Shane White creatively uses a remarkable array of primary sources--census data, tax lists, city directories, diaries, newspapers and magazines, and courtroom te

A new edition of a classic work revealing the little-known history of African Americans in New York City before Emancipation. The popular understanding of the h

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This book investigates the intent and policy of Nazi Germany in the Arab world from 1933 to 1944. It analyzes Germany's support for continued European dominatio