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Rooted in Excellence tells an improbable Penn State success story: how an idea that failed for nearly a century finally took root and flourished, against all odds. The Arboretum at Penn State is one……続きを見る

Taking North America as its focus, this book offers a comprehensive exploration of humanity’s evolving relationship with energy. As humans have sought to live and develop the North American continen……続きを見る

Un magnifique livre qui retrace toute l'histoire de la société et de la culture des Sioux Lakhota, des périodes mythologiques lointaines à aujourd'hui. Si ce n'est pas le premier livre sur l'histoir……続きを見る

Latin American Economic History: An Introduction to Daily Life, Debt, and Development guides readers through significant features and developments in the region’s economic history from independence ……続きを見る

Alexander McKee and Simon Girty were colonial British Indian agents who preferred to remain loyal to the government which had long employed them when the colonies decided to sever connections with t……続きを見る

While researching family genealogy, I was surprised to learn that my wife is related to Major General George Armstrong Custer, Major General Galusha Pennypacker, Governor Samuel W. Pennypacker, and ……続きを見る

From 1802 until 2017, there have been approximately 844 military schools in operation in the United States. Many well-known celebrities have attended such institutions as highlighted in the author's……続きを見る

More than a history of a train stationーthe story of a city and an age, as reflected in a building aptly described as a secular cathedral. Winner of the Professional/Scholarly Publishing Award in Ar……続きを見る

In The Rise of the States, noted urban historian Jon C. Teaford explores the development of state government in the United States from the end of the nineteenth century to the so-called renaissance ……続きを見る

This work examines the Middle ColoniesーNew York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvaniaーas a region at the center of imperial contests among competing European powers and Native American nations and at the ……続きを見る

It is widely known that Major General Benedict Arnold conspired to hand the American fortress at West Point over to the enemy for 20,000 British pounds and a brigadier general commission in the Brit……続きを見る

If the United States is really the 'Land of the Free' where anyone can become president, you would expect that the American presidents [George Washington to Joe Biden] would express that genetic div……続きを見る

Don’t Miss the Apple TV+ Docuseries Streaming Now! “This book is as engrossing as anything by Agatha Christie, as unsettling as a novel by Stephen King, and reported with a vigorous empathy that lea……続きを見る

It is interesting to note that all 45 American presidents have carried European royal bloodlines into office. Every one of the 45 American presidents has been genetic descendants from just one perso……続きを見る

Ocho décadas después de Colón, un español llamado Legazpi triunfó donde Colón había fracasado. Navegó hacia el oeste para establecer un comercio continuo con China, entonces el país más rico y poder……続きを見る

In this illuminating and comprehensive account, Talbot C. Imlay chronicles the life of Clarence Streit and his Atlantic federal union movement in the Unites States during and following the Second Wo……続きを見る

During the most idealistic years of John F. Kennedy's Alliance for Progress development program, Bolivia was the highest per capita recipient of U.S. foreign aid in Latin America. Nonetheless, Washi……続きを見る

Borderline Citizens explores the intersection of U.S. colonial power and Puerto Rican migration. Robert C. McGreevey examines a series of confrontations in the early decades of the twentieth century……続きを見る

Why does the United States pursue robust military invasions to change some foreign regimes but not others? Conventional accounts focus on geopolitics or elite ideology. C. William Walldorf, Jr., arg……続きを見る

A history of how the freethought movement fought to maintain a secular United States. Although today it has largely faded from public memory, the American freethought movement played an important ro……続きを見る

Presidents and Their Pens: The Story of White House Speechwriters explores 23 presidencies through the detailed analysis of speeches including Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address, Teddy Roosevelt’s “Big St……続きを見る

Tradition and Transformation in Christian Art approaches tradition and transculturality in religious art from an Orthodox perspective that defines tradition as a dynamic field of exchanges and syner……続きを見る

My family has had a long line of story tellers in it. This is a story (I've confirmed it by the way) my grandfather always told about our struggle against slavery and a historic event that trumped t……続きを見る

In the tradition of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee, a stunningly vivid historical account of the forty-year battle between Comanche Indians and white settlers for control of the American West, center……続きを見る

A short memior part history and part 21st century, From four hundred years of raising cattle to president Obama. Covers parts of florida most people never hear about. Explains the differences betwee……続きを見る

In "The Ancient Monuments of North and South America, 2nd ed," C. S. Rafinesque embarks on a meticulous exploration of the archaeological and historical significance of pre-Columbian sites. The work……続きを見る

In this book, author Baylus C. Brooks, a descendant of a Revolutionary War patriot writes about patriots of color and reflects on the contradictions of fighting for freedom while engaging in slavery……続きを見る

From its Conquest to the Independence, this book deals with the History of Bolivia. "Between latitudes fourteen and a half and twenty-three and a half, the mighty Andean chain is massed into a plate……続きを見る

Up until very recently it was believed that in 1491, the year before Columbus landed, the Americas, one-third of the earth's surface, were a near-pristine wilderness inhabited by small roaming bands……続きを見る

¿Arriesgarías tu vida para salvar tu alma? La historia jamás contada del hombre que derrotó al cartel de Cali. Colombia, en los años noventa, era un país sumido en el caos con un gobierno débil que ……続きを見る