Public Los Angeles is a collection of unpublished essays by scholar Don Parson focusing on little-known characters and histories located in the first half of twentieth-century Los Angeles. An infamo……続きを見る
OutKast, the Atlanta-based hip-hop duo formed in 1992, is one of the most influential musical groups within American popular culture of the past twenty-five years. Through Grammy-winning albums, mus……続きを見る
著者:John Reda
出版社: Cornell University Press
発売日: 2016年04月22日
This original study tells the story of the Illinois Country, a collection of French villages that straddled the Mississippi River for nearly a century before it was divided by the treaties that ende……続きを見る
著者:Peter E. Davies
出版社: Bloomsbury Publishing
発売日: 2022年04月30日
A fully illustrated study into the extraordinary Convair B-36 during the Cold War.
Conceived during 1941 in case Germany occupied Britain, when US bombers would then have insufficient range to retal……続きを見る
著者:Bruce David Forbes
出版社: University of California Press
発売日: 2015年10月27日
America’s Favorite Holidays explores how five of America’s culturally important holidaysーChristmas, Valentine’s Day, Easter, Halloween, and Thanksgivingーcame to be what they are today, seasonal an……続きを見る
著者:Clarence Darrow
出版社: University of California Press
発売日: 2013年06月20日
This volume presents a selection of 500 letters by Clarence Darrow, the pre-eminent courtroom lawyer of the late nineteenth and early twentieth century. Randall Tietjen selected these letters from o……続きを見る
The varieties of music venues in Seattle have been as vital and vibrant for the people of the Emerald City as the genres that have graced these famous halls. These houses of music have nurtured the ……続きを見る
Louisiana's famous Cajun Country is a place where today's travelers can still experience the rich heritage and traditions that began in the eighteenth century.
From foodways and folktales to music a……続きを見る
Winner • Pulitzer Prize for History
Winner • Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction
Finalist • National Book Critics Circle Award (Nonfiction)
A New York Times Notable Book of the Year
Named one of the Best Bo……続きを見る
著者:Nancy E. Davis
出版社: Oxford University Press
発売日: 2019年06月04日
In 1834, a young Chinese woman named Afong Moy arrived in America, her bound feet stepping ashore in New York City. She was both a prized guest and advertisement for a merchant firm--a promotional c……続きを見る
著者:Jane Dailey
出版社: The University of Chicago Press
発売日: 2024年05月31日
An inclusive history of the US examining political, social, and cultural developments from 1877 to 2016.
“Tells the story of the United States with remarkable grace and skill, its fast-moving narrat……続きを見る
著者:Dale E. Dallman
出版社: TAWCarlisle Publishing
発売日: 2024年07月01日
"Letters From A Warrior, P.S. Mom, I Love You" is a captivating true story full of adventure and self-discovery. It is portrayed with a relentless wit that offers an intimate glimpse into the world ……続きを見る
著者:Dale E. Dallman
出版社: TAWCarlisle Publishing
発売日: 2024年07月01日
"Letters From A Warrior, P.S. Mom, I Love You" is a captivating true story full of adventure and self-discovery. It is portrayed with a relentless wit that offers an intimate glimpse into the world ……続きを見る
"Not I, But The Wind..." by Frieda Lawrence is a deeply personal and evocative memoir that offers an intimate glimpse into the life and thoughts of the woman who was the muse, lover, and wife of the……続きを見る
"Artfully blending the conventional with the controversial" (Wall Street Journal), a preeminent constitutional scholar explains how American geography affects constitutional law
From Kennebunkport t……続きを見る
著者:Alfred A. Cave
出版社: University of Massachusetts Press
発売日: 2024年06月26日
This book offers the first full-scale analysis of the Pequot War (1636-37), a pivotal event in New England colonial history. Through an innovative rereading of the Puritan sources, Alfred A. Cave re……続きを見る
著者:Wade Davis
出版社: Greystone Books
発売日: 2024年04月30日
“Wade Davis is a true wayfinder, and these essays offer new insight into his visionary approach to culture, landscape, and the planet he loves as fiercely as any writer working today.”ーJohn Vaillan……続きを見る
Written by Kentuckians for Kentuckians, Faces of Kentucky is a comprehensive history of Kentucky designed for young students. The state's story comes alive as never before through the images and lif……続きを見る
Dive into the Early Life of Thomas Jefferson: Uncover the Childhood, Influences, and Journey to Adulthood of America's Founding Father.
Experience a unique journey into the early life of Thomas Jeff……続きを見る
This book provides the first history of the British and American Intelligence Divisions (IDs) in occupied Germany and the liaison between them. It reveals that after the fall of Adolf Hitler’s Third……続きを見る
Mexican American Baseball in the Inland Empire celebrates the thriving culture of former teams from Pomona, Ontario, Cucamonga, Chino, Claremont, San Bernardino, Colton, Riverside, Corona, Beaumont,……続きを見る
著者:Peter E. Davies
出版社: Bloomsbury Publishing
発売日: 2012年09月20日
The Republic F-105 Thunderchief was the fastest and most successful strike fighter of the Cold War. Designed to deliver nuclear weapons at low altitude and then fight its way back to base, by the ea……続きを見る
著者:Peter E. Davies
出版社: Bloomsbury Publishing
発売日: 2022年10月28日
A detailed history of the pioneering Bell X-1, the first manned craft to break the sound barrier. Brought to life with dazzling digital art, this rocket-powered aircraft launches Osprey's new 'X-Pla……続きを見る
著者:Peter E. Davies
出版社: Bloomsbury Publishing
発売日: 2022年11月02日
This title reveals the secret history of America's air war to cut the Ho Chi Minh Trail, the supply routes upon which Communist victory in the Vietnam War was dependent.
The Trails War formed a majo……続きを見る
著者:Peter E. Davies
出版社: Bloomsbury Publishing
発売日: 2022年11月02日
The revolutionary X-15 remains the fastest manned aircraft ever to fly. Built in the two decades following World War II, it was the most successful of the high-speed X-planes. The only recently brok……続きを見る
著者:Ted Alexander
出版社: Arcadia Publishing
発売日: 2022年05月10日
The heavy fog that shrouded Antietam Creek on the morning of September 17, 1862, was disturbed by the boom of Federal artillery fire. The carnage and chaos began in the East Woods and Cornfield and ……続きを見る
“This collection contains everything we need to understand the world that gave us Trump, and to arm ourselves for the battles to come” (Sarah Jaffe, author of Necessary Trouble: Americans in Revolt)……続きを見る
A study of historic architectural styles of New Orleans homes.
This presentation of nineteenth-century gouache and watercolor archival paintings from the New Orleans Notarial Archives offers a glimp……続きを見る
著者:Mike Davis
出版社: Haymarket Books
発売日: 2021年06月04日
The social critic and Set the Night on Fire co-author tackles the fashion for empires and white men’s burdens in this 2007 collection of radical essays.
With In Praise of Barbarians, Mike Davis skew……続きを見る
著者:Shannon Lee Dawdy
出版社: The University of Chicago Press
発売日: 2022年12月22日
When Hurricane Katrina struck New Orleans, the world reacted with shock on seeing residents of this distinctive city left abandoned to the floodwaters. After the last rescue was completed, a new wor……続きを見る