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William Wells Brown's 'Narrative of William W. Brown, a Fugitive Slave' is a powerful autobiographical account of his life as a slave and his daring escape to freedom. Brown's eloquent writing style……続きを見る

"William C. Davis's Three Roads to the Alamo is far and away the best account of the Alamo I have ever read. The portraits of Crockett, Bowie, and Travis are brilliantly sketched in a fast-moving st……続きを見る

A Burial Cave in Baja California, edited by William C. Massey and Carolyn M. Osborne, presents a comprehensive exploration of ancient cultural practices and their lasting implications on regional hi……続きを見る

Iron ore is widely distributed over the world and has been mined from ancient times, but Mexico, with a good supply of ore, was a relative newcomer to the ranks of iron- and steel-producing nations.……続きを見る

William Hickling Prescott's 'History of the Conquest of Mexico' is a monumental work consisting of four volumes that meticulously details the Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire. Prescott's writing……続きを見る

The acclaimed chronicle of the discovery of the legendary lost civilization of the Maya. Includes the history of the major Maya sites, including Palenque, Uxmal, Chichen Itza, Tuloom, Copan, and mor……続きを見る

In William Hickling Prescott's 'The Conquest of Mexico', the reader is immersed in a narrative that explores the conquest of Mexico by Hernan Cortes in the 16th century. Prescott's literary style co……続きを見る

The celebrated poet behind such classics as “The Red Wheelbarrow” and “This Is Just to Say” presents a collection of essays about North American history. In the American Grain is, as William Carlos ……続きを見る

The Complete Works of William Hickling Prescott William Hickling Prescott was an American historian and Hispanist, who is widely recognized by historiographers to have been the first American scient……続きを見る

'History of the Conquest of Mexico' in 4 volumes is one of the best-known works by an American historian William Hickling Prescott. This edition includes: VIEW OF THE AZTEC CIVILIZATION: Ancient Mex……続きを見る

This edition includes a modern introduction and a list of suggested further reading. Mexico's rich culture has long fascinated scholars, with stories of ancient civilizations and great conquerors. H……続きを見る

A 56 page, coffee table style book with the complete, bloody history of the Mexican Revolution 1910-1921, with lots of great historic pictures. 続きを見る

A 354 page, complete History of Mexico with historic pictures. An easy read to learn the incredible history of the Republic from the Conquest until Today. The places, events, and the characters that……続きを見る

A fifty page booklet of the history of San Miguel de Allende from the settlement through the War for Independence with lots of historic pictures. 続きを見る

Prehistoric farmers in Mexico invented irrigation, developed it into a science, and used it widely. Indeed, many of the canal systems still in use in Mexico today were originally begun well before t……続きを見る

A restoration of the agency and influence of free African-descended women in colonial Mexico through their traces in archives “A breathtaking study that places free African-descended women at the ne……続きを見る

Mob violence in the United States is usually associated with the southern lynch mobs who terrorized African Americans during the Jim Crow era. In Forgotten Dead, William D. Carrigan and Clive Webb u……続きを見る

A twenty-eight page book with the complete forgotten history of the Rebellion against the Calles Administration 1926-1930 in which the Pope closed the Mexican churches, and the government waged mode……続きを見る

Follow Boone and Crockett Club member William T. Hornaday on his month-long expedition in November of 1907 to the uncharted lavascape of southern Arizona and northern Mexico to an area known as the ……続きを見る

The story of the fall of the Mexica/Aztec civilisation in Mexico is one of the most astonishing episodes ever to occur in history; and in the skilful hands of William H. Prescott, one of America's g……続きを見る

In late 1842, Private William Preston Stapp and about three hundred other citizens of the Republic of Texas took it upon themselves to invade Mexico. They intended to retaliate for a recent Mexican ……続きを見る

Rural Revolt in Mexico is a historical investigation of how subaltern political activity engages imperialism, capitalism, and the United States. In this volume, Daniel Nugent has gathered a group of……続きを見る

First published in 1843, "The History of the Conquest of Mexico" by William Hickling Prescott was decribed by the author as a magnificent epic. This sweeping account of Cortés's subjugation of the A……続きを見る

This lively book recounts the explorations of the first generations of Spanish conquistadors and their Native allies. Author William K. Hartmann brings readers along as the explorers probe from Cuba……続きを見る

The Oxford History of Mexico is a narrative history of the events, institutions and characters that have shaped Mexican history from the reign of the Aztecs through the twenty-first century. When th……続きを見る

La aparición de una nueva edición del libro de Prescott siempre es novedad bibliográfica por tratarse de una obra de presencia obligada en los anaqueles de la biblioteca de toda persona con gusto po……続きを見る

The curious tale of two priest impersonators in late colonial Mexico Cut loose from their ancestral communities by wars, natural disasters, and the great systemic changes of an expanding Europe, vag……続きを見る

The Heart in the Glass Jar begins with one man’s literal heart (that of a prominent statesman in mid-nineteenth-century Mexico) but is truly about the hearts, bodies, legal entanglements, and letter……続きを見る

"It is a magnificent epic," said William H. Prescott after the publication of History of the Conquest of Mexico in 1843. Since then, his sweeping account of Cortés's subjugation of the Aztec people ……続きを見る

"History of the Conquest of Mexico" in 4 volumes is one of the best-known works by an American historian William Hickling Prescott. This carefully crafted e-artnow ebook is formatted for your eReade……続きを見る