The "Red scare" of the 1950s created a national crisis that challenged concepts of loyalty and freedom of speech in every corner of American society.... more

Individuals or families receiving a diagnosis of Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, or brain-damage from a stroke face daunting questions: how to provide for care when the patient can no longer manage his or her own affairs, what to do to protect their rights and property, where to go for help, and how to cope with the day-to-day challenges of fading memory and diminished cognition.... more

With a new preface by William A. Douglass A classic study of the Basque diaspora now available in paperback.... more

The tragic saga of the Donner Party has inspired both legend and scholarship ever since the survivors were rescued from the High Sierra snows in the spring of 1847.... more