This study includes James Wilson's intellectual, political, and legal contributions in American history. The author also analyzes Wilson's life as a transatlantic success story and looks at the impact of the Scottish Enlightenment on American society, discourse, and government.
In the Time of the Revolution tells the story of the American Revolution not simply as a war, but as a tectonic emotional, economic, political, ideological, and military shift in the lives of some 2.2 million free Americans, subjects of the crown who suddenly became citizens of a republic, and a half-million enslaved Americans.
In this book, the author examines the life-course and daily experiences of elderly residents of El Barrio. This title also focuses on the economy of immigrant neighbourhoods and the personal experiences of Latinos ageing in Spanish Harlem.
In this book, the author examines the life-course and daily experiences of elderly residents of El Barrio. This title also focuses on the economy of immigrant neighbourhoods and the personal experiences of Latinos ageing in Spanish Harlem.
Greenland is a comprehensive full color book with a myriad of information about the country; it contains maps, and hundreds of photos. Crown Prince Frederik of Denmark is the patron of Greenland., and Greenlandic and Danish experts across the Unity of the Realm have helped to create a contemporary and detailed picture of Greenland.
The surprising history of the Gowanus Canal and its role in the building of Brooklyn For more than 150 years, Brooklyn's Gowanus Canal has been called a cesspool, an industrial dumping ground, and a blemish on the face of the populous borough-as well as one of the most important waterways in the history of New York harbor. Yet its true origins, ......
From Treason to Runaway Slaves provides case studies of high-profile trials from the early republic examined in terms of the period's history, law, and culture. It focuses on a historical period and place crucial to identity formation in the new nation and the survival of the U. S. as a democratic experiment.
In the period from 1970 to the early 1990s, Republican leaders launched three major reforms of the federal system. Although all three initiatives advanced decentralization as a goal, they were remarkably different in their policy objectives, philosophical assumptions, patterns of politics, and policy outcomes.
In the period from 1970 to the early 1990s, Republican leaders launched three major reforms of the federal system. Although all three initiatives advanced decentralization as a goal, they were remarkably different in their policy objectives, philosophical assumptions, patterns of politics, and policy outcomes.
