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This unusual book traces the development of the feminist movement in America and, to a lesser extent, in England. The comparison between the movements is enlightening. Professor O’Neill starts with ……続きを見る

Men, money, duelling and murder: welcome to the infamous Derby race of 1844 and the gambling mania that gripped early 19th century Britain. This is a tale of money, gambling and sporting obsession; ……続きを見る

In the narrative of the Civil War, Edward Porter Alexander has loomed larger in death than in life. Just 25 years old when the war broke out, Porter Alexander had already served as an engineer and o……続きを見る

This gripping and important book brings alive over two hundred years of humanitarian interventions. Freedom’s Battle illuminates the passionate debates between conscience and imperialism ignited by ……続きを見る

The first edition of Halbert and Ball's Creek War was published in 1895, and a new edition containing an introductory essay, supplementary notes, a bibliography, and an index by Frank L. Owsley Jr.,……続きを見る

First-Hand Accounts of Slavery in America. With active Table of contents. Hundreds of former slaves were interviewed during the depression as part of the WPA project sponsored by the Library of Cong……続きを見る

The extraordinary story of one couple’s determination to free themselves and their children from slavery and make a new life in Canada Prior to abolition in 1865, as many as 40,000 men, women, and c……続きを見る

In 1921, William Wood released Captains of the Civil War: A Chronicle of the Blue and the Gray as part of the Chronicle of America series. As Wood notes, his book corresponded with the 60th annivers……続きを見る

At once a romantic history of a mighty river, an autobiographical account of Twain's early steamboat days, and a storehouse of humorous anecdotes and sketches, here is the raw material from which Ma……続きを見る

This book challenges the widely held myth that the American national state was weak in the early days of the republic. William H. Bergmann reveals how the federal government used its fiscal and mili……続きを見る

The East End of London, England in the 1880’s became the setting for a series of murders committed by probably the most famous serial killer of all time, Jack the Ripper. The slaughters of five wome……続きを見る

While Bloomsbury is now associated with Virginia Woolf and her early-twentieth-century circle of writers and artists, the neighborhood was originally the undisputed intellectual quarter of nineteent……続きを見る

*Explains the history of the Democratic Party from the Revolution to Obama*Analyzes the policies of Democratic Presidents like Jackson, Roosevelt, Kennedy, Johnson and Clinton.*Explains the way the ……続きを見る

The OK corral was a run of the mill gun fight until Wyatt Earp sought fame and fortune in fledgling Hollywood. Until he exaggerated his life deeds to authors and scriptwriters, few knew about the de……続きを見る

Forget Doris Day singing on the stagecoach. Forget Robin Weigert’s gritty portrayal on HBO’s Deadwood. The real Calamity Jane was someone the likes of whom you’ve never encountered. That is, until n……続きを見る

Le Mémorial de Sainte-Hélène est l'œuvre majeure du comte de Las Cases, où il a consigné jour après jour, tout ce qu'a dit et fait Napoléon durant le temps où il a partagé son exil à Sainte-Hélène. ……続きを見る

This book emphasises the centrality of nationhood to Thomas Jefferson's thought and politics, envisioning Jefferson as a cultural nationalist whose political project sought the alignment of the Amer……続きを見る

An autobiographical narrative, BEHIND THE SCENES traces Elizabeth Keckley's life from her enslavement in Virginia and North Carolina to her time as seamstress to Mary Todd Lincoln in the White House……続きを見る

Slavery existed long before the United States of America was founded, but so did opposition to slavery. Both flourished after the founding of the country, and the anti-slavery movement was known as ……続きを見る

An Arab-centric perspective dominates the West’s understanding of Islam. Purohit presses for a view of Islam as a heterogeneous religion that has found a variety of expressions in local contexts. Th……続きを見る

Marianne, Louise and Cassandra Knight were nieces of the great 19th century novelist who gave us Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility. Jane knew the girls well, reading and sewing with them……続きを見る

Ira Aten (1862-1953) was the epitome of a frontier lawman. At age twenty he enrolled in Company D during the transition of the Rangers from Indian fighters to topnotch peace officers. This unitand A……続きを見る

Le Mémorial de Sainte-Hélène est l'œuvre majeure du comte de Las Cases, où il a consigné jour après jour, tout ce qu'a dit et fait Napoléon durant le temps où il a partagé son exil à Sainte-Hélène. ……続きを見る

In The Market Revolution, one of America's most distinguished historians offers a major reinterpretation of a pivotal moment in United States history. Based on impeccable scholarship and written wit……続きを見る

This edition features • illustrations • a linked Table of Contents, Footnotes, and Index CONTENTS (abridged list) CHAPTER I. Origin of the Sac and Fox Indians, Removal to Green Bay, Their subjugatio……続きを見る

Caleb Smith explores the confessions, trial reports, maledictions, and martyr narratives that juxtaposed law and conscience in antebellum America’s court of public opinion and shows how writers port……続きを見る

The story of the five Marlow brothers and their tribulations in late nineteenth-century Texas is the stuff of Old West legend (and served to inspire the John Wayne movie, The Sons of Katie Elder). V……続きを見る

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This book illuminates the origins and development of violence as a social issue by examining a critical period in the evolution of attitudes towards violence. It explores the meaning of violence thr……続きを見る

This edition features illustrations. Excerpt CAUSES OF THE WAR Since neither France nor Great Britain would accept the opportunity to make a friend of the United States, the captures went on; and En……続きを見る