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by Sean Mclachlan
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2013
It Happened in Missouri takes readers on a rollicking, behind-the-scenes look at some of the characters and episodes from the Show Me State's storied past. Including both famous tales, and famous names--and little-known heroes, heroines, and happenings.
Counting Americans
How the US Census Classified the Nation
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
How could the same person be classified by the US census as black in 1900, mulatto in 1910, and white in 1920? The history of categories used by the US census reflects a country whose identity and self-understanding--particularly its social construction of race--is closely tied to the continuous polling...
by Paul W. Papa
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
It Happened in Wyoming takes readers on a rollicking, behind-the-scenes look at some of the characters and episodes from the Equality State's storied past. Including both famous tales, and famous names--and little-known heroes, heroines, and happenings.
Making Waves
Michigan’s Boat-Building Industry, 1865-2000
Language: English
Release Date: January 22, 2015
Michigan will always be known as the automobile capital of the world, but the Great Lakes State boasts a similarly rich heritage in the development of boat building in America. By the late nineteenth century, Michigan had emerged as the industry’s hub, drawing together the most talented designers,...
Spare Time in Texas
Recreation and History in the Lone Star State
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2012
What do Texans' pastimes and recreations say about their characters? Looking at Texas history from a new angle, David McComb starts from the premise that how people spend their leisure time may well reveal more about their true natures and interests than the work they do or their family connections....
Public vs. Private
The Early History of School Choice in America
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2017
Americans today choose from a dizzying array of schools, loosely lumped into categories of "public" and "private." How did these distinctions emerge in the first place, and what do they tell us about the more general relationship in the United States between public authority and private enterprise?...
Pennsylvania Land Records
A History and Guide for Research
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 1993
The genealogist trying to locate families, the surveyor or attorney researching old deeds, or the historian seeking data on land settlement will find Pennsylvania Land Records an indispensable aid. The land records of Pennsylvania are among the most complete in the nation, beginning in the 1680s....
Religion in the Oval Office
The Religious Lives of American Presidents
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2015
In his highly praised book Faith and the Presidency, Gary Scott Smith cast a revealing light on the role religion has played in presidential politics throughout our nation's history, offering comprehensive, even-handed examinations of the role of religion in the lives, politics, and policies of eleven...
It Happened in Illinois
Remarkable Events That Shaped History
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
This book offers an inside look at over 25 interesting and unusual episodes that shaped the history of the Hoosier State. From the 1908 race riots in Springfield to Ron Blagojevich's impeachment in 2009, this book will cover a wide range of Illinois history.
Maine
An Annotated Bibliography
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2011
Exciting and fascinating, Maine: An Annotated Bibliography is a look at the Maine Experience from its many historical, political, social, and literary perspectives. Organized under such unifying themes as "The Wild, Wild East," "Ethnicity Matters," "Women in Maine," and...
Outlaw Tales of South Dakota
True Stories Of The Mount Rushmore State's Most Infamous Crooks, Culprits, And Cutthroats
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2008
Massacres, mayhem, and mischief fill the pages of Outlaw Tales of South Dakota. Ride with horse thieves and cattle rustlers, stagecoach, and train robbers. Duck the bullets of murderers, plot strategies with con artists, hiss at lawmen turned outlaws. A refreshing new perspective on some of the most infamous reprobates of the Great Plains.
by James Benson Sellers
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2015
Since its initial publication in 1950, Slavery in Alabama remains the only comprehensive statewide study of the institution of slavery in Alabama. Sellers concentrates on examining the social and economic aspects of how slavery operated in the state. After a brief discussion of slavery under imperial...
Poor but Proud
Alabama's Poor Whites
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2016
First published in 1989 by The University of Alabama Press, Poor but Proud was met with critical acclaim and awarded the 1990 Lillian Smith prize in nonfiction, as well as being named a CHOICE Outstanding Academic Book. This new paperback version will make the classic work available for general...
A Savage Order
How the World's Deadliest Countries Can Forge a Path to Security
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2018
The most violent places in the world today are not at war. More people have died in Mexico in recent years than in Iraq and Afghanistan combined. These parts of the world are instead buckling under a maelstrom of gangs, organized crime, political conflict, corruption, and state brutality. Such devastating...