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A free ebook version of this title is available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program for monographs. Visit www.luminosoa.org to learn more. Los Angeles ro……続きを見る

Discover some of Florida’s most fascinating personalities in this entertaining kaleidoscope of interviews. Made in Florida showcases a colorful lineup of notable people who got their start in the st……続きを見る

By focusing on the social and cultural life of post-1965 Taiwan immigrants in Queens, New York, this book shifts Chinese American studies from ethnic enclaves to the diverse multiethnic neighborhood……続きを見る

The amazing experiences of a young rock band who finds themselves chosen to open a lounge showroom at Caesars Palace. In 1966, a few months after Caesars opened its doors, rock and roll did not exis……続きを見る

From the New York Times bestselling author, the fascinating story of U.S. economic policy from Kennedy to Bidenーfilled with lessons for today In this book, Alan Blinder, one of the world’s most inf……続きを見る

Transforming an Army at War examines the origins of the modular concept, the reasons for undertaking it, and the process for develop­ing modular unit designs. The Army had been exploring the notion ……続きを見る

Clive Howard and Joe Whitley were both sergeants and served as correspondents for the Seventh Air Force during World War 2. The men of the Seventh were forced to fly the longest missions in any thea……続きを見る

Allegories of America offers a bold idea of what, in terms of political theory, it means to be American. Beginning with the question What do we want from a theory of politics? Dolan explores the met……続きを見る

This book on the American Revolution consists of three parts-a brief narrative history of the war, a chronology of military events, and a bibliography. Each part requires a word of explanation. The ……続きを見る

A century ago, the great powers of Europe became engulfed in what was then called the Great War. The modern U.S. Army, capable of conducting industrialized warfare on a global scale, can trace its r……続きを見る

History of American abolitionism; its four great epochs, embracing narratives of the ordinance of 1787, compromise of 1820, annexation of Texas, Mexican war, Wilmot proviso, insurrections of slaves,……続きを見る

Building the American Republic combines centuries of perspectives and voices into a fluid narrative of the United States. Throughout their respective volumes, Harry L. Watson and Jane Dailey take ca……続きを見る

Building the American Republic combines centuries of perspectives and voices into a fluid narrative of the United States. Throughout their respective volumes, Harry L. Watson and Jane Dailey take ca……続きを見る

This book written by James Madison Page, a Northern soldier, represents an important narrative of Andersonville prison in Georgia. Madison brings his defense of the prison commander Henry Wirz, who ……続きを見る

Iowa is considered a backward farm state full of bumpkins who wear Carhartt jackets and do little besides give the world corn. But what if that understanding is wrong? What if Iowa has done more to ……続きを見る

Gilbert Moxley Sorrel (February 23, 1838 – August 10, 1901) was a staff officer and Brigadier-General in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States. 続きを見る

In the spring of 1861, Union military authorities arrested Maryland farmer John Merryman on charges of treason against the United States for burning railroad bridges around Baltimore in an effort to……続きを見る

Why this book offers a unique perspective: With all that has been written about the Brooklyn Bridge, no other work offers the unique perspective of LIVING WITH THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE. Author, playwrigh……続きを見る

This meticulously edited collection offers you the true accounts about the Confederate States of America, including documents that were most influential for the creation of the states and the life s……続きを見る

In a dramatic unveiling of the little-known world of contracted military logistics, Adam Moore examines the lives of the global army of laborers who support US overseas wars. Empire's Labor brings u……続きを見る

Dr. John W. Baer’s scholarship on the Pledge of Allegiance is well respected, having been cited as the definitive history of the Pledge by the US Supreme Court in 2004. Written by the socialist mini……続きを見る

What did a battle during the Civil War look like? We have no photographs of Civil War battles because photography had no advanced to where it could stop that kind of action. But we can get a good id……続きを見る

During his career as an actor, William Gillette portrayed world-renowned character Sherlock Holmes in more than 1,300 performances. His career as a playwright and actor afforded him the opportunity ……続きを見る

When thousands of women gathered in 1983 to protest the stockpiling of nuclear weapons at a rural upstate New York military depot, the area was shaken by their actions. What so disturbed residents t……続きを見る

My Life on the Plains is an autobiographical first-hand account of the Indian Wars of 1867-1869, detailing the winter campaign of 1868 in which Custer led the 7th US cavalry against the Cheyenne ind……続きを見る

Trump emerged to either make America Great Again or bring the superpower to doom. Which will it be? find out in this great book.続きを見る

**What’s happening in global politics, and is there a thread that ties it all together? There is, and it is called populism.** What is populism? And why have populist parties and candidates suddenly……続きを見る

"The History of the Reign of Ferdinand and Isabella the Catholic" in 3 volumes is one of the best-known works by the American historian William Hickling Prescott. Isabella I (1451-1504) was Queen of……続きを見る

American History in 50 Events Have you ever wondered why America is the way it is? Do you want to understand the events that have shaped American culture? Are you interested in seeing the long-term ……続きを見る

"The settlement of our country was the beginning of a new era in human affairs. The people of England, ever since the days of King John, when the barons compelled him to sign the Magna Charta in the……続きを見る