In his book Imagining America (originally published in 1980), Peter Conrad shows how the English literary imagination over the course of a century devised for itself a contradictory series of ideal or alarming Americas which it then sets out to actualize.
There are few places where mobility has shaped identity as widely as the American West, but some locations and populations sit at its major crossroads, maintaining control over place and mobility, labor and race.
This book explores the identity of American Indians from an Indigenous perspective and how outside influences throughout history, from the arrival of Columbus in 1492 to the twenty-first century, have affected Native people.
Descubre la intensa lucha entre el bien y el mal en la Argentina de principios del siglo XX a través de El hombre del sótano y otros relatos policiales.
This lavishly illustrated book provides a unique insight into the evolution of mapmaking and the science behind it, from the stone age to the digital age.
En este libro profundo y clarificador, Jorge Argüello explica como la potencia norteamericana se encuentra profundamente dividida, tironeada entre dos almas: media sociedad reclama una restauración nostálgica que recupere un pasado dorado, mientras que otra busca con entusiasmo abrirse a lo nuevo, al futuro.
Dive into the extraordinary life of the 26th President of the United States with Henry Pringle's meticulously researched and captivating biography, "e;Theodore Roosevelt: A Biography.
La vida y obra de José Mexía Lequerica han sido tratadas por diversos historiadores, con énfasis en sus tres últimos años de vida cuando brilló como diputado en las Cortes de Cádiz.
This carefully crafted collection of Sara Agnes Rice Pryor's works is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:The Mother of Washington and her TimesReminiscences of Peace and WarThe Birth of the Nation: Jamestown, 1607Autobiography of Sara Agnes Rice Pryor - My Day: Reminiscences of a Long Life
In einer Zeit des Umbruchs und der kolonialen Eroberung erhebt sich Túpac Amaru als letzter König der Inkas, um das Erbe seines Volkes gegen die übermächtige spanische Kolonialherrschaft zu verteidigen.
This carefully crafted ebook: "e;The French and Indian War"e; is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents:The Hunters of the Hills: A Story of the French and Indian WarThe Shadow of the North: A Story of Old New York and a Lost Campaign The Rulers of the Lakes: A Story of George and ChamplainThe Masters of the Peaks: A Story of the Great North Woods The Lords of the Wild: A Story of the Old New York Border The Sun of Quebec: A Story of a Great Crisis
A Narrative of Colonel Ethan Allen's Captivity by Ethan Allen is a gripping first-person account of the trials and tribulations faced by one of America's most legendary Revolutionary War heroes.
This collection presents you with the biographies of fifty-eight individuals, some of them famous names, some forgotten men of the past, but all crucial in the accomplishment of a single object, the independence of the United State:Thomas JeffersonJohn HancockBenjamin FranklinRoger ShermanEdward RutledgeThomas M'KeanPhilip LivingstonGeorge WytheAbraham ClarkFrancis LewisRichard StocktonSamuel AdamsDr.
The life and times of Dante's soaring poetic allegory of the soul's redemptive journey toward GodWritten during his exile from Florence in the early 1300s, Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy describes the poet's travels through hell, purgatory, and paradise, exploring the state of the human soul after death.
Beneath the surface of the apparently untutored and deceptively frank Abraham Lincoln ran private tunnels of self-taught study, a restless philosophical curiosity, and a profound grasp of the fundamentals of democracy.
The following account of the Central Eskimo contains chiefly the results of the author's own observations and collections made during a journey to Cumberland Sound and Davis Strait, supplemented by extracts from the reports of other travelers.
Ganz allmählich tritt seit einem halben Jahrhundert ein neues Bewusstsein in unsere Welt, ein Bewusstsein, das sich mit Begriffen wie transzendental und spirituell bezeichnen lässt.
This book shares the life narrative of Deysi Quinones to shed light on the intricate relationship between her life and the wider cultural, political, social, and historical contexts of the Dominican Republic.
This book is about the grassroots community revitalization movement in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and Lyon, France, between 1980 and 2010, an extension of the post-WWII civil rights campaign that is rarely considered.
