United States category: 34172 books
Resistance
Reclaiming an American Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2018
Resistance is a modern-day Common Sense, opening a new window on what it means to be American at a time of uncertainty
Biggers makes cultural history come alive, and demonstrates its relevance to readers' lives today; its celebratory roots-based history and story-telling at its best
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American Big Business in Britain and Germany
A Comparative History of Two "Special Relationships" in the 20th Century
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2014
While America's relationship with Britain has often been deemed unique, especially during the two world wars when Germany was a common enemy, the American business sector actually had a greater affinity with Germany for most of the twentieth century. American Big Business in Britain and Germany examines...
The Voyage of the Slave Ship Hare
A Journey into Captivity from Sierra Leone to South Carolina
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2016
From 1754 to 1755, the slave ship Hare completed a journey from Newport, Rhode Island, to Sierra Leone and back to the United States—a journey that transformed more than seventy Africans into commodities, condemning some to death and the rest to a life of bondage in North America. In this engaging...
by Andrew Fede
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2014
This book considers the law of freedom suits and manumission from the point-of-view of legal procedure, evidence rules, damage awards, and trial practice—in addition to the abstract principles stated in the appellate decisions. The author shows that procedural and evidentiary roadblocks made it...
Zachary Taylor
Soldier of the Republic
Language: English
Release Date: June 28, 2017
Until the publication of this first volume in 1941, Zachary Taylor (1784-1850), the 12th President of the United States, was strangely overlooked by modern-day biographers. Fortunately, journalist and newspaper editor Holman Hamilton has ably rectified this situation, and filled a large gap in the...
Killing Dixie
Volume I - The Rise: 1860 to 1861
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2015
KILLING DIXIEThe Rise and Fall of the Confederate States of America Volume I The Rise: 1860 to 1861 The Killing Dixie volume collection is a chronological, day-to-day account of the activities of the Confederate States of America during the Civil War from its birth to its downfall. Not only is...
Viola Florence Barnes, 1885-1979
A Historian's Biography
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2005
Viola Florence Barnes was one of the most prominent women historians in the United States from the 1920s to the 1950s. Born in 1885, Barnes was educated at Yale University and began teaching at Mount Holyoke College in 1919. She was an instrumental member of the 'imperial school' of historians, who...
Quiet Invaders Revisited
Biographies of Twentieth Century Immigrants to the United States
Language: English
Release Date: July 12, 2017
Österreichische Einwanderung in die USA Die vorliegende Publikation beleuchtet das Thema der Migration von Österreichern in die USA genauer, das bis heute ein immer noch sehr unerforschtes Gebiet ist. Seit kurzer Zeit erlebt die Forschung allerdings einen neuen Aufschwung, es herrscht großes Interesse...
William Walker's Wars
How One Man's Private American Army Tried to Conquer Mexico, Nicaragua, and Honduras
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
In the decade before the onset of the Civil War, groups of Americans engaged in a series of longshot—and illegal—forays into Mexico, Central America, Cuba, and other countries, in hopes of taking them over. Known as military filibusters, the goal was to seize territory to create new independent...
Rivers by Design
State Power and the Origins of U.S. Flood Control
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2006
The United States has one of the largest and costliest flood control systems in the world, even though only a small proportion of its land lies in floodplains. Rivers by Design traces the emergence of the mammoth U.S. flood management system, which is overseen by the federal government but implemented...
The Main Street Moment
Fighting Back to Save the American Dream
Language: English
Release Date: June 12, 2012
In the wake of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression and the Supreme Court's landmark Citizens United decision, politicians are targeting working Americans as never before. As American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) President Gerald W. McEntee and Secretary-Treasurer...
Maryland, Virginia, and Washington D.C. Warbird Survivors 2003
A Handbook on Where to Find Them
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2003
North America is replete in aviation history, both military and civilian. The sheer size of the United States dictated an early interest in air defense and profoundly influenced the nations dependence on air travel. It is no wonder that the United States developed as an air-faring nation. A large...
Ohio Warbird Survivors 2003
A Handbook on Where to Find Them
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2003
North America is replete in aviation history, both military and civilian. The sheer size of the United States dictated an early interest in air defense and profoundly influenced the nation's dependence on air travel. It is no wonder that the United States developed as an air-faring nation. A large...
The State and the Stork
The Population Debate and Policy Making in US History
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2012
From the colonial era to the present, the ever-shifting debate about America’s prodigious population growth has exerted a profound influence on the evolution of politics, public policy, and economic thinking in the United States. In a remarkable shift since the late 1960s, Americans of all political...