United States category: 34172 books
by Edward H. Moseley, Paul C. Clark Jr.
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2009
The first reference work of its kind, this volume on the United States-Mexican War encompasses the decade of the 1840s, focusing on the war years of 1846-1848. More than a dozen maps were drawn for this book, some of which depict major regions and localities over which armies of both nations moved...
Forged in Crisis
India and the United States Since 1947
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2014
Rudra Chaudhuri's book examines a series of crises that led to far-reaching changes in India's approach to the United States, defining the contours of what is arguably the imperative relationship between America and the global South. Forged in Crisis provides a fresh interpretation of India's advance...
The Complete Works of Thomas Jefferson
Autobiography, Correspondence, Reports, Messages, Speeches and Other Official and Private Writings
Language: English
Release Date: June 5, 2018
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) was an American Founding Father who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence and later served as the third President of the United States from 1801 to 1809. Previously, he had been elected the second Vice President of the United States, serving under...
Increase and Movement of the Colored Population
(History of United States)
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2016
This book presents the Increase and Movement of the Colored Population in the History of United States.
The problem of races in the United States is one of growing interest and of great practical moment; that of the colored race, especially at the present time, is full of significance in its social and political aspects...
by Peter D. O'Neill
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: February 3, 2017
Accounts of Irish racialization in the United States have tended to stress Irish difference. Famine Irish and the American Racial State takes a different stance. This interdisciplinary, transnational work uses an array of cultural artifacts, including novels, plays, songs, cartoons, government reports,...
How the Gloves Came Off
Lawyers, Policy Makers, and Norms in the Debate on Torture
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
The treatment of detainees at Abu Ghraib prison, Guantánamo Bay, and far-flung CIA "black sites" after the attacks of 9/11 included cruelty that defied legal and normative prohibitions in U.S. and international law. The antitorture stance of the United States was brushed aside. Since then,...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 2, 2017
This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. During the Cold War, both the United States and the Soviet Union exercised third party deterrence to protect key allies against hostile aggression. However, since the end of World War II,...
Immigrant Experiences
Why Immigrants Come to the United States and What They Find When They Get Here
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2018
Immigrant Experiences: Why Immigrants Come to the United States and What They Find When They Get Here weaves together detailed historical and contemporary examples of immigration to the United States that move beyond hackneyed stereotypes about immigrants to give readers a fact-based understanding...
The American Synthetic Organic Chemicals Industry
War and Politics, 1910-1930
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2014
Prior to 1914, Germany dominated the worldwide production of synthetic organic dyes and pharmaceuticals like aspirin. When World War I disrupted the supply of German chemicals to the United States, American entrepreneurs responded to the shortages and high prices by trying to manufacture chemicals...
American Apostles
When Evangelicals Entered the World of Islam
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2015
The surprising tale of the first American Protestant missionaries to proselytize in the Muslim world
In American Apostles, the Bancroft Prize-winning historian Christine Leigh Heyrman brilliantly chronicles the first fateful collision between American missionaries and the diverse religious...
by John Clark Ridpath
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2019
History of the United States written by John Clark Ridpath who was an American educator, historian, and editor. This book was published in 1891. And now republish in ebook format. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and...
Leading Them to the Promised Land
Woodrow Wilson, Covenant Theology, and the Mexican Revolution, 1913-1915
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2010
How Wilson’s religious heritage shaped his response to the Mexican Revolution
“In Wilson’s view, America had a part to play as a divine instrument. To deny the United States an active role in the world was an attempt to deny God’s will.” —from the Introduction
The First Amendment...
Everyone Counts
Could "Participatory Budgeting" Change Democracy?
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
The Laurence and Lynne Brown Democracy Medal recognizes outstanding individuals, groups, and organizations that produce exceptional innovations to further democracy in the United States or around the world.
The inaugural medal winner, the Participatory Budgeting Project (PBP), is an innovative...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2013
The role of law enforcement is becoming increasingly prominent in the conduct of international operations involving the U.S. Government (USG), including counterinsurgency, peace operations, and reconstruction and stabilization. Hence, it is important for practitioners (military and civilian) and policymakers...