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In 1864 when construction of the transcontinental railroad was begun the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Railroads were a "whole country" apart. Although the Union Pacific faltered at first, takin……続きを見る

This four volume collection looks at the essential issues concerning crime and punishment in the long nineteenth-century. Through the presentation of primary source documents, it explores the develo……続きを見る

The Greek Revolution in the Age of Revolutions (1776-1848) brings together twenty-one scholars and a host of original ideas, revisionist arguments, and new information to mark the bicentennial of th……続きを見る

Reconstruction-era literature helped shape an ongoing national debate about proper remedies to racial wrongs. In this powerful book, Brook Thomas revisits the contested era of Reconstruction. He evo……続きを見る

In this landmark volume, Samuel Hollander presents a fresh and compelling history of moral philosophy from Locke to John Stuart Mill, showing that a ‘moral sense’ can actually be considered compatib……続きを見る

Even before the publication of his masterwork, John Henry Newman had been regarded as one of the most important religious thinkers on the 19th Century. His decision in 1845 to leave his Anglicanism ……続きを見る

The Publix Press edition of The Slang Dictionary of 1859 by John Camden Hotten: -Is fully searchable. -Includes the full, unaltered text. -Is newly formatted, typeset, and designed to ensure readabi……続きを見る

In 1841, Solomon Northup was a free man living with his wife and two children in Saratoga Springs, New York. He earned his living as a carpenter and violin player. One day, he is approached by two m……続きを見る

**One of NPR's "Books We Love" New York Times Book Review's "The Best True Crime of 2022" "Rich in historical perspective and graced by novelistic touches, grips the reader from first to last.”ーWal……続きを見る

In his hugely influential book Discipline and Punish, Foucault used the example of Jeremy Bentham's Panopticon prison as a means of representing the transition from the early modern monarchy to the ……続きを見る

Émile Zola's monumental work, The Complete Rougon-Macquart Series (All 20 Books in One Edition), is a literary masterpiece that delves deep into the social and political issues of 19th-century Franc……続きを見る

Ever since 1821, when he died at age fifty-one on the forlorn and windswept island of St. Helena, Napoleon Bonaparte has been remembered as either demi-god or devil incarnate. In The Rise of Napoleo……続きを見る

Shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2020, a vivid work of history that explores the life of an unconventional woman in Edo - now known as Tokyo - and a portrait of a great city on the brink of……続きを見る

'An utterly charming 1940’s mystery. Definitely a new series addiction!' Debbie Young Westleham Village 1947. It’s the Westleham village show and with the war finally over, everyone is looking forwa……続きを見る

"Una nación llamada Venezuela", verdadero clásico del estudio de la historia en nuestro país, conoce una nueva edición, corregida y aumentada. En ella, al formato inicial de siete conferencias dicta……続きを見る

**Winner of the Lincoln Prize "Oakes brilliantly succeeds in [clarifying] the aims of the war with a wholly new perspective." ーDavid Brion Davis, New York Review of Books** Freedom National is a gr……続きを見る

Obgleich Johannes Brahms als einer der bedeutendsten Liedkomponisten des 19. Jahrhunderts gilt, wird er oftmals in erster Linie als Schöpfer von gewichtigen Symphonien und komplexer Kammer-/Klavierm……続きを見る

In A Just and Generous Nation, the eminent historian Harold Holzer and the noted economist Norton Garfinkle present a groundbreaking new account of the beliefs that inspired our sixteenth president ……続きを見る

How to Do Things with Books in Victorian Britain asks how our culture came to frown on using books for any purpose other than reading. When did the coffee-table book become an object of scorn? Why d……続きを見る

In "The Oregon Question," Albert Gallatin delves into the complex geopolitical and sociocultural dynamics surrounding the territorial disputes of the Pacific Northwest during the early 19th century.……続きを見る

Although a host of adventurers stormed west in 1806 after Lewis and Clark’s safe return, seven of them left unique legacies because of their monumental journeys, their lionhearted spirit in the face……続きを見る

Settlers in the frontier West were often easy prey for criminals. Policing efforts were scattered at best and often amounted to vigilante retaliation. To create a semblance of order, freelance enfor……続きを見る

A New York Times bestseller, The Midnight Assassin is a sweeping narrative history of a terrifying serial killer--America's first--who stalked Austin, Texas in 1885. In the late 1800s, the city of A……続きを見る

Das Auswärtige Amt, nach einem preußischen Vorläufer unter Bismarck im Kaiserreich gegründet, ist die wichtigste Institution deutscher Außenpolitik. Zugleich ist es ein traditioneller Karrierehafen ……続きを見る

"Woman, like man, should be freely permitted to do whatever she can do well." So said Frances E. Willard, who lived her life in the firm belief of this principle and who was instrumental in the pass……続きを見る

From the first account of “Colter’s Run,” published in 1810, fascination with John Colter, one of America’s most famous and yet least known frontiersmen and discoverer of Yellowstone Park, has never……続きを見る

The first vice president to become president on the death of the incumbent, John Tyler (1790–1862) was derided by critics as “His Accidency.” In this biography of the tenth president, Edward P. Crap……続きを見る

A comprehensive history of the Sino-Russian border, one of the longest and most important land borders in the world The Sino-Russian border, once the world’s longest land border, has received scant ……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

This volume presents the reader with thirty-one short chapters that capture an exciting new moment in the study of the Meiji Restoration. The chapters offer a kaleidoscope of approaches and interpre……続きを見る