Rob - 19th Century 1

Although long recognized as the “Green Mountain State,” Vermont’s hillsides were once nearly completely bare. By the 1880s, unsustainable logging and farming practices had decimated its once-dense f……続きを見る

In 1847, as Ireland was being devastated by the Great Famine, one American ship sailed not to profit from suffering, but to relieve it. Errand of Mercy recounts the extraordinary voyage of the USS J……続きを見る

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring This Very Short Introduction brings together a wide range of narratives of slavery across a broad historical period to understand how Black peop……続きを見る

Le 31 mars 1814, Paris tombe et l’Empereur avec elle. Napoléon est contraint d’abdiquer, le 6 avril. Le 30 mai par le Traité de Paris : la France est réduite au territoire qu’elle possédait en 1792 ……続きを見る

“Let us have peace,” President Ulysses S. Grant declared. Few imagined that within a decade his Armyーled in part by George Armstrong Custerーwould march into Sioux country and ignite one of the mos……続きを見る

"Let us have peace," President Ulysses S. Grant declared. Few imagined that within a decade his Army-led in part by George Armstrong Custer-would march into Sioux country and ignite one of the most ……続きを見る

Nel corso dello scontro tra sovietici e Terzo Reich tra 1941 e 1945 si combatté anche la più estesa guerra tra spionaggio e contropionaggio della storia contemporanea, con la cattura, tortura, depor……続きを見る

"Condensed yet energetic and substantial history of Chicago. Spinney has a firm sense of historical narrative as well as a keen eye for entertaining and illuminating detail."ー Publishers Weekly A c……続きを見る

A Personal Narrative of Political Experiences is the autobiography of Robert M. La Follette (1855-1925), the pioneering Progressive politician who served as Governor of Wisconsin and U.S. Senator. W……続きを見る

Travelers in Worthington, Ohio, might think they were in a New England town. Old brick buildings line the very edges of the sidewalk, and a picturesque village green is flanked by two church steeple……続きを見る

The idea of an Apache warrior still evokes a stereotyped response; that of an elusive, cunning, ferocious and cruel fighter. Focusing on the Chiricahua Apache, led by such famous warriors as Cochise……続きを見る

Amoureux de la France, Stevenson va la découvrir du Nord au Sud et publier ainsi deux récits de voyage, en 1878 et 1879. En canoë sur les rivières du Nord reste aujourd’hui bien moins connu que Voya……続きを見る

The years just before 1880 until about 1885 are considered the "outlaw years," when lawlessness developed a law of its own and planned an empire. Operating along the Natchez Trace, an overland tradi……続きを見る

In the nineteenth century, changes to the environment, driven by ideology, natural forces, and burgeoning fossil fuel power, shifted the course of the Habsburg Empire. Along the DanubeーEurope’s sec……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

CONTENTS: Introduction, Jean H. Baker and Charles W. Mitchell “Border State, Border War: Fighting for Freedom and Slavery in Antebellum Maryland,” Richard Bell “Charity Folks and the Ghosts of Slave……続きを見る

In "Vermont: A Study of Independence," Rowland Evans Robinson presents a profound exploration of the state's unique character and its historical context of autonomy. Through meticulous research and ……続きを見る

Settlers in the frontier West were often easy prey for criminals. Policing efforts were scattered at best and often amounted to vigilante retaliation. To create a semblance of order, freelance enfor……続きを見る

Ever since 1821, when he died at age fifty-one on the forlorn and windswept island of St. Helena, Napoleon Bonaparte has been remembered as either demi-god or devil incarnate. In The Rise of Napoleo……続きを見る

From the New York Times –bestselling author who "should be declared a national treasure . . . a classic in the study of American westward expansion" ( The Charlotte Observer ). From Thomas Jefferso……続きを見る

Tracing the movement of people to and from Liberia in the nineteenth century  Established by the American Colonization Society in the early nineteenth century as a settlement for free people of col……続きを見る

Throughout his 52-year career, Rear Adm. John Lorimer Worden was always the right officer for the job. The epitome of an innovative commander who helped move the U.S. Navy out of the age of sail and……続きを見る

In questo saggio è stata presa in esame la vita culturale di Mantova, venutasi a trovare in una particolarissima situazione mentre si compiva l'unità d'Italia, nel periodo che va dalla seconda alla ……続きを見る

For a while, it seemed impossible to lose money on real estate. But then the bubble burst. The financial sector was paralyzed and the economy contracted. State and federal governments struggled to p……続きを見る

Distant Revolutions: 1848 and the Challenge to American Exceptionalism is a study of American politics, culture, and foreign relations in the mid-nineteenth century, illuminated through the reaction……続きを見る

A product of the "spiritual hothouse" of the Second Great Awakening, Spiritualism became the fastest growing religion in the nation during the 1850s, and one of the principal responses to the widesp……続きを見る

Even though there were relatively few people of color in postrevolutionary France, images of and discussions about black women in particular appeared repeatedly in a variety of French cultural secto……続きを見る

Since 1982, the renowned Civil War historian James I. "Bud" Robertson’s Civil War Sites in Virginia: A Tour Guide has enlightened and informed Civil War enthusiasts and scholars alike. The book expe……続きを見る

Bitter Fruits of Bondage is the late Armstead L. Robinson’s magnum opus, a controversial history that explodes orthodoxies on both sides of the historical debate over why the South lost the Civil Wa……続きを見る

How did enslaved African Americans in the Old South really experience Christmas? Did Christmastime provide slaves with a lengthy and jubilant respite from labor and the whip, as is generally assumed……続きを見る