Why Suffrage for American Women was not enough
Elisabeth Perry explains why US women did not breakthrough in politics between the wars, despite having won the vote.
USA
People's Park, Berkeley
The history of the controversy over People's Park in Berkeley CA is discussed. The 1960s saw the beginnings of the health consciousness movement - natural food, exercise, relaxation.
Lincoln Logs - Toying with the Frontier Myth
Capturing the spirit of America - Erin Cho looks at the building blocks of American childhood and the objectives of their creator.
More Malcolm's Year than Martin's
Peter Ling compares the impact of Martin Luther King and Malcolm X on black culture in the 90s.
Woodrow Wilson as Commander-in-Chief
Peacemaker or warmonger: history has awarded the former epithet (albeit ill-fated) to Woodrow Wilson, but here Christopher Ray looks at how the President performed as head of the services in conflict and at his relationship with America’s generals
Money and Power: America and Europe in the 20th Century
Money makes the world go around: Kathleen Burk looks at how the Yankee dollar transferred influence from the Old World to the New.
America's First Experiment In Toleration
John Hartsock details the rise and fall of noble tolerance of religious freedom in 17th-century Maryland.
The Cuban Missile Crisis - 30 years on
Brian Dooley assesses the incident which brought the world perilously close to nuclear war.
The End Of Anglo-America; & American Studies
Two new works combining essays on America
The 1893 World Exposition: A Contest of Cultures
Highbrow or lowbrow? James Gilbert looks at the competing visions of American civilisation on offer at Chicago's fin de siécle Exposition of 1893.