United States category: 34172 books
National Duties
Custom Houses and the Making of the American State
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2016
In the wake of the American Revolution, if you had asked a citizen whether his fledgling state would survive more than two centuries, the answer would have been far from confident. The problem, as is so often the case, was money. Left millions of dollars of debt by the war, the nascent federal government...
"Farewell, My Nation"
American Indians and the United States in the Nineteenth Century
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2015
The fully updated third edition of “Farewell, My Nation” considers the complex and often tragic relationships between American Indians, white Americans, and the U.S. government during the nineteenth century, as the government tried to find ways to deal with social and political questions about...
Clothed in Robes of Sovereignty
The Continental Congress and the People Out of Doors
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2011
In 1776, when the Continental Congress declared independence, formally severing relations with Great Britain, it immediately began to fashion new objects and ceremonies of state with which to proclaim the sovereignty of the infant republic. In this marvelous social and cultural history of the Continental...
America's Rasputin
Walt Rostow and the Vietnam War
Language: English
Release Date: March 4, 2008
Walt Rostow's meteoric rise to power—from Flatbush, Brooklyn, to the West Wing of the White House—seemed to capture the promise of the American dream. Hailing from humble origins, Rostow became an intellectual powerhouse: a professor of economic history at MIT and an influential foreign policy...
The American Patriot's Almanac
Daily Readings on America
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2013
Read here the storied history of these United States.
The stories in this book are part of what Abraham Lincoln called the “mystic chords of memory.” They are the symbols that define the essence of the United States, that mark its historic course, and connect its people. The American Patriot’s...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2014
The political situation within Yemen has catapulted to the top tier of U.S. national security concerns over the last several years as it has become more directly linked to both the problem of international terrorism and the need for future stability in the Arabian Peninsula. On the terrorism front,...
Ramp Hollow
The Ordeal of Appalachia
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2017
How the United States underdeveloped Appalachia
Appalachia—among the most storied and yet least understood regions in America—has long been associated with poverty and backwardness. But how did this image arise and what exactly does it mean? In Ramp Hollow, Steven Stoll launches an original...
by H. W. Brands, Christina Duffy Burnett, David P. Currie
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: November 28, 2005
The 1803 purchase of the Louisiana Territory was a watershed event for the fledgling United States. Adding some 829,000 square miles of territory, the Louisiana Purchase set a striking precedent of Presidential power and brought to the surface profound legal and constitutional questions. As the nation...
Ronald Reagan: A Life From Beginning to End
Biographies of US Presidents, #40
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
On January 20, 1981, Ronald Reagan was inaugurated as the 40th president of the United States. That same day, the Americans who had been held hostage in Iran were released. For many Americans, the juxtaposition of those events was no coincidence. Ronald Reagan was the president they elected to restore...
by KidCaps
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2013
During World War Two, the United States fought mainly against Germany, Italy, and Japan. As you can imagine, any Germans, Italians, or Japanese citizens visiting or temporarily working in the United States when the war broke out, quickly found themselves feeling unwelcome. After all, they belonged...
Turning Points
How Deception Steals Freedoms
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2012
Terry W. Bettis has published two books: "Guards at the Gate and co-authored The Spiral Notebook, transcribed from her diary, written by Billie K. Bettis. His passions to seek out the stories of history and current events is without question as to his motives. Ever wonder what is happening to...
The Everything Theodore Roosevelt Book
The extraordinary life of an American icon
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2011
You probably know bits and pieces about Theodore Roosevelt: He was the President of the United States, led the charge up San Juan Hill, had something to do with the "Bull Moose" party, and is represented on Mt. Rushmore. That's a start. But his accomplishments went far beyond that.
This book...
Nothing but Love in God’s Water
Volume 2: Black Sacred Music from Sit-Ins to Resurrection City
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2016
Volume 1 of Nothing but Love in God’s Water traced the music of protest spirituals from the Civil War to the American labor movement of the 1930s and 1940s, and on through the Montgomery bus boycott. This second volume continues the journey, chronicling the role this music played in energizing and...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
This excellent report has been professionally converted for accurate flowing-text e-book format reproduction. Panama began its modern history as a semi-colonial appendage of the United States (US). Since gaining independence in 1903, Panama witnessed both elitist quasi-democratic governments and authoritarian...