A broad survey of African history that follows the continent from ancient civilizations through colonial rule and the challenges of independence. It builds a layered picture of Africa's peoples by tracing migration, religion, and the long encounter with outside powers.

A sweeping history that rereads Africa's past as a long continuum from antiquity to the modern era.

A history of the nonviolent abolitionist movement from the 1830s through the Civil War, tracing Black-white cooperation, protest tactics, and the movement's tense relationship with violence. It reads the prehistory of the civil rights movement through the concrete actions of individuals and organizations.

By focusing on nonviolence and cooperation, the book connects abolitionism to the longer civil rights story.

A journalistic history of Mexican American life and cultural self-awareness, moving between rural communities, farmworker संघर्ष, and the urban barrio experience. It presents La Raza as a struggle not only for political rights but also for language, dignity, and collective identity.

A compressed social history that gives Mexican American voices and dignity vivid presence.

A history of the Seneca from the late colonial and early reservation period that centers on Handsome Lake's visions and the community's religious revitalization. It portrays the renewal of an Indigenous society at the intersection of politics, religion, and culture.

It rereads Seneca history as a story of destruction and renewal centered on religious revitalization.