History

Explodes the fables that have been created about the civil rights movement

The civil rights movement has become national legend, lauded by presidents from Reagan to Obama to Trump, as proof of the power of American democracy.

Wassail songs are part of Welsh folk culture, but what exactly are they?

Journalist and author Ted Reinstein has reported all around New England for 25 years, telling the colorful stories of this historic yet ever-changing corner of America.

Myths and Mysteries of Florida reveals the dark and ominous cloud of mysteries and myths that hoversover the Sunshine State.

The French were the archenemies of the British and her American colonies, particularly after the French and Indian War which was begun by George Washington.

The history of the environmental movementfrom environmentalism of the nineteenth century to the environmental justice struggles of the late twentieth centuryhas often been portrayed as a series of efforts led by white environmentalists.

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Jim Cummings: Or, The Great Adams Express Robbery by A.

The first of two volumes on the social history of Wales in the period 1870-1948, People, Places and Passions concentrates on the social events and changes which created and forged Wales into the mid-twentieth century.

When we think about World War II bombers, we picture formations of scores of bombers, escorted and protected by fighters, flying into enemy territory and bombing the hell out of the enemy.

This book brings together the most current interpretations of the Wooing Group from scholars currently working on the fields of medieval spirituality, gender, and the anchoritic tradition, providing literary, theological, linguistic, and cultural context for the works associated with the Wooing Group (a collection of texts in English written by an unknown author in the late twelfth to early thirteenth centuries).

The King Behind The King by Warwick Deeping is a gripping historical fiction novel that delves into the intricate power dynamics and courtly drama of medieval England.

A History of Pantomime by R.

Monastic Wales - new approaches is an interdisciplinary collection of essays written by some of the leading scholars working on aspects of medieval Welsh history.

This book uses, principally but not only, a case study of the Denbighshire town of Ruthin to discuss both the significance of Englishness versus Welshness and of gender distinctions in the network of small Anglo-Welsh urban centres which emerged in north Wales following the English conquest of 1282.

In what ways do the politics of memory perpetuate gendered images of those directly affected by political violence in Chile?

The History of David Grieve: BOOK III STORM AND STRESS by Mrs.

Twenty-two years before Congress ever argued about how thirteen colonies should become one country, the same argument had already happened once — and failed completely.

What would separate Union and Confederate countries look like if the South had won the Civil War?

The Khedive's Country by George Manville Fenn is a captivating historical fiction adventure set in Egypt during the Victorian era.

History of Friedrich II of Prussia: Frederick the Great Volume XVI by Thomas Carlyle is a biographical work that delves into the life and reign of the influential Prussian monarch.

This study considers Welsh Jewry as a geographical whole and is the first to draw extensively on oral history sources, giving a voice back to the history of Welsh Jewry, which has long been a formal history of synagogue functionaries and institutions.

Journal of an African Cruiser by Horatio Bridge is a gripping naval memoir chronicling his maritime adventures and anti-slavery efforts along the African coast.

A collection of riveting stories about preternatural revenge.

In the early seventh century, the Slavic peoples of Central Europe had no kings, no written laws, no armies, and no political voice.

This is the first study of the early formative years of one of Wales's most important cultural organisations - Sianel Pedwar Cymru (S4C).

This book reflects on the life of Ding Tianque, an art student from the National School of Art in the Republic of China era.

Phil Gioia grew up an army brat during the decades after World War II.

In an era of commemoration, France's Colonial Legacies contributes to the debates taking place in France about the place of empire in the contemporary life of the nation, debates that have been underway since the 1990s and that now reach across public life and society with manifestations in the French parliament, media and universities.

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2006 in the subject History of Europe - Newer History, European Unification, grade: A, Marshall University, course: History - Senior Seminar, language: English, abstract: Since the beginning of modern nationhood, nationalism has been an important factor in building a nation.

The Welsh criminal justice system is unique.

A synthesis of the history of American interest in Greenland, which to this date has never been carried out.

Was migration from Victorian Cardiganshire simply a flight from rural poverty?

In November 1965, Ian Smiths white minority government in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) made a unilateral declaration of independence, breaking with Great Britain.

This is the first monographic study of the Semanario Erudito, one of the most important learned periodicals of late eighteenth-century Spain.

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This book sets out the options available to local housing authorities and housing associations, primarily by reference to England, in seeking to detect and act upon housing fraud.

History of Friedrich II of Prussia: Frederick the Great Volume II by Thomas Carlyle is a biographical work that delves into the life and reign of the influential Prussian monarch.

This book comprises of a re-publication of Thomas Matthew's 1910 edition of Welsh documents held in the Archives Nationale of France, together with new introductions to the original work and to its editor.

A Little Gay History of Wales tells the compelling story of Welsh LGBT life from the Middle Ages to the present day.

This volume presents eight scholarly contributions that provide a systematic and interdisciplinary analysis of the Persian Gulf and its islands from historical and political economy perspectives.

Was passiert, wenn der Damm eines gewaltigen industriellen Ruckhaltebeckens bricht und uber eine Million Kubikmeter eines stark atzenden, hochgiftigen Nebenprodukts der Aluminiumherstellung sich unaufhaltsam uber ahnungslose Dorfer ergieen?

This book conducts an in-depth analysis of mestizaje (cultural and racial mixture), recentering the voices and experiences of Asian Latinxs in Latinx theology.

Dieses Buch untersucht, wie scheinbare Klarheit in Urteilen Leben frisst, wo Beweise brockeln und Gesellschaft Opfer opfert.

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In From Back Alley to the Border, Alicia Gutierrez-Romine examines the history of criminal abortion in California and the role abortion providers played in exposing and exploiting the faults in Californias anti-abortion statute throughout the twentieth century.

Soul-Health explores the connection between reading and healing.