History of the Americas

Though few of us now live close to the soil, the world we inhabit has been sculpted by our long national saga of settlement.

A guided tour of historic Unionville, a little Ontario village bursting with historic buildings full of stories.

Winner: Avery O.

In The Unvarnished Doctrine, Steven M.

Reveals how British officials attempted to understand and impose order on northern Belize during the second half of the nineteenth century.

One week after the infamous June 1876 Battle of the Little Big Horn, when news of the defeat of General George Armstrong Custer and his 7th Cavalry troops reached the American public, Sitting Bull became the most wanted hostile Indian in America.

Establishing a 'missed link' between the work of Piero Manzoni and Helio Oiticica and their respective cultural contexts, this book sheds new light on overlooked aspects of these two artists' practices, particularly focusing on the shift from painting to performance in the long 1960s.

A classic work of Latin American literature, Domingo Sarmiento's Facundo has become an integral part of the history, politics, and culture of Latin America since its first publication in 1845.

Orson Welles's greatest breakthrough into the popular consciousness occurred in 1938, three years before Citizen Kane, when his War of the Worlds radio broadcast succeeded so spectacularly that terrified listeners believed they were hearing a genuine report of an alien invasion-a landmark in the history of radio's powerful relationship with its audience.

This book follows the 7th Tennessee Infantry Regiment from their May 1861 mustering-in to the war's final moments at Appomattox in April 1865.

In Policing Show Business, Francis MacDonnell explores the starring role played by J.

Here are the fascinating stories of twenty-three little-known but remarkable inhabitants of the Spanish, English, and Portuguese colonies of the New World between the 16th and the 19th centuries.

How have power and agency been revealed in educational issues involving minorities?

The congregants thanked God that they werent like all those hopeless people outside the church, bound for hell.

In Moby-Dick, Ishmael declares, "e;Be it known that, waiving all argument, I take the good old fashioned ground that a whale is a fish, and call upon holy Jonah to back me.

The horrors of the First World War were the product of a new and unprecedented type of industrial warfare.

Brigham Young was one of the most influential-and controversial-Mormon leaders in American history.

Reminding readers that the Cold War was actually a time of hot wars, spying, murders, defections, shoot downs of reconnaissance aircraft, and a space race, the authors uncover some unknown or long-forgotten incidents of the period.

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The late nineteenth century was a golden age for European travel in the United States.

On the night of November 29, 1988, near the impoverished Marlborough neighborhood in south Kansas City, an explosion at a construction site killed six of the citys firefighters.

Whatever Principles are imbibed at College will run thro' a Man's whole future Conduct.

The invention of the telephone is a subject of great controversy, central is which is the patent issued to Alexander Graham Bell on March 7, 1876.

From One of the Greatest Leaders in American History, a Collection of the Words and Writings that Inspired a Generation of Americans to Become the Greatest Generation In just under three decades of public life, Franklin Delano Roosevelt rose to become one of the greatest orators and leaders in American history.

The Soviet response to the first edition of Reflections has been a prime example of the new openness under glasnost in discussing previously taboo subjects.

This book brings together world-renowned experts and rising scholars to provide a collection of chapters examining the long-term impact of historical events on modern-day economic and political developments in Latin America.

Winner: George Pendleton PrizeWith the landmark election of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in 1932, decades of Republican ascendancy gave way to a half century of Democratic dominance.

This book explores the lasting legacy of the controversial project by the Congress for Cultural Freedom, funded by the CIA, to promote Western culture and liberal values in the battle of ideas with global Communism during the Cold War.

William Hickling Prescott's History of the Conquest of Mexico presents the conquest of Mexico between 1519 and 1521 in four volumes.

Drawing Liberalism is the first book-length critical examination of the political and social impact of the political cartoonist Herbert Block-popularly known as Herblock.

The fur trade was the heart of the French empire in early North America.

George Whitefield (1714-70) was one of the best known and most widely travelled evangelical revivalist in the eighteenth century.

Invisible Subjects broadens the archive of Asian American studies, using advances in Asian American history and historiography to reinterpret the politics of the major figures of post-World War II American literature and criticism.

The economic impact of free trade among the North Atlantic countries on the Canadian pulp and paper industry is here discussed in a detailed analysis of costs and marketing.

Race has been present at every critical moment in American political development, shaping political institutions, political discourse, public policy, and its denizens' political identities.

Who were the men who led America's first expeditions into space?

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An illuminating account of the history-making friendship between RFK and the chief of staff to JFK-a bond built on shared ideals, but severed by tragedy.

The vast space of the American West that has been designated as the state of Montana is such a diverse and varied landscape that it's been said it could easily be sliced up into several smaller states.

The Twilight Zone is remembered as a science fiction television series that reflected the uneasiness of Cold War America.

In Tennessee in the early months of 1862, Ulysses S.

Judge Mac Swinford was one of the longest-serving federal judges in United States history.

From the Shakers to the Branch Davidians, America's communal utopians have captured the popular imagination.

Today, people from various parts of the world who are interested in helping fellow human beings impacted by famine, epidemics, wars, and poverty are uniquely positioned.

This book provides a long-needed overview of the Chicana and Chicano movement's social history as it grew, flourished, and then slowly fragmented.

Why have some working women succeeded at organizing in spite of obstacles to labor activity?

Winner: Ohioana Book AwardWho was the real Rutherford B.