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**The New York Times bestseller "Blinder's book deserves its likely place near the top of reading lists about the crisis. It is the best comprehensive history of the episode... A riveting tale." - F……続きを見る

During the mid-1800s, a small band of farsighted men convened to form a college for 'the mental and moral training of youth.' They also pledged that 'no person will be refused admission on account o……続きを見る

One of the most important, and controversial, Confederate generals during the Civil War was Lieutenant General James Longstreet, Robert E. Lees old warhorse. Longstreet was Lees principal subordinat……続きを見る

Twelve railroad lines served west central Ohio around 1907 and were the lifeblood of the communities they ran through. Bellefontaine, Bradford, and Crestline became major terminals, and lesser known……続きを見る

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents and Footnotes CONTENTS Prelude IーNew York the Seat of War IIーPlans for Defence IIIーLong Island Taken IVーNew York Evacuated VーT……続きを見る

The conflict that Americans call the "Vietnam War" was only one of many incursions into Vietnam by foreign powers. However, it has had a profound effect on the Vietnamese people who left their homel……続きを見る

This dissertation examines the cultural and educational history of central Missouri between 1820 and 1860, and in particular, the issue of master-slave relationships and how they affected education ……続きを見る

Long Island's North Fork explores the past of the rustic countryside through photographs by professionals and residents of this historic place. Boasting a verdant landscape and miles of silky white ……続きを見る

Is a suspected child abductor laughing in the faces of the police and the victims’ families? For years, little girls have been disappearing from the streets of the San Francisco Bay Area. Their bodi……続きを見る

History of veterans day observance including taps.続きを見る

“Searing . . . An inspiring story.”ーPublishers Weekly “This is the . . . powerfully told story of an exceptionally determined human being.”ーBooklist On September 21, 1962, U.S. Marine Staff Sergea……続きを見る

Obama. Love him? Hate him? Do you really understand him? First time author, Brian P. Noonan, tackled this last question with the release of his ebook, "The Failed American Presidency". Loo……続きを見る

This book examines the United States military’s use of concepts from non-linear science, such as chaos and complexity theory, in its efforts to theorise information-age warfare. Over the past three ……続きを見る

While the clash between what has been called the modern and undeveloped worlds has led to America's military involvement in the Middle East and other places, few people realize the tension between t……続きを見る

“A rough-and-tumble pop-culture look at the history of this storied game.” --National Review Online The 100-Yard War showcases two great football teams who want nothing more than to beat each other,……続きを見る

Founded in 1937, the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point, New York, has trained more than 20,000 professional marinersーand, in the process, has weathered many turbulent times. In Peace and ……続きを見る

The Bush administration's drive to politicize the Justice Department reached a new low with the wrongful firing of seven U.S. Attorneys in late 2006. Their action has ignited public outrage on a sca……続きを見る

Journey through the splendor and the excesses of the Gilded Age "Every aspect of life in the Gilded Age took on deeper, transcendent meaning intended to prove the greatness of America: residences be……続きを見る

This is an accessible book that delineates how progressives and the progressive movement have created the American idea and ideals and forged the kind of country in which we want to live. It creates……続きを見る

Explore the secrets of America's past with the official companion to PBS's History Detectives Could a Civil War POW have fashioned a working camera from a tin can, a spyglass lens, and a pine plank?……続きを見る

Award-winning presidential scholar and speechwriter Wynton Hall brings together the Republican Party’s greatest oratorical gems, from Lincoln's Gettysburg Address and Teddy Roosevelt's the Man with ……続きを見る

The history of shipping in America, as traditionally recounted, is based primarily on the fortunes of the American merchant marine. This book offers a global perspective and considers oceanic shippi……続きを見る

Since the 1890s, American artists have employed the arts of the freak show to envision radically different ways of being. The result is a rich avant-garde tradition that critiques and challenges cap……続きを見る

This book breaks new ground, not only in its coverage of California, but also in its treatment of the role of cultural links in enhancing national loyalty, in its attention to many groups of people ……続きを見る

The American Civil War hit close to home as it pitted brother against brother, Americans fighting one another to defend their differing beliefs. Years of war were followed by a subsequent period of ……続きを見る

Many Americans buoy their national pride and patriotism in the tableau of the American Revolutionーin which every day men rose up against taxation from abroad to defeat one of the most powerful coun……続きを見る

Rancho Mirage is a beautiful residential and desert-resort community nestled along the Santa Rosa Mountains, located between the cities of Palm Springs and Palm Desert in the Coachella Valley. Bigho……続きを見る

Builders of a New South describes how, between 1865 and 1914, ten Natchez mercantile families emerged as leading purveyors in the wholesale plantation supply and cotton handling business, and soon b……続きを見る

With the advent of European colonization, the North American landscape and the indigenous cultures that inhabited it changed irrevocably. While a large part of Native Americans’ past has been marked……続きを見る

In the 1950s and 1960s and on into the 1970s, the United States was involved in two wars fought far from homeーone in aid of South Korea against the neighboring Communist North Korea, and a second w……続きを見る