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New York City's Central Park is the most visited urban park in the United States, with more than 25 million visitors each year. Designed in 1857 by the man who would become America's most famous landscape architect, Frederick Law Olmsted, and his partner, Calvert Vaux, Central Park was intended to provide New Yorkers with a serene and scenic "rural" refuge from the noise and bustle of city life. Yet transforming the rocky, swampy park site int...

The Civil War brought enormous hardship and tragedy to America's female population. Yet, it also provided women of all races and social classes with unprecedented opportunities to participate in civic, economic, and military activities that had previously been closed to them. Although officially banned from serving in combat by both the Union and Confederate governments, women played a vital role in each side's war efforts. During the bloodies...

Courageous and conniving, pious and vengeful, warrior, poet, fugitive, and king, David is not only one of the most complex and fascinating figures in Hebrew scripture but also one of the ancient world's best-known leaders. This book uses the writings by and about the revered king of Israel to explore his historical significance in world history.

The Prohibition Era examines the social, political, and economic factors that led to the banning of alcohol and its eventual reinstatement as a legal beverage.

Despite being one of the great cultural figures of the 20th century, Paul Robeson was for many years vilified and ignored by mainstream American culture and succeeding interpretations of African-American history. Today he is celebrated as one of America's greatest performing artists and as a forerunner of the civil rights movement. This introduces this actor and singer who became a controversial figure for his Communist sympathies during the R...

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