Much of this book is concerned with bringing together the findings of the rich historical writing on both post-Mughal Indiaand late colonial America to assess the strengths and weaknesses of empire in different parts of the world.

This book examines emancipation after the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863.

This study, first published in 2000, examines the cultural and ecological causes of the near-extinction of the bison.

With the U.S. withdrawing from Afghanistan and ending thirteen years of war, there is no better time to re-examine the tenets of our military strategy. Base Nation is an essential contribution to that debate.

This book offers a collective biography of the 204 members of the Harvard College classes of 1771 through 1774, men whose lives intersected with the War for Independence and the other formative events of the founding years of the American ...

While there are many biographies of JFK and accounts of the early years of US space efforts, this book uses primary source material and interviews with key participants to provide a comprehensive account of how the actions taken by JFK's ...

The Indian World of George Washington offers a fresh portrait of the most revered American and the Native Americans whose story has been only partially told.

This is a poignantly written work, which argues that the Marrano experience of concealing ''the Other within'' is also paradigmatic for the adventures of modern subjectivity.

This edition, the only one that contains all Tocqueville's writings on America, includes the rarely translated 'Two Weeks in the Wilderness', an evocative account of Tocqueville's travels among the Iroquois and Chippeway, and 'Excursion to ...

Now, in this collection of provocative and illuminating essays, McPherson offers fresh insight into many of the most enduring questions about one of the defining moments in our nation's history.McPherson sheds light on topics large and ...