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History, Am.: 19th C.



link to catalog page WEINER, Sex, Sickness, and Slavery

Sex, Sickness, and Slavery

Illness in the Antebellum South

Author: Marli F. Weiner
Pub Date: July 2012

How white Southern doctors used science to defend slavery   learn more...

link to catalog page HICKEY, The War of 1812

The War of 1812

A Forgotten Conflict

Author: Donald R. Hickey
Pub Date: 2012

Updated and expanded for the Bicentennial of the War of 1812   learn more...

link to catalog page HICKEY, The War of 1812

The War of 1812

A Short History

Author: Donald R. Hickey
Pub Date: December 2012

The essential history of the War of 1812, newly abridged and ideal for students and history buffs   learn more...

link to catalog page HALLWAS, Dime Novel Desperadoes

Dime Novel Desperadoes

The Notorious Maxwell Brothers

Author: John E. Hallwas
Pub Date: 2008

The exhilarating true tale of two major American desperadoes who once captivated the nation   learn more...

link to catalog page FORMAN-BRUNELL, The Girls' History and Culture Reader Author: Edited by Miriam Forman-Brunell and Leslie Paris
Pub Date: January 2011

A pioneering, field-defining collection of essential texts exploring girlhood in the nineteenth century   learn more...

link to catalog page SHORT, Locomotive to Aeromotive

Locomotive to Aeromotive

Octave Chanute and the Transportation Revolution

Author: Simine Short
Pub Date: July 2011

The first in-depth look at an influential engineer and aviation pioneer   learn more...

link to catalog page WASHINGTON, Sojourner Truth's America Author: Margaret Washington
Pub Date: 2009

An expansive new biography of Sojourner Truth, charismatic preacher and activist   learn more...

link to catalog page JUNGER, Becoming the Second City

Becoming the Second City

Chicago's Mass News Media, 1833-1898

Author: Richard Junger
Pub Date: January 2010

A colorful history of Chicago journalism in the nineteenth century   learn more...

link to catalog page MARTIN, Benching Jim Crow

Benching Jim Crow

The Rise and Fall of the Color Line in Southern College Sports, 1890-1980

Author: Charles H. Martin
Pub Date: August 2010

A benchmark study of racial exclusion in college athletics   learn more...

link to catalog page RODGER, Champagne Charlie and Pretty Jemima

Champagne Charlie and Pretty Jemima

Variety Theater in the Nineteenth Century

Author: Gillian M. Rodger
Pub Date: July 2010

A rich exploration of a pivotal nineteenth-century theater form   learn more...

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