Ｊｏｎａ - 19th Century 1

CONTENTS: Introduction, Jean H. Baker and Charles W. Mitchell “Border State, Border War: Fighting for Freedom and Slavery in Antebellum Maryland,” Richard Bell “Charity Folks and the Ghosts of Slave……続きを見る

Films possess virtually unlimited power for crafting broad interpretations of American history. Nineteenth-century America has proven especially conducive to Hollywood imaginations, producing indeli……続きを見る

Founded in 1841 in Marion, Alabama, Howard College provided a Christian liberal arts education for young men living along the old southwestern frontier. The founders named the school after eighteent……続きを見る

Slavery and Freedom in Savannah is a richly illustrated, accessibly written book modeled on the very successful Slavery in New York, a volume Leslie M. Harris coedited with Ira Berlin. Here Harris a……続きを見る

Most Americans think of the Civil War as a series of dramatic clashes between massive armies led by romantic-seeming leaders. But in the Appalachian communities of North Georgia, things were very di……続きを見る

Buying and Selling Civil War Memory explores the ways in which Gilded Age manufacturers, advertisers, publishers, and others commercialized Civil War memory. Advertisers used images of the war to se……続きを見る

一部西方經書如何被引用、誤讀，最後據為己用？ 一場宣教行動如何****觸動滿漢族群問題、華洋民族意識？ 信仰如何成為狂熱，終於燃燒中國大半江山？ 史景遷敘事史學登峰造極之作 魔幻手法鉤勒出波瀾壯闊史詩 恪守……続きを見る

中國百年命運的劇變與滄桑 民國知識分子的希望與悔恨 最會說故事的歷史學家──史景遷揚名立萬之作 「西方中國研究的里程碑。」──費正清 「史景遷的著作必須劃入《史記》的類別之內，是無可爭議的。」──余英時 ★《洛……続きを見る

Two leaders of the National Park Service provide a front-row seat to the disastrous impact of partisan politics over the past fifty yearsーand offer a bold vision for the parks’ future. The US Natio……続きを見る

The Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, ratified in 1868, sought to protect the rights of the newly freed slaves; but its first important test did not arise until five years later. That test c……続きを見る

The story of how nineteenth-century European rulers conspired with Mexican conservatives in an outlandish plan to contain the rising US colossus by establishing Old World empire on its doorstep. The……続きを見る

The only English-language book on the fall and death of Joachim Murat and the final act in the drama of the Napoleonic Wars. Joachim Murat, son of an innkeeper, had won his spurs as Napoleon’s fines……続きを見る

In March 1896 a well-disciplined and massive Ethiopian army did the unthinkable-it routed an invading Italian force and brought Italy's war of conquest in Africa to an end. In an age of relentless E……続きを見る

In 1812 Napoleon's magnificent army invaded Russia. Among the half a million men who crossed the border was Albrecht Adam, a former baker, a soldier and, most importantly for us, a military artist o……続きを見る

A historical study of how increased access to iceーdecades before refrigerationーtransformed American life. During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Americans depended upon ice to s……続きを見る

The explosion of the industrial revolution and the rise of imperialism in the second half of the nineteenth century served to dramatically increase the supply and demand for weapons on a global scal……続きを見る

A “thrilling . . . captivating” account of the most famous shipwreck before the Titanicーa tragedy that inspired an unforgettable masterpiece of Western art (The Boston Globe). In June 1816, the Med……続きを見る

This regional history examines the process of mourning and reconciliation for the people of Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley in the aftermath of the Civil War. After four bloody years of Civil War battl……続きを見る

This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words. This book may have occasional im……続きを見る

In "American Slavery, and the Means of Its Abolition," Jonathan Ward offers a compelling and incisive exploration of the complexities surrounding the institution of slavery in America and the varied……続きを見る

From the New York Times: "The astonishing stories in Shipwrecked ... [offer] a fresh perspective on the mess of pitched emotions and politics in a nation at war over slavery." Historian Jonathan W. ……続きを見る

Imperial steam explores the early history of steamship travel to Britain’s imperial East. Drawing upon the wealth of voyage narratives which were produced in the first decades of the new route to In……続きを見る

Through careful, detailed consideration of a host of primary documents about the young activists who formed the Underground Railroad's underappreciated operational workforce, this book offers fresh ……続きを見る

How we keep food cold while the house stays warm. Only when the power goes off and food spoils do we truly appreciate how much we rely on refrigerators and freezers. In Refrigeration Nation, Jonatha……続きを見る

The first study to focus on white and black women journalists and writers both before and after the Civil War, this book offers fresh insight into Southern intellectual life, the fight for women's r……続きを見る

Now in its second edition, Bourgeois Europe, 1850–1914 is a general history of Europe from the middle of the nineteenth century to the outbreak of the First World War, a successor to Revolutionary E……続きを見る

During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, thousands of Icelanders emigrated to both North and South America. Although the best known Icelandic settlements were in southern Manitoba, in the area……続きを見る

In June 1816, the Medusa, flagship of a French expedition to repossess the colony of Senegal from the British, set sail but ran aground off the desolate West African coast. The evacuation of the fri……続きを見る

Covering nearly one hundred years of Zulu military history, this book focuses on the creation, maintenance, development, tactics and ultimate destruction of the Zulu army. It studies the armies, wea……続きを見る

Today’s interest in social history and private life is often seen as a twentieth-century innovation. Most often Lucien Febvre and the Annales school in France are credited with making social history……続きを見る