History of the Americas

Building the Empire State examines the origins of American capitalism by tracing how and why business corporations were first introduced into the economy of the early republic.

The Mobile & Ohio Railroad was the longest line in the nation when it was completed in spring of 1861--the final spike driven a few weeks after Confederate artillery shelled Fort Sumter.

Work and Struggle: Voices from U.

The Atlantic World: Essays on Slavery, Migration, and Imagination brings together ten original essays that explore the many connections between the Old and New Worlds in the early modern period.

One of the premier tourist attractions of the eastern United States, the Blue Ridge Parkway stretches from Shenandoah National Park in Virginia to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park in western North Carolina.

How Hawai'i became an emblem of multiculturalism during its journey to statehood in the mid-twentieth centuryGateway State explores the development of Hawai'i as a model for liberal multiculturalism and a tool of American global power in the era of decolonization.

The Dominicans in the Americas and the Philippines (c.

A comprehensive history of the interactions and exchanges between Europe, Africa, and the Americas between 1400 and 1900.

Integrates Native American perspectives into American history Native Voices is a source reader that covers the entire span of Native American history.

One hundred years ago, Canadians went to the polls to decide the fate of their country in an election that raised issues vital to Canada's national independence and its place in the world.

The California Gold Rush captured the get-rich dreams of people around the world more completely than almost any event in American history.

Creating an American Identity examines the relationship between regionalism and nationalism in New England.

A Vision of United Methodist Life Together.

This highly readable guide is more than a bibliography.

America was discovered in a search for trade routes, but our country has been in larger part maintained and transmitted to us directly or indirectly as the result of war.

With all the immediacy of an eyewitness account, Anthony Pitch tells the dramatic story of the British invasion of Washington in the summer of 1814, an episode many call a defining moment in the coming-of-age of the United States.

Was the Iraq war really about oil?

What do spiritual gifts have to do with our daily lives?

While the Age of Revolution has long been associated with the French and American Revolutions, increasing attention is being paid to the Haitian Revolution as the third great event in the making of the modern world.

The Un-Natural State is a one-of-a-kind study of gay and lesbian life in Arkansas in the twentieth century, a deft weaving together of Arkansas history, dozens of oral histories, and Brock Thompson's own story.

In the early part of the twentieth century, migrants made their way from rural homes to cities in record numbers and many traveled west.

Hailed as “the most provocative and disturbing analytical indictment .

Though the Civil War ended in April 1865, the conflict between Unionists and Confederates continued.

How would you react under fire?

In the 1970s, the United States faced challenges on a number of fronts.

Before 1930, the domestic market for electrical appliances was segmented, but New Deal policies and programs created a true mass market, reshaping the electrical and housing markets and guiding them toward mandated social goals.

In 1634, the Dutch West India Company was anxious to know why the fur trade from New Netherland had been declining, so the company sent three employees far into Iroquois country to investigate.

Learning to Forget analyzes the evolution of US counterinsurgency (COIN) doctrine over the last five decades.

In this new edition of her earliest collection of sermons Barbara Brown Taylor brings her down-to-earth wisdom and keen perspective to the Bible readings of the lectionary cycle.

This book tells the story of fashion workers engaged in the labor of design and the material making of New York fashion.

Though it may seem hard to believe, it took America's lawmakers some 110 years before they crafted legislation aimed at protecting the welfare of children.

In 1803, the United States purchased 828,000 square miles of land from France at a price of approximately three cents per acre, dramatically altering the young nation's geography and its political future.

Entre 1867 et 2000, le gouvernement canadien a placé plus de 150 000 enfants autochtones dans des pensionnats d’un bout à l’autre du pays.

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One of the leading thinkers to emerge in the postwar conservative intellectual revival was the sociologist Robert Nisbet.

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.

A Pulitzer Prize winning journalist reveals a history of the American mob with "e;perfect diabolical detail.

On December 13, 1937, the Japanese army attacked and captured the Chinese capital city of Nanjing, planting the rising-sun flag atop the city's outer walls.

As a Harvard alumnus, diplomat, U.

Established in 1789, the University of North Carolina is the oldest public university in the nation.

Winner of the ASCAP Nicolas Slonimsky Award for Outstanding Musical BiographyThe musical landscape of New York City and the United States of America would look quite different had it not been for William Schuman.

A richly textured account of what it means to be poor in AmericaBaltimore was once a vibrant manufacturing town, but today, with factory closings and steady job loss since the 1970s, it is home to some of the most impoverished neighborhoods in America.

The mixture of hostility and fascination with which native-born Protestants viewed the foreign practices of the immigrant church is the focus of Jenny Franchots cultural, literary, and religious history of Protestant attitudes toward Roman Catholicism in nineteenth-century America.

From the foremost authority on the famed Georgia barrier island, here is the first in-depth look at Jekyll Island's early history.

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.

A political biography of the first African American hero of the Civil WarA native of Beaufort, South Carolina, Robert Smalls was born into slavery but-through acts of remarkable courage and determination-became the first African American hero of the Civil War and one of the most influential African American politicians in South Carolina history.