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Warner Mifflinーenergetic, uncompromising, and reviledーwas the key figure connecting the abolitionist movements before and after the American Revolution. A descendant of one of the pioneering famil……続きを見る

In 1823, the History of the Celebrated Mrs. Ann Carson rattled Philadelphia society and became one of the most scandalous, and eagerly read, memoirs of the age. This tale of a woman who tried to res……続きを見る

The age of revolution, in which kings were dethroned, radical ideals of human equality embraced, and new constitutions written, was also the age of prophecy. Neither an archaic remnant nor a novel p……続きを見る

The journal of Philadelphia Quaker Elizabeth Sandwith Drinker (1735-1807) is perhaps the single most significant personal record of eighteenth-century life in America from a woman's perspective. Dri……続きを見る

In many ways, religion was the United States' first prejudiceーboth an early source of bigotry and the object of the first sustained efforts to limit its effects. Spanning more than two centuries ac……続きを見る

An exploration of the British occupation of Philadelphia that highlights the perspectives of those wearied by and withdrawn from the War for Independence Elizabeth and Henry Drinker of Philadelphia ……続きを見る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

The story of freedom pivots on the choices black women made to retain control over their bodies and selves, their loved ones, and their futures. The story of freedom and all of its ambiguities begin……続きを見る

In the summer of 1790 the Italian explorer Count Paolo Andreani embarked on a journey that would take him through New York State and eastern Iroquoia. Traveling along the Hudson and Mohawk Rivers, A……続きを見る

Since the early decades of the eighteenth century, European, and especially British, thinkers were preoccupied with questions of taste. Whether Americans believed that taste was innateーand therefor……続きを見る

A storied friendship between two of America's founders--one that endured for fifty years--and the roadtrip that forged it. Between May 21 and June 16, 1791, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison went ……続きを見る

In Protestant Relics in Early America, Jamie L. Brummitt upends long-held assumptions about religion and material culture in the early United States. Brummitt chronicles how American Protestants cul……続きを見る

Whose side will you be on? Will you fight for that side? Those were the questions facing Pennsylvania Mennonites as the North American colonies fought for independence from King George III. The colo……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

In the spring of 1676, Nathaniel Bacon, a hotheaded young newcomer to Virginia, led a revolt against the colony's Indian policies. Bacon's Rebellion turned into a civil war within Virginia--and a wa……続きを見る

Told through the lives of three remarkable artists devoted to the pursuit of liberty, an illuminating new history of the ideals that fired the American Revolution. The war that we now call the Ameri……続きを見る

During the first half-century of American independence, a fundamental change in the meaning and morality of ambition emerged in American culture. Long stigmatized as a dangerous passion that led peo……続きを見る

The Founding Fathers have become so revered by Americans in the last 200 years that the “Father of the Constitution” himself is often overlooked among the rest of the pantheon. Today James Madison’s……続きを見る

“It is one of my sources of happiness never to desire a knowledge of other people's business.” – Dolley Madison American presidents have shaped the course of global affairs for generations, but as t……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

On the morning of September 2, 1798, just after first light, the back door to Carpenters' Hall is discovered ajar. Gold, silver, banknotes-the vast riches of a well-guarded bank vault-all of it gone……続きを見る

Embark on an exhilarating journey with Sam Abraham, a spirited young man from Lexington, Massachusetts, and his loyal companion, a horse named George. Join them as they navigate the tumultuous 18th-……続きを見る

Breakfast and his horse’s bridle: these were what a Spanish soldier in 1790s Spanish East Texas traded for the unregulated goods found in his possession. Here Gary L. Pinkerton uncovers the true nat……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

John Adams has become one of the more popular presidents in history relatively recently, but it was not always so. For most of his life he was seen as a bit of an outsider, different from his fellow……続きを見る

The American Revolution had no shortage of compelling characters with seemingly larger than life traits, including men like the multi-talented Benjamin Franklin, the wise Thomas Jefferson, the mercu……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