American History

AMERICAN HISTORY Vote Gun

How Gun Rights Became Politicized in the United States Patrick J. Charles

Patrick J. Charles charts the rise of gun rights activism from the early twentieth century through the 1980 presidential election, pinpointing the role of the 1968 Gun Control Act. Offering a deep dive into the politicization of gun rights, Vote Gun reveals the origins of the acrimonious divisions that persist to this day.

$35.00 / £28.00 cloth 978-0-231-20884-0 May 2023 520 pages 50 illus. The Modern Presidency

Six Debates That Define the Institution Michael A. Genovese

This book offers an accessible and compelling guide to the American presidency by exploring a series of key questions. Michael A. Genovese, a leading scholar of the presidency, provides a clear overview of the core arguments and debates over the essential characteristics of this contradictory institution.

$22.00 / £16.99 paper 978-0-231-20667-9 $90.00 / £70.00 cloth 978-0-231-20666-2 2022 176 pages 10 illus.

American Eloquence

Language and Leadership in the Twentieth Century Roderick P. Hart

This book examines a wide swath of political discourse to shed new light on the meaning and significance of eloquence. Roderick P. Hart, a leading scholar of political communication, develops new ways of measuring persuasiveness and rhetorical power through the use of computer-based methods.

$110.00 / £85.00 cloth 978-0-231-20906-9 January 2023 288 pages 9 illus. The Republican Evolution

From Governing Party to Antigovernment Party, 1860–2020 Kenneth Janda

Kenneth Janda sheds new light on the Republican Party’s transformations, drawing on a wide range of quantitative and qualitative evidence. He examines nearly three thousand planks from every Republican platform since 1856 as well as candidate statements and historical sources.

$30.00 / £25.00 paper 978-0-231-20789-8 $120.00 / £94.00 cloth 978-0-231-20788-1 2022 344 pages 40 illus.

The American Stamp

Postal Iconography, Democratic Citizenship, and Consumerism in the United States Laura Goldblatt and Richard Handler

Examining the canon of nineteenth- and twentieth-century American stamps, Laura Goldblatt and Richard Handler show how postal iconography and material culture offer a window into the contested meanings and responsibilities of U.S. citizenship.

$35.00 / £28.00 cloth 978-0-231-20824-6 January 2023 368 pages 74 illus.

The Essential Writings of Vannevar Bush

Edited by G. Pascal Zachary

The influence of Vannevar Bush on the history and institutions of twentieth-century American science and technology is staggeringly vast. Edited by Bush’s biographer, G. Pascal Zachary, this collection presents more than fifty of Bush’s most important works across four decades.

$30.00 / £25.00 paper 978-0-231-11643-5 $120.00 / £94.00 cloth 978-0-231-11642-8 2022 392 pages Making Space for Justice

Social Movements, Collective Imagination, and Political Hope Michele Moody-Adams

Michele Moody-Adams explores what social movements have shown about the nature of justice and what it takes to create space for justice in the world. She argues that these insights are critical to bridging the gap between discerning theory and effective practice—and should be transformative for political thought as well as for political activism.

$28.00 / £20.00 paper 978-0-231-20137-7 $120.00 / £94.00 cloth 978-0-231-20136-0 2022 360 pages

The First Resort

The History of Social Psychiatry in the United States Matthew Smith

Social psychiatry was a mid-twentieth-century approach to mental health that stressed the prevention of mental illness rather than its treatment. Matthew Smith offers a history of the rise and fall of social psychiatry that also explores the lessons this largely forgotten movement has to offer today.

$30.00 / £25.00 paper 978-0-231-20393-7 $120.00 / £94.00 cloth 978-0-231-20392-0 January 2023 424 pages 10 illus.