Oxford University Press

From the Colonial Period to the PresentThis collection, which includes revisions of the original essays as well as        entirely new material, presents works by seventeen of America's leading historians        and social scientists, including John Murrin, Harry Stout, John F. Wilson, Daniel        Walker Howe, Bertram Wyatt-Brown, Robert...

How far may Americans properly rely on their religious beliefs when they make and defend political decisions? Are decisions based on religious convictions compatible with liberal democratic premises? Kent Greenawalt dissects such issues as abortion and animal rights to illustrate secular and religious bases for decision making, concluding that...

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For the most part, groups and nations have blamed competition for scarce and coveted resources as an important source of conflict, claiming that resolution depends on mutual agreement concerning how to divide these resources. This book focuses on the removal of psychological barriers (e.g. a lack of trust, feelings of victimisation, perceived lack...