North America 10

The Mexican-American War of the 1840s, precipitated by border disputes and the U.S. annexation of Texas, ended with the military occupation of Mexico City by General Winfield Scott. In the subsequen……続きを見る

From the author of Europe Central, winner of the National Book Award, a journalistic tour de force along the Mexican-American border – a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award For gener……続きを見る

From 1942 to 1944, 15 German submarines destroyed or severely damaged 27 ships, including three Canadian warships, a U.S. Army troop transport, and the Newfoundland ferry Caribou. More than 250 live……続きを見る

Impress your friends with knowledge of all things Americanーgeography, history, entertainment, people, culture, and quirky miscellany. More than 3,000 questions will fill countless hours of fun as y……続きを見る

From pre-European contact to the present day, people living in what is now the United States have constantly manipulated their environment. The use of natural resources – animals, plants, minerals, ……続きを見る

The epic true-life story of one of the most notorious maritime disasters of the nineteenth century – and inspiration for ‘Moby-Dick’ – reissued to accompany a major motion picture due for release in……続きを見る

This work is a narrative of Zachary Taylor’s Mexican War campaign, from the formation of his army in 1844 to his last battle at Buena Vista in 1847, with emphasis on the 163 men in his “Army of Occu……続きを見る

Wolfe was a soldier born. Many of his ancestors had stood ready to fight for king and country at a moment's notice. His father fought under the great Duke of Marlborough in the war against France at……続きを見る

Inside the Museums views Toronto’s heritage museums for the first time as a single community ー linked by events, personalities, and function. In this special excerpt we visit one of the jewels in T……続きを見る

Historian Gavin K. Watt offers a fresh interpretation of the 1775 Invasion of Canada. In 1775, Governor Guy Carleton returned to Canada after a four-year absence in England to discover that politica……続きを見る

Mexico City is one of the oldest cities in the new world, and its long history has endowed it with numerous legends. Many of fascinating legends are related in these pages, including: Legend of Don ……続きを見る

This collection of classic Jack London Klondyke stories includes the following titles: The God of His Fathers, The Great Interrogation, Which Make Men Remember and The Man with the Gash Jan, among o……続きを見る

The name Acadia, which we now associate with a great tragedy of history and song, was first used by the French to distinguish the eastern or maritime part of New France from the western part, which ……続きを見る

Mid-winter medical evacuations from the Antarctic; determined and often tragic searches for lost people and planes; daring feats of aviation pioneers; amazing lifestyles of those who choose to live ……続きを見る

Découvrez enfin tout ce qu’il faut savoir sur le Titanic en moins d’une heure ! Lorsque le Titanic quitte le port de Southampton, le 10 avril 1912, les passagers qu’il compte à son bord sont loin de……続きを見る

The insular character of Britain delayed the creation of professional police until the 19th century. This volume traces the course of British amateur policing until that time, at which point it deal……続きを見る

During his lifetime, John F. Kennedy created a dazzling image that has been sustained since his assassination in 1963. This book examines how Kennedy succeeded in using his military service in World……続きを見る

Exploring the morally entangled territory of language and race in 18th- and 19th-century America, Sean Harvey shows that whites’ theories of an “Indian mind” inexorably shaped by Indian languages pl……続きを見る

North America's Great Lakes country has experienced centuries of upheaval. Its landscapes are utterly changed from what they were five hundred years ago. The region's superabundant fish and wildlife……続きを見る

The story of New England is built on an endless armature of fascinating tales of Yankee ingenuity and hardy, intrepid characters. Bootleggers, Lobstermen, and Lumberjacks takes the top fifty wildest……続きを見る

Spanning two centuries, from the early 1600s to the mid-1700s, Revisiting Anne Marie engages the reader in the history of a Family cut from European and Amerindian (Mi'kmaq) cloth, from the family's……続きを見る

Readers of Cajun By Any Other Name live the experience of Acadian ancestors whose lives were shattered by a forced expulsion from Nova Scotia in 1755 - from their exile in Maryland and re-emergence ……続きを見る

The United States Marine Corps is one of the most famous military units in the world. The Marine Corps: Three Centuries of Glory tells the story behind one of the most famous military units in the w……続きを見る

Joseph François Lafitau is acknowledged as one of history’s most significant and interesting figures in the field of ethnology. Regarded as one of the first modern ethnographies, Customs of the Ame……続きを見る

Pour pouvoir parler de quelque chose, il est nécessaire de le connaître. C’est une phrase que j’ai entendu plusieurs fois tout au long de ma vie. Sauf dans certains cas, où en effet, il y a des gens……続きを見る

This new Seminar Study surveys the history of U.S. territorial expansion from the end of the American Revolution until 1860. The book explores the concept of 'manifest destiny' and asks why, if expa……続きを見る

Women in early modern Britain and colonial America were not the weak husband- and father-dominated characters of popular myth. Quite the reverse, strong women were the norm. They exercised considera……続きを見る

American History through Hollywood Film offers a new perspective on major issues in American history from the 1770s to the end of the twentieth century and explores how they have been represented in……続きを見る

IL y a, sous un certain rapport, une visible amélioration dans la bonne ville de Manhattan  ; elle éclate dans son architecture. Quant à son accroissement, cela ne fait pas……続きを見る

An Empire of Regions is a refreshing interpretation of British American history that demonstrates how the thirteen British mainland colonies grew to function as self-governing entities in distinct r……続きを見る