The European explorers were the first to find the evidence of earlier civilizations who built monumental earthwork mounds, ceremonial complexes and cities in the Mississippi and Ohio River Valleys.
';Sunday, August 6, 1899, is a date that for many years will be held in memory as signalizing the most dreadful accident that has ever occurred within the boundaries of the state of Maine.
Siege at the State House tells the true story of a coup that was attempted between Maine's governor and the leaders of a new political party, almost plunging the United States into its second Civil War.
Shaker Fancy Goods tells the story of the Shaker Sisters of the nineteenth and early twentieth century who responded to the economic perils of the Industrial Revolution by inventing a lucrative industry of their ownFancy Goods, a Victorian term for small adorned household objects made by women for women.
The modern lobster boat has evolved slowly over decades to become the craft it is today: seaworthy, strong, fast, and trusted implicitly by the lobstermen and women to get the job done and get them home, each and every time, through the most terrifying--and sometimes life-threatening--conditions that the sea can dish up.
Using iconic images and many not so well-known illustrations, Nostalgic Florida is apictorial history of all that has come to represent Florida in print media.
Cathedrals of War tells the story ofFlorida's coastal fortifications from Amelia Island on the Florida/Georgia border, to Key West, the Dry Tortugas, an atoll midway between Key West and Havana, Cuba and Pensacola on Florida's west coast.
Civil War historian and celebrated author Philip Van Doren Stern presents an underground history woven from first hand accounts of Civil War spies, scouts, detectives and double agents.
This beautifully illustrated book presents a vivid account of the American Indian experience as seen through the eyes of Charles Eastman (Ohiyesa), the first and greatest of the Native American authors.
Thrilling and informative guide to the life and death of JFKIdeal for fans of In Cold Blood and Oliver Stone's JFKRevised and expanded version of DiEugenio's original bookTwenty years ago, before the ages of Obama and Trump, James DiEugenio wrote the first edition of Destiny Betrayed.
En 1910, Manuel Díaz Rodríguez publicó Camino de perfección donde expuso con claridad e impecable estilo el credo estético del movimiento modernista: el ajuste perfecto entre la idea y la palabra.
En las Memorias de Rafael de Nogales Méndez, cuenta las aventuras que vivió en numerosos países, describiendo con deleite a sus amigos, relaciones, actividades y costumbres.
El devenir de la construcción del proceso democrático reciente, ha desplegado diversas instancias de reflexiones críticas al modo de abordar la Cuestión Malvinas y de los procesos posteriores de reflexión.
¿Cómo pudo mantener el Cabildo de Buenos Aires una participación activa en los acontecimientos que jalonaron el período tardocolonial, en un contexto de reformismo borbónico tendiente a controlar y limitar a esos cuerpos?
Este libro tiene por objeto el análisis del ejercicio de la soberanía de la provincia de Mendoza en un período de tiempo (1831-1852) en que formalmente los territorios rioplatenses estaban organizados en forma de una confederación.
Desde finales del siglo XX surgieron o resurgieron en la Argentina identidades indígenas que, como los huarpes de Cuyo, se consideraban extinguidas durante el período colonial temprano.
Los trabajos aquí presentados fueron expuestos en una reunión de la Red de Estudios Rurales convocada al efecto en el Instituto Ravignani el 18 y 19 de octubre de 2012 bajo el título "Coyunturas críticas y movilización popular en el largo siglo XIX".
El peronismo no compone una realidad palmaria que está allí, una sustancia histórica en el pasado ante la cual el pensamiento laborioso en los archivos se reconoce en su capacidad reflexiva.
Montana is home to two of America's most popular national parks, and many of the twelve million visitors who travel to Big Sky Country each year include both Glacier and Yellowstone in their plans.
When the Island had Fish is the story of a tiny island, Vinalhaven Maine, that offers a close look at the significant history of Maine fishing particularly, but also offers perspective on the impact of industrialized fishing on small fishing villages all over the United States and the world.
Following the events of January 6, 2021, talk of vigilantes and mob violence have become a part of our daily discourse, reminding us that we haven't come as far as we thought from the ';wild' days of the Old West.
Con oficio y destreza de artesana María Elena Barral ha logrado reconstruir una historia que hasta hace poco habría sido siquiera imposible de imaginar.
