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A fresh examination of the formidable and resilient Native nations who helped shape the modern Gulf South In The Great Power of Small Nations, Elizabeth N. Ellis (Peoria) tells the stories of the ma……続きを見る

Hugh Amory (1930-2001) was at once the most rigorous and the most methodologically sophisticated historian of the book in early America. Gathered here are his essays, articles, and lectures on the s……続きを見る

Commerce by a Frozen Sea is a cross-cultural study of a century of contact between North American native peoples and Europeans. During the eighteenth century, the natives of the Hudson Bay lowlands ……続きを見る

A community is defined not only by inclusion but also by exclusion. Seventeenth-century New England Puritans, themselves exiled from one society, ruthlessly invoked the law of banishment from anothe……続きを見る

On the eve of the American Revolution there existed throughout the British-American colonial world a variety of contradictory expectations about the political process. Not only was there disagreemen……続きを見る

Focusing on the Connecticut River ValleyーNew England's longest river and largest watershedー Strother Roberts traces the local, regional, and transatlantic markets in colonial commodities that shap……続きを見る

Every American is taught a pristine narrative of the life and legacy of George Washington and can easily recite the highlights of the “Father of Our Country”. The remarkable Virginian led an under-r……続きを見る

Past and present collide in this page-turning investigation into Salem's irrepressible question: how could this have happened? In 1692, Martha Allen Carrier was hanged in the Salem witch trials as t……続きを見る

From the “Trail of Tears” to Wounded Knee and Little Bighorn, the narrative of American history is incomplete without the inclusion of the Native Americans that lived on the continent before Europea……続きを見る

“Remember the Ladies, and be more generous and favourable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the Husbands.” – Abigail Adams American presidents have shape……続きを見る

Infrastructure was key to British victory in the Seven Years’ War yet was its undoing on the roads to revolution Roads to Power, Roads to Crisis maps the Seven Years’ War for the American Interior a……続きを見る

"Out started six officers, seized my bridle, put their pistols to my breast, ordered me to dismount, which I did. One of them, who appeared to have the command there, and much of a gentleman, asked ……続きを見る

"The liberties of our Country, the freedom of our civil constitution are worth defending at all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks.” – Samuel Adams A lot of ink has been ……続きを見る

"A Constitution of Government once changed from Freedom, can never be restored. Liberty, once lost, is lost forever.” – John Adams A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s most ……続きを見る

"The greatest ability in business is to get along with others and to influence their actions.” – John Hancock A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s most influential figures, ……続きを見る

"The liberties of our Country, the freedom of our civil constitution are worth defending at all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks.” – Samuel Adams The American Revolutio……続きを見る

"The liberties of our Country, the freedom of our civil constitution are worth defending at all hazards: And it is our duty to defend them against all attacks.” – Samuel Adams The American Revolutio……続きを見る

A groundbreaking challenge to a core principle of constitutional law, arguing that congressional action is not limited by the legislative branch’s textually enumerated powers. Every law student lear……続きを見る

On October 7, 1777, Benedict Arnold rode out against orders and led an American assault against British forces led by General John Burgoyne in one of the climactic battles and ultimate turning point……続きを見る

"A nation thrills, a nation bleeds, A nation follows where it leads, And every man is proud to yield His life upon a crimson field For Betsy's battle flag.” – Minna Irving, “Betsy’s Battle Flag” A l……続きを見る

From the early colonial period to the close of World War II, life in North America was predominantly agrarian and rural. Archaeological exploration of farmsteads unveils a surprising quantity of dat……続きを見る

Borrowed Land, Stolen Labor, and the Holy Spirit: The Struggle for Power and Equality in Holmes County, Mississippi chronicles the profound history of a low-income county that became a pivotal site ……続きを見る

“By God's providence, upon the ninth of November following, by break of the day we espied land which was deemed to be Cape Cod, and so afterward it proved. And the appearance of it much comforted us……続きを見る

A ground-breaking and essential work of history – the first of its kind to closely examine the British Royal Family’s connection with the transatlantic slave trade The Crown's Silence is the untold ……続きを見る

Immerse yourself in the elegance and intrigue of ancient Japan with "Diaries of Court Ladies of Old Japan." This exquisite collection features the intimate writings of three remarkable women: Sarash……続きを見る

“It has been frequently remarked that it seems to have been reserved to the people of this country, by their conduct and example, to decide the important question, whether societies of men are reall……続きを見る

"The people finding all their endeavours for this purpose thus totally frustrated, dissolved the meeting, which had consisted by common estimation of at least seven thousand men, many of whom had co……続きを見る

"More than once it has been said, too, that the Salem witchcraft was the rock on which the theocracy shattered." – George Lincoln Burr A lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of history’s m……続きを見る

The first comprehensive biography of Elihu Palmer, who was at the heart of the early United States' protracted contest over religious freedom and free speech When the United States was new, a lapsed……続きを見る

The first comprehensive biography of Elihu Palmer, who was at the heart of the early United States' protracted contest over religious freedom and free speech When the United States was new, a lapsed……続きを見る