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by Robert Dykstra
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2013
The mountain-top volleys from any scholarly set-to among social historians concerning the elusive roots of American democracy do reach our ears from time to time, and this rather formidable cannonade just may strike off some sparks, although it is hardly leisure reading. The author's efforts seem...
by Jon Gjerde, Carlton C. Qualey
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2010
The Norwegians, who first arrived in territorial days, created lasting farming settlements, especially in the Red River Valley. Their Lutheran churches continue to dot the landscape. But their experience was also urban, as they entered the trades and industries of the Twin Cities. Today, the Norwegian...
Where Have All the Sheep Gone?
Sheepherders and Ranchers in Arizona, a Disappearing Industry
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
At one time, more than one million sheep roamed the grassy areas of Arizona. Herding sheep was a critical component of the economy, building Arizona from its early territorial days into statehood. Fortunes were made, and, during economic downturns and other disasters, some lost everything. By the...
Florida's First People
12,000 Years of Human History
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2014
This comprehensive look at the first humans in Florida combines contemporary archaeology, the writings of early European explorers, and experiments to present a vivid history of the state's original inhabitants. Includes a photographic atlas of projectile points and pottery types as well as typical...
The Land Was Theirs
Jewish Farmers in the Garden State
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2014
The Land Was Theirs is a bout Farmingdale, New Jersey, a community of Jewish farming communities in the United States established with the help of the Jewish Agricultural Society. The 50 year history of Farmingdale provides a perspective on the pressures, problems, and satisfactions of rural Jewish...
It Happened in North Carolina, 2nd
Remarkable Events That Shaped History
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2009
A fascinating collection of thirty compelling stories about events that shaped the Tar Heel State, It Happened in North Carolina describes everything from one of the first incidences of American resistance against British rule to a courageous milestone in the civil rights movement.
The Medicine of Memory
A Mexica Clan in California
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2010
"People who live in California deny the past," asserts Alejandro Murgua. In a state where "what matters is keeping up with the current trends, fads, or latest computer gizmo," no one has "the time, energy, or desire to reflect on what happened last week, much less what happened...
Inside Texas
Culture, Identity and Houses, 1878–1920
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2013
“Inside Texas: Culture, Identity and Houses, 1878–1920” is a 464 page book with 296 photos that tests and rejects the notion that Texas homes, like all things Texan, were unique and different. Over the 40 year time span covered by the book, decorating ideas nationally and in Texas went...
Outlaw Tales of Idaho
True Stories of the Gem 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 Idaho. 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 Rocky Mountain's most infamous reprobates.
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Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 6, 2017
From Kanorado to Pawnee villages, Kansas is a land rich in archaeological sites—nearly 12,000 known—that testify to its prehistoric heritage. This volume presents the first comprehensive overview of Kansas archaeology in nearly fifty years, containing the most current descriptions and interpretations...
History of Texas Christian University
A College of the Cattle Frontier
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2014
First published by TCU Press in 1947, Colby Hall’s book History of Texas Christian University: A College of the Cattle Frontier is the story of the first seventy-five years of the institution. Tracing the evolution of Add Ran College to Add Ran University, and ultimately to Texas Christian University,...
by Shannon Lee Dawdy, Martha Zierden, Bonnie L. Gums
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
The rapid growth and development of urban areas in the South have resulted in an increase in the number of urban archaeology projects required by federal and state agencies. These projects provide opportunities not only to investigate marginal areas between the town and countryside but also to recover...
by Tracey Williams
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2016
Offering a one-of-a kind teaching resource for Texas history teachers, The Big Resource Guide to Teaching and Learning Texas History, by author and teacher Tracey Williams, includes everything to make Texas history come alive in the classroom.
The teaching units are aligned with the Texas Essential...
A Perfect War of Politics
Parties, Politicians, and Democracy in Louisiana, 1824–1861
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2003
Though antebellum Louisiana shared the rest of the South's commitment to slavery and cotton, the presence of a substantial sugarcane industry, large Creole and Catholic populations, numerous foreign and northern immigrants, and the immense city of New Orleans made it perhaps the most unsouthern of...