By: PETER ONUF, University of
Virginia
LEONARD SADOSKY, University of Virginia
Jeffersonian America represents political history at its very best. It is no
mere catalog of elections and partisan struggles but a history that explains
the underlying structure of politics and uses that explanation to illuminate
the history of the period." Jan Lewis, Rutgers University at Newark.&
In this compact and engaging book, Peter S.
Onuf and Leonard J. Sadosky analyze Thomas Jefferson's conception of American
nationhood in light of the political and social demands facing the post-Revolutionary
Republic in its formative years. Onuf and Sadosky's fresh approach to the history
and historiography of this crucial period underscores the challenges of preserving
American independence and securing a fragile union in a dangerous world.
In clear terms, the volume lays out the conflict
between Jeffersonian Republicans and their Federalist opponents who were accused
of war-mongering, and exposes the irony of one of Jefferson's friends, President
James Madison, leading the United States into the War of 1812, America's second
war for independence. Jeffersonian America helps students, scholars, and general
readers understand some of the fundamental tensions and paradoxes that have
shaped the subsequent course of American history.
Author Description: Peter S. Onuf is the Thomas
Jeffersonian Memorial Foundation Professor of History at the University of Virginia.
His books include Origins of the Federal Republic (1983), Statehood and Union
(1987), and Jefferson's Empire (2000).
Leonard J. Sadosky is a Ph.D. candidate in the Corcoran Department of History at the University of Virginia. He was a dissertation fellow at the International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello.
Series : Problems in American History
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Pages: 280
Edited by: LOUIS WARREN,
University of California at Davis
This compilation of seminal essays introduces students to the most exciting
scholarship and writing on the of environmental history in the United States.
With primary documents that illustrate the conditions, perception, and influences
of environmental issues from the pre-Columbian era to the present, the book
invites students to analyze not only the connections between people and nature,
but popular ideas of the environment in American history. Subjects include the
changing American landscape, soil epidemics, waste disposal, industrial development,
conservation, and the environmental movement.
An editorial introduction, headnotes, and suggestions
for further reading add scholarly value to the readings and documents. Students
and instructors of American environmental history will find this an ideal collection
for their courses and research.
Editor Description:
Louis S. Warren is W. Turrentine Jackson Professor of Western U.S. History at
University of California, Davis. He is the author of The Hunter's Game: Poachers
and Conservationists in Twentieth-Century America (1999).
Contents:
Series Editor’s Preface.
Acknowledgments.
Introduction: What Is Environmental History?
1. The Natures of Indian America before Columbus.
2. The Other Invaders: Deadly Diseases and Extraordinary Animals.
3. Colonial Natures: Marketing The Countryside.
4. Forest and Plantation in Nineteenth-Century America.
5. Urban Nature and Urban Reforms.
6. Markets, and the Disappearing Bison.
7. The Many Uses of Conservation.
8. National Parks and The Trouble With Wilderness.
9. Something In The Wind: Radiation, Pesticides, and Air Pollution.
10. Environmental Protection and The Environmental Movement.
11. Environmental Racism and Environmental Justice.
12. Backlash against the Environmental Movement.
13. Legacies.
Index.
Series : Blackwell Readers in American Social
and Cultural History
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Illustrations: 13 figures; 2 halftones
By: NANCY SHOEMAKER, University
of Connecticut
This collection brings together the best recent works covering over five hundred
years of American Indian history. Organized chronologically, from pre-Columbian
America to recent reflections on the legacy of Indian political activism in
the 1960s and 1970s, the readings provide useful tools for understanding the
dynamic changes within
American Indian societies.
Each chapter contains one key essay plus primary historical documents that deal
with issues of survival, resistance, accommodation, and adaptation, all of which
illuminate the complexity and diversity of American Indian experiences. In addition,
Nancy Shoemaker's main historiographical introduction to the volume discusses
some of the basic terminology and gives a brief overview of American Indian
history. Concise introductions to each article and document, as well as further
reading lists, make this an excellent resource for students, scholars, and instructors
of American Indian history.
Author Description:
Nancy Shoemaker is Associate Professor of History at the University of Connecticut.
She is the author of American Indian Population Recovery in the Twentieth Century
(1999), and editor of Negotiators of Change: Historical Perspectives on Native
American Women (1995). She has also published articles on American Indian history
in The American Historical Review, The Western Historical Quarterly, and The
Journal of Women's History.
Contents:
Part I: Ancient America.
Part II: First Encounters.
Part III: International Diplomacy and Cultural Exchange.
Part IV: Cherokee Removal.
Part V: Sacred Places.
Part VI: Boarding Schools.
Part VII: Red Power.
Further Reading.
Index.
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Pages: 304
Edited by: AMANDA PORTERFIELD,
University of Wyoming
"Porterfield calls attention to certain continuing touchstones underlying
all the enormous variety of patterns and traits in major religious traditions
and movements, each shaped by cultural modifiers. This is a 'reader' with an
interpretive point, an abundant and lively but directed collection." Rowland
A. Sherrill, Indiana University / Purdue University &
Religious diversity is more prolific and wide-ranging
in the United States than in any other country. The legal guarantee of religious
freedom has encouraged respect for religious differences as well as a tendency
to debunk institutional religious authority. In this outstanding historical
Reader, the editor has gathered nine essays and over thirty primary documents
to present a coherent picture of the history of American religion.
