Rejecting the tyranny of George III and backing it with a war turned out to be the easy part, says Bradburn (history, State U. of New York-Binghamton), because once people became American citizens, th
Most Americans believe that the ratification of the Constitution in 1788 marked the settlement of post-Revolutionary disputes over the meanings of rights, democracy, and sovereignty in the new nation.
This collection of ten essays on the early modern history of Virginia showcases the work of young historians and highlights new directions in research, challenging and building on the popular canon of
This collection of essays on seventeenth-century Virginia, the first such collection on the Chesapeake in nearly twenty-five years, highlights emerging directions in scholarship and helps set a new ag
