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The regimental history of a regiment about to lose its identity, known sometimes as the Death and Glory Boys because of their famous skull and crossbones badge. They have had a long and distinguishe……続きを見る

Charles Waddell Chesnutt (1858–1932) was an African American writer, essayist, Civil Rights activist, legal-stenography businessman, and lawyer whose novels and short stories explore race, racism, a……続きを見る

On a battlefield so littered with dead bodies that General Ulysses S. Grant said it would have been possible to walk across it in any direction without a foot touching the ground, the Union Army not……続きを見る

James Clerk Maxwell was a brilliant mathematician and scientist, but his impact on this world goes even deeper than that. Maxwell singlehandedly overturned what was believed to be fact with a whole ……続きを見る

H. H. Holmes' story has become one of legend. Holmes committed his crimes at a time in history where the idea of murdering on a mass scale was just being introduced to the world through the actions ……続きを見る

Red Cloud's War was one conflict in the long series of Indian Wars fought between the United States and the indigenous nations of North America. As white Americans scrambled for wealth and land furt……続きを見る

In 1837, Hong Xiuquan failed the notoriously difficult exam to gain entry to the Chinese Civil Service and suffered a nervous breakdown. In a weakened state, he had visions which he later interprete……続きを見る

Nathaniel Hawthorne is one of America's most influential writers and also one of the most complex. He was the essential New Englander, a believer in hard work and simple living, and his personality ……続きを見る

The Boxer Rebellion saw impoverished Chinese peasants strike a blow against the Western powers, particularly the British, who had come to challenge China's sovereignty. The uprising was both a harbi……続きを見る

The political theories of Lenin have long outlived him, and have even gone on to outlive the Marxist state he help to found; the Soviet Union. The name Lenin still reverberates around the world, and……続きを見る

This book relates the modern development of the Kansas beef cattle industry, combining both the history of productionーincluding specific business problems and the significant work in upbreedingーan……続きを見る

In "The Dover Road: Annals of an Ancient Turnpike," Charles G. Harper meticulously chronicles the historical significance and cultural essence of one of England's most storied thoroughfares. Through……続きを見る

By: R.L. James, Pub. 1945, reprinted 2021, 160 pages, Index, E-BOOK, ISBN #978-1-63914-499-0. Colbert county is located in the northwestern corner of the state. It was created in 1867 from Franklin ……続きを見る

Das Buch 'Zweites Kaiserreich' von Karl Marx ist eine tiefgreifende Analyse der politischen und gesellschaftlichen Entwicklung im Frankreich des 19. Jahrhunderts. Marx beleuchtet die Entstehung des ……続きを見る

In "History of the United States," Charles A. Beard presents a groundbreaking examination of American history through a critical lens that highlights economic forces and conflicts shaping the nation……続きを見る

In "Lectures Delivered in America in 1874," Charles Kingsley presents a series of thought-provoking discourses that delve into the intersection of religion, science, and social responsibility during……続きを見る

In "Abraham Lincoln and the Abolition of Slavery in the United States," Charles Godfrey Leland explores the moral complexities and political maneuvers surrounding the abolition of slavery through a ……続きを見る

In 'The Greatest Works of Charles Carleton Coffin,' readers are treated to a collection of the author's most significant writings, showcasing his powerful prose and keen insight into American histor……続きを見る

In "Lectures on Modern History," John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton, Baron Acton, presents a profound analysis of the evolution of modern political thought and its historical underpinnings. Delivered……続きを見る

In "Contemporary American History, 1877-1913," Charles A. Beard presents a meticulous analysis of the political, social, and economic transformations that shaped the United States during a pivotal e……続きを見る

In the antebellum Natchez district, in the heart of slave country, black people sued white people in all-white courtrooms. They sued to enforce the terms of their contracts, recover unpaid debts, re……続きを見る

Victorian Ecocriticism: The Politics of Place and Early Environmental Justice aims to take up the challenge that Lawrence Buell lays out in The Future of Environmental Criticism: Environmental Crisi……続きを見る

Choice Outstanding Academic Title As controversial in politics as he was in the military, Ulysses S. Grant (1822–1885) was an embattled president, enormously popular with the American people, yet th……続きを見る

Taking our understanding of political antislavery into largely unexplored terrain, Jonathan H. Earle counters conventional wisdom and standard historical interpretations that view the ascendance of ……続きを見る

In the weeks and months after the end of the Spanish-American War, Americans celebrated their nation’s triumph by eating sugar. Each of the nation’s new imperial possessions, from Puerto Rico to the……続きを見る

Fifty Years in Chains: Or, the Life of an American Slave (1859) was an abridged and unauthorized reprint of the earlier Slavery in the United States (1836). In the narratives, Ball describes his exp……続きを見る

The westward migration of nearly half a million Americans in the mid-nineteenth century looms large in U.S. history. Classic images of rugged Euro-Americans traversing the plains in their prairie sc……続きを見る

This work is the first major reexamination in English of the rise of the world’s pioneer modern research university. It presents an authoritative history of science, scholarship, and education, offe……続きを見る

Everyday Life in Traditional Japan paints a vivid portrait of Tokugawa Japan, a time when contact with the outside world was deliberately avoided, and the daily life of the different classes consoli……続きを見る

Now, perhaps, only those enmeshed in 19th-century American history know his name; but when John Hay died in 1905, he was one of the most famous men in the world. And one of the most highly regarded.……続きを見る