MB - Americas 1

How can the simple choice of a men's suit be a moral statement and a political act? When the suit is made of free-labor wool rather than slave-grown cotton. In Moral Commerce, Julie L. Holcomb trace……続きを見る

Das Buch beschäftigt sich mit der Chile-Mission der Menzinger Schwestern vom Heiligen Kreuz Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts. In der Mission konnten sie in Bereichen agieren, die in Europa normalerweise ……続きを見る

Established in 1865 by Carl Klemer, the Faribault Woolen Mill is an authentic example of American craftsmanship. In 150 years of business, the company's success has relied on stewardship from the Kl……続きを見る

The fifty months of the Siberian Intervention encompass the existential crisis which affected Japanese at virtually all levels when confronted with the new "world situation" left in the wake of the ……続きを見る

Diario di bordo. Lettera ai Reali di Spagna. Lettere autografe edite ed inedite. La lettera dell'isole che ha trovato nuovamente el Re di Spagna. Per Cristoforo Colombo. Cristoforo Colombo: Storia d……続きを見る

Nominated for the NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work "An absolute must-read" – Shondaland “[Rabbit] tells how it went down with brutal honesty and outrageous humor” – New York Times The……続きを見る

A short memior part history and part 21st century, From four hundred years of raising cattle to president Obama. Covers parts of florida most people never hear about. Explains the differences betwee……続きを見る

Vision and Resilience recounts the remarkable turnaround of a satellite campus that became one of the brightest spots in the Penn State University system: Penn State Erie, The Behrend College. Cover……続きを見る

Ranging from Plato in antiquity to Martha Nussbaum in the present era, the authors of the seventy readings included in The Liberal Arts Tradition present significant and exemplary views addressing l……続きを見る

Este libro revolucionará todo lo que creíamos saber acerca de las culturas precolombinas que habitaron el territorio hoy conocido como Perú. EstEl Imperio inca no apareció de la noche a la mañana y ……続きを見る

This updated, new edition of this book explores the emergence of what the author terms "late modernist freakish aesthetics"– a creative fusion of "high" and "low" themes and forms in relation to dis……続きを見る

New Directions in Transnational Mexican History: Mexico On the World Stage is the first collection by historians to examine foreign immigration to Mexico as a way to interpret the significance of Me……続きを見る

A new translation and introduction to an invaluable source of information on the last and largest empire to develop in the indigenous Americas. The History of the Incas may be the best description o……続きを見る

This book comprehensively covers the wide geographical range of the northern home fronts during the Civil War, emphasizing the diverse ways people interpreted, responded to, and adapted to war by th……続きを見る

Written over a period of years by the leader of the Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts, William Bradford, Of Plymouth Plantation is the single most complete authority for the story of the Pilgrims and……続きを見る

This book presents the making of Mexican Modernist architecture through five power structures – academic, social status, economic/political, gender, and postcolonial – and by interviews and analysis……続きを見る

Journalism in the Civil War Era presents the historical context of Civil War journalismーplacing the press of the era within the entire nineteenth century. It gives a broad account of journalism in ……続きを見る

Depuis plus d'une vingtaine d'années de séjours prolongés chez les Indiens navajos, l'anthropologue de terrain Marie-Claude Feltes-Strigler a tissé les liens étroits avec de nombreux membres du peup……続きを見る

Het McCarthyisme, het hoogtepunt van de rode schrik die de Verenigde Staten vanaf de jaren twintig in zijn greep hield, is een bepalende episode in de naoorlogse Amerikaanse geschiedenis. Hoewel de ……続きを見る

Ο Μακαρθισμός, το αποκορύφωμα του κόκκινου φόβου που κατέλαβε τις Ηνωμένες Πολιτείες από τη δεκαετία του 1920 και μετά, αποτελεί ένα καθοριστικό επεισόδιο της μεταπολεμικής αμερικανικής ιστορίας. Αν……続きを見る

O McCarthyism, o culminar do susto vermelho que tomou conta dos Estados Unidos a partir dos anos 20, é um episódio marcante na história americana do pós-guerra. Embora a caça às bruxas não tenha com……続きを見る

Маккартизм, кульмінація "червоного страху", що охопив Сполучені Штати з 1920-х років, є визначальним епізодом у повоєнній американській історії. Хоча полювання на відьом почалося не з Маккарті, макк……続きを見る

What does it take for women to win political office? This book uncovers a gendered qualifications gap, showing that women need to be significantly more qualified than men to win elections. Applying ……続きを見る

This book synthesizes ecofeminist theory, American studies, and postcolonial theory to interrogate what New Americanist William V. Spanos articulates as the "errand into the wilderness": the ethic o……続きを見る

A comprehensive and focused review of all of the Supreme Court's overturns of Congress on constitutional grounds from 1789 to the present suited to college-level political science and constitutional……続きを見る

Donald J. Trump ran on a platform that, among other things, promised to "drain the swamp" that is Washington, DC. Part of that draining would entail what his chief strategist, Steve Bannon, would ca……続きを見る

American ingenuity reveals itself in the simplest and most forgotten places. From familiar brand names such as Wheaties (George Cormack) to the most mundane stop at the traffic light (Garrett August……続きを見る

Alexander Hamilton rose from his humble beginnings as an illegitimate West Indian orphan and emigrant to become the premier statebuilder and strategic thinker of the American Founding generation. Th……続きを見る

As the Cold War reaches its height, so does postwar prosperity, and the American people celebrate their optimism by electing as president the young, charismatic John F. Kennedy. Just 90 miles from ……続きを見る

The influence of human economies and cultures on ecosystems is particularly striking in the new worlds into which Europeans have expanded over the past five hundred years. Using a comparative and mu……続きを見る