CK - Americas 1

This narrative of a shipwreck on the Florida coast in 1696 and the suffering and heroism of the survivors was first published in Philadelphia three years later under the title GOD’S PROTECTING PROVI……続きを見る

Now available to an English-speaking audience, this book is a comprehensive grammar of classical Nahuatl, the literary language of the Aztecs. It offers students of Nahuatl a complete and clear trea……続きを見る

A vigorous call for rethinking the field of business history. Business history needs a shake-up, Philip Scranton and Patrick Fridenson argue, as many businesses go global and cultural contexts becom……続きを見る

The Not So Fast travel essays explore fascinating places for readers who enjoy slow and easy travels ー who like photographing landscapes, wandering gentle trails, strolling through libraries or alo……続きを見る

For over three centuries, slavery in the Americas fuelled the growth of capitalism. But the stirrings of a revolutionary age in the late eighteenth century challenged this "peculiar institution" and……続きを見る

Stuyvesant Bound is an innovative and compelling evaluation of the last director general of New Netherland. Donna Merwick examines the layers of culture in which Peter Stuyvesant forged his career a……続きを見る

FREDERICK DOUGLASS - His Most Complete Collection of Writings, Works, & Speeches With Illustrations PLUS BONUS AUDIO. This Ebook features amazing dynamic chapter navigation links & professional form……続きを見る

Author William Diepenbrock, an American journalist, documents the fascinating personal history of the Diepenbrock clan and its related forebears. The tale stretches from the 1300s, when the family b……続きを見る

When combat ceased across Vietnam, it signaled the start of a cold war over the Americans left behind. As family members agonized, nearly 2,500 POWs and MIAs had become human pieces in a diplomatic ……続きを見る

Based on forty years of research and thought about the life and character of Richard M. Nixon, not once in this play will the reader find the words “Tricky Dick,” even if he did deserve that label. ……続きを見る

"I am quite convinced that all religions, at bottom, are pretty much alike. On the surface they may seem to differ greatly, but what appears on the surface is not always religion. Go beneath it, and……続きを見る

Charles Swett (1828-1910) was a prosperous Vicksburg merchant and small plantation owner who was reluctantly drawn into secession but then rallied behind the Confederate cause, serving with distinct……続きを見る

This is a highly original and revisionist analysis of British and American efforts to forge a stable Euro-Atlantic peace order between 1919 and the rise of Hitler. Patrick Cohrs argues that this ord……続きを見る

Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Title The experiences of children in America have long been a source of scholarly fascination and general interest. In American Childhoods, Jos……続きを見る

This newsletter contains headline links to stories such as Sasquatch Opossum, MagLev Tubes & Anglican Pagans. 続きを見る

In 2008, I began exploring the idea of teaching free classes at our local Library on the basics of our Constitution and some history of the founding of America. I received permission from the Librar……続きを見る

The Memoirs of an American Citizen By Robert Herrick AUTHOR OF "THE WEB OF LIFE," "THE REAL WORLD," "THE COMMON LOT," ETC. Published by THE MACMILLAN COMPANY in 1905. COPYRIGHT, 1905, BY THE CURTIS ……続きを見る

America is in crisis. In the space of a generation, it has become more than ever a country of winners and losers, as industries have failed, institutions have disappeared and the country's focus has……続きを見る

Known as one of the most infamous penitentiaries in American history, Alcatraz Island has a history filled with intrigue, heartbreak, and surprising beauty. Nearly 10,000 years of human history are ……続きを見る

This is Volume #2 of the small book a Many Trails and Tales. which has different articles from the first book It has short stories and articles that are complete within themselves as compared to a w……続きを見る

Winner of The American Journalism Historians Association Book of the Year Award, 2015 This study of American public relations history traces evangelicalism to corporate public relations via reform a……続きを見る

In 1918, a devastating world-wide influenza epidemic hit the United States. Killing over 600,000 Americans and causing the national death rate to jump 30% in a single year, the outbreak obstructed t……続きを見る

Nathaniel Philbrick, bestselling author of ‘In the Heart of the Sea’, reveals the darker side of the Pilgrim fathers’ settlement in the New World, which ultimately erupted in bloody battle some fift……続きを見る

Collected here are both of Frederick Douglass' magazine articles: "My Escape from Slavery," and "Reconstruction," as well as his address "The Hypocrisy of American Slavery." These pieces show Dougla……続きを見る

The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass was Douglass' third autobiography. In it he was able to go into greater detail about his life as a slave and his escape from slavery, as he and his family we……続きを見る

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Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass is one of the most influential autobiographies ever written. This classic did as much as or more than any other book to motivate the abolitionist to conti……続きを見る

Between 1910 and 1945 the United States transformed itself into a Super Power. By 1945, with rivals in Europe and Asia shattered by world war, she dominated global economic, financial and political ……続きを見る

While current literature stresses the importance of teaching about the 9/11 attacks on the US, many questions remain as to what teachers are actually teaching in their own classrooms. Few studies ad……続きを見る

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