History of the Americas

A vivid account of the literary culture of the Spanish-speaking Americas from the time of Columbus to Latin American Independence, this Very Short Introduction explores the origins of Latin American literature in Spanish and tells the story of how Spanish literary language developed and flourished in the New World.

The Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) was founded in 1924 as a sort of federal air service, carrying out civilian-type operations for Ottawa.

A Leading Catholic Teacher Offers a Biblical Theology of MarriageThe Catholic Biblical Theology of the Sacraments series provides readers with a deeper appreciation of God's gifts and call in the sacraments through a renewed encounter with God's Word.

In June 1864, Grant attempted to seize the Confederate rail hub of Petersburg, Virginia.

The Assassination of President Lincoln: And the Trial of the Conspirators David E.

An impassioned meditation on American identity and its ebb and flow through the Capitals great waterwayAs she walks the length of the Potomac River, clambering up its banks and sounding its depths, Charlotte Taylor Fryar examines the geography and ecology of Washington, D.

In the early hours of 22 November 1970, six Portuguese warships surrounded Conakry, the capital of the Republic of Guinea, on the West African coast.

An insight to the often unseen civilian life in a modern war zone.

This work documents the many roles filled by Southern blacks in the last decades of slavery, the Civil War years, and the following period of Reconstruction.

An insight to the often unseen civilian life in a modern war zone.

The important story of an interracial family that can be traced through multiple generations and into the 21st century.

The important story of an interracial family that can be traced through multiple generations and into the 21st century.

Originating under the leadership of the late Burdett Loomis, Reform and Reaction tells the complex story of recent Kansas politics, beginning in the 1960s and concluding with the reversal of Governor Sam Brownbacks red-state policies in the 2016 and 2018 elections.

Neu-Deutschland in Texas: Die Erlebnisse der ersten Siedler 1844 bis 1848.

Originating under the leadership of the late Burdett Loomis, Reform and Reaction tells the complex story of recent Kansas politics, beginning in the 1960s and concluding with the reversal of Governor Sam Brownbacks red-state policies in the 2016 and 2018 elections.

In the early hours of 22 November 1970, six Portuguese warships surrounded Conakry, the capital of the Republic of Guinea, on the West African coast.

In most branches of knowledge the phenomena the man of science has to deal with have their technical names; and, when using a scientific term, he need not have regard to the meaning this term conveys in ordinary language; he knows he will not be misunderstood by his fellow-scientists.

First published in 1982, Worldwide Family History is an essential reference and guide for the professional genealogist and the interested amateur alike.

How abolitionists persuaded people of their personal complicity with slavery to advance the cause of freedomGrievous Entanglement explores the most common way that people in the Atlantic world came to understand their personal connection to, and complicity with, slavery in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries: consumption.

Im trockenen Küstengebiet Nordperus erhebt sich ein archäologisches Wunder: Die Pyramiden von Túcume, eine der beeindruckendsten und geheimnisvollsten Stätten präkolumbianischer Baukunst.

In the spring of 1916, an unknown photographer captured the heart of Prescott, Arizona.