History of the Americas

"e;The reader gets to play detective in four mysteries from Kentucky's past-the disappearances of James Harrod and "e;Honest Dick"e; Tate, the battlefield death of Indian chief Tecumseh, and the assassination of William Goebel.

Most towns did not have hospitals of their own before the mid-twentieth century, and Kentucky towns were no exception.

This is an account of a Native American family in central Kentucky in the year 1585.

The stakes for George Gordon Meade could not have been higher.

Born AgainSan Francisco Bay area stockbroker Taylor Helzer was young, handsome, and--to all outward appearances--normal.

The stakes for George Gordon Meade could not have been higher.

Here are three tragedies from early Kentucky history: the defeat of a small army of Kentuckians by Indians at Blue Licks in 1782, the murder of a slave by two of Thomas Jefferson's nephews in western Kentucky in 1807, and the bizarre Beauchamp-Sharp murder in Frankfort in 1825.

Here are three tragedies from early Kentucky history: the defeat of a small army of Kentuckians by Indians at Blue Licks in 1782, the murder of a slave by two of Thomas Jefferson's nephews in western Kentucky in 1807, and the bizarre Beauchamp-Sharp murder in Frankfort in 1825.

Liberty Fund is pleased to present this single-volume collection of Gouverneur Morris's writings.

In one volume, Democracy, Liberty, and Property provides an overview of the state constitutional conventions held in the 1820s.

Alexander Hamilton, trusted military aide and secretary to General George Washington, wrote to persuade.

Liberal ideas were very important in Argentina from the time of independence.

The Origin and Principles of the American Revolution is perhaps one of the most important books written on the American Revolution by a European author.

Observations on "e;The Two Sons of Oil"e; was written in 1811 in response to the Reverend Samuel B.

Adam Zamoyski first wrote his history of Poland two years before the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Mormonism, or the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is America's most successful-and most misunderstood-home grown religion.

Este texto busca explicar el tipo de cultura política que construyeron los funcionarios de gobierno, las élites políticas e intelectuales colombianas entre 1886 y 1938.

The early political culture of the American republic was so deeply influenced by the religious consciousness of the New England preachers that it was often through the political sermon that the political rhetoric of the period was formed, refined, and transmitted.

Many reference works offer compilations of critical documents covering individual liberty, local autonomy, constitutional order, and other issues that helped to shape the American political tradition.

La periferia de Santiago se expandió con fuerza desde finales del siglo XIX, a partir de la creación de municipalidades como Renca, San Miguel, Quinta Normal, Maipú y Conchalí, además del crecimiento de vastos sectores entonces pertenecientes a la comuna de Santiago, como Chuchunco (Estación Central), Avenida Vivaceta, Plaza Chacabuco (Independencia) y El Salto (Recoleta).

Used throughout the first half of the nineteenth century in schools and colleges, John Marshall's own abriEAment of his monumental five-volume biography of George Washington is now available in a Liberty Fund edition that once again brings the spirit of George Washington alive in America's classrooms.

Uncle John ropes, wrassles, and rides into the Lone Star State in this updated, king-sized grab-bag of all things Texas.

The Federalist, by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay, constitutes a text central to the American political tradition.

Rafael Uribe Uribe fue un experto conocedor de los asuntos políticos y agrícolas, a los que se dedicó con sus mejores esfuerzos como escritor, hacendado y diplomático.

No More Parades Ford Madox Ford - The second volume of Ford Madox Ford's Parade's End series, this fully annotated edition follows Christopher Tietjens, an officer and gentlemen, from the secure, orderly world of Edwardian England into the chaotic madness of World War I.

Surgieron posterior a 1978 las ONG que poblaron este espacio y que dotaron de nuevos brios a las investigaciones academicas y la intervencion social.

El presente trabajo busca, desde los fundamentos de la historia, contribuir con la construcción de ese anclaje y a dilucidar en algo esa pregunta perenne: quiénes somos y cuáles son nuestras raíces, lo que en esencia es interrogarnos sobre la formación de la nación colombiana.

Esta obra presenta una sistemática transcripción de las cartas dirigidas al rey y al Consejo de Indias por parte de la Real Audiencia de Santafé y sus oficiales durante la presidencia de don Juan de Borja (1605-1628).

The Present Age challenges readers to reexamine the role of the United States in the world since World War I.

No es que tengamos brújula propia, es que hemos perdido la ajena, escribía Pedro Henríquez Ureña en La Utopía de América (1925).

This discussion of the social order of an agricultural republic is Taylor's most popular and influential work.

Americans have always been a hard-drinking people, but from 1920 to 1933 the country went dry.

William Penn (1644-1718) played a crucial role in the articulation of religious liberty as a philosophical and political value during the second half of the seventeenth century and as a core element of the classical liberal tradition in general.

¿Por qué un hecho histórico tan innegable como la integración —el mestizaje, la mescolanza entre todo tipo de pueblos e ideas— ha dado lugar a historias tan distintas entre Canadá, México y Estados Unidos?

Se aborda aquí el proceso de colonización de la Patagonia desde tres puntos de vista: los gobiernos, las comunidades y el territorio, y se coloca a la ganadería ovina en la intersección de los tres a fin de demostrar su rol fundamental en la ocupación del territorio patagónico, la estructuración de su sociedad y la agresión ambiental, que es la desertificación.

Este libro revisa la historia de algunas profesiones para los casos argentino y chileno.

The Revolutionary Writings of John Adams presents the principal shorter writings in which Adams addresses the prospect of revolution and the form of government proper to the new United States.

In Democracy in America (1835) the Frenchman Alexis de Tocqueville interpreted American society through the lens of democratic political theory.

El tomo 3 reseña los esfuerzos por "modernizar" aspectos clave de la vida social, económica y política de México.

Cuerpos sociales, cuerpos sacrificiales conjuga con fortuna los muy diversos aspectos de la vida material y espiritual de la época y mantiene constante el interés en la recreación de una realidad pasada que se hizo presente nuevamente en el corporativismo contemporáneo.

El objetivo de esta obra consiste en analizar la composición de las principales instituciones de la capital del virreinato del Nuevo Reino de Granada con el fin de conocer quiénes formaban parte de las altas instancias rectoras de Santa Fe durante unan época caracterizada por grandes cambios administrativos.

Este libro busca comprender la forma en que se crearon y transformaron identidades alimenticias en el Nuevo Reino de Granada, durante los siglos XVI y XVII.