Rutkow retraces the fascinating, decades-long history of the attempt to build the world’s longest highway...

Delahaye tells the story of John Winthrop’s tenure as governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in the 1630’s...

O’Neill takes a deep dive into American history, exposing the still-raging battles over monuments dedicated to one of the most notorious Confederate generals, Nathan Bedford Forrest...

A number of curious communities sprang up across the United States in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century: simulated cities, states, and nations in which children played the roles of legislators, police officers, bankers, journalists, shopkeepers, and other adults...

Nasca offers a novel examination of the relationship between amphibious warfare, American strategic interests, and the United States’s rise to prominence in the first half of the twentieth century...

Mariner offers an ethnography of adoption processes in the United States through the inner workings of a private adoption agency in Chicago, IL...

Delton focuses on the conservative policy goals of the organization but also its surprisingly progressive tactics...

A startling look at the unexpected places where violent hate groups recruit young people.

Buruma offers a brilliant, witty journey through the "Special Relationship" between Britain and America that has done so much to shape the world, from World War II to Brexit...

Lordi takes on the challenge of explaining “soul,” through a book that zooms in and out between sweeping ideas about suffering and resilience in Black culture and fine-grained, close readings of individual performances by soul musicians...

Fieseler mesmerizingly reconstructs the 1973 fire that devastated New Orleans’ subterranean gay community...

Cole sheds light on the important place of college presidents in the struggle for racial parity.,,

If small is beautiful, and smaller nations tend to be happier, why shouldn't a state like California secede and put its savings from national defence into a scheme for national health?

How do we promote peace in the streets?

Both a sweeping work of history and an insightful guide to U.S. diplomacy past and present, America in the World serves as an informative companion and practical adviser to readers seeking to understand the strategic and immediate challenges of U.S. foreign policy during an era of transformation and change...

Stamm begins with the simple but thought-provoking premise that, not too long ago, newspapers were almost exclusively physical objects made out of paper...

Yoo argues that Trump has performed in a manner that the Constitution’s Framers would applaud.,,,

Hoffman explores the ways that race and racism have shaped the American musical from Show Boat to Hamilton....

Out of the carnage of World War II comes an unforgettable tale about defying the odds and finding hope in the most harrowing of circumstances...

The mainstream American news media are not really free at all, but have been pressed into service over more than a century to generate profits for a few rich owners bent on selling eyeballs and ears to advertisers...

Yet Americans are only now awakening to what is perhaps the gravest domestic threat to our liberties in a century—in the form of an extreme and fast-growing concentration of economic power. Monopolists today control almost every corner of the American economy...

What roles has the game played in the lives of individuals and communities of Asian Americans in the United States?

Hill tells the story of this crime, placing it in the context of both the African American experience and the practice of white supremacy...

For everyone interested in the enduring appeal of Louis Kahn, this book demonstrates that a close look at how Kahn put his buildings together will reveal a deeply felt philosophy.

Thuesen links the “numinous” religious experiences of Americans as they experienced the uniquely destructive weather phenomenon of the tornado....