Toward new towns for America

An introduction to the life of towns and cities in the medieval period, this book shows how medieval towns grew to become important centers of trade and liberty. Beginning with a l...

The political narrative of late medieval English towns is often reduced to the story of the gradual intensification of oligarchy, in which power was exercised and projected by an e...

This article describes the origins of Africa; the ‘First Great Transition’ of human history from foraging to food production; the era of agricultural elaboration; the ‘Second Great...

This chapter is historiographical and conceptual in focus. It explores and critiques the paradigm of urban oligarchy, which has exercised a profound influence upon the history of l...

This chapter investigates the character of the chartered towns in Roman Britain, their mature form in the late second/early third centuries, and the social use of urban space. It e...

Abstract The Public Prints is the first comprehensive study of the role of the earliest American newspapers in the society and culture of the eighteenth century. ...

Divided into four volumes,Race and Ethnicity in Americaprovides a complete overview of the history of racial and ethnic relations in America, from pre-contact to the present. ...

Divided into four volumes,Race and Ethnicity in Americaprovides a complete overview of the history of racial and ethnic relations in America, from pre-contact to the present. ...