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This book discusses examples of how the U.S. Founding Fathers were influenced and inspired by Chinese agriculture, architecture, and philosophy. China, then one of the most stable and powerful civil……続きを見る

The poems contained in this group were written over a two-year period that began with a visit to Chinle and the Canyon de Chelly Navajo lands near the Four Corners in Arizona. Nowhere is the tragedy……続きを見る

One of the finest historians of her generation, Jan Ellen Lewis (1949-2018) transformed our understanding of the early U.S. Republic. Her groundbreaking essays defined the emerging fields of gender ……続きを見る

Times were hard in the 1620. The arrival of the Pilgrims has affected the Natives deeply. New customs and traditions were observed and so, acceptance was slow. On the other hand, the Pilgrims had to……続きを見る

A sweeping history of early American trade and the foundation of the American economy In a single, readily digestible, coherent narrative, historian Thomas M. Truxes presents the three hundred–year ……続きを見る

On November 8, 1937, a tourist from California named L. E. Hammond walked onto the campus of Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia, carrying a 21-pound rock he had accidentally stumbled upon in North……続きを見る

In 1634, the Dutch West India Company was anxious to know why the fur trade from New Netherland had been declining, so the company sent three employees far into Iroquois country to investigate. Harm……続きを見る

This book provides a legal historical insight into colonial laws on enslavement and the plantation system in the British West Indies. The volume is a work of comparative legal history of the English……続きを見る

What made the New World different from the Old? What ideas dominated the minds of the men we call the Founding Fathers? What were the real origins of the American faith? If, in the confusion of toda……続きを見る

Divisiveness is the hallmark of American politics today. Red state versus blue; liberal versus conservative; secular versus religious; the list goes on. Sometimes it seems we are no longer one natio……続きを見る

Gershom Bulkeley (1635-1713), scientist, surgeon, minister, doctor, miller, lawyer and alchemist, was an important figure in all the events in Connecticut during his lifetime. He was born into the P……続きを見る

A gripping account of the violence and turmoil that engulfed England’s fledgling colonies and the crucial role played by Native Americans in determining the future of North America. In 1675, eastern……続きを見る

Four centuries after the Mayflower's arrival, a landmark collection of firsthand accounts charting the history of the English newcomers and their fateful encounters with the region's Native peoples ……続きを見る

In 1996, Congress commissioned the National Park Service to compile a list of sites and landmarks connected with the American Revolution that it deemed vital to preserve for future generations. Some……続きを見る

Few events in American history are as well remembered as the Salem Witch Trials of 1692. But there was another witch hunt that year, in Stamford, Connecticut, that has never been examined in depth. ……続きを見る

On January 29, 1774, Benjamin Franklin was called to appear before the Privy Council--a select group of the king's advisors--in an octagonal-shaped room in Whitehall Palace known as the Cockpit. Spu……続きを見る

The topic of slavery will always be one that’s difficult to read. However, it must be studied to understand why it was done and what the effects were. This book will focus on the slave trade that ha……続きを見る

Imagine living in an era where there were no technology, and nothing came in an instant. If you want to have something to eat, you need to hunt or farm. Would you able to survive? This book will tak……続きを見る

Did you know that a long time ago, America was only just thirteen British colonies? This book will take you through the reasons why Britain setup colonies in America even though it was inhabited by ……続きを見る

At one point in history, braving the Atlantic Ocean to start a new life in another continent was a chance to get rich or gain religious freedom. This book will break down the different reasons for N……続きを見る

The Seminole Wars were three different conflicts between the United States and the Seminole Indians of Florida. These conflicts happened before the American Civil War. In this book, you will not jus……続きを見る

Before California was a territory or state, it belonged to the Indians written about in this short book.... 続きを見る

Territoire majeur du premier empire colonial français, la Nouvelle-France n’occupe néanmoins pas la place qui lui revient dans les livres d’histoire. Elle s’étendait de l’embouchure du fleuve Saint-……続きを見る

THÉMISTOCLE annonce aux Athéniens que, pour accroître la puissance de la république et la délivrer d’un ennemi redoutable, il a un moyen infaillible, mais qui ne peut être révélé au public. Aristide……続きを見る

CHOICE Outstanding Academic Title Abandoning America brings together the biographies of hundreds of people who crossed over to New England in the 1630s but later braved the Atlantic again to return ……続きを見る

A journey of reckoning and renewal, this story of family history and future dreams is an examination of the individual imagination as a catalyst for social change Whatever the ideological slant of o……続きを見る

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST | WINNER OF THE BANCROFT PRIZE. A landmark historyーthe sweeping story of the enslavement of tens of thousands of Indians across America, from the time of the conquistad……続きを見る

THE NOTORIOUS PIRATE BLACKBEARD, aka Edward Teach (c. 1680 – 22 November 1718), was an English pirate who operated around the West Indies and the eastern coast of the American colonies during the ea……続きを見る

De menselijke drama’s aan boord van de slavenschepen tijdens de trans-Atlantische slavenhandel 'De hel van het leven op een slavenschip. [...] Aangrijpend.' •••• NRC Ruim drie eeuwen lang vervoerden……続きを見る

In "Did Betsey Ross Design the Flag of the United States of America?" Franklin Hanford artfully navigates the interwoven narratives of American history, textile craftsmanship, and cultural mythos. T……続きを見る