History of the Americas

Much of the history of Mexican American educational reform efforts has focused on campaigns to eliminate discrimination in public schools.

Unbridled passions threatened nineteenth-century America, a vulnerable young nation already feeling beset by foreigners, corruption, and disease.

The Mobilgas Economy Runs were annual competitions in which new American production automobiles vied not for speed, but for fuel economy--even as the industry was turning out bigger, more powerful cars year by year.

In his first inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln declared that as president he would "e;have no lawful right"e; to interfere with the institution of slavery.

This book traces the evolution of post-Cold War relations between China and the US, focusing on their often conflicting efforts to achieve economic growth, military prowess and technological sophistication.

Spanish imperial attempts to form strong Indian alliances to thwart American expansion in the Mississippi Valley.

This literary anthology celebrates the history and romance of Coney Island with works by some of the 19th and 20th centuries’ greatest authors and poets.

Established in 1935 in the midst of the Great Depression, the Works Progress Administration (WPA) was one of the most ambitious federal jobs programs ever created in the U.

This book analyzes the pivotal battle of Shiloh in 1862, the bloodiest fought by Americans up to that time, in which Albert Sidney Johnston's desperate effort to reverse Confederate fortunes in the heartland fell just short of decisive victory.

This book provides an in-depth analysis of the role of regional integration in the contemporary Caribbean, challenging the value of the neoliberal ideology that permeates regionalism discourse.

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In this vivid portrait of one of the South's ablest (and most enigmatic) commanders, Allen Tate portrays the warrior whom Lee would mourn as "e;his right arm.

This history of early European colonial efforts in North America (specifically, the portion north of Mexico and the Caribbean) examines why three colonies-St.

In 1917, Fort Ord was established in the tiny subdivision of Seaside, California.

This History offers readers insight into the West as a site that sustains canonical and emerging authors alike.

What would America's Constitutions have looked like if each generation wrote its own?

This book identifies Jefferson as an American nationalist and describes his assessment of American character and democratic promise.

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An Unflinching Look at a Black Chapter in Our War in Iraq and Americas Failure to Serve JusticeIn the waning days of 2005, twelve Marines were ambushed by Sunni Muslim insurgents on Route Chestnut, an ancient Mesopotamian road at the south edge of Haditha, Iraq, when an IED detonated under one of four Humvees they occupied, killing or wounding a quarter of their number.

Tells the story of how the Episcopal Church gained influence over Alabama's cultural, political, and economic arenas despite being a denominational minority in the state The consensus of southern historians is that, since the Second Great Awakening, evangelicalism has dominated the South.

Offers a new framework for understanding the transformation of the Native American South during the first centuries of the colonial era.

Driven by its strong narrative, Conflict and Compromise presents Canadian history chronologically, allowing a better understanding of the interrelationships between events.

Narratives based on conspiratorial and paranoid thinking have become increasingly prominent throughout the 20th and 21st centuries.

Construction of a school building reflected the importance of universal education and a communitys desire to establish permanence in the ever-expanding Western frontier.

A World War II pictorial history with over 250 rare photos showing the contribution of U.

American naval hero and Confederate secret agent James Dunwoody Bulloch was widely considered the Confederacy's most dangerous man in Europe.

Bodies and Lives in Ancient America offers a broad overview of what it was like to live and die throughout North America before European contact.

God's Marshall Plan tells the story of the American Protestants who sought to transform Germany into a new Christian and democratic nation in the heart of twentieth-century Europe.

The New York Times-bestselling memoir of two Iowa girls in 1945 New York City: "e;Hart has a genuine gift for conveying the texture of midcentury Manhattan.

Rescue From Grampa Woo is an exciting tale of fear and heroism on Lake Superior.

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One of America's most beloved presidents comes to life in this comprehensive, unique biography illustrated by more than 250 period cartoons.

At once informative and entertaining, inspiring and challenging, My Los Angeles provides a deep understanding of urban development and change over the past forty years in Los Angeles and other city regions of the world.

Social critics have long lamented America's descent into a "e;culture of narcissism,"e; as Christopher Lasch so lastingly put it fifty years ago.

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American explorers have played a significant and exciting role in some of the greatest discoveries on Earth.

The Struggle for Natural Resources traces the troubled history of Bolivia's land and commodity disputes across five centuries, combining local, regional, national, and transnational scales.

Apparu dès le bas Moyen Âge, le motet fleurit en Europe à l’époque de la Réforme catholique, au moment même où les zélateurs de la dévotion eucharistique appellent de leurs vœux un chant qui puisse contribuer à l’éclat de la liturgie en conciliant piété, expression et beauté.

More than a quarter of a century after the last Marine Corps Huey left the American embassy in Saigon, the lessons and legacies of the most divisive war in twentieth-century American history are as hotly debated as ever.

The dispossessed people of Colonial America included thousands of servants who either voluntarily or involuntarily ended up serving as agricultural, domestic, skilled, and unskilled laborers in the northern, middle, and southern British American colonies as well as British Caribbean colonies.

A major intellectual history of the American Revolution and its influence on later revolutions in Europe and the AmericasThe Expanding Blaze is a sweeping history of how the American Revolution inspired revolutions throughout Europe and the Atlantic world in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries.

Five marks confirm our identity as genuine and fruitful followers of Christ:1.

Oil has played a major role in Venezuela's economy since the first gusher was discovered along Lake Maracaibo in 1922.

Combining historical and political analysis with autobiography and memoir, Making Trouble brings together the essays of John D`Emilio, a pioneering gay historian and long-time movement activist.