Routledge Advances in American History
Redefining Irishness in a Coastal Maine City, 1770–1870: Bridget’s Belfast
1st Edition
By Kay Retzlaff
May 31, 2023
Redefining Irishness in a Coastal Maine City, 1770–1870: Bridget's Belfast examines how Irish immigrants shaped and reshaped their identity in a rural New England community. Forty percent of Irish immigrants to the United States settled in rural areas. Achieving success beyond large urban centers ...
George W Bush Administration Propaganda for an Invasion of Iraq: The Absence of Evidence
1st Edition
By Larry Hartenian
January 09, 2023
Hartenian’s history of George W Bush propaganda for an invasion of Iraq returns the administration’s approach to its conceptual origins. Hartenian places "evidence" in the center of his analysis, showing that Rumsfeld’s "the absence of evidence is not evidence of absence" meant that no evidence was...
An Unfamiliar America: Essays in American Studies
1st Edition
Edited
By Ari Helo, Mikko Saikku
August 01, 2022
This collection focuses on conceptions of the unfamiliar from the viewpoint of mainstream American history: aliens, immigrants, ethnic groups, and previously unencountered ideas and ideologies in Trumpian America. The book suggests bringing historical thinking back to the center of American Studies...
Public Health and the US Military: A History of the Army Medical Department, 1818-1917
1st Edition
By Bobby A. Wintermute
April 23, 2015
Public Health and the US Military is a cultural history of the US Army Medical Department focusing on its accomplishments and organization coincident with the creation of modern public health in the Progressive Era. A period of tremendous social change, this time bore witness to the creation of an ...
The Origin of Organized Crime in America: The New York City Mafia, 1891–1931
1st Edition
By David Critchley
March 25, 2010
While the later history of the New York Mafia has received extensive attention, what has been conspicuously absent until now is an accurate and conversant review of the formative years of Mafia organizational growth. David Critchley examines the Mafia recruitment process, relations ...