anne - Revolutionary Period (1775-1800) 1

In this culminating work of a long and distinguished career, historian Bertram Wyatt-Brown looks at the theme of honorーa subject on which he was the acknowledged expertーand places it in a broader ……続きを見る

In Anne Hollingsworth Wharton's book "Through Colonial Doorways", readers are transported back in time to the era of American Colonial architecture, exploring the intricacies of its design and histo……続きを見る

Shaped by the West is a two-volume primary source reader that rewrites the history of the United States through a western lens. America’s expansion west was the driving force for issues of democracy……続きを見る

Reconsidering Interpretation of Heritage Sites chronicles and problematizes the representation of the eighteenth century in museums and heritage sites while also challenging public historians to alt……続きを見る

UNIQUE: looks at Hamilton's programs from the perspective of Hamilton's contemporaries, using primary sources. In late 1789, what would the man who cornered Secretary Hamilton in a tavern, or the wo……続きを見る

Has John Adams been forgotten? He is the only Founding Father without a major memorial in the nation's capital. When he lamented that "monuments will never be erected to me," he predicted as much. H……続きを見る

The story of the first American president’s journey through Brooklyn, Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk, based on his own diary. After being elected president, George Washington set out to tour the new na……続きを見る

From the outbreak of the Revolutionary War to the summer of 1777, Loyalists and Patriot forces wove their way through the mountains and valleys of the Adirondacks, vying for land and control of the ……続きを見る

“[Abrams] gives life to Martha, Abigail, and Dolley, illuminating the importance of their position to American history . . . compelling storytelling.” ーLibrary Journal, starred review America’s fir……続きを見る

An engaging history of the role that George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and Benjamin Franklin played in the origins of public health in America. Before the advent of modern antibiotics, one’s life……続きを見る

Winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize: “[A] commanding and important book.”ーJill Lepore, The New Yorker This epic workーnamed a best book of the year by the Washington Post, Time……続きを見る

New York Times Bestseller Named one of the Best Books of the Year by the San Francisco Chronicle Finalist for the George Washington Prize Finalist for the Library of Virginia Literary Award A New Yo……続きを見る

America has gone Hamilton crazy. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Tony-winning musical has spawned sold-out performances, a triple platinum cast album, and a score so catchy that it is being used to teach U.S. ……続きを見る

By 1840, American politics was a paradoxーunprecedented freedom and equality for men of European descent, and the simultaneous isolation and degradation of people of African and Native American desc……続きを見る

History enthusiasts and admirers of Team of Rivals will rejoice in this magisterial account of the extraordinary Americans who served the nation’s first chief executive: Together, they created the p……続きを見る

Liberty! The Birthday of America! Celebrate the Fourth of July with a trivia challenge featuring more than 80 multiple choice questions about Independence Day. Question topics include: Independence ……続きを見る

When Annette Gordon-Reed's groundbreaking study was first published, rumors of Thomas Jefferson's sexual involvement with his slave Sally Hemings had circulated for two centuries. Among all aspects ……続きを見る

Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Jon Meacham offers a collection of inspiring words about how to be a good citizen, from Thomas Jefferson and others, and reminds us why our country’s founding princi……続きを見る

The America of the early republic was built on an experiment, a hopeful prophecy that would only be fulfilled if an enlightened people could find its way through its past and into a future. American……続きを見る

Given that he loved his wife and family, why did Alexander Hamilton choose to have an affair with Maria Reynolds? And why did he publish a pamphlet five years later telling the whole world about it?……続きを見る

This lively history of the American Revolution explores the combat that took place in the Adirondack Mountains of New York. Much of New York during the Revolutionary era was frontier wilderness, spa……続きを見る

A history of the Revolutionary War and British occupation in this part of New York, from the Culper spy ring to the prison ships where thousands died. The American Revolution sharply divided familie……続きを見る

Reveals how the European travels of John and Abigail Adams helped define what it meant to be an American From 1778 to 1788, the Founding Father and later President John Adams lived in Europe as a di……続きを見る