The picture is a balanced one, identifying major developments and important
controversies in American religious history as well as presenting a wide range
of beliefs and practices. The book also includes an introductory essay and headnotes
that serve as a map for the dozens of articles and documents that follow. Through
this volume, students and scholars will understand more about some of the most
significant moments, trends, aspects, and interpretations of American religious
history.
Editor Description: Amanda Porterfield is Professor
in the Religious Studies Program at the University of Wyoming. She is the author
of Feminine Spirituality in America (1980), Female Piety in New England (1992),
The Power of Religion (1998), and The Transformation of American Religion (2001).
Contents:
Series Editor's Preface.
About the Contributors.
Introduction:
Part I: Historical Essays.
Part II: Primary Documents.
Index.
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Pages: 352
Edited by: DANIEL POPE,
University of Oregon
"This is the most teachable volume of primary
documents and commentaries on American radicalism yet published. American Radicalism
should find its way into libraries and classrooms, as scholars and students
discover for themselves first-hand the legacy and the thrill of dissent for
democracy's sake." Paul Buhle, Brown University
Beginning with the American Revolution, this
volume looks at the radical tradition in American history and the social movements
that have unfolded over the last two hundred years. It provides a key to understanding
how these movements and the thinkers behind them have emerged.
Topics explored include women's movements, anarchism,
and the struggles of African Americans, urban workers, and small family farmers
against slavery, discrimination, and exploitation. Arranged chronologically,
the chapters each contain one substantial article by a modern scholar and four
primary-source documents that bring to life the ideas and people involved in
particular radical movements.
Daniel Pope's introductory essay lays out the
nature and meaning of radicalism in American history and he also provides notes
to the articles and documents, chronologies, and suggested reading lists. The
flowing combination of key texts and valuable editorial context place this book
at the forefront of student guides to American Radicalism.
Editor Description:
Daniel Pope is Associate Professor and Department Head of History at the University
of Oregon. He is the author of The Making of Modern Advertising (1983), and
was a Fulbright Senior Lecturer at the University of Rome in 1996.
Contents:
Introduction: The Nature and Significance of Radicalism in American History.
1. Riot and Radicalism in the American Revolution.
2. Women's Networks and Women's Protest.
3. Violence and Manliness in the Struggle Against Slavery.
4. Chicago's Anarchists and the Haymarket Bombing.
5. Southern Populism, Interracial Alliances, and Racist Violence.
6. Women's Work, Community and Radical Labor.
7. Black Communists in the Great Depression South.
8. Spiritual Roots of New Left Radicalism.
9. "New Social Movements": The Case of AIDS Activism.
Index.
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Pages: 368
Edited by: ELIZABETH REIS,
University of Oregon
"Elizabeth Reis's American Sexual Histories is a highly readable and utterly
valuable resource for students and for the generally curious. This book traces
the ever-changing fears, obsessions, and sometimes surprisingly tolerant attitudes
Americans have held on the subject of sexual practice from the Puritans to 'liberation'
in the late twentieth century." Nancy Isenberg, University of Tulsa
American Sexual Histories is a collection of
fourteen articles investigating human sexuality in America from the colonial
period to the modern day. The essays reflect the many ways historians analyze
sexuality and sexual trends, and explore such topics as contraception, interracial
sex, "free love," hysteria, homosexuality, reproductive issues, and
the sexual revolution. The volume shows how the evolution of sexuality in America
is a product of ongoing negotiation of moral values and shifting political and
economic circumstances.
Arranged chronologically, the chapters each
contain an introduction and one major article, plus supporting documents that
illustrate the time, place, and issues covered by the main article. Editor Elizabeth
Reis provides a general introduction, questions for study and discussion, and
further reading lists that make this an ideal collection for students studying
the history of sexuality in America.
Editor Description:
Elizabeth Reis teaches history and women's studies at the University of Oregon.
She is the author of Damned Women: Sinners and Witches in Puritan New England
(1997) and the editor of Spellbound: Women and Witchcraft in America (1998).
Contents:
Acknowledgements.
About the Contributors.
Introduction.
Part I: Early America:
Part II: Nineteenth Century:
Part III: Early Twentieth Century:
Part IV: Modern America:
Further Reading.
Index.
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Pages: 432
Edited by: KIRSTEN FISCHER,
University of Minnesota
ERIC HINDERAKER, University of Utah
"Here we have eight eminently discussible articles, each one matched with
three substantial, thoughtfully edited primary sources, and introductory notes
that invite rather than inhibit analysis. Who could ask for more? A superb reader."
