Review: The Road to Disunion (Volume II)
THE ROAD TO DISUNION Volume II: Secessionists Triumphant, 1854-1861 By William W. Freehling Illustrated. 605 pp. Oxford University Press. $13 In his second volume of […]
Whiteness
Yearning for (the other) Zion
National Geographic has written a relatively balanced and comprehensive article on the FLDS (Fundamentalist Mormon) communities throughout the American Southwest. They’re explicitly racial, have one of […]
Review: Caprica Pilot
I just caught the pilot episode of Caprica on DVD. It has been out for about a year now. The premiere is tonight at 9 […]
Review: What Hath God Wrought
WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT The Transformation of America, 1815-1848 By Daniel Walker Howe Illustrated. 904 pp. Oxford University Press. $35. In the Oxford History of […]
Review: Empire of Liberty
EMPIRE OF LIBERTY A History of the Early Republic, 1789-1815 By Gordon S. Wood Illustrated. 778 pp. Oxford University Press. $35. I have always enjoyed […]