ONE - 20th Century 1

Sutton E. Griggs’s first novel, originally published in 1899, paints a searing picture of the violent enforcement of disfranchisement and Jim Crow racial segregation. Based on events of the time, in……続きを見る

From a preeminent King scholar, the origin story of the man, minister, and civil rights hero who would lead the nation and change the world. We know who Martin Luther King, Jr. became, but who was h……続きを見る

Matchbox toys were ubiquitous items for children across the Western world. Originally labelled Christmas-cracker trash by retailers and shopkeepers, the small-scale 1-75 series soon began to see unp……続きを見る

Scopri i segreti nascosti del Regno di Napoli attraverso le pagine di un capolavoro storico senza tempo! Istoria civile del Regno di Napoli, v. 6 di Pietro Giannone è un viaggio affascinante nel cuo……続きを見る

Scopri i segreti nascosti dietro gli eventi che hanno plasmato la Sicilia! Gli avvenimenti di Sicilia e le loro cause di Napoleone Colajanni è un'opera che ti trasporterà nel cuore pulsante della st……続きを見る

Scopri il cuore pulsante del Regno di Napoli attraverso le parole di un maestro della storiografia! In "Istoria civile del Regno di Napoli, v. 9", Pietro Giannone ci guida in un viaggio affascinante……続きを見る

Scopri il cuore pulsante del Regno di Napoli attraverso le parole di un maestro della storiografia! In "Istoria civile del Regno di Napoli, v. 7", Pietro Giannone ti guida in un viaggio affascinante……続きを見る

Vietnam: A War, Not a Country explores the conflicting ways in which the American-Vietnamese War has been collectively remembered and represented from the perspective of the war’s three primary bell……続きを見る

The cultural and political history of the Pledge of Allegiance, how it came to be, what it means to Americans, and why we have battled over it for generations For more than a century, reciting the P……続きを見る

Stories of war and conflict form the backbone of much of the Western literary canon, portraying a certain image of heroism, stoicism, and survival in the face of violence. War and Imagination challe……続きを見る

Before Drake's melodies. Before the MTV era. Before hip-hop became America's #1 music genreーthere was Ecstasy. In the South Bronx studios of 1982, John "Ecstasy" Fletcher was revolutionizing rap mu……続きを見る

What if the greatest threat to your freedom lurks not abroad, but within the heart of your own government? Stay ignorant of the CIA’s secrets, and you risk losing your democracy, your privacy, and t……続きを見る

Marshaling evidence from a wide array of international sources, including the black presses of the time, Penny M. Von Eschen offers a vivid portrayal of the African diaspora in its international hey……続きを見る

Growing Up America brings together new scholarship that considers the role of children and teenagers in shaping American political life during the decades following the Second World War. Growing Up ……続きを見る

The break-in at Watergate and the cover-up that followed brought about the resignation of Richard Nixon, creating a political shockwave that reverberates to this day. But as Ken Hughes reveals in hi……続きを見る

Die deutsche Frage löste in Italien sowohl in der Politik als auch in der öffentlichen Meinung immer harsche Gegensätze aus. Für die starke und sowjettreue Italienische Kommunistische Partei galt si……続きを見る

**A Pulitzer Prize–winning historian’s "breathtakingly original" (Junot Diaz) reinterpretation of the eight decades surrounding the Civil War. "Capatious [and] buzzing with ideas." --The Boston Glo……続きを見る

Concentration camps are a relatively new invention, a recurring feature of twentieth century warfare, and one that is important to the modern global consciousness and identity. Although the most fam……続きを見る

Il volume racconta quasi ottant’anni di vita della sinistra nell’Italia repubblicana illustrando le radici politico-ideologiche e i complessi sviluppi dei movimenti e dei partiti che hanno cercato d……続きを見る

Nach Erstem Weltkrieg und der nachfolgenden Revolution haben die Menschen kaum genug zum Leben. So geht es auch dem Kaufmann Ebstorf in der Großstadt. Am wenigsten kann er sich um die kleine Michael……続きを見る

Pia, Baronesse von Nördlingen, die Wulff-Dietrich von Niedeck versprochen werden soll, reist mit des Grafen Willibald Tochter, dem jungenhaften Wildfang Franziska, an den Rhein. Alle reisen inkognit……続きを見る

In Working Class Heroes, David Simonelli explores the influence of rock and roll on British society in the 1960s and '70s. At a time when social distinctions were becoming harder to measure, rock mu……続きを見る

Anfang des 20. Jahrhunderts entsteht die Erwartung, dass Konsumentscheidungen zu einer innovativen und freiheitlichen Gesellschaft beitragen. Die gestiegene Kaufkraft der Verbraucher und das stetig ……続きを見る

Even dedicated history buffs may not know the excitingーand disturbingーstory of German spy activity in the U.S. before our nation’s entry into the two World Wars. Mein Spy gives a firsthand documen……続きを見る

**“Germany has waged war upon us, and has waged war against our property, and has waged war against the lives of non-combatants, including women and children, and [is] therefore a far more evil war ……続きを見る

Annemarie Schwarzenbach was one of the twentieth century’s most remarkable women, possibly the greatest sexual and political radical of the 1930s. But until now she’s been largely ignored. Born to a……続きを見る

What started out as five books, is now eight. Book five being split into three books. This book represents the fifth of eight I plan to write. The series will contain: Volume I-Germany; Volume II-Th……続きを見る

In the tradition of Mailman of the Birdsville Track, The Man from Coolibah details the life of outback cattle property owner, helicopter muster operator and knockabout bloke Milton Jones. The younge……続きを見る

Develops an alternative framework for describing and explaining African American politics and the American political system and applies it to a number of case studies. Few scholars have influenced t……続きを見る

“Keep your eyes on the stars and keep your feet on the ground” reads a plaque near the gravesite of Theodore Roosevelt, America's 26th president. During his tumultuous seven and a half years in the ……続きを見る