In Intimate Reconstructions, Catherine Jones considers how children shaped, and were shaped by, Virginia’s Reconstruction. Jones argues that questions of how
"This book examines the paths of black and white children, and disputes over rights and responsibilities with regard to them, through the tumultuous period foll
In this highly original study, Gregory Downs argues that the most American of wars, the Civil War, created a seemingly un-American popular politics, rooted not
Within the so-called seduction community, the ability to meet and attract women is understood as a skill which heterosexual men can cultivate through practical
Analyzing published and archival oral histories of formerly enslaved African Americans, Libra R. Hilde explores the meanings of manhood and fatherhood during an