History of the Americas

The ground upon which we stand is indeed holy and sacred as we hear in the Old Testament.

It is impossible to understand capitalism without analyzing slavery, an institution that tied together three world regions: Europe, the Americas, and Africa.

Extraordinary photos that reveal the social, economic, and cultural realities of the Black SouthA True Likeness showcases the extraordinary photography of Richard Samuel Roberts (1880-1935), who operated a studio in Columbia, South Carolina, from 1920 to 1935.

This historical study examines how free people of color in Charleston and Cartagena challenged the foundations of racial hierarchies in the Americas.

Mention the name Carlisle to any steam enthusiast of a certain age and they will probably conjure up an image of bygone days when Stanier and Gresley pacifics rubbed shoulders alongside each other within Citadel station whilst waiting to relieve incoming titled trains such as the Royal Scot and the Waverley.

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This extensive study suggests that, despite being one of the largest slaveholders in Virginia, Jefferson was consistent in his advocacy of human rights.

The South Carolina Historical Marker Program, established in 1936, has approved the installation of more than 1,700 interpretive plaques, each highlighting how places both grand and unassuming have played important roles in the history of the Palmetto State.

One of TIME's 100 Must Read Books of 2020 and one of Good Housekeeping's Best Books of the YearNamed one of the most anticipated books of the year by ELLE,Buzzfeed,Esquire,Bitch Media, Good Housekeeping, Electric Literature, Parade andBookRiotOne of the smartest young writers of her generation.

The story of a young artist who walked into the Southwestern desert and vanished, and the legends he left behind—includes his personal correspondence.

Praise for The Great Raid on Cabanatuan "e;An exciting narrative presented by a first-rate storyteller.

An "e;excellent biography"e; of General Washington's aide-de-camp, a daring soldier who advocated freeing slaves who served in the Continental Army (Journal of Military History).

For decades roughly 80 percent of commercial Broadway productions have failed to recoup their original investments.

The Washington Century chronicles the hundred-year rise of the nation's capital as it grew to become the most powerful city in the world -- a story made vivid through the history of three very different families, each representing an essential aspect of Washington: the Cafritzes, headed by a real estate mogul and his consummate hostess wife; the Boggs family, a political force in the ultimate political town; and the Hobsons, lead by a prominent black activist and civic leader in the first black-majority American city.

This in-depth Civil War study examines two early Union victories that were instrumental in deciding the conflict's ultimate outcome.

An investigation into who burned South Carolina's capital in 1865Who burned South Carolina's capital city on February 17, 1865?

Seventy-five years after the end of the Second World War the details of Soviet ships, their activities and fates remain an enigma to the West.

A complex look at California Nativeecological practicesas a modelfor environmental sustainabilityand conservation.

This biography attempts to set the record straight for a misunderstood military figure from the American Revolution.

Written for the Houghton Mifflin Riverside Biographical Series by William Garrott Brown, Andrew Jackson is an admiring retelling of the life of the 7th President of the United States.

After the Second World War, progressives and traditionalists waged a quieter battle over schools.

The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S.

The first comprehensive study of one of America's most gifted civil rights activists and political mavericksWhen civil rights leader Hosea Lorenzo Williams died in 2000, U.

"e;The definitive account of Union Maj.

The Conquest of Mexico is a brilliant account of the Spanish conquest of Mexico, written from a new and unfamiliar angle.

A collection of Civil War and Reconstruction era journalism by one of the most popular and acclaimed authors of the antebellum South.

A splendid piece of work.

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North and South Carolina are steeped in history-some of it supernatural.

The eminent political activist examines the principles and strategies of imperial violence and propaganda from American colonization to the modern day.

A comprehensive, illustrated history of North Carolina spanning from the colonial period to the twenty-first century.

Creole Composition is a collection featuring essays by scholars and teachers-researchers working with students in/from the Anglophone Caribbean.

Huell Howser, the exuberant, hugely popular host of California Gold and other California public-television shows, was always exclaiming to the camera, "e;Louie, take a look at this!

The smoke was thick, the music was loud, and the beer was flowing.

With growing concerns about the security, cost, and ecological consequences of energy use, people around the world are becoming more conscious of the systems that meet their daily needs for food, heat, cooling, light, transportation, communication, waste disposal, medicine, and goods.

A fascinating look at the private lives of prosperous landowners in antebellum South CarolinaOffering a richly textured picture of early national South Carolina, Richardson-Sinkler Connections includes more than 150 letters and documents left by the prominent Richardson and Sinkler families, who lived in the Santee region between Charleston and Columbia.

"e;Reconstruct[s] Civil War cold cases and crimes through the people who lived to tell about them .

The first people of African descent to live in what is now South Carolina, enslaved people living in the sixteenth century Spanish settlements of San Miguel de Gualdape and Santa Elena, arrived even before the first permanent English settlement was established in 1670.

North and South Carolina are steeped in history-some of it supernatural.

In these thirteen tales, Layne Livingston Anderson takes the reader on a guided tour of historical sites in Arkansas, focusing on legends passed down through the oral tradition.