History category: 194783 books
by SparkNotes
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2014
The Scientific Revolution (1550-1700) (SparkNotes History Note)
Making the reading experience fun!
SparkNotes History Guides help students strengthen their grasp of history by focusing on individual eras or episodes in U.S. or world history. Breaking history up into digestible lessons, the...
Chinese History and Literature
New Ways to Examine China's Past
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2018
Chinese History and Literature: New Ways to Examine China's Past collects important studies on Chinese history and literature studies conducted by the academics at East China Normal University (ECNU) in recent years. The book covers topics including the study of Chinese Economic History, 'Jiangnan...
Public History
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2019
The 2nd edition of Public History: A Practical Guide provides a fresh examination of history as practiced in its various worldly guises and contexts. It analyses the many skills that historians require in the practice of public history and looks at how a range of actors, including museums, archives,...
Introduction to Public History
Interpreting the Past, Engaging Audiences
Language: English
Release Date: March 6, 2017
Introduction to Public History: Interpreting the Past, Engaging Audiences is a brief foundational textbook for public history. It is organized around the questions and ethical dilemmas that drive public history in a variety of settings, from local community-based projects to international case studies....
by Baby Professor
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2019
Learn from the ancient Egyptians, not just in terms of pyramid building and mummification. But learn from their history especially their strengths and weaknesses as a civilization. This book contains key information on the ancient history of Egypt. Know their history to better appreciate their legacies. Grab a copy today.
A Young People's History of the United States
Columbus to the War on Terror
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2011
A Young People's History of the United States brings to US history the viewpoints of workers, slaves, immigrants, women, Native Americans, and others whose stories, and their impact, are rarely included in books for young people. A Young People's History of the United States is also a companion volume...
A History of US: War, Terrible War
1855-1865
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
Recommended by the Common Core State Standards for English Language Arts and Literacy as an exemplary informational text. Riveting, moving, and impossible to put down, War, Terrible War takes us into the heart of the Civil War, from the battle of Manassas to the battle of Gettysburg and on to the South's...
The Untold History of the United States, Volume 1
Young Readers Edition, 1898-1945
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2014
The truth about America is revealed in this first of four volumes of the young readers’ edition of The Untold History of the United States, from Academy Award–winning director Oliver Stone and Peter Kuznick, adapted by Susan Campbell Bartoletti.
There is history as we know it. And there...
by Charles River Editors
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2013
*Perfect for ages 7-9*Includes illustrations of the Boston Tea Party and pictures of important people. *Discusses the myths and legends of the Tea Party in an attempt to separate fact from fiction. Did the Tea Partiers dress up as Mohawks? Did Sam Adams lead the Tea Party?*Includes contemporary accounts...
by
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 2, 2012
This edited collection explores how graphic art and in particular Japanese manga represent Japanese history.
The articles explore the representation of history in manga from disciplines that include such diverse fields as literary studies, politics, history, cultural studies, linguistics, narratology,...
The Mental Floss History of the United States
The (Almost) Complete and (Entirely) Entertaining Story of America
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2010
Smarter than your old history teacher, funnier than the founding fathers, and more American than apple pie, The Mental Floss History of the United States is an almost (but not entirely) comprehensive primer on American history (or at least, the good stuff). From the editors of MentalFloss.com and...
Lies My Teacher Told Me
Everything Your American History Textbook Got Wrong
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2018
“Every teacher, every student of history, every citizen should read this book. It is both a refreshing antidote to what has passed for history in our educational system and a one-volume education in itself.”
—Howard Zinn
A new edition of the national bestseller and American Book Award...
American History Revised
200 Startling Facts That Never Made It into the Textbooks
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2010
“American History Revised is as informative as it is entertaining and humorous. Filled with irony, surprises, and long-hidden secrets, the book does more than revise American history, it reinvents it.”—James Bamford, bestselling author of The Puzzle Palace, Body of Secrets, and The Shadow Factory
**This...
by Eric Jay Dolin
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2008
**A Los Angeles Times Best Non-Fiction Book of 2007
A Boston Globe Best Non-Fiction Book of 2007
Amazon.com Editors pick as one of the 10 best history books of 2007
Winner of the 2007 John Lyman Award for U. S. Maritime History, given by the North American Society for Oceanic History
"The...