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ab israeli conflict learn more add to cart the essential sarmiento civilization barbarism and progress edited by william acree translations by john charles chasteen with an introduction by oscar chamosa domingo sarmiento is a rhetorical and political giant whose garrulous colorful and troubling ideas about race violence politics and literature have fascinated spanish language readers for over a hundred and fifty years thanks to william acree s brilliant selection of writings and annotations the sparkling translations of john charles chasteen and oscar chamosa s excellent critical introduction readers of english can finally encounter this larger than life writer who was deeply committed to documenting his historical moment and assessing social and political ills this book is a major and long overdue contribution to latin american studies christopher b conway the university of texas at arlington learn more add to cart congressional deliberation edited with an introduction by jordan t cash and kevin j burns from john adams s 1774 diary entries on debates in the continental congress to the first ouster of a seated speaker of the house in u s history in 2023 jordan t cash and kevin j burns s congressional deliberation offers an edited and historically contextualized selection of primary sources highlighting key turning points in the history of the u s congress via its diverse documentary record and often by way of showcasing the lively cut and thrust of historic house and senate debates congressional deliberation sheds light on such formative issues in congressional history as war powers and foreign policy impeachment civil rights representation and apportionment filibusters federalism oversight and investigation legislative leadership and many more it will prove a valuable resource to all students of the u s congress and of representative government congressional deliberation provides readers with valuable insights into many of the most consequential historical debates and hinge points in the american experience by offering access to crucial primary source materials the descriptive summaries provided by the editors explain and contextualize the complex topics admirably making this volume a valuable source for instructors in government civics and history many of the historic disputes included have a very contemporary resonance that will help prompt lively class discussions while also providing valuable primary material for research purposes john a lawrence phd arc of power inside nancy pelosi s speakership 2005 2010 and the class of 74 congress after watergate and the roots of partisanship learn more add to cart expanding horizons alfred j andrea a trailblazer in the field of premodern global history andrea here guides readers through the medieval expansion of the first europe from the fifth to the fifteenth centuries ranging from ireland to ethiopia from the mongol empire to the so called new world expanding horizons demolishes any lingering sense that european societies remained isolated from the wider world before the modern age complete with maps excerpts from primary source documents and suggestions for further reading this book will be an ideal resource for anyone planning to build a course around themes of global travel exploration and colonialism brett e whalen the university of north carolina at chapel hill andrea takes the reader on a journey over 1 000 years and around the world by weaving a masterpiece of historical narrative and inquiry he demonstrates that medieval europe was very much part of world history while dispelling myths and misconceptions along the way it is the type of book that awakens the mind and demonstrates the importance of historical study timothy may university of north georgia learn more add to cart mexico slavery freedom compiled translated and edited with an introduction by pablo miguel sierra silva winner of the american historical association s 2025 j franklin jameson award for outstanding achievement in the editing of historical sources a welcome tome for the study of slavery and freedom in the african diaspora an extensive and often difficult to access repository of documents has been made available in a bilingual edition that will richly benefit scholars and students alike to better understand the complexities of the black experience in colonial and early national mexico bridging normal historical chronologies and featuring sweeping sets of documents ranging from politics religion economics and social life there is little ground left uncovered for providing windows and glimpses of the evolution of blackness in mexico expertly curated marvelously framed and diligently translated this is a jewel of a book for historians ben vinson iii distinguished historian of latin america and former president of howard university learn more add to cart the suriname writings of john gabriel stedman john gabriel stedman edited with an introduction by jared ross hardesty jared ross hardesty s new critical edition the suriname writings of john gabriel stedman makes an important and necessary intervention into the study of eighteenth century caribbean travel writing and natural history by foregrounding the previously unpublished diary entries stedman authored in suriname rather than focusing solely on his writings printed in the metropoles of europe hardesty s edition is especially useful because it includes both a transcription of stedman s suriname diary and a detailed appendix tracking key discrepancies between the diary and stedman s heavily revised printed natural history this focus on genre and the editorial process in the production of anglophone transatlantic writing is an excellent resource for students and scholars of the eighteenth century caribbean and the atlantic world i can see this being a helpful resource in an early american or eighteenth century history or literature course as it would enable students to easily compare differing editions of stedman s suriname writings what hardesty s edition of the suriname writings of john gabriel stedman offers is a more accessible study of how eighteenth century writing on maroonage slavery science and abolition was heavily mediated in the print and production process as this compiled edition offers critical insight into the gendered and racial politics of life in the colonial caribbean as well as how printers in the metropole attempted to alter the writing of colonizing authors like stedman elizabeth polcha drexel university learn more add to cart afonso i mvemba a nzinga king of kongo john k thornton john k thornton s new book is another must read it contains both translations of the extant letters of the most significant king of kongo s history afonso i r 1506 1542 and a powerful learned and highly readable analysis of what these letters tell us about the life and times of one of the most important rulers anywhere in the world during the sixteenth century this book will be essential reading for scholars teachers and students engaged with the history of the kingdom of kongo toby green king s college london learn more add to cart seven myths of the american revolution edited with an introduction by jim piecuch in fast paced crystal clear prose these four veteran historians quash not just seven myths about the american revolution but dozens if you think that slavery was inevitable that british commanders were lazy nincompoops or that indigenous warriors were nothing more than british pawns