by Massachusetts History Alliance | Oct 27, 2024 | History News
Stan HaynesFrom the author: “The 2024 nominating conventions are now part of American political history. My recent book, Roosevelt to Roosevelt: Presidential Nominating Conventions from 1904 to 1944, was published a few months before the conventions and was...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Oct 13, 2024 | History News
Robert W. MerryFrom the Publisher: With “characteristic wisdom and grace” (Jon Meacham, Pulitzer Prize–winning author) Robert W. Merry explores a critical lesson about our nation that is as timely today as ever demonstrating how the country came apart during the...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Sep 27, 2024 | History News
Andrew LovatoFrom the Publisher: As Santa Fe has become more and more of a tourist town, its Hispanic citizens have increasingly struggled to define and preserve their own cultural identity. This book is one of the few efforts by a native Hispanic resident to examine...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Sep 13, 2024 | History News
Julie SatowFrom the Publisher: The twentieth century American department store: a palace of consumption where every wish could be met under one roof – afternoon tea, a stroll through the latest fashions, a wedding (or funeral) planned. It was a place where women,...
by Massachusetts History Alliance | Sep 6, 2024 | History News
Lucy AdlingtonFrom the Publisher: A powerful chronicle of the women who used their sewing skills to survive the Holocaust, stitching beautiful clothes at an extraordinary fashion workshop created within one of the most notorious WWII death camps. At the height of the...