History of the Americas

This volume in Oxford's A Very Short Introduction series offers a concise, readable narrative of the vast span of American history, from the earliest human migrations to the early twenty-first century when the United States loomed as a global power and comprised a complex multi-cultural society of more than 300 million people.

There is no foot of American soil richer in historical incident than the point of land at the confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers.

The era known as Reconstruction is one of the unhappiest times in American history.

For three hundred years the ghetto defined Jewish culture in the late medieval and early modern period in Western Europe.

In the late 1950s and early 1960s, the writers of the Beat Generation revolutionized American literature with their iconoclastic approach to language and their angry assault on the conformity and conservatism of postwar society.

The civil rights movement was among the most important historical developments of the twentieth century and one of the most remarkable mass movements in American history.

In the traditional narrative of American colonial history, early European settlements, as well as native peoples and African slaves, were treated in passing as unfortunate aberrations in a fundamentally upbeat story of Englishmen becoming freer and more prosperous by colonizing an abundant continent of "e;free land.

The Altar of the Dead Henry James - The Altar of the Dead is a short story by Henry James, first published in his collection Terminations in 1895.

In 1607, Powhatan teenager Pocahontas first encountered English settlers when John Smith was brought to her village as a captive.

Mujer de rara belleza, sensual y seductora: esa es la imagen creada y difundida sobre Dona Beija, un personaje conocido internacionalmente a través de una telenovela, pero ignorado —hasta ahora— como objeto de interés académico.

The story of Miami, as related in these pages, is a record of the city's progress; the vicissitudes of its pioneers, their activities, faibles, contentions, ideals and aspirations.

'It was said to me, "e;Better have a little of the plantation manner of speech than not; 'tis not best that you seem too learned.

The era known as Reconstruction is one of the unhappiest times in American history.

A 2012 survey by the Pew Research Center reported that Asian Americans are the best-educated, highest-income, and best-assimilated racial group in the United States.

The iconic images of Uncle Sam and Marilyn Monroe, or the "e;fireside chats"e; of Franklin D.

Un proverbio aimara dice "Hay que mirar el futuro, viviendo el presente.

Books about the national capital are always in order.

John Koren gives insights into the story of Boston as a municipality since its inception in 1822 until the year 1922, with its changing forms of government and its multitudinous activities for the betterment of conditions of living.

El gobierno de Cárdenas se distinguió por los graves problemas que lo afectaron y la manera brillante como los resolvió; entre los más arduos se encuentran la expropiación petrolera y la de los ferrocarriles, la reforma agraria y la socialización de la educación.

From early slave rebels to radical reformers of the Civil War era and beyond, the struggle to end slavery was a diverse, dynamic, and ramifying social movement.

Here is a brisk, accessible, and vivid introduction to arguably the most important event in the history of the United States--the American Revolution.

This little book is not so much a guide book in itself as an introduction or key to local guides,or a preparation for conversation with intelligent Boston people, who will meet a newcomer into that town.

The Quakers are a fascinating religious group both in their origins and in the variety of reinterpretations of the faith since.

In his facile, chatty way the author tells of the city's marvelous growth, taking us from the Loop through that Olympus of Chicago, the Lake Shore Drive to Oak Park and South Chicago.

Uno de los grandes riesgos de las síntesis históricas es que al darle forma a los procesos de cambio que modifican de raíz una sociedad en un lapso de tiempo se pierden de vista las pequeñas historias de los grupos sociales participantes en los grandes movimientos.

The Maya forged one of the greatest societies in the history of the ancient Americas - and in all of human history.

El libro reúne una cuidadosa selección de documentos, ordenanzas, cartas y todo tipo de relaciones administrativas que nos ilustran no solamente de las dotes organizativas del conquistador, sino del sutil y agudo sentido de la estrategia política que Hernán Cortés puso al servicio de la consolidación del poder y el dominio españoles en los primeros años de la Colonia.

The Founding Fathers is a concise, accessible overview of the brilliant, flawed, and quarrelsome group of lawyers, politicians, merchants, military men, and clergy known as "e;the Founding Fathers"e;--who got as close to the ideal of the Platonic "e;philosopher-kings"e; as American or world history has ever seen.

William Paterson is best known to history as the spokesman of "e;the New Jersey plan"e; in the Federal Convention, intended to preserve the rights of the smaller States against their larger sisters.

"e;They called it the Reagan revolution,"e; Ronald Reagan noted in his Farewell Address.

The New Deal shaped our nation's politics for decades, and was seen by many as tantamount to the "e;American Way"e; itself.

Part geographical location, part time period, and part state of mind, the American West is a concept often invoked but rarely defined.

A vivid account of the literary culture of the Spanish-speaking Americas from the time of Columbus to Latin American Independence, this Very Short Introduction explores the origins of Latin American literature in Spanish and tells the story of how Spanish literary language developed and flourished in the New World.

Para ordenar la historia de la gran megalópolis en que se ha convertido la ciudad de México, el autor ha elegido el camino inverso al que tradicionalmente adopta el historiador: en lugar de partir de los orígenes, empieza su recorrido en la moderna ciudad del siglo XX para retroceder en el tiempo hasta llegar a la gran Tenochtitlán y regresar después a la actual metrópoli posmoderna.

Since the first English settlers landed at Jamestown with the legacy of centuries of European warfare in tow, the military has been an omnipresent part of America.

The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin is a timeless literary treasure that offers readers a fascinating glimpse into the life and mind of one of America's most iconic founding fathers.