Each contributor uses a seemingly unusual story, incident, or phenomenon to cast new light on the...

This first of two volumes extends from the founding of the colony of Georgia in 1733 up to the Pr...

In the spring of 1861, tens of thousands of young men formed military companies and offered to fi...

In the spring of 1861, tens of thousands of young men formed military companies and offered to fi...

Household War restores the centrality of households to the American Civil War. The essay...

In the spring of 1861, tens of thousands of young men formed military companies and offered to fi...

Household War restores the centrality of households to the American Civil War. The essays in the ...

Household War restores the centrality of households to the American Civil War. The essays in the ...

The ordering principle of gender roles and relations in the antebellum South, says LeeAnn Whites,...