From Civil Rights to Human Rights–Now Available
12/20/2006
From Civil Rights to Human Rights: Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Struggle for Economic Justice Thomas F. Jackson 472 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 13 illus…. READ MORE
Now in Paperback–Subjects Unto the Same King
11/10/2006
Subjects unto the Same King: Indians, English, and the Contest for Authority in Colonial New England Jenny Hale Pulsipher 376 pages | 6 1/8 x 9 1/4 | 25 illus…. READ MORE
Recchiuti Recommended on Open University
11/01/2006
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
