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This lively and engaging book is the only popular work to explore the profound impact of Ancient Greece and Rome on the Founding Fathers. The classical education they imbibed as young students inspi……続きを見る

Readers of Indiana's Timeless Tales – Pre-History to 1781 will discover a wealth of early Indiana history with this timeline of events that cover Indiana history from prehistory up until the formati……続きを見る

Age of Discovery During the Age of Discovery many explorers voyaged from Europe in the quest for a shortcut to Asia. Christopher Columbus, the first of these men, thought he had accomplished the goa……続きを見る

The Early American Explorers The Early Explorers Book 1 includes biographical sketches of some of the first explorers that penetrated the American mainland, both South America and North America. The……続きを見る

The Pilgrims and Puritans did not arrive on the shores of New England alone. Nor did African men and women, brought to the Americas as slaves. Though it would be hard to tell from the historical rec……続きを見る

From the sixteenth to early-nineteenth century, four times more Africans than Europeans crossed the Atlantic Ocean to the Americas. While this forced migration stripped slaves of their liberty, it f……続きを見る

In early American society, one's identity was determined in large part by gender. The ways in which men and women engaged with their communities were generally not equal: married women fell under th……続きを見る

The narratives of slaves, wives, and servants who resisted social and domestic violence in the nineteenth century In the early nineteenth century, Peter Wheeler, a slave to Gideon Morehouse in New Y……続きを見る

Pennsylvania contained the largest concentration of early America's abolitionist leaders and organizations, making it a necessary and illustrative stage from which to understand how national convers……続きを見る

A historical and legal examination of the conflict and interplay between settler and indigenous laws in the New World As British and Iberian empires expanded across the New World, differing notions ……続きを見る

The dramatic story of Phillis Wheatley, a free, black poet who resisted the pressures of arranged marriage, truly embodying the ideals of the American Revolution There is an uncomfortable paradox at……続きを見る

"The most significant contribution to slavery studies in New England since the publication of Joanne Pope Melish's seminal Disowning Slavery in 1998." ーHarvey Amani Whitfield, University of Vermo……続きを見る

A fascinating history of a contested frontier, where struggles over landownership brought Native Americans and English colonists together Properties of Empire shows the dynamic relationship between ……続きを見る

A rieveting history, Pocahontas and the English Boys is the true story of four young peopleーEnglish and Powhatanーwho lived their lives between cultures. The esteemed historian Karen Ordahl Kupperm……続きを見る

"A fascinating re-examination of the Salem witchhunts and the woman whose confession initiated them" (Robynne Rogers Healey, University of Alberta). In this important book, Elaine Breslaw claims to ……続きを見る

The fascinating stories of the myriad women who shaped the early modern North American world from the colonial era through the first years of the Republic. Women in Early America goes beyond the fam……続きを見る

A historical study of Rhode Island's role in the slave economy and of the experiences of enslaved and free black Rhode Islanders. Historians have written about the slave economy and its vital role i……続きを見る

In the seventeenth-century English Atlantic, religious beliefs and practices played a central role in creating racial identity. English Protestantism provided a vocabulary and structure to describe ……続きを見る

Written in a "this day in history," format, this collection of North American colonial history events includes 366 history stories. The historical collection of tales includes many well-known as wel……続きを見る

"Exciting accounts of the major campaigns [of the American Revolution] . . . a reminder of what history can be when written by a master." ーPublishers Weekly "Beginning with a recapitulation of the ……続きを見る

Undertake your own journey into Colonial American history with the Colonial American History Journal - Book 2. The volume includes 366 articles about the historical events and people that made up th……続きを見る

In "Old Times in the Colonies," Charles Carleton Coffin crafts a vivid and engaging narrative that immerses readers in the daily lives, struggles, and triumphs of early American colonists. Employing……続きを見る

In "Amerigo. Die Geschichte eines historischen Irrtums" untersucht Stefan Zweig die facettenreiche und oft verzerrte Wahrnehmung von Christoph Kolumbus und dem Entdeckungsprozess Amerikas. Mit seine……続きを見る

In "Knickerbocker's History of New York," Washington Irving masterfully blends historical narrative with humor, offering a whimsical yet incisive exploration of New York's Dutch colonial period. Thr……続きを見る

In "The Founding of New England," James Truslow Adams presents a comprehensive examination of the early colonial period in New England, deftly weaving together historical narratives with a rich tape……続きを見る

The anthology, *The True Story of Salem: Book 1-7*, provides an illuminating exploration into the complex and turbulent period of the Salem witch trials through a meticulously curated selection of w……続きを見る

The three-volume collection, *The Witchcraft Delusion in New England*, presents a profound exploration of the hysteria and religious fervor that gripped 17th-century New England during the notorious……続きを見る

In "Of Plymouth Plantation (Complete Edition)," William Bradford offers a captivating first-hand account of the early years of the Plymouth Colony, detailing the trials and tribulations faced by the……続きを見る

Peter H. Wood’s groundbreaking history of Blacks in colonial South Carolina, with a new foreword by National Book Award winner Imani Perry. First published in 1974, Black Majority marked a breakthro……続きを見る

In "Legends, Traditions and Laws of the Iroquois & History of the Tuscarora Indians," Elias Johnson meticulously compiles the rich oral heritage and legal customs of the Iroquois, juxtaposed with th……続きを見る