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“Armando Prats’ Hollywood’s Imperial Wars is an incisive history and critique of the way war movies shaped Americans’ myth of heroic identity, and how filmmakers have responded to the fracturing of that myth by the failed wars in Vietnam and Iraq.”—Richard Slotkin, author of Gunfighter Nation
“This beautiful book is a five-star addition to the way New Mexico shares its long, diverse, and richly fascinating history. Historian Richard Melzer uses the well-selected images to conjure true stories that make irresistible reading. A History of New Mexico in 100 Objects deserves a place of honor in every bookshop, library, and waiting room from Abiquiu to Zuni.” - Anne Hillerman, New York Times bestselling author
"Housing in New York City provides a much-needed, encyclopedic overview of the distinctive history of the city's housing. It combines discussion of the role the government has played in ensuring the safety of private housing, with an overview of the ways and means the government has supplemented the private sector. Katrin Anacker provides a valuable reference for New York's housing history." – Howard Husock, author of The Projects: A New History of Public Housing
A forgotten archive of the war at sea is presented at our workshop, The Price Papers of the American War of Independence, on 8 October 2026. You can join via the online stream or in person at the National Archives in Kew!
SHAW invites expressions of interest to join its steering committee. The vacancies are for Chair and Membership Secretary.
A major reassessment of New York City’s first Black mayor and the fragile coalition politics that reshaped urban America.
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