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America's Revolutionary Mind is the first major reinterpretation of the American Revolution since the publication of Bernard Bailyn's The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution and Gordon S.……続きを見る

The United States Constitution is a short document, and it is written in general language, which leaves much of the meaning unwritten and open to interpretation. Dig into this important document and……続きを見る

This revelatory biography from a Pulitzer Prize-winning author explores the story of the most essential Founding Fatherーthe one who stood behind the change that sparked the American Revolution. “A ……続きを見る

The rapid expansion of the newspaper business in the first decade of the American republic had crucial consequences for cultural, commercial, and political life in the early United States, as the na……続きを見る

In today's United States, the legacy of the American Revolution looms large. From presidential speeches to bestselling biographies, from conservative politics to school pageants, everybody knows som……続きを見る

In October 1785, American statesman John Jay acknowledged that the more his countrymen “are treated ill abroad, the more we shall unite and consolidate at home.” Behind this simple statement lies a ……続きを見る

America's Book shows how the Bible decisively shaped American national history even as that history influenced the use of Scripture. It explores the rise of a strongly Protestant Bible civilization ……続きを見る

This book compares selected Romans of the late Republic with American Founders in the style of Plutarch, encouraging readers to rethink how we view heroes and villains and their conceptions of repub……続きを見る

Students, history buffs and anyone interested in our founding fathers and crucial people and events that led to the formation of America can easily find answers at their fingertips. This 6-page time……続きを見る

Americans have long had a rich if complicated relationship with France. They adore all things French, especially food and fashion. They visit the country and learn the language. Historically, Americ……続きを見る

Many people assume that the women's rights movement first began during the abolitionist movement of the 19th century. Feminist thought began earlier, during the Colonial and Revolutionary period in ……続きを見る

This edition includes the following editor's introduction: Cecil Chesterton in World War I “A History of the United States” was published posthumously in 1919, after Cecil Chesterton died in late ……続きを見る

The urgent need to honor the 56 Signers of The Declaration of Independence came to Douglas MacKinnon, fittingly enough, on the 4th of July. While doing research for a column meant to remind the Amer……続きを見る

The Complete Works of Charles Reginald Enock British thinker and author. This collection includes the following: Spanish America, Its Romance, Reality and Future, Vol. 1 Spanish America, Its Romance……続きを見る

The Complete Works of Raphael Semmes Raphael Semmes was an officer in the Confederate navy during the American Civil War. Until then, he had been a serving officer in the United States Navy from 182……続きを見る

The Complete Works of Basil Wilson Duke Basil Wilson Duke was a Confederate general officer during the American Civil War. His most noted service in the war was as second-in-command for his brother-……続きを見る

The Complete Works of Bradley A. Fiske Rear Admiral Bradley Allen Fiske was an officer in the United States Navy who was noted as a technical innovator. This collection includes the following: Inven……続きを見る

The Complete Works of Alfred Seelye Roe A British historian and author This collection includes the following: John Brown: A Retrospect Read before The Worcester Society of Antiquity, Dec. 2, 1884. ……続きを見る

The Complete Works of Linus Pierpont Brockett An American historical and miscellaneous writer; born in Canton, CT, Oct. 16, 1820; died on Jan. 13, 1893. He graduated from Yale Medical College in 184……続きを見る

Christopher Gist is a great American hero who has often gone unnoticed. Recognized for giving colonists the first detailed description of the Ohio Country, Gist was a close friend of George Washingt……続きを見る

Between 1776 and 1783, Britain hired an estimated 30,000 German soldiers to fight in its war against the Americans. Collectively known as Hessians, they actually came from six German territories wit……続きを見る

James Madison’s record of the Constitutional Convention traces day by day the debates held from May to September 1787 and presents the only complete picture we have of the strategy, interests, and i……続きを見る

Robert Graves first came across the name of Roger Lamb in 1914, when Graves was an English officer instructing his platoon in regimental history. Lamb was a British soldier who had served his king d……続きを見る

The Address was delivered at the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, on the afternoon of Thursday, November 19, 1863, during the American Civil War, four and a……続きを見る

'People can only be free in relation to one another.' Three exhilarating and inspiring essays in which the great twentieth-century political philosopher argues that there can be no freedom without p……続きを見る

A New York Times notable book of 2023 | A finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for biography | Winner of the 2024 George Washington Prize “[An] erudite, enlightening new biography . . . [Wa……続きを見る

In the late eighteenth century, planters in the Caribbean and the American South insisted that only Black people could labor on plantations, arguing that Africans, unlike Europeans, had bodies parti……続きを見る

This book exposes the lies and slanders that America is and always has been a "racist nation." The American Revolution was the greatest anti-slavery revolution in human history. The individual chapt……続きを見る

The squatter--defined by Noah Webster as "one that settles on new land without a title"--had long been a fixture of America's frontier past. In the antebellum period, white squatters propelled the J……続きを見る

A new understanding of how the West came to be For over 35 years, the dominant histories of the American West have been narratives of horrific conflicts. Framed in terms of empire building, these hi……続きを見る