Language, Gender, and Citizenship in American Literature, 1789-1919

By Amy Dunham Strand

Examining language debates and literary texts from Noah Webster to H.L. Mencken and from Washington Irving to Charlotte Perkins Gilman, this book demonstrates how gender...

September 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-99193-3 (Routledge)

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How the Irish Became White

By Noel Ignatiev

'…from time to time a study comes along that truly can be called ‘path breaking,’ ‘seminal,’ ‘essential,’ a ‘must read.’ How the Irish Became White...

September 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-96309-1 (Routledge)

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The Western European and Mediterranean Theaters in World War II

An Annotated Bibliography of English-Language Sources

By Donal Sexton

The Western European and Mediterranean Theaters in World War II is a concise, comprehensive guide for students, teachers, and history buffs of the Second World...

August 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-95769-4 (Routledge)

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The American Economic History Reader

Documents and Readings

Edited by John W. Malsberger, James N. Marshall

Economics as a discipline often relies on abstract theories and formulas to explain the functions of national economies. The American Economic History Reader: Documents and Readings is...

August 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-96267-4 (Routledge)

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American Extremism

History, Politics and the Militia Movement

By Darren Mulloy

American Extremism explains how at the heart of the politics practiced by the militia movement is an attempt to define the nature of 'Americanism', and...

July 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-48380-3 (Routledge)

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Race and American Political Development

Edited by Joseph E. Lowndes, Julie Novkov, Dorian T. Warren

Race has been present at every critical moment in American political development, shaping political institutions, political discourse, public policy, and its denizens’ political identities. But...

June 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-96153-0 (Routledge)

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African-American Activism before the Civil War

The Freedom Struggle in the Antebellum North

Edited by Patrick Rael

Historians have long understood that racial oppression in American history was about more than slavery. On the eve of the Civil War, over five percent...

March 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-95727-4 (Routledge)

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Quantitative Economic History

The good of counting

Edited by Joshua L. Rosenbloom

The essays in this book use the analytical tools and theoretical framework of economics to interpret quantitative historical evidence, offering new ways to approach historical...

March 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-77349-2 (Routledge)

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The Maryland Campaign of September 1862

Ezra A. Carman’s Definitive Study of the Union and Confederate Armies at Antietam

Edited by Joseph Pierro

Completed in the early 1900s, The Maryland Campaign of September 1862 is still the essential source for anyone seeking understanding of the bloodiest day in...

March 2008 | Hardback: 978-0-415-95628-4 (Routledge)

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The Tet Offensive

A Brief History with Documents

Edited by William Thomas Allison

With Americans turning against the war in ever greater numbers, struggles for power between the government and the military, and no end in sight to...

March 2008 | Paperback: 978-0-415-95681-9 (Routledge)

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