From the cotton boll to the Cotton Bowl in modern American culture
There are few places on earth as thoroughly identified with a crop as the American South is with cotton. Burgundy is known for wine……続きを見る
A Treatise of Taxes and Contributions, written by Sir William Petty and first published in 1662, is a foundational work in the history of economic thought and public finance. In this comprehensive t……続きを見る
In his Gettysburg Address, Abraham Lincoln promised that the nation’s sacrifices during the Civil War would lead to a “new birth of freedom.” Lincoln’s Unfinished Work analyzes how the United States……続きを見る
A panoramic collection of essays written by both established and emerging scholars, American Discord examines critical aspects of the Civil War era, including rhetoric and nationalism, politics and ……続きを見る
In this highly revisionist study, historian Adam H. Petty tracks how veterans and historians of the Civil War created and perpetuated myths about the Wilderness, a forest in Virginia that served as ……続きを見る
In "Reflections upon some Persons and Things in Ireland," William Petty offers a profound examination of the socio-political landscape of 17th-century Ireland. Through a blend of personal narrative ……続きを見る
著者：Miriam J. Petty
出版社： University of California Press
発売日： 2016年03月08日
Stealing the Show is a study of African American actors in Hollywood during the 1930s, a decade that saw the consolidation of stardom as a potent cultural and industrial force. Petty focuses on five……続きを見る
After World War II, when a new German democracy was born in the western region of the vanquished Third Reich, tens of thousands of civil servants were hired to work for newly formed government agenc……続きを見る
Get facts, maps, historical significance, strategies, and more in this concise summary of the notoriously bloody Civil War battle.
During the late summer of 1862, Confederate forces launched their f……続きを見る
The Battle Digest summary includes all the key aspects of the campaign and battle, including maps, images, and lessons learned.
In the weeks following the skirmishes at Lexington and Concord, Coloni……続きを見る
A concise guide to this dramatic Revolutionary War campaign with facts, maps, historical significance, and more.
In 1777, the British had the confidence to launch a plan to divide the Colonies along……続きを見る
The life of many combatants in The Great War was often short and brutish. But there were choices for some. Taking to the air was an attractive alternative to the slime, stench and gore of the trench……続きを見る
A concise guide to the American-led coalition's speedy defeat of Saddam Hussein in 1991, with maps, facts, historical significance, and more.
Just two years after the end of Iraq's war with Iran, an……続きを見る
A concise guide to the Japanese attack on Hawaii that plunged America into WWII, with facts, maps, historical significance, and more.
As America prepared for WWII, everything changed on December 7, ……続きを見る
Get facts, maps, historical significance, strategies, and more in this concise summary of Robert E. Lee's victory in Virginia.
The Confederate victory at the Battle of Chancellorsville is considered……続きを見る
The Battle Digest summary includes all the key aspects of the campaign and battle, including maps, images, and lessons learned. After his early success in the Civil War's Western Theater, Maj. Gen. ……続きを見る
Get facts, maps, historical significance, strategies, and more in this concise summary of the Texas Revolution's legendary "last stand."
During the Texas Revolution, the Mexican Army clashed with Te……続きを見る
Get facts, maps, historical significance, strategies, and more in this concise summary of Andrew Jackson's, and America's, War of 1812 triumph.
The War of 1812 was not going particularly well for th……続きを見る
A concise guide to the American Civil War battle that set the North on the path to victory, with maps, facts, historical significance, and more.
Gettysburg represented a strategic turning point in t……続きを見る
A concise summary of the fight that sparked the American Revolution, with key facts, maps, images, historical significance, and more.
Tension between Britain and her North American colonies had been……続きを見る
A concise guide to the Normandy invasion with facts, maps, historical significance, strategies, and more.
Operation Overlord, commonly referred to as "D-Day," was the Allied invasion to secure a foo……続きを見る
A concise guide to this resounding American victory in the Revolutionary War, with facts, maps, historical significance, and more.
In 1781, after six years of fighting, the future of the American co……続きを見る
A concise summary of this turning point in the American Revolution with facts, maps, historical significance, strategies, and more.
By the summer of 1780, Great Britain held the advantage in the Ame……続きを見る
A concise history of Custer's Last Stand with maps, facts, historical significance, and more.
The battle of Little Bighorn, despite its relatively small size, was the worst defeat for the U.S. Army ……続きを見る
The battle for Saipan is remembered as one of the bloodiest battles fought in the Pacific during World War II, and was a turning point on the road to the defeat of Japan. In this work, the survivors……続きを見る
From Pearl Harbor to her last and fatal voyageーthe heroic story of America's most daring World War II submarine, as told by the only surviving member of the crew.
The U.S.S. Wahoo was the most succ……続きを見る
Young and vain persons, though perhaps they marry not primarily and onely on purpose to get Children, much less to get such as may be fit for some one particular vocation; yet having Children, they ……続きを見る
William Petty, born on the 26th of May, 1623, was the son of a clothier at Romsey in Hampshire. After education at the Romsey Grammar School, he continued his studies at Caen in Normandy. There he s……続きを見る
Inventive, electrifying and daring, True Story is a novel like nothing you've ever read before.
*One of Entertainment Weekly's top five reads of the summer*
'A mind-blowing page-turning un-put-downa……続きを見る
Dr. William Clayton Petty believes anesthesia is a gift from God to mankind, and for many years it was his privilege, his living, and his blessing. In Vietnam Doc, he shares his unique experience as……続きを見る
