The complete online text of History of the United States by Mary Ritter Beard.

Mary Ritter Beard (1876-1958) was active in the struggles for women's suffrage and for trade union reform. With her husband Charles Austin Beard she wrote several books, including the multivolume The Rise of American Civilization. On her own she wrote se...

Southern United States: An Environmental History. By Donald E. Davis, with Craig E. Colten, Megan Kate Nelson, Barbara L. Allen, and Mikko Saikku. Santa Barbara, CA.: ABC-CLIO, 2006. Nature and Human Societies Series, edited by Mark R. Stoll. xxii + 409 pp. Illustrations, notes,...

Thomas, C. Patterson. A Social History of Anthropology in the United States. Oxford, New York: Berg, 2001. Pp. 256, bibliog., index. L14.99 (Pb.), 1-85973-494-4. It has been over three decades since Marvin Harris published The Rise of Anthropological Theory: A History of Theories...

Politics: Ted Kennedy attaches hate crime legislation to a needed defense authorization bill. Is he more interested in defending the U.S. or the gay rights agenda?Knowing that President Bush would veto it as a stand-alone bill, Sen. Kennedy attached to the recently passed bill authorizing...

A leading Iraq war opponent threatened Thursday to try prohibiting any U.S. military action against Iran without congressional sanction as House Republicans used military veterans within their ranks to oppose a resolution renouncing President Bush's Iraq troop buildup.Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., said he would seek...