A personally and pedagogically generous book, Teaching Black History to White People outlines how to teach and engage with Black history on college campuses and beyond.
Taking a reader-friendly approach that focuses on the big picture and uses concrete examples, this book is the perfect introduction to Latin America as it enters its third century of independence during a period of sustained economic growth and social dev
How Lyndon Johnson Reshaped Domestic Policy and Government
Edited by Robert H. Wilson, Norman J. Glickman and Laurence E. Lynn Jr.
Price: $29.95
ISBN: 9781477302538
Pub Date: June 15th, 2015
Format: Paperback
493 Pages
Leading experts from many disciplines investigate the extraordinary range and extent of LBJ’s influence on American public policy and administration, a legacy that makes him one of America’s most effective, if controversial, leaders.
The Civil Rights Summit at the LBJ Presidential Library
by Mark K. Updegrove
Price: $39.95
ISBN: 9780988508330
Pub Date: March 15th, 2015
Format: Hardcover
232 Pages
A companion volume to the historic 2014 summit hosted by the LBJ Presidential Library and attended by four presidents to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the landmark Civil Rights Act.
Bretton Woods and the International Monetary System, 1941-1971
by Alfred E. Eckes
Price: $34.95
ISBN: 9780292772236
Pub Date: July 3rd, 2014
Format: eBook
370 Pages
Diverted by the dramatic military and political events of July 1944, few Americans realized the significance of an international conference taking place at Bretton Woods, a mountain resort in New Hampshire,...
This lively, provocative book argues that American Christianity can best be understood as a faith always undergoing radical and unpredictable change as believers seek new ways of connecting with God.
By the author of the acclaimed Inventing Niagara . . . True crime meets cultural history in this fascinating story of how America’s interstate highway system opened a world of mobility and opportunity—for serial killers.
How Debt, Speculation, Foreclosures, Protests, and Crackdowns Made Us a Nation
by William Hogeland
Price: $15.95
ISBN: 9780292757530
Pub Date: February 15th, 2014
Format: Paperback
284 Pages
Refuting claims from both the political right and left, this dynamic narrative history brings to life the long-forgotten founding struggles over American finance, economics, and taxes and reveals their immense and startling relevance to political struggle
by Harry Ransom Center, Jean M. Cannon and Elizabeth L. Garver
Price: $20.00
ISBN: 9780292757547
Pub Date: February 15th, 2014
Format: Paperback
96 Pages
This catalogue of a centennial exhibition of World War I literary and visual materials in the collection of the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin illuminates the lived experience of the war and its impact on soldiers and civilians.
