Cresheim Farm

--The book in vivid prose offers students and researchers a political archeology of key forces in American history, as they were formed and experienced on the ground level.

--Themes such as racial prejudice, the treatment of Native Americans, the condition of slavery in a northern state, social movements, and the plight of women resonate throughout the book.

--Essential reading in courses on U.S. social history, racial formation, African American Studies, and historical sociology.