By Teresita Martínez-Vergne (NHC Fellow, 2002–03) Combining intellectual and social history, Teresita Martínez-Vergne explores the processes by which people in the Dominican Republic began to hammer out a common sense of purpose and a modern national identity at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth centuries. Hoping to build a nation of … Continued
By Linda K. Kerber (NHC Fellow, 1990–91) This pioneering study redefines women’s history in the United States by focusing on civic obligations rather than rights. Looking closely at thirty telling cases from the pages of American legal history, Kerber’s analysis reaches from the Revolution, when married women did not have the same obligation as their … Continued
By Paul J. Weithman (NHC Fellow, 2000–01) This book takes issue with those who would seek to place restrictions on the participation of religious organizations in politics, arguing that their position underestimates the benefits, and overestimates the costs, of having religiously motivated citizens participate in this way. It will appeal to readers in philosophy and … Continued
Edited by John Agresto (NHC Fellow, 1978–79; 1979–80), Charles Frankel, and Peter Riesenberg
By Glenda Elizabeth Gilmore (NHC Fellow, 2006–07) From two major scholars, a powerful narrative that explores the making and unmaking of American democracy and global power in the twentieth century. President Franklin Roosevelt told Americans in a 1936 fireside chat, “I do not look upon these United States as a finished product. We are still … Continued
By Peter Riesenberg (NHC Fellow, 1978–79) Dr. Riesenberg's book describes the development of citizenship, one of the fundamental ideas and institutions of western civilization, during its long first phase: from the Greeks to the French and Americans of the late eighteenth century. It treats Greek theory and actuality, citizenship under the Roman Republic and Empire, … Continued
By Kevin K. Gaines (NHC Fellow, 1996–97) In 1957 Ghana became one of the first sub-Saharan African nations to gain independence from colonial rule. Over the next decade, hundreds of African Americans–including Martin Luther King Jr., George Padmore, Malcolm X, Maya Angelou, Richard Wright, Pauli Murray, and Muhammad Ali–visited or settled in Ghana. Kevin K. … Continued
By Martha S. Jones (NHC Fellow, 2013–14) Before the Civil War, colonization schemes and black laws threatened to deport former slaves born in the United States. Birthright Citizens recovers the story of how African American activists remade national belonging through battles in legislatures, conventions, and courthouses. They faced formidable opposition, most notoriously from the US … Continued
By Peter Riesenberg (NHC Fellow, 1978–79) Intended for both general readers and students, Peter Riesenberg's instructive book surveys Western ideas of citizenship from Greek antiquity to the French Revolution. It is striking to observe the persistence of important civic ideals and institutions over a period of 2,500 years and to learn how those ideals and … Continued
By Kunal M. Parker (NHC Fellow, 2014–15) This book reconceptualizes the history of US immigration and citizenship law from the colonial period to the beginning of the twenty-first century by joining the histories of immigrants to those of Native Americans, African Americans, women, Asian Americans, Latino/a Americans and the poor. Parker argues that during the … Continued