Fred Anderson, University of Colorado at Boulder &
This carefully collected volume of eight essays
and twenty-four supporting documents allows access to the best and latest scholarship
about mainland British North America. This book demonstrates how differences
in race, ethnicity, gender, and social status were continually negotiated throughout
Britain's North American colonies. It includes essays about Native Americans,
the transatlantic slave trade, the rise of gentility, regulation of the sexual
behavior of both white and black women, and the creation of new religious practices.
Overall, Colonial American History reveals that this amalgamation of cultures
presented the European colonists, Native Americans and Africans alike with the
opportunity – and necessity – to establish new identities and create
new forms of community and authority.
The book includes a general introduction, chapter
introductions, and supporting documents for each essay. The documents –
diaries, letters, trial summaries, treaties, slave codes, and travel narratives
– are designed to illuminate key issues raised in the essays and facilitate
lively, informed classroom discussion.
Editor Description: Kirsten Fischer teaches
in the Department of History at the University of Minnesota. She is the author
of Suspect Relations: Sex, Race, and Resistance in Colonial North Carolina (2002).
Eric Hinderaker teaches in the Department of History at the University of Utah.
He is the author of Elusive Empires: Constructing Colonialism in the Ohio Valley
(1997).
Contents:
Series Editor's Preface.
Notes on Contributors.
Acknowledgments.
A Note on the Texts.
Introduction.
1. First Encounters.
2. Puritan Culture.
3. Making Race.
4. Africa Diaspora.
5. European Immigration.
6. Awakening.
7. Creating Gentility.
8. Backcountry Worlds.
Further Reading.
Index.
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Pages: 408
Edited by: MARK M SMITH,
University of South Carolina
This is an exceptionally well-conceived and well-executed collection of documents
and scholarly essays. Mark Smith deserves high marks for at once presenting
and recasting the antebellum South in bold and original ways. The Old South
is absolutely first-rate." Peter Coclanis, University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
This collection of primary documents and previously published essays introduces
students to the principal themes in recent scholarship on the social and cultural
history of the Old South. The twelve essays cover a variety of topics including
the relative modernity of the Old South, the proslavery defense of servitude,
gender relations, southern honor and violence, the slave trade, the slaves'
economy and community, and the histories of southern women - both black and
white. The documents - including court cases, personal letters, diaries, travel
accounts, newspaper stories, advertisements, and slave narratives - have been
drawn directly from the essay sources in order to illustrate how historians
construct arguments. Smith provides a detailed main introduction to the collection
to help students situate the readings and documents within the larger context
of the antebellum South. In addition, there are brief introductions to each
document and essay, study questions, suggestions for further reading, a map,
and a chronology of significant events.
Editor Description:
Mark M. Smith is Associate Professor of History at the University of South Carolina.
He previously taught at the University of Birmingham in the U.K. He is the author
of Mastered by the Clock: Time, Slavery, and Freedom in the American South (1997)
and Debating Slavery: Economy and Society in the Antebellum American South (1998).
Contents:
Acknowledgements.
Map: The Old South in 1860.
Chronology.
Introduction.
Part I: A Modern Old South.
Part II: Southern Honor, Southern Violence.
Part III: Constructing And Defending Slavery.
Part IV: Communities, Cultures, and Economies: Lives of the Enslaved.
Part V: Selling Southern Bodies.
Part VI: Womanhood in Black and White.
Index.
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Pages: 320
Edited by Susan Castillo
and Ivy Schweitzer
This comprehensive and imaginative anthology brings together a rich variety
of works of colonial American
literature covering the period from first contact, through to settlement and
the emergence of national identity.
The editors weave together a diverse collection of poetry, prose, songs, ballads,
journal entries, oral narratives,
letters, federal papers, cartoons, emblems and prints to illustrate the depth
and breadth of American colonial
culture.
Many of the texts are offered in their entirety, including Rowlandson's "Narrative"
and Williams' "Bloody
Tenet". Alongside the standard English canonical texts, works from American,
Spanish, French and
Portuguese sources are also represented, many translated into English for the
first time, including excerpts
from El Inca Garcilaso's "La Florida del Inca" and Bartolme de las
Casas' "History of the Indies". The
volume also provides a large number of previously un-anthologized texts by Native
Americans such as
Samuel Occom and African-americans, such as Lucy Terry and Oludah Equiano. Special
emphasis is also
given to writing by women. These selections offer a unique comparative perspective,
and are extensively
annotated.
This innovative collection enables students and general readers to comprehend
the phenomenon of
colonialism, both in general terms and in its concrete consequences for Native
American culture, and for
European explorers and settlers.
ISBN: 063121125X, £17.99
Series
Blackwell Companions to American History
Reviewer Quotes:
"Professors Greene and Pole have succeeded in gathering a star-studded
cast of scholars to interpret and analyze the American Revolution. General readers
as well as teachers will find this volume of inestimable value." Joyce
Appleby, University of California at Los Angeles
"This immensely helpful guide will be useful for seasoned students of the
Revolution as well as beginners. Brief
bibliographies give quick access to the best current work; the essays provide
relevant factual material; and the reader gets the informed judgment of an expert.
Just reading the table of contents suggests questions that even experienced
scholars may not have considered." Richard Lyman Bushman, Columbia University
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