History of the Americas

This book revises the picture of the glittering Chicago of impressive mansions and museums; it exposes the city's corrupt underbelly and the realities of life in an age which is often assumed to have been simpler and more moral than ours.

The first comprehensive narrative of the South Carolina state capitol and the history enshrined in its monuments from 1787 to the presentThe South Carolina State House grounds are a work in progress-a cultural landscape of human-built and natural components connected physically, conceptually, and aesthetically.

This "e;admirably detailed and thoroughly welcome history"e; provides a fascinating examination of a pivotal moment in the evolution of economic theory (The Economist).

"e;The compelling story of a colony besieged by meteorological, epidemiological, economic, and manmade catastrophes only to arise like the phoenix.

The Israeli Palestinian conflict has resulted in the longest-standing refugee crisis in the world today.

A detailed history of one week during the Civil War in which the American president assumed control of the nation's military.

A historian chronicles the life of the Union Civil War general while recounting his own unusual journey during his investigation into the past.

Who doesn't love the bustle and jangle, the smells, the sounds, the energy, and the tastes of a lively state fair?

From animal paths to superhighways, transportation has been the backbone of American expansion and growth.

This "e;admirably detailed and thoroughly welcome history"e; provides a fascinating examination of a pivotal moment in the evolution of economic theory (The Economist).

This participatory approach actively engages students in their own American history education.

A comprehensive study of the oyster shell building material of the South Carolina LowcountryBeaufort, South Carolina,is well known for its historical architecture, but perhaps none is quite as remarkable as those edifices formed by tabby, sometimes called coastal concrete, comprising a mixture of lime, sand, water, and oyster shells.

First published in 1946, this atmospheric memoir of the battle of the Atlantic offers one of the most original accounts of war at sea aboard a corvette, escorting convoys in both the North and South Atlantic.

This is a biography of my time in the United States Marine Corps from 1966 to 1969.

The signs are there: our coastal cities are increasingly susceptible to flooding as the climate changes.

This award-winning history of the Sioux in the 19th century ranges from its forced migration to the reservation to the Wounded Knee Massacre.

Biden''s nomination was no fluke: it was a strategic choice by a party that had elevated electability above other concerns.

What kind of document is the United States Constitution and how does that characterization affect its meaning?

During the hot summer of 1906, anger simmered in Atlanta, a city that outwardly savored its reputation as the Gate City of the New South, a place where the races lived peacefully, if apart, and everyone focused more on prosperity than prejudice.

Ronald Reagan: 100 Years is the official centennial publication from the Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation.

"e;Both the sources he employs and the scope of his study set his work apart from all that have precede it.

In 1799, the murder of a young woman caused a terrific stir in the city of New York.

The rich history of the Native American brims with agriculture, hunting, crafts, music, culinary arts, storytelling, religious culture, battle prowess, medicine, and mythology.

Circles is an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson, first published in 1841.

"e;Stories of personal tragedy, economic hardship, and personal conviction .

46 Years"e;It's been forty-six years since I left Vietnam.

Trapped in a world of brutal physical punishment and unremitting, back-breaking labor, Frederick Douglass mused that it was the friendships he shared with other enslaved men that carried him through his darkest days.

The renowned activist's lectures on Cold War foreign policy delivered in Nicaragua during the US-backed war against the Sandinista government.

Widely remembered as a time of heated debate over the westward expansion of slavery, the 1850s in the United States was also a period of mass immigration.

While the influence of racial policy has long been a factor in American foreign policy, one particularly evident example is U.

"e;The compelling story of a colony besieged by meteorological, epidemiological, economic, and manmade catastrophes only to arise like the phoenix.

Artificial Intelligence meets Gettysburg.

How did a top American diplomat's contrarian views on U.

Organizers, activists, artists and community members share their struggles in New Orleans before and after Hurricane Katrina.

A study of early transatlantic trade in South Carolina that exposes the divisive complexity that led to warLondon's "e;Carolina traders,"e; a little-known group of transatlantic merchants, played a pivotal but historically neglected role in the rise of tensions in the South Carolina lowcountry.

A study of the Supreme Court tenure of the only US president to serve as chief justice provides a unique perspective on 1920s America.

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.

Em 31 de dezembro de 2001 foram definitivamente eliminadas as prefeituras da Venezuela.