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This historical analysis follows Larry Cuban’s book As Good as it Gets: What School Reform Brought to Austin but with an East Austin perspective as opposed to the view of one former superintendent. ……続きを見る

It was a seemingly pleasant evening on October 1, 2017, and more than 20,000 people gathered at the Route 91 Harvest Festival. Everyone was in high spirits and the concert began to a thrilling fanfa……続きを見る

For many, the Beatles offered a delightful alternative to the dull and the staid, while for others, the mop-top haircuts, the unsettling music, and the hysterical girls that greeted the British impo……続きを見る

The book is a memoir about growing up Black in Cape Charles, Virginia on the Eastern Shore of the Chesapeake. It details the origin of the town as a railroad terminus and connecting to ferry barges ……続きを見る

**From journalist and historian Richard Kreitner, a examination of the most persistent idea in American history: these supposedly United States should be broken up. "A powerful revisionist account."……続きを見る

Once symbols of the past, ruins have become ubiquitous signs of our future. Americans today encounter ruins in the media on a daily basis--images of abandoned factories and malls, toxic landscapes, ……続きを見る

It is the land of the Alaska Gold Rush, where nuggets were said to be the size of goose eggs, where men froze to death in search of the elusive yellow metal, and dancehall girls lured overnight mill……続きを見る

Jim Tracy’s Sworn to Silence is an unforgettable story of two American lawyers who did the unprecedented. They searched for, found, and photographed the lifeless bodies of their client’s victims and……続きを見る

The origins of gentrification date back to World War Iーonly it was sometimes known as “remodeling” then. Dennis Gale’s insightful book, The**Misunderstood History of Gentrification, provides a reco……続きを見る

Examines the economic and cultural development of England's most British colony Reflecting the burgeoning interest of colonial historians in South Carolina and its role as the economic and cultural ……続きを見る

The original works of foreign classics, including the most representative literary masters and the most influential representative works. 続きを見る

Think you know your states? THINK AGAIN! Did you know the first child of English parentage born in the United States was born in North Carolina? Or how about that North Carolina is home to the talle……続きを見る

This is an up-to-date and comprehensive book about the history of Richwood, Ohio since its founding in 1832. It contains the history of the state of Ohio, Union County, Claibourne Township and Richw……続きを見る

Combining explications of William Faulkner's novels and short stories with thematic analysis, Hyatt H. Waggoner works from the close reading of a specific work outward to its most general meanings a……続きを見る

Fifteen years after its publication, the award-winning Topsail Island: Mayberry by the Sea by Ray McAllister, is back in an updated and expanded 2nd Edition from Beach Glass Books. The new edition i……続きを見る

Kentucky was the last state in the South to introduce racially segregated schools and one of the first to break down racial barriers in higher education. The passage of the infamous Day Law in 1904 ……続きを見る

IPPY Award for Best Regional History Reader's Favorite Award What happened in Vermont when the anti-Communist fear known as the "Red Scare" swept the country? Quite a bit, as it turns out. Rick Wins……続きを見る

“The narrative is one that tells how 28 buffalo hunters from Kansas vanquished 800 Indians in the Texas Panhandle.” -Salt Lake Herald, Jan. 6, 1908 How did 28 buffalo hunters trapped at the buffalo ……続きを見る

“Major Byers got trace of the only survivors...in the slave ship (Clotilda)...were personally interviewed by Major Byers.” -Des Moines Register, Jan. 23, 1904 How did the survivors of the slave ship……続きを見る

"An excellent account of the political conditions which brought on this conflict." -Studies in the American Race Problem (1908) "The Wilmington race riot of 1898 is treated fully in...'The Race War ……続きを見る

Wrightsville Beach: The Luminous Island, award-winning story of the North Carolina island by Ray McAllister, is back in an enlarged and enhanced 2nd Edition. Wrightsville Beach has been a continuous……続きを見る

A stereotypical image of manumission is that of a benign plantation owner freeing his slaves on his deathbed. But as Stephen Whitman demonstrates, the truth was far more complex, especially in borde……続きを見る

Wilson Wyatt was Jack Kennedy's presidential emissary to Sukarno in a crisis that might have cost the West the oil of the East Indies and lost Indonesia to the Communist orbit. He headed a mission t……続きを見る

The first and most successful rural social settlement school in the United States lies at the forks of Troublesome Creek in Knott County, Kentucky. Since its founding in 1902 by May Stone and Kather……続きを見る

Did you know that the Montana Yogo Sapphire is the only North American gem to be included in the Crown Jewels of England? Or how about that Montana's average state population density is only six peo……続きを見る

FAMILY STORIES FROM THE ATTIC is an anthology of essays, creative nonfiction, and poetry inspired by family letters, objects, and archives. Nearly two dozen contributors from the United States and A……続きを見る

The city of Phoenix, with its attractive climate and diverse commercial enterprises, has always had a strong lodging industry. The first hotel was built by John Gardiner in 1872. This initial hotel ……続きを見る

The first white man of the West; or, The life and exploits of Col. Dan'l Boone, the first settler of Kentucky; interspersed with incidents in the early annals of the country, by Timothy Flint. 続きを見る

Think you know your states? THINK AGAIN! Did you know that the cheeseburger was invented in Colorado? Or how about that Colorado was the first state to legalize marijuana on all levels? Or that Colo……続きを見る

About the Book Theodore Roosevelt reinvented the presidency for the twentieth century with his use of the "bully pulpit" and his emphasis on the "square deal." In so doing he enlivened American poli……続きを見る