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From the award-winning author of Beasts of No Nation and Speak No Evil, an insightful and deeply relevant collection of essays about America on the 250th anniversary of its founding. Known for his p……続きを見る

Mail Carrying Railways Underpaid is a detailed and compelling examination of the financial and operational relationship between the United States government and the nation’s railroads in the early 2……続きを見る

“…the book is a must-have for modelers and armchair historians who favor the USMC in the Pacific. It has enough ideas to build dozens of tank models, vignettes and dioramas, including some outright ……続きを見る

« Tout le paradoxe de ce mur est là : facile à escalader, il est plus symbolique qu’efficace. Le contourner à la nage ne poserait aucun problème à un nageur moyen. Pourtant, la barrière s’avance dan……続きを見る

Berlin, the capital of the Weimar Republic, was a turbulent place to live after the Great War. Hans Brown's grandparents wanted a better life for themselves and their infant son. They immigrated in ……続きを見る

Story of Our Nation: Defining Moments In American History is a richly curated anthology that captures the essence of American historical and cultural evolution through a diverse array of literary st……続きを見る

From the water crisis in Flint, Michigan, to declining water levels in the Colorado River, water quality problems in the United States have become increasingly common. In Nourishing Growth and Suffo……続きを見る

This book is about the Cannes Medical Conference of April 1919 and its long-lasting impacts in the humanitarian space. In the aftermath of the First World War, as the world order was being redesigne……続きを見る

Schottland hat seit 1997 immer größere Autonomie innerhalb des Vereinigten Königreichs von Großbritannien erlangt. Das Streben danach lässt sich nur aus der schottischen Geschichte verstehen, welche……続きを見る

From their earliest encounters with Indigenous Pacific Islanders, white Europeans and Americans asserted an identification with the racial origins of Polynesians, declaring them to be racially almos……続きを見る

Reforming Social Services in New York City examines efforts across six decades to respond to poverty, joblessness, and homelessness through the establishment and periodic restructuring of the city's……続きを見る

En 2005, l’ouragan Katrina transforme La Nouvelle-Orléans en ville sinistrée. Pourtant rompus à ce type de désastre, les habitants désemparés s’attendent à une réponse humanitaire de la part de l’ad……続きを見る

Just off the coast of Rockport, Straitsmouth Island has enjoyed a noteworthy history that belies the island's small size. From the Pawtucket Indians who summered there more than one thousand years a……続きを見る

Embark on a literary expedition through the annals of American history with 'History of the United States: A 30-Volume Anthology'. This expansive collection brings together a veritable tapestry of n……続きを見る

The Boycott, Divestment, and Sanctions movement (BDS) has expanded rapidly though controversially in the United States in the last five years. The academic boycott of Israeli academic institutions i……続きを見る

Just off the coast of Rockport, Straitsmouth Island has enjoyed a noteworthy history that belies the island's small size. From the Pawtucket Indians who summered there more than one thousand years a……続きを見る

For over a century, business interests and political insiders controlled waters across the Hawaiian Islands to benefit a privileged few at the expense of stream ecology, taro farmers, and our island……続きを見る

Mexican American and Puerto Rican women have long taken up the challenge to improve the lives of Chicagoans in the city’s Latino/a/x communities. Rita D. Hernández, Leticia Villarreal Sosa, and Elen……続きを見る

In "Prison Life in Andersonville," John Levi Maile offers a vivid and harrowing portrayal of the infamous Confederate prison during the American Civil War. Using a blend of firsthand accounts, metic……続きを見る

Die Weimarer Republik war der erste deutsche Versuch mit der Demokratie. Weil er scheiterte, kam Hitler an die Macht. Gunther Mai führt in diesem Buch knapp und anschaulich in die deutsche Geschicht……続きを見る

Von der Erfindung des Buchdrucks und der Entdeckung Amerikas schlägt Thomas Maissen den Bogen bis zur Industriellen und Französischen Revolution. In dieser Überblicksdarstellung beschreibt er die en……続きを見る

A highly illustrated account of the battle for Blanc Mont Ridge in 1918, where the US attackers broke the German line and sent them into headlong retreat in one of the major US victories of World Wa……続きを見る

An educational crisis from its origins to present-day experiences In the United States today, almost three-quarters of the people teaching in two- and four-year colleges and universities work as con……続きを見る

An award-winning US Marine Corps armor historian's account of the role of US and Japanese tanks on Iwo Jima. The battle of Iwo Jima is iconic and known for its brutality: this was the only battle in……続きを見る

Unknown to many Americans at the time, the Hmong helped the US government fight Communists in Laos during the Secret War of the 1960s and 1970s, a parallel conflict to the Vietnam War. When Saigon f……続きを見る

Κατά τη διάρκεια του Αμερικανικού Εμφυλίου Πολέμου, οι νότιες δουλοκτητικές πολιτείες, ενωμένες υπό τη σημαία της Συνομοσπονδίας, συγκρούστηκαν με τις βόρειες πολιτείες, μέλη της Ένωσης, που ήθελαν ……続きを見る

Podczas amerykańskiej wojny domowej południowe stany niewolnicze, zjednoczone pod sztandarem Konfederacji, starły się z północnymi stanami, członkami Unii, które chciały znieść ten proceder. Najbard……続きを見る

Durante a Guerra Civil americana, os estados escravos do sul, unidos sob a bandeira da Confederação, entraram em conflito com os estados do norte, membros da União, que pretendiam abolir a prática. ……続きを見る

Amerikan İç Savaşı sırasında, Konfederasyon bayrağı altında birleşen güneydeki köleci eyaletler, uygulamayı kaldırmak isteyen Birlik üyesi kuzey eyaletleriyle çatıştı. ABD tarihindeki en kanlı çatış……続きを見る

Во время Гражданской войны в США южные рабовладельческие штаты, объединенные под знаменем Конфедерации, столкнулись с северными штатами, членами Союза, которые хотели отменить эту практику. Самый кр……続きを見る