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New York Times Book Review ー Editors’ Choice • Chicago Tribune ー "60 Best Reads for Right Now" • St. Louis Post-Dispatch ー "50 Fall Books You Should Consider Reading" Challenging conventional wis……続きを見る

This book examines the life and legacy of John Lowell Jr (1799–1836) through the establishment of the Lowell Institute, still active in Boston, which offers free education. 続きを見る

Allen Jayne analyzes the ideology of the Declaration of Independenceーand its implicationsーby going back to the sources of Jefferson's ideas: Bolingbroke, Kames, Reid, and Locke. He concludes that ……続きを見る

As American society becomes more polarized by the day, the question of how this "exceptional nation" can hope to regain its mojo is more pressing than ever before. With his unique blend of wry humor……続きを見る

The first appearance of parties on the American political scene has been a subject of debate in both history and political science; most scholars have argued that parties did not develop until the n……続きを見る

This splendid novel about an unsung hero of American history carries its prodigious learning lightly in order to tell vividly the authentic story of William Wells’s remarkable life. Blacksnake’s Pat……続きを見る

“A thorough, long-overdue study of Black Americans’ contributions during the War of Independence. . . . An important piece of American and African American history.” ーKirkus Reviews In this enlight……続きを見る

The Autobiography Manuscript of Major Amos Stoddard is part biography, and part autobiography. It is the story of the life and times of Major Amos Stoddard, the first civil commandant and governor o……続きを見る

One day in 1698, Robert Pyle of Pennsylvania decided to buy a black slave. The next night he dreamed of a steep ladder to heaven that he felt he could not climb because he carried a black pot. In th……続きを見る

**An intellectual biography of James Madison, arguing that he invented American politics as we know it ** How do you solve a problem like James Madison? The fourth president is one of the most confo……続きを見る

This Ebook is the first of two Ebooks that present the print book, Ordinary Soldiers - Extraordinary Task. The print book traces the sons of two ordinary colonial families in their Revolutionary War……続きを見る

This Ebook is the second of two Ebooks that present the print book, Ordinary Soldiers - Extraordinary Task. The print book traces the sons of two ordinary colonial families in their Revolutionary Wa……続きを見る

In his celebrated account of the origins of American unity, John Adams described July 1776 as the moment when thirteen clocks managed to strike at the same time. So how did these American colonies o……続きを見る

In Liberty and Insanity in the Age of the American Revolution, Sarah L. Swedberg examines how conceptions of mental illness intersected with American society, law, and politics during the early Amer……続きを見る

An original account of the importance of diverse forms of fiction in the early American republicーone that challenges the “rise of the novel” narrative What is the use of fiction? This question preo……続きを見る

In 1776 America is war torn in the revolutionary war and 18- year- old Elizabeth is torn too. Her convictions hold her loyal to King George, but her lover, Matthew, is a patriot. Must she flee with ……続きを見る

This edition is comprised of the most important legal documents in early American history which are considered instrumental to its founding and philosophy: The United States Declaration of Independe……続きを見る

During the years of the Early Republic, prominent Native leaders regularly traveled to American cities--Albany, Boston, Charleston, Philadelphia, Montreal, Quebec, New York, and New Orleans--primari……続きを見る

The Western Migration was a monumental movement that helped spur our nation’s transportation into gear. Westward Ho! Concord Coach • Staging and Freighting will give you an insight on how pioneers, ……続きを見る

Samuel Gist was born in Bristol in the early eighteenth century but was soon orphaned and sent to Virginia as an apprenticed. Despite this unpromising start, he returned to Britain already a success……続きを見る

Sybil Rides tells the inspiring true story of events during the American Revolution which resulted in sixteen-year old Sybil Ludington becoming known as the Female Paul Revere. Her ride helped stop ……続きを見る

Sybil Rides tells the inspiring true story of events during the American Revolution which resulted in sixteen-year old Sybil Ludington becoming known as the Female Paul Revere. Her ride took place d……続きを見る

For most of the eighteenth century, British protestantism was driven neither by the primacy of denominations nor by fundamental discord between them. Instead, it thrived as part of a complex transat……続きを見る

The belief that Native Americans might belong to the fabled “lost tribes of Israel”ーIsraelites driven from their homeland around 740 BCEーtook hold among Anglo-Americans and Indigenous peoples in t……続きを見る

In "Jay's Treaty," John Jay offers a meticulous examination of the diplomatic negotiations between the United States and Great Britain following the American Revolution. Written in a clear and persu……続きを見る

In their comprehensive and authoritative history of boat and shipbuilding in North Carolina through the early twentieth century, William Still and Richard Stephenson document for the first time a by……続きを見る

“The Battle of Chesapeake Bay was one of the decisive battles of the world. Before it, the creation of the United States of America was possible; after it, it was certain.” ー Michael Lewis, The His……続きを見る

With our nation divided and our Constitution and rights under daily siege, now is the time to understand the ‘why’ and the ‘how’ of the system of rights and government established by the Constitutio……続きを見る

Though little known to most students of the American Revolution, the British Radicals of the 1770s championed the rights of Americans while advocating parliamentary reform and denouncing British col……続きを見る

This volume, a collection of eleven original essays by many of the foremost U.S. military historians, focuses on the transition of the Army from parade ground to battleground in each of nine wars th……続きを見る