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    FROM MAINThe Rise and FDepartment StoVicki HowardCombining deand vivid desclucidly explainthe department American comthe democratiz

    changing public policy,and the forcuted to its transformation and demiseRegina Lee Blaszczyk,author ofThe C AmericanBusiness, Politics,and SocieJun2015 | 304 pages|30 illus.|ISBN9Cloth|$34.95|$27.96 |23.00| 18.40

    BLUE-COLLAR BROADWAYThe Craft and Industry of American TTimothy R.WhiteThe fascinating back-stage story of of theater craft and a compelling callpreservation of its artistry.Kenne

    Encyclopedia of New York City 2014 | 288 pages| 23 illus.| ISBN978-Cloth|$45.00|$36.00 |29.50| 23.60

    DEBATING THLiberal AnxietLeviathan,193

    Anne M.KornAn extremelybrilliantly analburgeoning grolegitimacy of thand its relationrule of law.. ..

    deep and rigorous transdisciplinarityElizabeth Borgwardt,author of A New

    Americas Vision for Human Right

    Feb2015 |320 pages|ISBN978-0-812Cloth|$59.95|$47.96 |39.00| 31.20

    NEW IN PAPERBACK ELLIS ISLAND NATIONImmigration Policy and American IdTwentieth Century Robert L.FleeglerA persuasive narrative,drawing on to trace the emergence,fall, and reviidea.Ellis Island Nation is a valuable aon immigration debates,ethnic divertwentieth-century America. AmericanHaney FoundationSeries2015 |280 pages|5 illus.| ISBN978-0Paper |$24.95|$19.96 |16.50| 13.20

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    AGAINST SELThe Arts of DepUnited States William HunttA remarkablyimpassioned crHowell makes athat imitation ana central place

    the United States.Catherine Kell Apr 2015 |344 pages |19 illus. |ISBNCloth|$49.95|$39.96 |32.50|26.00

    EMPIRE BY CIndians,Coloniments in ColonRobert MichaeDrawing on anof documentarymaterial evidenilluminates the the evolving Ill

    colonial towns that survived and thrione another and with a succession oKathleen DuVal,University of NoMar 2015 | 352 pages| 24 illus.|ISBN9Cloth|$45.00|$36.00 |29.50|23.60

    ANGLICIZING AMERICA Empire,Revolution,Republic Edited by Ignacio Gallup-Diaz,AnDavid J.SilvermanThe volume does a masterful job atvarious threads on Anglicization andmidcolonial period through the earlyNed Landsman,author ofCrossroadMar 2015 |336 pages| ISBN978-0-812Cloth|$55.00|$44.00 |36.00|28.80

    NEW IN PAPETHE FIRST PRReligious Tolerain Early AmericEdited by ChrisChristopher S.A delightful arestablished scho Anglo-America

    Journal of American History 2014 |408 pages|ISBN 978-0-8122-23Paper |$24.95|$19.96 |16.50| 13.2

    BUILDING THE EMPIRE STATEPolitical Economy in the EarlyRepublic Brian Phillips MurphyFocusingon thestateofNewYork,hometotherstAmericanbanks,utilities,canals,andtransportationinfra-structureprojects,BuildingtheEmpireState examinesthe originsofAmerican

    capitalismby tracinghowandwhy businesscorporationswererstintroducedinto theeconomyoftheearly republic. AmericanBusiness, Politics,and SocietyJun2015 | 320 pages| 7 illus.| ISBN978-0-8122-4716-9Cloth|$49.95|$39.96 |32.50| 26.00

    THE RAGGED ROAD TO ABOLITIONSlavery and Freedom in NewJersey,17751865 James J.Gigantino IIA fresh,well-documented tale thatforces us to reconsider much ofwhat we thought we knew aboutthe social, political, and productivelife of a young nation.

    Susan ODonovan,University of Memphis2014 | 368 pages| 11 illus.|ISBN 978-0-8122-4649-0Cloth|$39.95|$31.96 |26.00| 20.80

    NEW IN PAPERBACK IN THE SHADOW OF THE GALLOWSRace,Crime, and American Civic Identity Jeannine Marie DeLombardThis is a powerful book lled with important, paradigm-shifting ideas about the presentation of African Americans inprint and the media.Though not suited to the casual reader,its contents are thought provoking and address contempo-rary race issues in ways that scholarship on the history ofprint and readership rarely does.Journal of AmericanHistory

    Haney FoundationSeries2014 | 456 pages| 15 illus.|ISBN 978-0-8122-2317-0Paper |$27.50|$22.00 |18.00| 14.40

    THE OPENED LETTERNetworking in the Early ModernBritish World Lindsay ONeillA great book that itself opens up richdiscussions of networking, as well asthose to do with letters, letter-writing,and news.. .. .A useful intervention,especially in debates about Atlantic

    integration,social cohesion,and the circulation of informa-tion.Sarah M. S.Pearsall,Cambridge UniversityThe Early ModernAmericas2014 | 272 pages| 19 illus.|ISBN 978-0-8122-4648-3Cloth|$47.50|$38.00 |31.00| 24.80

    DAUGHTERS OF THE TRADE Atlantic Slavers and InterracialMarriage on the Gold Coast Pernille IpsenInthisimportantandengagingstudy,PernilleIpsenbringsvividlytolifethemixed-racecommunities thatourishedaroundDanishfortsonthe WestAfricancoast.Heraccessibleworkisfullof

    surprisesandaddsa humandimensiontotheoftenabstracthistoryof theslavetrade,andtheimportanceandoriginalityof herresearchhasimplicationsfarbeyondWestAfrica.Randy J.Sparks, author ofWhere the Negroes Are

