Local history

This seminal book, The California Gold Rush, offers a sweeping narrative of one of the most transformative events in American history.

This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.

God of the Whirlwind demonstrates the power of storytelling traditions to carry memories and shape ways of living by assembling stories from members of the Black Waco community--stories that have been passed on and that have sustained life in Central Texas.

Therags to richesstory ofSilicon Valleys original disruptor.

This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.

This title is part of UC Presss Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press's mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.

From the Gold Rush to rush hour, the history of the American West is fraught with diverse, subversive, and at times downright eccentric elements.

The crippling custom of footbinding is the thematic touchstone for Judy Yung's engrossing study of Chinese American women during the first half of the twentieth century.

This seminal book, The California Gold Rush, offers a sweeping narrative of one of the most transformative events in American history.

Ayrshire has a rich and varied history.

This book is sure to attract history buffs as it provides a rich backdrop to the story.

The Isle of Lismore has a long reputation as a holy island, beginning with the foundation of a monastery by St Moluag in the sixth century, when it became a major centre of Christianity.

In his valuable study of the conditions of the Bedouins and tribes in the Arab countries, the author relied on his observations and observations resulting from his living with the endemic or semi-endemic tribes and clans on the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates, in addition to his knowledge of what was written about those areas by orientalists and Arab specialists, gathering the common denominators of the conditions of the Bedouins and tribes, He classified them smoothly and concisely.

Is Jerusalem, whose name is allegedly mentioned in the Torah, the same city mentioned in the Holy Book of Judaism as "Jerusalem," and do the two names together indicate one specific place, as the contemporary Israeli narrative says?

Stories of death and villainy will always hold us in their grim but thrilling grip.

Read about the installation of water and sewer lines.

With modern weather forecasting, we can monitor, track, and predict the path of hurricanes like never before.

Barnsley and the surrounding area has a dark and sinister past.

The landscape and people are the two most distinctive qualities of the Yorkshire Dales, and this book employs new sources and methods to help the reader see both in a different light.

The Making of Huddersfield' is not a systematic and chronological account of Huddersfield's growth but a series of illuminating snapshots which bring to life numerous aspects of the town and its surrounding area.

Foul Deeds and Suspicious Deaths in Leeds' is a collection of detailed accounts of foul deeds, usually murders, in the Leeds region during the period 1807-1926.

Many people in Brazoria County, Texas, are unaware that a lumbering industry exists or has ever existed in the county.

What is life like as a football club chairman?

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New Mexico is a land of crisis; steps must be taken to improve the lives of its residents.

Wars affect everyone.

Norwich, in common with most English cities, suffered enemy air attack and during a period of almost three and a half years bombs were dropped in every part of the city.

As one might expect from a county with the motto 'Invicta' (Unconquered), Kent has produced her fair share of military heroes.

Isle of Man at War 1939-45 presents the remarkable story of the Manx people, and their homeland, in the most destructive conflict of the twentieth century.

The Aspects series takes the readers on a voyage of nostalgic discovery through their town, city or area.