Rewriting Histories
About the Book Series
Rewriting Histories focuses on historical themes where standard conclusions are facing a major challenge. Each book presents ten to fifteen papers (edited and annotated where necessary) at the forefront of current research and interpretation, offering students an accessible way to engage with contemporary debates.
Nazism and German Society, 1933-1945
1st Edition
Edited
By David Crew
November 09, 1994
The image of the Third Reich as a monolithic state presiding over the brainwashed, fanatical masses, retains a tenacious grip on the general public's imagination. However, a growing body of research on the social history of the Nazi years has revealed the variety and complexity of the relationships...
Diversity and Unity in Early North America
1st Edition
Edited
By Phillip Morgan
November 15, 1993
Philip Morgan's selection of cutting-edge essays by leading historians represents the extraordinary vitality of recent historical literature on early America. The book opens up previously unexplored areas such as cultural diversity, ethnicity, and gender, and reveals the importance of new methods ...
Gender and American History Since 1890
1st Edition
Edited
By Barbara Melosh
March 26, 1993
These essays chart major contributions to recent historiography. Carefully selected for their accessibility and accompanied by headnotes and study questions, the essays offer a clear and engaging introduction for the non-specialist. The introduction describes the emergence of gender as a subject of...
Society and Culture in the Slave South
1st Edition
Edited
By J. William Harris
December 22, 1992
Combining established work with that of recent provocative scholarship on the antebellum South, this collection of essays puts students in touch with some of the central debates in this dynamic field. It includes substantial excerpts from the work of Eugene Genovese and Elizabeth Fox-Genovese, who ...
The Industrial Revolution and Work in Nineteenth Century Europe
1st Edition
Edited
By Lenard R. Berlanstein
November 17, 1992
The Industrial Revolution is a central concept in conventional understandings of the modern world, and as such is a core topic on many history courses. It is therefore difficult for students to see it as anything other than an objective description of a crucial turning-point, yet a generation of ...
Atlantic American Societies
1st Edition
Edited
By Alan Karras, J.R. McNeill
September 24, 1992
Within the chronological framework of Implantation, Maturation and Transition, this book provides the history of European expansion in the Americas from the age of Columbus through the abolition of slavery. Suggesting a shift in the traditional units of analysis away from nationally defined ...