Disputes the conventional wisdom that the birth of the United States was a relatively painless and unexceptional one. The author tells the story of how the euph

Giving close consideration to previously neglected debates, Matthew Mason challenges the common contention that slavery held little political significance in Am

American political and policy history has revived since the turn of the twenty-first century. After social and cultural history emerged as dominant forces to re

The Seneca Falls Convention is typically seen as the beginning of the first women's rights movement in the United States. Revolutionary Backlash argues otherwis

In pursuit of a more sophisticated and inclusive American history, the contributors to Beyond the Founders propose new directions for the study of the political