By Nell Irvin Painter (NHC Fellow, 1978–79) Painter's oral biography of the Black activist recreates in detail Hudson's life in the Birmingham steel mills, his active participation in the Communist Party, and his presidency of a CIO union local during the 1930s
By Hiram Caton (NHC Fellow, 1982–83)
Edited by John Jay TePaske (NHC Fellow, 1989–90) and Alvaro Jara The Royal Treasuries of the Spanish Empire in America provides records of Spanish colonial treasuries of various New World administrative centers. In this volume, the fourth in the series, the authors have compiled quantitative date on the fiscal structure of the presidency of Quito that … Continued
By Winston James (NHC Fellow, 2001–02) John Brown Russwurm (1799-1851) is almost completely missing from the annals of the Pan-African movement, despite the pioneering role he played as an educator, abolitionist, editor, government official, emigrationist and colonizationist. Russwurm’s life is one of “firsts”: first African American graduate of Maine’s Bowdoin College; co-founder of Freedom’s Journal, … Continued
By David Cannadine (NHC Fellow, 2005–06) Investigating the six most salient categories of human identity, difference, and confrontation—religion, nation, class, gender, race, and civilization—David Cannadine questions just how determinative each of them has really been. For while each has motivated people dramatically at particular moments, they have rarely been as pervasive, as divisive, or as important as … Continued
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 Jared Farmer (NHC Fellow, 2009–10) Rich in character and story, Trees in Paradise is a dazzling narrative that offers an insightful, new perspective on the history of the Golden State and the American West
By Eugene D. Genovese (NHC Fellow, 1984–85; 1987–88)
Edited by Brenda Gayle Plummer (NHC Fellow, 1999–00) The civil rights movement in the United States drew strength from supporters of human rights worldwide. Once U.S. policy makers–influenced by international pressure, the courage of ordinary American citizens, and a desire for global leadership–had signed such documents as the United Nations charter, domestic calls for change … Continued
By Oldřich Tůma (NHC Fellow, 1992–93) unable to locate