What are the best ways of thinking about the founding of Dartmouth College in 1769-in the context of the religious, political, and economic history of Britain, colonial America, and even the world? In Dartmouth and the World, a distinguished panel of scholars approaches the issue in a rich variety of ways.
A Documentary History of Native American Runaways in British North Ameri
This book is a documentary history of Native Americans in British North America. This study of indigenous peoples captures the lives of numerous individuals who refused to sacrifice their humanity in the face of the violent, changing landscapes of early America.
How an American Captive Rose to Power in Barbary and Saved His Homeland
This page-turning narrative follows the twists and turns of the life of hostage-turned-diplomat James Leander Cathcart upon the international stage of diplomacy, trade, and maritime statecraft at a time when America's place in the world was hanging in the balance.
In What Sorrows Labour in My Parents' Breast?, Brenda Stevenson provides a long overdue concise history to help the reader understand this vitally important African American institution as it evolved and survived under the extreme opposition that the institution of slavery imposed.
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.
Gender, Family, Social, and Legal Dynamics of Middle-Class Asian Transna
Korean Wild Geese Families: Gender, Family, Social, and Legal Dynamics of Middle-Class Asian Transnational Families in North America explores the experiences of middle-class Korean transnational families, whose mothers and children migrate abroad for children's education while fathers remain in Korea and economically support their families, ......
Disease, War, and Society during the Revolutionary War
During the Revolutionary War smallpox created havoc within both the British and American armies and the colonial civilian population. Washington's implementation of isolation policies and troop innoculations removed the threat of epidemic smallpox and ultimately protected American soldiers and civilians from the dangers of this feared disease
This study examines the US Declaration of Independence as a political manifesto of the Enlightenment and the right to revolution. The author argues that there was a missed opportunity concerning the "rights of man" during the early constitutional debates.
Between 1776 and 1850, the people, politicians, and clergy of New England transformed the relationship between church and state. This book examines how church and state collided over disestablishment, Sunday laws, and antislavery and built the foundation of what the author describes as a religion-supported state.
