Século 20 (até 1945)

Detailing the events of the Progressive Era and World War I (1901-20), America in the Age of the Titans is the only interdisciplinary history covering this period currently available. The book contai …

At Cedar Mountain on August 9, 1862, Stonewall Jackson exercised independent command of a campaign for the last time. Robert Krick untangles the myriad original accounts by participants on both sides …

Brink of Destruction”: A Quotable History of the Civil War, edited by Randall Bedwell, is a no-holds-barred look at the American Civil War through 450 quotations by the people who fought in it. Peri …

Oglala Chief Red Cloud is quoted as saying, ‘The white man made many promises to us, but he kept only one; he promised to take our land and he took it.’ Initially the method of taking Indian land was …

The Color Line and the Assembly Line tells a new story of the impact of mass production on society. Global corporations based originally in the United States have played a part in making gender and r …

‘One reason Koncewicz’s narrative is so compelling is that it’s also a redemption story.’—The Washington Post ‘Excruciatingly timely.’—Kirkus Reviews In more than three thousand recorded convers …

The Civil War placed the U.S. Constitution under unprecedented — and, to this day, still unmatched — strain. In Lincoln and the Triumph of the Nation, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Mark Neely exam …

In the first full biography of Lieutenant General John Mc Allister Schofield (1831-1906), Donald B. Connelly examines the career of one of the leading commanders in the western theater during the Civ …

From nineteenth-century public baths to today’s private backyard havens, swimming pools have long been a provocative symbol of American life. In this social and cultural history of swimming pools in …

After World War II, an atomic hierarchy emerged in the noncommunist world. Washington was at the top, followed over time by its NATO allies and then Israel, with the postcolonial world completely shu …