A Short History of the American Civil War

DescriptionThe American Civil War (1861-65) remains a searing event in the collective consciousness of the United States. It was one of the bloodie...

A fascinating journey through more than 5, 000 years of seafaring history in this essential guide to the most impressive seafaring tales, explorers...

More than one hundred and fifty years after the Civil War began, its hold on the American imagination has not abated. This Very Short Introduction ...

DescriptionThe era known as Reconstruction is one of the unhappiest times in American history. It succeeded in reuniting the nation politically aft...

The Civil War was undeniably an integral event in American history, but for African Americans, whose personal liberties were dependent upon its out...

Reducere. Offering a striking and reasonably priced alternative to expensive atlases that focus almost exclusively on military movements, Concise Historical ...

DescriptionPresented by Hemingway's grandson Se n Hemingway, with a personal foreword by the author's son Patrick Hemingway, this new enhanced Libr...

Reducere. The American South is a distinctive place with a dramatic history, and has significance beyond its regional context in the twenty first century. Th...

Reducere. Harriet Tubman served a pivotal role in leading slaves to freedom in the decade before the Civil War. This biography offers a demythologized chroni...

Reducere. When the United States was divided by war, future president James Abram Garfield was one of many who stepped forward to defend the Union. While his...

In a miracle of concision, Paul S. Boyer provides a wide-ranging and authoritative history of America, capturing in a compact space the full story ...

Reducere. Completely revised and expanded since its French publication, Armoured Trains: An Illustrated Encyclopedia 1825-2016 is the first English-language ...

The seven hills at the James River fall line that Captain John Smith first witnessed in 1607 became the site of a pivotal American city. Richmond w...

Reducere. This book reveals the overall connection between American holidays, history, culture, and patriotism. Each chapter presents an interesting home-spu...

Reducere. In Hidden Heroism, Robert Edgerton investigates the history of Afro-American participation in American wars, from the French and Indian War to the ...

Reducere. Anti-black racism still infects American society. African Americans are more likely than whites to be killed by police, to be pulled over, arrested...

Reducere. In the vast sagebrush desert of Southern Idaho, Minidoka War Relocation Center had a short-lived and painful existence. The wartime operation incar...

Reducere. For a hundred years after the end of the Civil War, a quarter of all Americans lived under a system of legalized segregation called Jim Crow. Toget...

DescriptionAn astonishing untold story from the nineteenth century--a "riveting...engrossing...'American Epic'" (The Wall Street Journal) and neces...

Reducere. Henry Fleming, a raw Union Army recruit in the American Civil War, is anxious to confirm his patriotism and manhood--to earn his ``badge of courage...

DescriptionIn 1861, war between the United States and the Chiricahua seemed inevitable. The Apache band lived on a heavily traveled Emigrant and Ov...

Reducere. In this entertaining and informative memoir, University of Virginia alum Joel Gardner delves into the four most turbulent and transformative years ...

Reducere. In the late 1930s, the federal government embarked on an unusual project. As a part of the Works Progress Administration's efforts to give jobs to ...

The legendary Boss Tweed effectively controlled New York City from after the Civil War until his downfall in November 1871. A huge man, he and his ...