George Washington's Washington: Visions for the National Capital in the Early American Republic, Paperback - Adam Costanzo

This book traces the history of the development, abandonment, and eventual revival of George Washington's original vision for a grand national capi...

By helping readers understand the financial history of this period and the way banking shaped the society in which ordinary Americans lived and wor...

Reducere. The Seneca Falls Convention is typically seen as the beginning of the first women's rights movement in the United States. Revolutionary Backlash ar...

Reducere. Seneca Possessed examines the ordeal of a Native people in the wake of the American Revolution. As part of the once-formidable Iroquois Six Nations...

After its early introduction into the English colonies in North America, slavery in the United States lasted as a legal institution until the passa...

Reducere. This innovative gift book allows kids to peek into the mind of George Washington and the more than 100 lessons by which he lived his life. Modern t...

Reducere. One of the finest historians of her generation, Jan Ellen Lewis transformed our understanding of the early U.S. Republic. Her groundbreaking essays...

The emergence of the early American republic as a new nation on the world stage conjured rival visions in the eyes of leading statesmen at home and...

Reducere. As a schoolboy in Virginia, George Washington took his first steps toward greatness by hand copying a list of 110 "Rules of Civility & Decent Behav...

Reducere. The Mother of the Father of our Country. Mary Ball Washington was an unlikely candidate to be the mother of history's most famous revolutionary. In...

Reducere. CULLED FROM the six volumes of The Diaries of George Washington completed in 1979, this selection of entries chosen by retired Washington Papers ed...

Reducere. He was an American Founding Father and the new nation's first president, but before that, GEORGE WASHINGTON (1732-1799) was an excruciatingly corre...

In September 1796, worn out by burdens of the presidency and attacks of political foes, George Washington announced his decision not to seek a thir...

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Reducere. In the autumn of 1751, at the age of nineteen, George Washington sailed with his older half-brother Lawrence from Virginia to the Caribbean island ...

Reducere. Hercules Mulligan was a master spy who answered to George Washington, being instrumental to saving the revolutionary leader from capture during the...

Reducere. DescriptionGEORGE WASHINGTONGeorge Washington lived an incredible life, during a time that can be hard to comprehend. This book details the life of...

Reducere. The service of African Americans in defense of the Union during the Civil War required African American nurses, doctors and surgeons to heal those ...

Reducere. Taking his inspiration from a 16th century French manual on etiquette, young George Washington compiled his own set of instructions under the title...

Reducere. It was an age of fascinating leaders and difficult choices, of grand ideas eloquently expressed and of epic conflicts bitterly fought. Now comes a ...

Mostly hidden from public view, scores of putative locks of George Washington's hair are held in the collections of America's historical societies,...

Reducere. George Washington is remembered for leading the Continental Army to victory, presiding over the Constitution, and forging a new nation, but few kno...

Reducere. Washington's first streetcars trundled down Pennsylvania Avenue during the Civil War. By the end of the century, streetcar lines crisscrossed the c...

Many reference works offer compilations of critical documents covering individual liberty, local autonomy, constitutional order, and other issues t...

An illustrated history of the Continental Army in color This is an illustrated history of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. The ...

Examines how the demands of western settlers, the potential of western disunion, and local, popular politics determined the fate of slavery and fre...

Reducere. Now in paperback--the award-winning National Geographic book that presents the untold story of the invisible war behind the American Revolution. A ...

Reducere. Explore the Captivating History of the Culper Ring Spying and warfare have always gone hand-in-hand. From Julius Caesar to modern generals, we have...

Reducere. Explore the Captivating History of the Culper Ring Spying and warfare have always gone hand-in-hand. From Julius Caesar to modern generals, we have...

Reducere. Based on twenty years of collaborative fieldwork, Songs for Cabo Verde: Norberto Tavares's Musical Visions for a New Republic focuses on the musici...

Reducere. The tradition of horses in Native American culture, depicted through images, essays, and quotes. For many Native Americans, each animal and bird th...

Reducere. Learn all about George Washington, one of the most important figures in American history, in this colorful, inviting, and entertaining biography. T...

Reducere. Take a bite into the fascinating history of peanut butter and the man who invented it. Through leveled text and engaging photos, kids meet George W...

Reducere. DescriptionThe fourth edition contains guidelines on the development and evaluation of the health and safety of children in early care and educatio...

Reducere. The life of George Washington for kids--a story about fighting for independence and building a countryGeorge Washington became the first president ...