1865-1918

Explores the responses to and effects on the nation of President Theodore Roosevelt's White House dinner with Booker T. Washington, a former slave. Examines the society of post-slavery America and the reputations of Roosevelt and Washington.

Recounts the story of the tightly knit group of nineteenth-century travelers who dedicated themselves to exploring and preserving Old Japan.

Looks at several nineteenth century American women who married into the British aristocracy.

Surveys key documents produced between 1874 and 1917, including the text of forty primary source documents, each accompanied by a critical essay.

A history of the Reconstruction period and the movements of reform, immigration, industrialization, and urbanization.

A brief biography of Frederick Douglass that uses his own words to describe how he fought racism in the United States.