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For the Prevention of Cruelty
The History and Legacy of Animal Rights Activism in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: May 25, 2006
Animal rights. Those two words conjure diverse but powerful images and reactions. Some nod in agreement, while others roll their eyes in contempt. Most people fall somewhat uncomfortably in the middle, between endorsement and rejection, as they struggle with the profound moral, philosophical, and...
by William Turner
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2012
REA’s Essentials provide quick and easy access to critical information in a variety of different fields, ranging from the most basic to the most advanced. As its name implies, these concise, comprehensive study guides summarize the essentials of the field covered. Essentials are helpful when preparing...
Shattered Consensus
The Rise and Decline of America's Postwar Political Order
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2016
The United States has been shaped by three sweeping political revolutions: Jefferson’s revolution of 1800,” the Civil War, and the New Deal. Each of these upheavals concluded with lasting institutional and cultural adjustments that set the stage for a new phase of political and economic development....
Morals and Markets
The Development of Life Insurance in the United States
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
Life insurance—the promise of an insurer to pay a sum upon a person's death in exchange for a regular premium—is a bizarre enterprise. How can we monetize human life? Should we? What statistics do we use, what assumptions do we make, and what behavioral factors do we consider? First published...
by Bob Blain
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2016
The "pen of history" tells us that the root of both public and private debt in the United States goes back to the founding of the Bank of North America in 1781 in the closing days of the Revolutionary War. Since then, total debt grew at an average annual rate of 7.9 percent from $2.5 million in 1781...
by Andy DeRoche
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
Kenneth Kaunda, the United States and Southern Africa carefully examines US policy towards the southern African region between 1974, when Portugal granted independence to its colonies of Angola and Mozambique, and 1984, the last full year of the Reagan administration's Constructive Engagement approach....
Empire and Dissent
The United States and Latin America
Language: English
Release Date: September 8, 2008
Since the early nineteenth century, the United States has repeatedly intervened in the affairs of Latin American nations to pursue its own interests and to “protect” those countries from other imperial powers or from internal “threats.” The resentment and opposition generated by the encroachment...
The United States and Latin America
A History of American Diplomacy, 1776-2000
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2005
Providing a concise, balanced and incisive analysis of US diplomatic relations with Latin America from 1776 to the end of the twentieth century, this timely work explores central themes such as the structure of international relations, and the pursuit of American national interest by the use of diplomacy,...
by John Bach McMaster
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2015
It has long been the custom to begin the history of our country with the discovery of the New World by Columbus. To some extent this is both wise and necessary; but in following it in this instance the attempt has been made to treat the colonial period as the childhood of the United States; to have...
by Charles River Editors
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 30, 2012
*Includes over 30 pictures of important people, places, and events, including Sputnik, Apollo 11, the Moon, Mars, Viking 1, and more.*Includes a table of ContentsIn the 19th century, the Scottish writer Thomas Carlyle famously wrote, "The history of the world is but the biography of great men", popularizing...
by Charles River Editors
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2013
*Includes pictures of important people, places, and events.*Includes maps of the battles. *Includes accounts of the fighting at Fort Sumter and First Bull Run by important generals and leaders who fought there. *Explains the causes and chain of events that led to the secession of Southern states and...
Sea Change at Annapolis
The United States Naval Academy, 1949-2000
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
Since 1845, the United States Naval Academy has prepared professional military leaders at its Annapolis, Maryland, campus. Although it remains steeped in a culture of tradition and discipline, the Academy is not impervious to change. Dispelling the myth that the Academy is a bastion of tradition unmarked...
Driven Out
The Forgotten War Against Chinese Americans
Language: English
Release Date: May 29, 2007
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
The brutal and systematic “ethnic cleansing” of Chinese Americans in California and the Pacific Northwest in the second half of the nineteenth century is a shocking–and virtually unexplored–chapter of American history. Driven Out unearths this forgotten...
by Henry Freeman
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 9, 2016
The War of 1812 is often forgotten when we think about the history of the United States. Yet the effects of what seems a minor and insignificant conflict are far-reaching, even to today. The world settled into the roles it would play out for decades, and the boundaries of the United States and Canada...