American Passages A History of the United States, to 1877

David M. Oshinsky has taught for nearly 30 years at Rutgers University, where he holds the Board of Governors Chair. Among his publications are A CONSPIRACY SO IMMENSE: THE WORLD OF JOE MCCARTHY (1983), which was voted one of the year's "best books" by the "New York Sunday Times Book Review," and won the Hardeman Prize for the best work about the U.S. Congress; and "WORSE THAN SLAVERY": PARCHMAN FARM AND THE ORDEAL OF JIM CROW JUSTICE (1996) which won both the Robert Kennedy Book Award for the year's most distinguished contribution to the field of human rights, and the American Bar Association's Scribes Award for distinguished legal writing. Oshinsky is the author of Chapters 25?30.Ayers, Edward L. is the author of 'American Passages A History of the United States, to 1877', published 2006 under ISBN 9780495050629 and ISBN 0495050628.