History of the Americas

A modern and current examination of Reconstruction that explains how the South in the aftermath of defeat in a total war, was still able to exhaust the will of the powerful North using asymmetric warfare.

This edition retains Browne's original introduction with its lucid exposition of events from 1858 to 1867.

"e;On February 19, 1942, President Franklin Roosevelt issued Executive Order 9066-the primary action that propelled the removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans.

The Nordlinger Ries and Steinheim Basin, two conspicuous geological structures in southern Germany, were traditionally viewed as somewhat enigmatic but nevertheless definitely volcanic edifices until they were finally recognized as impact craters in the 1960s.

Unequal Sisters has become a beloved and classic reader, providing an unparalleled resource for understanding women's history in the United States today.

Displaying Women explores the role of women in the representation of leisure in turn-of-the-century New York.

The Westons were among the most well-known abolitionists in antebellum Massachusetts, and each of the Weston sisters played an integral role in the family's work.

Was the Reformation a mistake?

Thousands of nuclear antiaircraft arms were designed, tested and deployed in the United States during Dwight D.

This book examines what makes the United States an exceptional society, what impact it has had abroad, and why these issues have mattered to Americans.

This book explores two critical strands in American Studies: policy conversations on legal and illegal immigration and social and educational conversations on diversity and multiculturalism.

Architecture and Social Behavior (1977) is a groundbreaking study that presents the findings from a five year programme of research concerned with evaluating the impact of architectural design on behavior.

The Espionage and Sedition Acts of 1917-1918 mark one of the most controversial moments in American history.

We are living in an age of conspiracy theories, whether it's enduring, widely held beliefs such as government involvement in the Kennedy assassination or alien activity at Roswell, fears of a powerful infiltrating group such as the Illuminati, Jews, Catholics, or communists, or modern fringe movements of varying popularity such as birtherism and trutherism.

Deceit, compromise, and betrayal were the painful costs of becoming American for many families.

Now in its second edition, this engaging text introduces readers to all the key developments in American history between 1900 and 2000.

In 1885, Louis Riel was charged with high treason, found guilty, and consequently executed for his role in Saskatchewan's North-West Rebellion.

The two works reprinted in this volume represent the pinnacle of the career of one of the most remarkable American archaeologists of the early 20th century, Clarence Bloomfield Moore.

On May 25th, 1946, after 22 years as a congressional secretary, Jane Pratt was elected as North Carolina's first congresswoman.

Bauer tells California history strictly through Native perspectives.

This book examines the World's Fairs that took place from the mid-nineteenth century to the 1930s, with a particular emphasis on Latin America.

Launched by Hugh Hefner in 1953, Playboy promoted an image of the young, affluent, single male-the man about town ensconced in a plush bachelor pad, in constant pursuit of female companionship and a good time.

During the first fifty years of the American cinema, the act of going to the movies was a risky process, fraught with a number of possible physical and moral dangers.

The United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA) was the first international organization to be established after the Second World War, and Canada played a key role in its formation.

Provides a compelling account of early American constitutionalism in the Founding era.

Prisoners of Myth is the first comprehensive history of the Tennessee Valley Authority from its creation to the present day.

Teachers across the country are seeking ways to make their multicultural classrooms come alive with student talk about content.

The first history of the bulldozer and its transformation from military weapon to essential tool for creating the post–World War II American landscape Although the decades following World War II stand out as an era of rapid growth and construction in the United States, those years were equally significant for large-scale destruction.

Between 1942 and 1945, the U.

From a Europe convulsed by revolutions to an assassination plot and international secret diplomacy, to conflict between major European powers which changed the strategic power balance, to the American Civil War, and finally, to Custer's Last Stand, this tumultuous vista is told through the life and times of a comparatively little-known but indomitable revolutionary.

This book recounts the transformation of American poor relief in the decades spanning the New Deal and the War on Poverty.

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.

Winner: Henry Adams PrizeThe Vietnam war continues to be the focus of intense controversy.

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Powerful ideas have the capacity to inspire great good.

Este libro señala y examina el cambio de paradigma experimentado en los últimos años por el campo de los estudios de memoria: un giro interseccional y epistemológico que desplaza espacial, temporal e ideológicamente la reflexión inmediata (testimonial) y mediata (transgeneracional) de la simbolización retrospectiva de los procesos represivos ocurridos durante las dictaduras cívico-militares latinoamericanas, proponiendo trabajar más allá de la ecuación víctima-victimario-testigo.

A well-educated, outspoken member of a politically prominent family in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Josie Underwood (1840-1923) left behind one of the few intimate accounts of the Civil War written by a southern woman sympathetic to the Union.

This book is a fascinating collection of carefully handpicked key texts and speeches from Chile's 1,000 Days of Revolution, previously unpublished in English.

This book provides a comprehensive overview of the rich and diverse tradition of social thought in Chile over the last century.

A basic feature of the modern US administrative state taken for granted by legal scholars but neglected by political scientists and historians is its strong judiciality.

For over a year, Railroad Bill eluded sheriffs, private detectives hired by the L&N line, and bounty hunters who traveled across the country to match guns with the legendary desperado.

Hot Art, Cold War - Northern and Western European Writing on American Art 1945-1990 is one of two text anthologies that trace the reception of American art in Europe during the Cold War era through primary sources.

History often identifies the Middle Ages as barbaric, superstitious, and bloody.

This book describes the impact of the American Civil War on the development of central state authority in the late nineteenth century.