Bøker av Van Gosse

"It may be difficult to imagine that a consequential electoral black politics evolved in the United States before the Civil War--as of 1860, the overwhelming majority of African Americans remained in bondage. Yet free black men, many of them escaped slaves, steadily increased their influence in U.S. electoral politics over the course of the early American republic. Despite efforts to disfranchise them, black men voted across much of the North, sometimes in numbers sufficient to swing elections. In this meticulously researched book, Van Gosse offers a sweeping reappraisal of the formative era of American democracy from the Constitution's ratification through Lincoln's election, chronicling the rise of an organized, visible black politics focused on the quest for citizenship, the vote, and power within the free states"--

Traces the ways in which US culture and politics continue to be shaped by the legacy of the New Left's social movements, from feminism to gay liberation to black power. This work demonstrates that the America that emerged in the 1970s was a nation profoundly, even radically democratized.

Focuses on the 'Irish question' - the historical role of British imperialism in Ireland and its legacies in the modern Republic of Ireland and in Northern Ireland. This collection of essays places Ireland in a comparative context, addressing the broader relevance of the Irish experience to questions of empire and colonialism worldwide.

Examines, documents and reflects on the political and historical category of terror. Ranging from Guatemala to Palestine, interrogating notions of homeland and unpacking the myths of the Irish Republican Army, the Red Army Faction, and Sendero Luminoso, this title intends to revise our notions of terror and terrorism.

Offers a self-portrait of the journal and also a retrospective of radical history as a movement, an ideology, and a transformative force in historical scholarship. This title highlights the relentless challenge that radical history has posed to liberal and conservative paradigms.