    Masters:An African Port in the Era of t he Slave Trade

    The Early ModernAmericas2015 | 288 pages| 17 illus.| ISBN978-0-8122-4673-5Cloth|$49.95|$39.96 |32.50| 26.00

    DREAMS AND THE INVISIBLE WORLD IN COLONIALNEW ENGLANDIndians,Colonists, and the Seventeenth Century

    Ann Marie PlaneWith a fresh interpretation of an understudied phenomenon,

    this book makes important contributions to the history ofcultural contact,the history of lived religion in Puritan NewEngland,gender studies,and the nascent eld of history ofthe emotions and interior states of subjectivity.Susan Juster,University of Michigan,Ann Arbor2014 |256 pages| 1 illus.|ISBN 978-0-8122-4635-3Cloth|$59.95|$47.96 |39.00| 31.20

    RELIGIOUSTRANSFORMATIONSINTHEEARLYMODERN AMERICASEditedbyStephanie Kirkand SarahRivettThis nuanced and compellingvolume charts religions invention,reinvention,and interventions acrossthe geographies of the Americasin early modernity.Editors Kirk andRivett are to be highly commended

    for their clear voice,light touch, and rm hand in this perfectassembly of essays.Sally M.Promey,Yale UniversityThe Early ModernAmericas2014 | 360 pages| 23 illus.| ISBN978-0-8122-4654-4Cloth|$49.95|$39.96 |32.50| 26.00

    NEW IN PAPERBACKDEATH BY EFFIGY

    A Case from the Mexican Inquisition Luis R.CortegueraAn important contribution to the literature on the earlymodern Spanish world and,specically,to the large and

    seemingly ever-growing body of scholarship related to theinquisition. American Historical Review The Early ModernAmericas2014 | 240 pages| 11 illus.| ISBN978-0-8122-2316-3Paper |$24.95|$19.96 |16.50| 13.20

    THE BRANDYWINE An Intimate Portrait W.Barksdale MaynardA refreshing take on Delawaresmost famous rivermuch like thewaters that ow through it.With thisgroundbreaking book,Maynard hasmade a valuable contribution to tellingour history.

    Jack A.Markell, Governor of Delaware2014|276pages|15color,19b/willus.ISBN978-0-8122-4677-3Cloth|$34.95

    |$27.96 |23.00|18.40

    THE ARTISTS GARDEN American Impressionism and theGarden Movement Edited by Anna O.MarleyHere nally is the denitive worktracing the reciprocal inuences ofartists and the garden movementduring the Progressive era in America,just as European impres-

    sionism reached our shores.With its extraordinary rangeof expertise,detailing techniques of artistic expression anddevelopments in landscape architecture and horticulture,thebook will enlighten its readers.Paula Deitz,author of the bookOf Gardens:Selected Essays 2014 |264 pages| 154 color illus.| ISBN978-0-8122-4665-0Cloth|$45.00

    |$36.00 |29.50| 23.60

    CAPITALISM BY GASLIGHTIlluminating the Economy ofNineteenth-Century America Edited by Brian P.Luskey and Wendy

    A.WolosonThis engagingly presented volume isa truly important contribution to theeconomic and cultural history of thenineteenth century and to the history of

    capitalism.Rosanne Currarino, Queens UniversityFeb2015 | 352 pages| 19 illus.|ISBN 978-0-8122-4689-6Cloth|$49.95

    |$39.96 |32.50|26.00

    PROFESSIONAL INDIANThe American Odyssey of EleazerWilliams Michael Leroy ObergThe story of a fascinating,enigmaticcharacter who inhabited the culturalborderlands between the Iroquois confed-eracy and the early American republic inan era of dramatic change.Well written

    and compulsively readable.Eric Hinderaker,University of UtahFeb2015 | 288 pages| 6 illus.| ISBN978-0-8122-4676-6Cloth|$39.95|$31.96 |26.00| 20.80

    LENAPE COUNTRYDelaware Valley Society BeforeWilliam Penn Jean R.SoderlundSuccinct and imaginatively conceived,Lenape Country is one of the bestnarrative histories I have read to date onthe European-Indian interaction alongthe Delaware River.

    Gunlg Fur,author of A Nation of Women:Gender andColonial Encounters Among the Delaware Indians 2014 | 264 pages| 24 illus.| ISBN978-0-8122-4647-6Cloth|$39.95|$31.96 |26.00| 20.80

    NEW IN PAPERBACKTHE CATHOLIC CALUMETColonial Conversions in French andIndian North America Tracy Neal LeavelleCompelling,well written,and evocative... .Leavelles scholarship opens newwindows of interpretation that demandscholarly attention.

    Journal of American History 2014 |264 pages|5 illus|ISBN978-0-8122-2321-7Paper |$22.50|$18.00 |15.00| 12.00

    THE SETTLERS EMPIREColonialism and State Formation in

    Americas Old Northwest Bethel SalerBethel Salers ambitious,careful, andnuanced book ... moves seamlesslybetween culture and politics to reveala complicated world of Anglo Americansettlers,Indian peoples,French

    habitants ,and Christian missionaries.Richard White,Stanford University2014 | 392 pages| 12 illus.| ISBN978-0-8122-4663-6Cloth|$45.00|$36.00 |29.50| 23.60

    EARLY AMERICAN STUDIESPublished in partnership with the McNeil Center.Series Editors: Daniel K. Richter, Kathleen M.Brown, Max Cavitch, and David Waldstreicher