Editor James M. Banner, Jr. has compiled a collection of 15 historiographical essays by respected scholars to provide an up-to-date overview of major topics in

There are so many books on so many aspects of the history of the United States, offering such a wide variety of interpretations, that students, teachers, schola

As this most tumultuous century draws to a close, the need for a concise and trustworthy history is clear. Recent decades have seen the publication of American

At a time when public commemorations and remembrances often develop into battlefields of contested meanings, historians play an even greater role in shaping the