Bøger af Elaine G. Breslaw

In this sweeping biography, Elaine Breslaw examines the life of Dr Alexander Hamilton (1712-1756), a highly educated Scottish physician who emigrated to Maryland in 1738. From an elite European family, Hamilton was immediately confronted with the relatively primitive social milieu of the New World.

Describes the evolution of public health crises and solutions

Reconstructing the life of the slave woman at the center of the notorious Salem witch trials, this book follows Tituba from her likely origins in South America to Barbados, forcefully dispelling the commonly-held belief that Tituba was African.