Helps to those not wanting a religious funeral services. In the quest for solace at a time of grief, this title also helps readers to turn with confidence to this non-religious service to address all the needs of the deceased, their family and friends, and other mourners.
Slavery and American Politics from the Constitution to the Civil War
Slavery is one of the central, most enduringly significant facts of U.S. history. It loomed like a dark cloud over the country's birth at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 and shaped the most important nodes of American history before the Civil War. Even today, the country continues to debate its past as it relates to slavery, and the ......
African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House
A Critically Acclaimed Work of Presidential and African American History Widely praised and winner of the 2023 Gilder Lehrman Lincoln Prize, this book illuminates why Lincoln's unprecedented welcoming of African American men and women to the White House transformed the trajectory of race relations in the United States. From his 1862 meetings ......
African American Visitors to the Lincoln White House
Jonathan White illuminates why Lincoln's then-unprecedented welcome of African Americans to the White House transformed the trajectory of race relations in the United States. Drawing from an array of primary sources, White reveals how the Great Emancipator used the White House as the stage to empower Black voices in our country's most divisive ......
Here is the sweep of life in the flinty corner called New England, where Protestant outcasts started from scratch on rocky land surrounded by mountains and cold shoreline. Through their work and devotion New England grew into the most industrious, innovative, reserved, and literature-producing area of the United States. Roam its cities, villages ......
Offers a comprehensive history of cinematic pornography that details sex in film from 100 years ago to today. This title discusses the many controversial aspects to the porn film business, including Mafia influences, the impact of the AIDS epidemic on the industry, and the myths and realities behind child pornography.
Records of modern female boxing date back to the early eighteenth century in London, and in the 1904 Olympics an exhibition bout between women was held. Yet it was not until the 2012 Olympics-more than 100 years later-that women's boxing was officially added to the Games. Throughout boxing's history, women have fought in and out of the ring to ......
