My Desire for History: Essays in Gay, Community, and Labor History, Paperback - Allan B rub

This anthology pays tribute to Allan Berube (1946-2007), a self-taught historian and MacArthur Fellow who was a pioneer in the study of lesbian and...

Reducere. DescriptionThe studies offered in this volume contribute to a Global Labor History freed from Eurocentrism and methodological nationalism. Using li...

Reducere. While working on his second novel, John Sedgwick spiraled into a depression so profound that it very nearly resulted in suicide. An author acclaime...

Reducere. Our perception of life at Monticello has changed dramatically over the past quarter century. The image of an estate presided over by a benevolent T...

Allan B. Fredrickson's grandparents, Nels and Augusta Larson, raised eighteen children on their homestead in the Turtle Mountains in northern North...

An exceptional collection of original scholarship on the historical Irish Atlantic by leading scholars of modern Ireland and Irish-America. Topics ...

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Reducere. STORIES FOR THE MIDLIFE TRAVELER In fairytales, the Prince and Princess marry and live happily ever after. But what really happens then? The unique...

Reducere. In this first book from an openly lesbian and celibate Catholic, widely published writer and blogger Eve Tushnet recounts her spiritual and intelle...

Reducere. During World War II, as the United States called on its citizens to serve in unprecedented numbers, the presence of gay Americans in the armed forc...

Reducere. Blacks in Niagara Falls narrates and analyzes the history of Black Niagarans from the days of the Underground Railroad to the Age of Urban Renewal....

Provides an intriguing insight into the range, diversity and complexity of same-sex experiences throughout history. Takes objects ranging from Anci...

Reducere. When Ojibwe historian Brenda Child uncovered the Bureau of Indian Affairs file on her grandparents, it was an eye-opening experience. The correspon...

Reducere. Wilton Manors: From Farming Community to Urban Village, Hardcover

Published to mark the centenary of one of the most infamous battles of WWI, the Somme. Mallinson explores how the war was fought and how close we c...

This illuminating and insightful guide offers a comprehensive overview of Scottish history, from the kingdom's genesis in the ninth century to the ...

Reducere. From the ``taming of the West`` to the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, the portrayal of the past has become a battleground at the heart o...

DescriptionThe book provides a comprehensive history of the third largest Jewish community in Britain and fills an acknowledged gap in both Jewish ...

Reducere. Winner, 2014 Lambda Literary Award in LGBT StudiesSince the 1970s, a key goal of lesbian and gay activists has been protection against street viole...

DescriptionApril 2011 marked the 150th anniversary of the attack on Fort Sumter, South Carolina, and the beginning of the American Civil War. It al...

Reducere. Step into the world of Ida B. Wells as she uses her life experiences and obstacles as motivation to achieve many firsts in editing and journalism i...

Research Methods for History encourages those researching the past to think creatively about the wide range of methods currently in use, to underst...

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Reducere. Between 1890 and 1915, a predominately African American state convict crew built Clemson University on John C. Calhoun's Fort Hill Plantation in up...

Set against the dramatic backdrop of America's during the War of 1812, Beverly Swerling's gripping and intricately plotted sequel to the much-loved...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Talitha L. LeflouriaIn 1868, the state of Georgia began to make its rapidly growing population of prisoners available for h...

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DescriptionContributions by Lisa Abney, Patricia Anderson, Albert Camp, Katie Carmichael, Christina Schoux Casey, Nathalie Dajko, Jeffery U. Darens...

Description"This Is Islam" presents a lively introduction to a religion that has a dramatic history and plays a crucial role in the world today. De...

Reducere. DescriptionThis title will familiarize readers with Labor Day by explaining the whos, whats, and whys of it. Complete with a More Facts section and...

The importance of Edgar Allan Poe to literary history can hardly be exaggerated; his genius and originality, both in terms of language and techniqu...

The definitive history of the third-largest Jewish community in the UK, which analyses the factors which contributed to its growth and success and ...

Reducere. The stories collected here were written over the past seven years for a monthly Japan Times column called The Living Past. They range from earliest...

This book is the first to trace the good and bad fortunes, over more than a century, of the earliest large free black community in the United State...

Reducere. DescriptionIn 1941, a real estate developer in northwest Detroit faced a dilemma. He needed federal financing for white clients purchasing lots in ...