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Why did many Irish Americans, who did not have a direct connection to slavery, choose to fight for the Confederacy? This perplexing question is at the heart of Gleeson's comprehensive analysis of the Irish in the Confederate States of America.

This work looks at the life and career of one of the most effective and flamboyant Confederate generals: Joseph Orville Shelby, whose brigade of cavalry included Frank and Jesse James among its ranks. The book combines shcolarship with a strong narrative.

Decolonizing Museums: Representing Native America in National and Tribal Museums

Confederate Slave Impressment in the Upper South

Presents the first detailed study of sex roles in the utopian communities that proposed alternatives to monogamous marriage: The Shakers (1779-1890), the Mormons (1843-90), and the Oneida Community (1848-79). Louis J. Kern argues that changes in sexual behaviour and roles for women occurred in ideological environments that assumed women were inferior and needed male guidance.

In a compelling approach structured as theme and variations, Barbara Sicherman offers insightful profiles of a number of accomplished women born in America's Gilded Age who lost--and found--themselves in books, and worked out a new life purpose around them.

Power to the Poor: Black-Brown Coalition and the Fight for Economic Justice, 1960-1974

History of the Oratorio: Vol. 2: the Oratorio in the Baroque Era: Protestant Germany and England

History of the Oratorio: Vol. 1: The Oratorio in the Baroque Era: Italy, Vienna, Paris

This is the story of fifty years of legal battles in North Carolina, as experienced by one of the most successful lawyers in the state. It conveys a story of strong local attachment, unwavering political faith, and long and successful service at the bar.

Kindred by Choice: Germans and American Indians since 1800

Tar Heel History on Foot: Great Walks through 400 Years of North Carolina's Fascinating Past

Captures the paradox at the heart of American constitutional history. This title argues that the revolutionary transformation did not, therefore, consist of a conception of the constitution as a set of restrictions on the power of the state.

One of the oldest and most celebrated cities in the Western Hemisphere, Havana is a metropolis where history has left its handprint on every corner. An international trio of architects and planners assesses nearly 500 years of development in the Cuban capital.

With this volume, Howard Smither completes his monumental History of the Oratorio. Here, Smither surveys the history of nineteenth- and twentieth-century oratorio, stressing the main geographic areas of oratorio composition and performance: Germany, Britain, America, and France.

Examines how incarcerated women use available reading materials to come to terms with their pasts, negotiate their present experiences, and reach toward different futures. This title analyzes how prisoners read three genres: narratives of victimization, urban crime fiction, and self-help books.

Not a Gentleman's War: An Inside View of Junior Officers in the Vietnam War

Families in Crisis in the Old South: Divorce, Slavery, and the Law

Focusing on five Los Angeles environmental policy debates between 1920 and 1950, Sarah Elkind investigates how practices in American municipal government gave business groups political legitimacy at the local level as well as unanticipated influence over federal politics.

Chasing Phantoms: Reality, Imagination, and Homeland Security Since 9/11

Red Spy Queen: A Biography of Elizabeth Bentley

Pearl: A Failed Slave Escape on the Potomac

A gifted chef, restaurateur, and writer working at a time when Americans were beginning to take a new interest in their culinary heritage, Bill Neal (1950-1991) helped raise US Southern food to prominence. Bill's former wife and business partner, Moreton Neal, has compiled a book that embodies the diversity and range of his cooking and illustrates the aesthetic that he applied to making meals.

Richard Nixon and the Quest for a New Majority

How the Arabian Nights Inspired the American Dream, 1790-1935

Positioned at the crossroads of the maritime routes linking the Indian Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea, the Yemeni port of Aden grew to be one of the medieval world's greatest commercial hubs. Roxani Eleni Margariti examines the ways in which physical space and urban institutions developed to serve and harness the commercial potential presented by the city's strategic location.

Senator Sam Ervin, Last of the Founding Fathers

Love's Whipping Boy: Violence and Sentimentality in the American Imagination