Chan - Americas 1

Few, if any, U.S. writers are as important to the history of world literature as Edgar Allan Poe, and few, if any, U.S. authors owe so much of their current reputations to the process of translation……続きを見る

The post-1959 Cuban government’s engagement with Africa, which was led by its charismatic and revolutionary leader, Fidel Castro, had two connecting dimensions: military internationalism and humanit……続きを見る

How a coalition of Black health professions schools made health equity a national issue. Winner of the Phillis Wheatley Award from the Sons & Daughters of the United States Middle Passage Racism in ……続きを見る

This book is a culmination of the " Herstory-the Legal History of Chinese American Women" exhibition. The entire content of this book are derived from the cases of the U.S. Supreme Court and the sup……続きを見る

Contrary to popular notions, Haiti-U.S. relations have not only been about Haitian resistance to U.S. domination. In Haiti and the Uses of America, Chantalle F. Verna makes evident that there have b……続きを見る

Relación de los mártires de La Florida del P. F. Luis Jerónimo de Oré (c. 1619) es publicada por primera vez en el Perú en una edición modernizada y anotada por Raquel Chang-Rodríguez, e ilustrada c……続きを見る

Of the one hundred Pilgrims who settled at Plymouth in 1620, nearly half had died within months of hardship, starvation or disease. One of the colony's most urgent challenges was to find ways to gro……続きを見る

Having arriving in the Province of Maine in 1641 with a brief to create both government and law for the fledgling colony, Thomas Gorges later recorded his policy as having ’steared as neere as we co……続きを見る

By studying the many ways diverse peoples have changed, shaped, and conserved the natural world over time, environmental historians provide insight into humanity's unique relationship with nature an……続きを見る

How and why have Americans living at particular times and places used and transformed their environment? How have political systems dealt with conflicts over resources and conservation? This is the ……続きを見る

江孫芸是美國最有名的中國菜食神. 她早在1963年就開了"福祿壽"，這是當年最高端的中國餐館，江孫芸一下子就把中國菜的名聲從中國城的油湯膩匙，提升成中華美食。福祿壽的聲譽久久不墜，要歸功於它可口的菜式及女主……続きを見る

Originally published in 2005. Throughout the fractious years of the mid-nineteenth century, Abraham Lincoln's speeches imparted reason and guidance to a troubled nation. Lincoln's words were never u……続きを見る

Known most prominently as a daring anti-lynching crusader, Ida B. Wells-Barnett (1862-1931) worked tirelessly throughout her life as a political advocate for the rights of women, minorities, and mem……続きを見る

Coexistence in an atmosphere of mutual respect in a pluralist world order has become an even greater challenge in the practice of international relations since the murderous acts committed by al-Qae……続きを見る

Across the twentieth century, Earth's human population increased undeniably quickly, rising from 1.6 billion people in 1900 to 6.1 billion in 2000. As population grew, it also began to take the blam……続きを見る

The Jesuit Archives in Rome (Archium Romanum Societatus Iesu) contains books and manuscripts from the Ming (1369-1644) and Ching (1644-1911) dynasties on Chinese history, Chinese and Western philoso……続きを見る

Canada and the United States. Two nations one border same continent. Anti-American sentiment in Canada is well documented but what have Americans had to say about their northern neighbour? Allan exa……続きを見る

Famed sportswriter and Tobacco Road basketball historian Art Chansky is releasing a digital version of his award-winning book Blue Blood for the Apple iPad iPhone and iTouch. Blue Blood details one ……続きを見る

This book offers a thorough reinterpretation of US engagement with the Mediterranean during World War II. Andrew Buchanan argues that the United States was far from being a reluctant participant in ……続きを見る

Korean American Pioneer Aviators: The Willows Airmen is the untold story of the brave Korean men who took to the skies more than twenty years before the Tuskegee Airmen fought in World War II. The t……続きを見る

A stunningly beautiful backdrop where cultures meet, meld, and thrive, the U.S.DMexico borderlands is one of the most dynamic regions in the Americas. On the Border explores little-known corners of ……続きを見る

Improving the dire health problems faced by many Native American communities is central to their cultural, political, and economic well being. However, it is still too often the case that both theor……続きを見る

This illustrated encyclopedia examines the unique influence and contributions of women in every era of American history, from the colonial period to the present. It not only covers the issues that h……続きを見る