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In the summer of 1869, Scottish-American naturalist and author John Muir spent the months of June through September in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California accompanying a group of shepherds whi……続きを見る

Puesto que Norteamérica es una región con Historia moderna únicamente, el libro lo dividi- mos en: a) la colonización de Norteamérica (1492-1775); b) fundación(1775-1783) y creci- miento de los Esta……続きを見る

The Trail of Tears is a fascinating story that revolves around the forced removal of the Native Americans from their ancestral lands in the United States in the 19th century. To understand the occur……続きを見る

"The Federalist Papers" are a series of 85 essays arguing in support of the United States Constitution. Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay were the authors behind the pieces, and the th……続きを見る

In 1801, the eastern shore of Lake Ontario was full of green fields and trees until one man, a New York City lawyer by the name of Augustus Sackett, visited the area and changed the landscape foreve……続きを見る

Tome I AVIS du traducteur : NE voulant pas ennuyer le Lecteur par un long Avant-propos, je me contenterai de lui dire que l’original dont je donne la Traduction, m’et tombé entre les mains dans le t……続きを見る

Das Jahrhundertverbrechen, um das sich bis heute Rätsel ranken. Was ist Mythos, was ist Wirklichkeit? Das Buch rekonstruiert nicht nur das Attentat, sondern auch die Vor- und Nachgeschichte und bele……続きを見る

With 15 Plates. This is a short ethnography of the Cahuilla, who inhabited the desert of Southern California. This mostly covers material culture. Chapters include: Geography; Culture; Basketry; Sto……続きを見る

Las relaciones entre México y Estados Unidos están experimentando su fase más contenciosa y crítica desde que entró en vigor el Tratado de Libre Comercio de América del Norte (TLCAN) en 1994. Durant……続きを見る

First published in 1892, Ida B. Wells' scathing essay on the horrors of lynching and, more importantly, the upholding of these atrocities by law in the southern United States years after the Civil W……続きを見る

The preeminent American slave narrative first published in 1845, Frederick Douglass’s Narrative powerfully details the life of the abolitionist from his birth into slavery in 1818 to his escape to t……続きを見る

Originally published in 1933, and written by "America’s historian", James Truslow Adams, this volume tells the story of the rise of the American nation encompassing economics, religion, social chang……続きを見る

In 2019, of the 252 Republican members of Congress, only 3 were African American. Lincoln’s progressive Republicanism had been supplanted by the regressive 1950s Southern-styled Democratic Party ide……続きを見る

Six of the iconic hauntings from the South Carolina Lowcountry revisited. Returning the spirits to the eras when they lived to observe the conditions that lead to their eternal attachment to the wor……続きを見る

Originally published in 1933, and written by "America’s historian", James Truslow Adams, this volume tells the story of the rise of the American nation encompassing economics, religion, social chang……続きを見る

Splendid sequel to author's 1902 classic, How the Other Half Lives. Compelling real-life tales, accompanied by rare photographs and engravings, report on the status of living conditions among New Yo……続きを見る

At the Ocean’s Edge offers a vibrant account of Nova Scotia’s colonial history, situating it in an early and dramatic chapter in the expansion of Europe. Between 1450 and 1850, various processes – s……続きを見る

This book focuses on alternative types of slave narratives, especially courtroom testimony, and interrogates how such narratives were produced, the societies (both those that were majority slave soc……続きを見る

A gripping and wholly original account of the epic human tragedy that was the great Klondike Gold Rush of 1897-98. One hundred thousand men and women rushed heedlessly north to make their fortunes; ……続きを見る

美國影史經典《亂世佳人》，其實是種族主義的照妖鏡？ 「寄生上流」中的下流味，三重障礙的海倫凱勒說她「聞得到」。 知識分子比較反對越戰？真相和你想的不一樣！ 美國的「昭昭天命」，如何影響他們對於瘟疫的看……続きを見る

This volume, the first in a nine-volume series about the Civil War, contains important insights on the thoughts and actions of the two Presidents who opposed one another in the greatest war ever fou……続きを見る

Kuzeyinde Kanada, güneyinde ise Meksika ile sınırı bulu-nur. Alaska eyaleti, kıtanın kuzeybatısında bulunarak doğusunda Kanada ve batısında Bering Boğazı'nın öbür tarafında bulunan Rusya'nın arasınd……続きを見る

Seventy-five years after the end of World War II, An Imperial Diadem challenges the dominant historical narratives about that war, a war which saved the institutions but buried the ideals of the Enl……続きを見る

Starting in the 1930s, urban police forces from New York City to Montreal to Vancouver established youth squads and crime prevention programs, dramatically changing the nature of contact between cop……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

Why did large numbers of Scots leave a temperate climate to live permanently in parts of the world where greater temperature extreme was the norm? The long nineteenth century was a period consistent……続きを見る

“From the ring of the ax in the woods, to the scream of the saw blade in the mill, to the founding of many of Wisconsin’s communities, Jerry Apps does an outstanding job bringing Wisconsin’s logging……続きを見る

Inside Hancock Park describes the community's early pioneers, a who's who of Hollywood, and unique characters such as the world's richest Indian. "Inside Hancock Park" describes its founder, G. Alla……続きを見る

Anyone who is as fascinated about the era surrounding the establishment of the Republic of Texas as I am, will understand my excitement on discovering this book in German written in 1840. G.A. Scher……続きを見る

In the spring of 1933, exactions of old age forced William Trenckmann to sell his newspaper to the National Weeklies of Minnesota but he remained its editor in all matters pertaining to Texas. Mr. T……続きを見る