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The Great Upheaval seeks to challenge the periodization employed by most Anglophone scholars of colonial North America and to better integrate scholarship of North America and the Atlantic world wit……続きを見る

Wicked Puritans of Essex County is a unique report on Puritan criminality that shatters the stereotype of the Puritan (someone striving, above all, to achieve moral purity). With a ground breaking, ……続きを見る

Death in early New England came early and often during those harsh first decades of settlement. Epidemics, hunger, accidents and childbirth contributed to a heavy toll in New England. Disease in som……続きを見る

Revolutionary-era Manhattan was a chaotic scene of Loyalists, British occupation troops, Patriot spies and thousands of people seeking to live ordinary lives during extraordinary times. In the 1730s……続きを見る

Author Heather Leigh guides readers on a swashbuckling journey into the ghostly remnants of Florida pirates. From the legendary Blackbeard to the infamous Captain Kidd, the tales of Florida pirates ……続きを見る

Each year, more than two million visitors line up near Philadelphia's Independence Hall and wait to gaze upon a flawed mass of metal forged more than two and a half centuries ago. Since its original……続きを見る

The enthralling story of Eliza Lucas Pinckney, an innovative, highly regarded, and successful woman plantation owner during the Revolutionary era Eliza Lucas Pinckney (1722'Äì1793) reshaped the colo……続きを見る

An ambitious new history of the Pilgrims and Plymouth Colony, published for the 400th anniversary of the Mayflower's landing In 1620, separatists from the Church of England set sail across the Atlan……続きを見る

Merging archaeology, material culture, and social history, historian Susan Kern reveals the fascinating story of Shadwell, the birthplace of Thomas Jefferson and home to his parents, Jane and Peter ……続きを見る

In 1743, sitting quietly with pen in hand, Sarah Osborn pondered how to tell the story of her life, how to make sense of both her spiritual awakening and the sudden destitution of her family. Remark……続きを見る

Nourri des apports les plus récents de l’historiographie, cet ouvrage permet de prendre la pleine mesure de l’histoire des colonisations, du XVe, au XXIe siècle, tout en portant une attention partic……続きを見る

Explore the grounds of Colonial Williamsburg with this unique seek-and-find alphabet book offering beautiful photographs with hidden animals on every page. Discover everything from sheep pastures an……続きを見る

The story of a high stakes rivalry between Governor Francis Nicholson and pirate captain Louis Guittar. Governor Francis Nicholson of Virginia was a proven pirate-hunter and enforcer. By the spring ……続きを見る

The Virginia Giant, a one-man army! Peter Francisco was believed to have had almost super-human strength. According to legend, George Washington said, "Without him we would have lost two crucial bat……続きを見る

Examines the formation of a surveillance state through a close examination of Thomas Jefferson's plantation management techniques and political actions. With the 250th anniversary of the signing of ……続きを見る

Three generations of English merchant adventurers-not the Pilgrims, as we have so long believed-were the earliest founders of America. Profit-not piety-was their primary motive. Some seventy years b……続きを見る

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Rachel B. Herrmann is Senior Lecturer in Modern American History at Cardiff University. Jessica Choppin Roney is Associate Professor of History at Temple University and Director of the Program in Ea……続きを見る

A richly detailed transoceanic history of the early French Empire, illuminating how it became bound by a common legal culture of raceーas well as how enslaved and free people critically shaped the d……続きを見る

Historian Joe A. Mobley recounts events in the Carolinas from prehistory and the first settlement by colonists through North Carolina's emergence as a state in a new, democratic nation. The history ……続きを見る

In the fall of 1764, Col. Henry Bouquet led a British-American army into what is today eastern Ohio with the intention of ending the border conflict called “Pontiac’s War.” Brokering a truce without……続きを見る

Celebrate your country and your faith with readings that reflect on the ways God’s hand has guided our nation. The year 2026 marks the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independ……続きを見る

In de zomer van 1741 braken in New York in korte tijd tien mysterieuze branden uit. Al gauw ging het gerucht dat opstandige slaafgemaakten de stad met de grond gelijk wilden maken. De gealarmeerde s……続きを見る

Making a Difference As you read the stories of these twelve women, think about what makes a difference: an idea, an object or a deed? Does it have to be something big or can it be something small? D……続きを見る

The story of the exploration and birth of America is told afresh through the unique prism of hand-colored maps and engravings of the period. Before photography and television, it was printed and han……続きを見る

This book focuses on the U.S. foreign and domestic policies, at points noting how the two are necessarily related. It includes brief analyses of developments elsewhere in the world to help students ……続きを見る

A Burning and Shining Light is a comprehensive, modern-day biography of George Whitefield, the Great Awakening Evangelist. Chronological in nature, its emphasis is on his travel, preaching, and infl……続きを見る

Valuation of Real Estate in the Town of Acton November 2, 1850 is a historical document that provides a comprehensive and detailed assessment of real estate holdings in Acton, Massachusetts, as of t……続きを見る

The Miller in Eighteenth-Century Virginia: An Account of Mills & the Craft of Milling, as Well as a Description of the Windmill near the Palace in Williamsburg is a richly detailed exploration of th……続きを見る

History of the American Clock Business for the Past Sixty Years, and Life of Chauncey Jerome, Barnum's Connection with the Yankee Clock Business is a fascinating and detailed memoir that offers a un……続きを見る