you will savor the challenge of seven myths of the american revolution just as much as i did woody holton university of south carolina author of liberty is sweet the hidden history of the american revolution simon schuster 2021 learn more add to cart seven myths of the spanish inquisition gretchen d starr lebeau series editors alfred j andrea and andrew holt gretchen starr lebeau has given us a deeply researched wide ranging correction of the various myths attached to the spanish inquisition her ability to track and explain the development of those myths over time is remarkable the volume is wonderfully written and consistently accessible for a student audience i learned a great deal from it and look forward to assigning it in my classes lu ann homza william and mary learn more add to cart the book of the courtier baldesar castiglione edited and translated by with an introduction by peter hainsworth peter hainsworth s sparkling eminently readable new english translation of the book of the courtier baldesar castiglione s 1478 1529 literary and philosophical masterpiece captures all the nuance stylistic flair and humor of this foundational work of renaissance humanism learn more add to cart seven myths of the russian revolution jonathan daly and leonid trofimov this fascinating volume is a major contribution to our understanding of the russian revolution from world war i to consolidation of the bolshevik regime the seven myths include the exaggeration of rasputin s influence a purported conspiracy behind the february revolution the treasonous bolshevik dependence on german support the multiple anastasia pretenders to the royal inheritance the antisemitic claims about judeo bolsheviks distortions about america s intervention in the civil war and the inevitability of bolshevism in each case the authors analyze the facts uncover the origins of the myth and trace its later perseverance even in contemporary russia to assist readers the volume includes three reference guides people terms dates nine maps and twenty nine illustrations the result is immensely valuable for undergraduate courses in russian history gregory l freeze raymond ginger professor of history brandeis university learn more add to cart the french revolution edited and translated with an introduction by laura mason and tracey rizzo this new edition of mason and rizzo s anthology is a welcome addition to the study of the revolutionary and napoleonic french atlantic it includes a wealth of documents related to life in metropolitan and colonial france from the middle of the eighteenth century through the napoleonic consulate as well as concise section overviews that detail experiences on the continent and in saint domingue france s wealthiest caribbean colony during this tumultuous era these features along with images maps and a detailed timeline provide an invaluable resource for scholars and students alike rebecca hartkopf schloss texas a m university learn more add to cart the mexican revolution edited and translated with an introduction by jurgen buchenau and timothy henderson selected as one of the best historical materials of 2023 by the reference and user services association a division of the american library association henderson and buchenau have done an excellent and thoughtful job of collecting a wide range of voices for students to learn about the mexican revolution and its causes both from above and from below i m particularly appreciative of the authors inclusion of women s voices and women s issues of the era including the point of view of the first woman elected to public office in mexico they deserve praise for including documents that complicate widely accepted heroic revolutionary narratives of the period for students such as the experience of soldaderas and the massacre of chinese people in torreón it is also worth mentioning that the editors have done an admirable job in choosing documents from across mexico s many diverse and heterogenous regions the general introduction is excellent it is both accurate and highly readable for students it is no easy feat to succinctly describe both the events and the significance of this period in mexican history as the authors have done here sarah osten the university of vermont learn more add to cart the essential greek historians edited with introduction and notes by stanley burstein includes an introduction maps and selections from herodotus the histories thucydides history of the peloponnesian war xenophon s the hellenica aristotle s the constitution of athens the parian marble polybius the histories memnon s history of heracleia plutarch s life of alexander see the full table of contents pdf here burstein s the essential greek historians is an excellent collection of texts representing the development of historiography in the ancient greek world each text is presented in an engaging and readable translation with an insightful introduction exploring the purposes behind its composition the significance of its contribution to the growth of historiography as a literary genre and the context in which its author thought and wrote these texts include not only familiar favorites like herodotus and thucydides but also sources such as the parian marble and memnon s history of heracleia which give a broader and richer view of the ways in which greeks engaged with history in one economical volume burstein has created an indispensable introduction to the historical thought of the ancient greeks no student of greek historiography should be without it erik jensen salem state university learn more add to cart destroying to replace mohamed adhikari series editor alfred j andrea this book explores settler colonial genocides in a global perspective and over the long durée it does so systematically and compellingly as it investigates how settler colonial expansion at times created conditions for genocidal violence and the ways in which genocide was at times perpetrated on settler colonial frontiers this volume will prove invaluable to teachers and students of imperialism colonialism and human rights lorenzo veracini swinburne university of technology and author of the world turned inside out settler colonialism as a political idea a succinct insightful and highly readable text discussing an issue that deserves to be integral to any world history course using four finely crafted yet widely dispersed case studies adhikari strikingly shows how vulnerability and resistance occur as the waves of global capitalism hit indigenous societies robert gordon university of vermont learn more add to cart seven myths of military history john d hosler series editors alfred j andrea and andrew holt this brief provocative and accessible book offers snapshots of seven pernicious myths in military history that have been perpetrated on unsuspecting students readers moviegoers game players and politicians it promotes awareness of how myths are created by the spurious misuse and ignorance of history and how misleading ideas about a military problem as in asymmetric warfare can lead to misguided solutions both scholarly and engaging this book is an ideal addition to military history and historical methodology courses in fact it could be fruitfully used in any course that teaches critical thinking skills including courses outside the discipline of history military history has a broad appeal to students and there s something here for everyone from the so called western way of war to ...
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