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A brief discussion of American Privateers and Privateering during the War of 1812 when America's Private Navy scourged British Commerce.続きを見る

Historians have long believed that Catholics were late and ambivalent supporters of the German nation. Rebecca Ayako Bennette’s bold new interpretation demonstrates definitively that from the beginn……続きを見る

During the last half of the nineteenth century Railroads were the life blood of the nation. Here are four short pieces describing the working of the Railroads at that time. Railway management, by E ……続きを見る

Sometimes called "The Chivington Massacre" by those who would emphasize his responsibility for the attack and "The Battle of Sand Creek" by those who would imply that it was not a massacre, this eve……続きを見る

An American visits Siberia, along the Amoor river, during the mid nineteenth century. This piece includes a description of a wedding as well as the usual cultural comments and landscape and business……続きを見る

This book examines the marriages of British peers to American women within the context of the opening up of London and New York society and the growing competitiveness for high social status. In Lon……続きを見る

A COMPANION TO THE ERA OF ANDREW JACKSON More than perhaps any other president, Andrew Jackson’s story mirrored that of the United States; from his childhood during the American Revolution, through ……続きを見る

In 1803, The United States made one of the greatest business deals of all time--they bought 828,000 square miles of land (1/3 the size of the United States!) for $11,250,000! To put it simply, it wa……続きを見る

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Most scholarship on nineteenth-century America’s transformation into a market society has focused on consumption, romanticized visions of workers, and analysis of firms and factories. Building on bu……続きを見る

Confederate Military History is a 12-volume series of books written and/or edited by former Confederate general Clement A. Evans that deals with specific topics related to the military personalities……続きを見る

Art dealer Otto Wacker’s 1932 sensational trial in Berlin for selling fake Van Goghs leads Eksteins to a unique narrative of a collapsing Weimar Germany, the rise of another misfit, Adolf Hitler, an……続きを見る

Despite the countless books and films devoted to him, Billy the Kid remains one of the most elusive figures of the Old West. Now, award-winning western historian Frederick Nolan has scoured the publ……続きを見る

The mountain-top volleys from any scholarly set-to among social historians concerning the elusive roots of American democracy do reach our ears from time to time, and this rather formidable cannonad……続きを見る

“WANTED. YOUNG, SKINNY, WIRY FELLOWS. NOT OVER 18. MUST BE EXPERT RIDERS. WILLING TO RISK DEATH DAILY. ORPHANS PREFERRED.” ーCalifornia newspaper help-wanted ad, 1860 The Pony Express is one of the ……続きを見る

Many citizens wrote diaries during the Civil War. The surviving documents are an important first-person resource for historians studying the day-to-day effects of the war on the population. Sarah Mo……続きを見る

Wilhelm von Habsburg wore the uniform of an Austrian officer, the court regalia of a Habsburg archduke, the simple suit of a Parisian exile, the decorations of the Order of the Golden Fleece and, ev……続きを見る

*Includes pictures of each general, and important people, places, and events in their lives. *Includes an original introduction for each general.*Includes a Table of Contents*Includes a bibliography……続きを見る

In early 1815, Secretary of State James Monroe reviewed the treaty with Britain that would end the War of 1812. The United States Navy was blockaded in port; much of the army had not been paid for n……続きを見る

A contemporaneous account of the events leading up to the investment and finally the capture of Port Hudson. Illustrated.続きを見る

In Mystics and Messiahs--the first full account of cults and anti-cult scares in American history--Philip Jenkins shows that, contrary to popular belief, cults were by no means an invention of the 1……続きを見る

Daniel Harvey Hill or D.H. Hill (July 12, 1821 September 24, 1889) was a Confederate general during the Civil War who was known as an aggressive leader, and as an austere, deeply religious man, with……続きを見る

With drama equal to any fiction, this article explores the story of how a major research institution came into being at the top of a mountain at the end of the 19th Century. 続きを見る

As a career civil servant in the United States government during much of his adult life, Jefferson Davis was a natural choice to be elected President of the seceding Southern states in early 1861. W……続きを見る

In the early 1900s, two families in Scurry and Kent counties in West Texas united in a marriage of fourteen-year-old Gladys Johnson to twenty-one-year-old Ed Sims. Billy Johnson, the father, set up ……続きを見る

This book contains the complete collection of all 176 narratives told to employees of the Work Projects Administration by former slaves living in North Carolina at the time of the Great Depression i……続きを見る

Most people vaguely imagine Andrew Jackson as a jaunty warrior and a man of the people, but he was much moreーa man just as complex and controversial as Jefferson or Lincoln. Now, with the first maj……続きを見る

An in-depth biography of Sir Thomas Lipton, the founder of Lipton Tea-a portrait of a remarkable self-made man and intrepid sailor. Today Lipton means tea. However, in his time Sir Thomas Lipton was……続きを見る

The impressions of an American in Japan during the years following the opening of the island nation to American Trade. This short piece details the visit to Nagasaki and to the Governor.続きを見る

*Includes 30 pictures of Grant and important people, places, and events in his life.*Includes anecdotes about Grant's life, such as how Hiram Ulysses Grant came to be known as Ulysses S. Grant.*Incl……続きを見る