Freedom Is One Thing, an Essay by Thomas F. Jackson
01/17/2007
A child born on Martin Luther King’s 39th birthday in 1968 turns 39 this January 15. Perhaps that is enough time to sort out his history and settle the core… READ MORE
Category: American History & Studies
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
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
01/10/2007
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
