A Companion to American Environmental History gathers together a comprehensive collection of over 30 essays that examine the evolving and diverse field of American environmental history.

• Provides a complete historiography of American environmental history
• Brings the field up-to-date to reflect the latest trends and encourages new directions for the field
• Includes the work of path-breaking environmental historians, from the founders of the field, to contributions from innovative young scholars
• Takes stock of the discipline through five topically...

A Companion to American Cultural History offers a historiographic overview of the scholarship, with special attention to the major studies and debates that have shaped the field, and an assessment of where it is currently headed.

• 30 essays explore the history of American culture at all analytic levels
• Written by scholarly experts well-versed in the questions and controversies that have activated interest in this burgeoning field
• Part of the authoritative Blackwell Companions to American History series
• Provides both a chronological and thematic...

This volume of original essays by leading scholars is an innovative, thorough introduction to the history and culture of California.

• Includes 30 essays by leading scholars in the field
• Essays range widely across perspectives, including political, social, economic, and environmental history
• Essays with similar approaches are paired and grouped to work as individual pieces and as companions to each other throughout the text
• Produced in association with the Huntington-USC Institute on California and the West

This Companion contains 25 original essays by writers and scholars who present an expert assessment of the best and most important work to date on the complex history of Los Angeles.

• The first Companion providing a historical survey of Los Angeles, incorporating critical, multi-disciplinary themes and innovative scholarship
• Features essays from a range of disciplines, including history, political science, cultural studies, and geography
• Photo essays and 'contemporary voice' sections combine with traditional historiographic essays to provide a...

A Companion to the Antebellum Presidents presents a series of original essays exploring our historical understanding of the role and legacy of the eight U.S. presidents who served in the significant period between 1837 and the start of the Civil War in 1861.

• Explores and evaluates the evolving scholarly reception of Presidents Van Buren, Harrison, Tyler, Polk, Taylor, Fillmore, Pierce, and Buchanan, including their roles, behaviors, triumphs, and failures
• Represents the first single-volume reference to gather together the historiographic literature on the...

A Companion to Reconstruction Presidents presents a series of original essays that explore a variety of important issues, themes, and debates associated with the presidencies of Andrew Johnson, Ulysses S. Grant, and Rutherford B. Hayes.

• Represents the first comprehensive look at the presidencies of Johnson, Grant, and Hayes in one volume
• Features contributions from top historians and presidential scholars
• Approaches the study of these presidents from a historiographical perspective
• Key topics include each president's political career; foreign...

A Companion to John F. Kennedy presents a comprehensive collection of historiographical essays addressing the life and administration of the nation's 35th president.

• Features original contributions from leading Kennedy scholars
• Reassesses Kennedy, his administration, and the era of the New Frontier
• Reconsiders relevant Kennedy scholarship and points to new avenues of research
• Considers the major crises faced by Kennedy, along with domestic issues including women's issues and civil rights

A Companion to American Sport History presents a collection of original essays that represent the first comprehensive analysis of scholarship relating to the growing field of American sport history.

• Presents the first complete analysis of the scholarship relating to the academic history of American sport
• Features contributions from many of the finest scholars working in the field of American sport history
• Includes coverage of the chronology of sports from colonial times to the present day, including major sports such as baseball, football, basketball,...

With the analysis of the best scholars on this era, 29 essays demonstrate how academics then and now have addressed the political, economic, diplomatic, cultural, ethnic, and social history of the presidents of the Republican Era of 1921-1933 - Harding, Coolidge, and Hoover.

• This is the first historiographical treatment of a long-neglected period, ranging from early treatments to the most recent scholarship
• Features review essays on the era, including the legacy of progressivism in an age of -normalcy-, the history of American foreign relations after World War I, and...

A Companion to Ronald Reagan evaluates in unprecedented detail the events, policies, politics, and people of Reagan's administration. It assesses the scope and influence of his various careers within the context of the times, providing wide-ranging coverage of his administration, and his legacy.

• Assesses Reagan and his impact on the development of the United States based on new documentary evidence and engagement with the most recent secondary literature
• Offers a mix of historiographic chapters devoted to foreign and domestic policy, with topics...