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Borders mark off the place where one nation ends and another begins. But what happens when you belong to a people that has lived on both sides of the border, since long before the border even existed?

A preview of the new issue of Pacific Historical Review, which features articles in U.S. and Pacific history.

By James Walvin, author of Amazing Grace: A Cultural History of the Beloved HymnIt may seem odd for a historian of slavery to write a history of a popular hymn. In fact, the link between “Amazing Grace” and slavery is clear and fairly obvious: the author of “Amazing Grace,” John Newton, had bee

In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the Nineteenth Amendement on August 18, 1920, UC Press is spotlighting Nine Women: Portraits from the American Radical Tradition by Judith Nies, which includes a chapter on Elizabeth Cady Stanton, organizer of the first Women's Rights Co

This Independence Day—as our nation is grappling with radical upheaval around health equity, inequality, and necessary social change—UC Press has chosen to feature titles that challenge the traditional ideas of freedom in the United States. The following books range in topics from immigration to the

Days after taking the White House, Donald Trump signed three executive orders—these authorized the Muslim Ban, the border wall, and ICE raids. These orders would define his administration’s xenophobic, racist, ableist, and patriarchal approach toward non-citizens. By all accounts, he embodies an ant

The Organization of American Historians annual conference has become ever-more interesting and important, and 2020's meeting promised to be especially so - focusing on histories of equality and inequality in an American Presidential election year. I am sad that we are not all in Washington DC now li

On Sept. 11 , 2019, the Smithsonian-affiliated Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh, PA hosted Carnegie Mellon University professor Joe William Trotter, Jr. for a celebration of his new book Workers on Arrival: Black Labor in the Making of America.