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A Kansas Notable Book Nearing 60, William D. Street (1851–1911) sat down to write his memoir of frontier life. Street’s early years on the plains of western Kansas were both ordinary and extraordina……続きを見る

The Duchy of Warsaw, 1807-1815 is the first academic history of the state established by Napoleon in pre-partitioned Poland at the turn of the 19th century. The book examines the political, social a……続きを見る

In spite of the many historical studies of Irish Protestant migration to America in the eighteenth century, there is a noted lack of study in the transatlantic migration of Irish Protestants in the ……続きを見る

Abraham Lincoln’s Republican Party was the first party built on opposition to slavery to win on the national stageーbut its victory was rooted in the earlier efforts of under-appreciated antislavery……続きを見る

In the era of the Early Republic, Americans determined the meaning of their Revolution and laid the foundation for the United States’ later emergence as a world power. This bookprovides students wit……続きを見る

" La porte s'ouvrit : la divinité parut, éblouissante de beauté et de satisfaction. On eût dit un rayon argenté sortant d'un nuage d'azur ", rapporte un témoin. Dorothée de Courlande, duchesse de Di……続きを見る

"Drawing upon census data, trade periodicals devoted to stenography and court reporting, the writings of educational reformers, and fiction, Srole allows us to better understand the roles that gende……続きを見る

Here, the eminent historian Christopher Hibbert explores life in Victorian England, a time when the British Empire was at its height, when the prosperous English basked in the Pax Britannica and tho……続きを見る

Compiled at Saint Petersburg during the year from 1837 and 1851, the Historical Description of the Clothing and Arms of the Russian Army has had an enormous impact and great importance for the study……続きを見る

Compiled at Saint Petersburg during the year from 1837 and 1851, the Historical Description of the Clothing and Arms of the Russian Army has had an enormous impact and great importance for the study……続きを見る

Compiled at Saint Petersburg during the year from 1837 and 1851, the Historical Description of the Clothing and Arms of the Russian Army has had an enormous impact and great importance for the study……続きを見る

A History of Modern Europe surveys European history from the defeat of Napoleon to the twenty-first century, presenting major historical themes in an authoritative and compelling narrative. Concise……続きを見る

In a real-life version of Little Big Man comes Indian captive narrative of Herman Lehmann. He was captured as a boy in 1870 and lived for nine years among the Apaches and Comanches. Long considered ……続きを見る

Can you truly visualize today what it meant to cross America's Great Plains in the mid-19th century? It was a wondrous, perilous, oftentimes fatal journey without assurance of a successful life at t……続きを見る

"...we had youth in our favor, and an indomitable will to succeed, and I have since learned by experience that a kind providence watches over fools and children." So begins Lavinia Honeyman Porter i……続きを見る

"I have counted, in the last ten miles three hundred sixty-two wagons, which in the States cost about $120 each. The cause of so many wagons being abandoned, is to endeavor to save the animals and r……続きを見る

Dispensing 52-caliber death at long distance was their specialty and it made them a favorite target. With their Colts, Sharps, and Whitworth globe rifles, led by one of the world's premier marksmen,……続きを見る

This edition contains Vol. I & II, Abridged, Annotated By any account, Edward Henry Harriman was a fascinating individual and a titan of the railroad industry. What Rockefeller was to oil, Harriman ……続きを見る

Une plongée dans l'enfer de l'archipel des bagnes militaires français. Biribi était le nom donné, au XIXe siècle, aux bagnes militaires installés par l'armée française en Afrique du Nord pour se déb……続きを見る

Did you know... - Snake Hill is located in Secaucus, New Jersey, less than 15 minutes from Times Square through the Lincoln Tunnel- As early as 1874, Hudson County had horse-drawn ambulances made sp……続きを見る

Renunciation as a creative force in the careers of writers, philosophers, and artists is the animating idea behind Ross Posnock’s new book. Taking up acts of abandonment, rejection, and refusal that……続きを見る

In Praising Girls, Henrietta Rix Wood explores how ordinary schoolgirls engaged in extraordinary rhetorical activities during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in the United States. ……続きを見る

Harvard Law School is the oldest and, arguably, the most influential law school in the nation. U.S. presidents, Supreme Court justices, and foreign heads of state, along with senators, congressional……続きを見る

The Swan name is inseparable from the history of Wyoming and the West, and when Swan made his mark in Wyoming in the 1880s, ranching was king. The largest among Alex Swan’s many corporate creations,……続きを見る

A delightful collection of notorious crimes and criminals from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Bootleggers, murderers, train robbers, and safe crackers all have their crimes profiled along w……続きを見る

Celebrated showman of the Old West, William F. “Buffalo Bill” Cody took on another role unknown to most Americans, that of the western land developer and town promoter. In this captivating study, Ro……続きを見る

Bringing together Custer, Sherman, Grant, and other fascinating military and political figures, as well as great native leaders such as Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, and Geronimo, this “sweeping work o……続きを見る

In postrevolutionary America, the autonomous individual was both the linchpin of a young nation and a threat to the founders’ vision of ordered liberty. Conceiving of self-government as a psychologi……続きを見る

Het grootse en inspirerende verhaal achter het digitale tijdperk De computer en het internet zijn de belangrijkste uitvindingen van onze tijd, maar weinig mensen weten wie ze heeft uitgevonden. Dit ……続きを見る

Het leven van Hortense de Beauharnais (1783-1837) was een aaneenschakeling van riskante avonturen. Als kind moest ze met haar moeder van het paradijselijke eiland Martinique naar Frankrijk vluchten,……続きを見る