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Foundations in the United States have long exerted considerable power over education and scholarly production. Although today’s titans of philanthropy proclaim more loudly their desire to transform ……続きを見る

Introducing an annual collection of essays devoted to South Carolina history and culture. From the Piedmont to the Lowcountry, South Carolina is the site of countless engaging stories. The contribut……続きを見る

“The most comprehensive and comprehendible history of the West Virginia Coal War I’ve ever read.” ーJohn Sayles, writer and director of Matewan On September 1, 1912, the largest, most protracted, an……続きを見る

In nineteenth-century America, the law insisted that marriage was a permanent relationship defined by the husband's authority and the wife's dependence. Yet at the same time the law created the mean……続きを見る

Pacific Colony, a Southern California institution established to care for the “feebleminded,” justified the incarceration, sterilization, and forced mutilation of some of the most vulnerable members……続きを見る

A new title in a successful genre: Compelling books on the human-animal bond, like this one, sell with staying power. This book follows in the path and will reach the same audience as books like All……続きを見る

Told through the eyes of current and former Navy SEALs, EYES ON TARGET is an inside account of some of the most harrowing missions in American history-including the mission to kill Osama bin Laden a……続きを見る

This open access book investigates how representation of Native Americans and Mexican-origin im/migrants takes place in high school history textbooks. Manually analyzing text and images in United St……続きを見る

A history of U.S. public health emergencies and how we can turn the tide. Despite enormous advances in medical science and public health education over the last century, access to health care remain……続きを見る

Early in my military career, I set out to become a White House Fellow. This book tells the story of my journey to achieve that goal. Along the way, I served as Administrative Assistant to General of……続きを見る

Chronicling a Crisis is a powerful primary source collection compiled during the peak of the COVID pandemic between spring 2020 and spring 2021. This upstate New York college was the only school in ……続きを見る

**A “provocative and sweeping” (Time) blend of family history and original reportage that exploresーand reimaginesーAsian American identity in a Black and white world “[Kang’s] exploration of class ……続きを見る

It is one thing to draw a line in the sand but another to enforce it. In this innovative new work, Jessica Lauren Taylor follows the Native peoples and the newcomers who built and crossed emerging b……続きを見る

“An incisive history of the venture-capital industry.” ーNew Yorker “An excellent and original economic history of venture capital.” ーTyler Cowen, Marginal Revolution “A detailed, fact-filled accou……続きを見る

More than 30 years ago, 24th Infantry Division soldiers answered the call of their Nation and went to war, first in Panama during Operation Just Cause to capture General Manuel Noriega and then in t……続きを見る

The Tornado F2 had a troubled introduction to service. Unloved by its crews and procured as a political imperative, it was blighted by failures and was developed to counter a threat that disappeared……続きを見る

Winner of the 2023 Arline Custer Memorial Award presented by the Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference As America's first professional female architect, Louise Blanchard Bethune broke barriers i……続きを見る

From Pulitzer Prize finalist Annie Jacobsen, the untold USA Today bestselling story of the CIA's secret paramilitary units. Surprise . . . your target. Kill . . . your enemy. Vanish . . . without a ……続きを見る

Operation Avalanche was the codename for the Allied landings near the port of Salerno, executed on 9 September 1943, as a part of the Allied invasion of Italy during World War II. The Italians withd……続きを見る

Combat in Russian Forests and Swamps, is prepared by a committee of former German generals and general staff officers, and it deals with the principles of combat in the vast woodlands and swamps of ……続きを見る

Dieses Buch ist eine Provokation. Konsequent wird der Abschied vom Epochendenken vollzogen – im konkreten Fall das "Mittelalter" zu Grabe getragen. An die Stelle dieser längst anachronistischen Präg……続きを見る

"Life of Pat F. Garrett and the Taming of the Border Outlaw" is the firs hand account of Pat Garrett's life. Written in 1908, the year Garett was murdered, this book is an excellent source of inform……続きを見る

Questo libro presenterà un'immagine delle tre, vere, basi del potere nel mondo. All'interno dell'antico impero romano vengono descritti tre possibili organi di governo. Tuttavia, uno di questi è sba……続きを見る

The Tales of the Neebor Lee describes the history of a single home from the period of colonial settlement in Pennsylvania to the end of the 20th Century. It consists of a series of well-researched e……続きを見る

History of the United States is a book by John Clark Ridpath. The author was an American educator, historian, and editor; who here presents a schoolbook of American history up to 1904. 続きを見る

This is the sixth monograph in the series The U.S. Navy and the Vietnam War. It covers aircraft carrier activity during Operation Rolling Thunder in the war. Operation Rolling Thunder was one of the……続きを見る

The Myth of Hiawatha is a collection of Native American myths and legends collected and edited by Henry Schoolcraft. This book is one of the most authentic collections of Indian myths because School……続きを見る

The Houstouns of Georgia shares the history of one of the oldest families in Georgia, showcasing its influential members and reflecting on the effect of one family throughout the state's history. Es……続きを見る

Charity's Children tells the true story of the training of a cardiovascular surgeon, from his internship through his year as chief resident at Charity Hospital, one of the world's largest and most i……続きを見る

e-artnow presents the collected works of Luther Standing Bear. Between 1928 and 1936, Standing Bear wrote four books about protecting Lakota culture and in opposition to government regulation of Nat……続きを見る