tangled origins of the Electoral College back to the Constitutional Convention, Alexander Keyssar outlines the constant stream...... more

have lived and died among us. In these chronicles of a midwife to the dying, Judith Redwing Keyssar speaks eloquently and...... more

from the American Revolution to the end of the twentieth century. In this revised and updated edition, Keyssar carries the...... more

The history of shipping in America, as traditionally recounted, is based primarily on the fortunes o... more

Nancy L. Green offers a critical and lively look at New York’s Seventh Avenue and the Parisian Senti... more

Out of Work chronicles the history of unemployment in the United States. It traces the evolution of ... more

remains. Alexander Keyssar explains its persistence. After tracing the Electoral College s tangled origins at the...... more

Never HIGHLIGHT a Book Again Includes all testable terms, concepts, persons, places, and events. Cra... more

A landmark work on human migration around the globe, Cultures in Contact provides a history of the w... more

In Like Cattle and Horses Steve Smith connects the rise of Chinese nationalism to the growth of a Ch... more

In Like Cattle and Horses Steve Smith connects the rise of Chinese nationalism to the growth of a Ch... more

Before it became the center of Latin American drug trafficking, the Colombian city of Medellín was f... more

In Contested Communities Thomas Miller Klubock analyzes the experiences of the El Teniente copper mi... more

The Gendered Worlds of Latin American Women Workers examines the lives of Latin American women who e... more