History of the Americas

This pioneering translation of Alfonso Munera's seminal work El fracaso de la nacion presents a new interpretation and innovative perspective on canonical Colombian history and the failure of the Colombian nation to English-speaking readers.

Called by the famed Charles Spurgeon "e;the greatest of living preachers,"e; John A.

Against all odds, the miners of Bienfait, Saskatchewan attempted, in 1931, to change their miserable situation by organizing a union.

In the final years of his political career, President John Quincy Adams was well known for his objections to slavery, with rival Henry Wise going so far as to label him "e;the acutest, the astutest, the archest enemy of southern slavery that ever existed.

Cantinflas and the Chaos of Mexican Modernity is a revealing probe into the life and times of Mario Moreno, Latin America's most famous film star from the 1940s to the 1970s.

This controversial book addresses America''s role in light of recent terrorist events.

2019 James Beard Foundation Book Award winner:Reference, History, and Scholarship A century and a half ago, when the food industry was first taking root, few consumers trusted packaged foods.

Reflecting on the relationship between memory, power, and national identity, this book examines the complex reactions of the people of the Caribbean to the 500th anniversary of Columbus's discovery of the New World.

Master singer-storyteller John Michael Talbot's concert meditationsheard and appreciated by millions of concert-goers over the last half-centuryare now available in this unique volume.

When four young men, slaves on Edward Gorsuch's Maryland farm, escaped to rural Pennsylvania in 1849, the owner swore he'd bring them back.

Retreats to Go: Twelve Creative Programs that Renew and Refresh offers everything you need to plan your next retreat.

In her authoritative new book, Maite Conde introduces readers to the crucial early years of Brazilian cinema.

In Race Becomes Tomorrow Gerald M.

A landmark study of racism, inequality, and police violence that continues to hold important lessons todayThe Kerner Report is a powerful window into the roots of racism and inequality in the United States.

This study examines the transformation of the United States Navy as a fighting organization that took place on the North Atlantic Station between 1874 and 1897.

Andrew Fuller (1754-1815) was the leading Baptist theologian of his era, though his works are just now being made available in a critical edition.

A take-off of Kennedy's Profiles in Courage, which argues that the best-known US senators don't deserve their renown as much as some lesser-known ones.

An exhaustive volume of leading scholarship in the field of Black Canadian history, Unsettling the Great White North highlights the diverse experiences of persons of African descent within the chronicles of Canada's past.

Two times there was a wholesale destruction of Jacksonville's official records - in the War Between the States and by the fire of May 3, 1901.

One of the few surviving documents from this important period in Canadian history is The English River In 1786 the North West Company traded furs in Athabaska territory as a branch of its English River district.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

Based on original fieldwork in Chiapas and Oaxaca, Mexico, this book offers a bridge between geography and historical sociology.

The Trinity can be understood as a social community with members speaking and listening to one another in love, or, as Luther understood the Trinity, as conversation, then God's mission essentially involves in mission-in-dialogue.

Blessed by a booming economy, the United States experienced the benefits of technology in the 1950s, with television and the automobile transforming the way people lived, and the space race offering new challenges.

Touted in his time as one of the ';great men of the West,' Stephen Wallace Dorsey was a Reconstruction carpetbagger who went to Arkansas and finagled and bribed his way into getting elected to the US Senate after living only two years in the state before heading West to seek his fortune.

The gripping inside story of the 2008 presidential election, by two of the best political reporters in the country.

A richly illustrated story from the glory days of passenger travel on the Great Lakes.

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility.

The purpose of this study, first published in 1990, is to investigate the Americanization of an immigrant church in rural North America.

Methodism, originally founded in the eighteenth century, has grown into a large and influential Protestant denomination.

On the surface, the case itself seems a minor one at best.

Twenty-five true tales of a still-wild West from the late 1800s to the mid-20th century.

This book combines different decolonial approaches from around the world to offer a roadmap for updating names and naming practices, restoring and protecting precolonial ones, and reimagining or recontextualizing the relationship between place, identity, and names.

This study examines US policy toward the military dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet in Chile during the 1980s.

Four major waves of immigration from the colonial period to the present are examined, exploring the causes and consequences.

In the tradition of the great regimental histories of the past, this book records the fire which seared the ranks of the Twenty-Four Michigan Regiment of the legendary ';Iron Brigade.

"e;In the morning, while it was still very dark, he got up and went out to a deserted place, and there he prayed"e; (Mark 1:35).

A groundbreaking work of historical recovery which tells the story of the American people who sang their way through struggle.

This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection.

The American South is so identified with the Civil War that people often forget that the key battles from the final years of the American Revolution were fought in Southern states.

'Nick Bryant is brilliant.

In this book, Alvarez-Lopez details the history of revolution in the Dominican Republic, which was an infant independent nation struggling to preserve its political independence from Haiti and from the expansionist policies of northern European countries and the United States.

In the summer of 1790 the Italian explorer Count Paolo Andreani embarked on a journey that would take him through New York State and eastern Iroquoia.

A Bounty of Boxes to Fashion From Fabric & Paper.

This book compares selected Romans of the late Republic with American Founders in the style of Plutarch, encouraging readers to rethink how we view heroes and villains and their conceptions of republicanism.

The only comprehensive history of the formative years of higher education in Ontario, this volume examines the shifting nature of moral, intellectual, and social authority as reflected in the development of Ontario's colleges and universities.