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Reducere. DescriptionA complex and troubled history defines the borders of upstate New York beyond the physical boundaries of its rivers and lakes. The Unite...

Reducere. Los Angeles is well-known as a temperate paradise with expansive beaches and mountain vistas, a booming luxury housing market, and the home of glam...

Winner, Outstanding Book Award, Association for Theatre in Higher Education Winner, Grace Abbott Best Book Award, Society for the History of Childr...

In the years between the Revolutionary War and the drafting of the Constitution, American gentlemen--the merchants, lawyers, planters, and landowne...

Reducere. How children and children's literature helped build America's empire America's empire was not made by adults alone. During the nineteenth and twent...

Reducere. Wyoming's colorful story of water management illuminates the powerful forces that impact water use in the rural American West. The state's rich his...

This book traces an unexpected journey to Latin America for South Asian literature in English. It shows how this encounter fundamentally shaped the...

Reducere. "Acknowledgement is the first step in the journey of unpacking the ways our cities are built with systems of power and erasure. True reconciliation...

Reducere. Pushing Past the Human in Latin American Cinema brings together fourteen scholars to analyze Latin American cinema in dialogue with recent theories...

Reducere. Discover the history of the American Revolution--an introduction for kids ages 6 to 9On April 19, 1775, the American Minutemen clashed with British...

Reducere. Developing life-changing drugs is risky and expensive--but that's not what makes them unaffordable. Drug pricing is a staple of every news cycle an...

Bringing back a classic work on the American War for IndependencePublisher: The History Press LtdAuthor(s): Jeremy BlackIllustration(s): 80 Illustr...

Reducere. DescriptionExamines the critical role of urban taverns in the social and political life of colonial and revolutionary America From exclusive "city ...

DescriptionThe generational and social thinking changes that caused an unprecedented shift toward support for gay marriage How did gay marriage--so...

Reducere. The origins and ever-changing story of America's favorite holidayAbout the AuthorJAMES W. BAKER was the director of research at Plimoth Plantation ...

2010 Honorable Mention, Silver Gavel Award, American Bar AssociationAlbert Burrell spent thirteen years on death row for a murder he did not commit...

Reducere. Asian/Pacific Islander American Women is the first collection devoted to the historical study of A/PI women's diverse experiences in America. Cover...

Just Medicine offers us a new, effective, and innovative plan to regulate implicit biases and eliminate the inequalities they cause, and to save th...

Reducere. DescriptionFrom a peace ceremony conducted by Chitimacha diplomats before Governor Bienville's makeshift cabin in 1718 to a stickball match played ...

An examination of Latino/a immigrant farmers as they transition from farmworkers to farm owners that offers a new perspective on racial inequity an...

Reducere. Watch the Author Interview on KNMEIn both the historic record and the popular imagination, the story of nineteenth-century westward expansion in Am...

Reveals the important role of Muslim Americans in American politics Since the 1950s, and especially in the post-9/11 era, Muslim Americans have pla...

Reducere. Yoga. Humanistic Psychology. Meditation. Holistic Healing. These practices are commonplace today. Yet before the early 1960s they were atypical opt...

Reducere. DescriptionAfter the Indian wars, many Americans still believed that the only good Indian was a dead Indian. But at Ganado Mission in the Navajo co...

Reducere. DescriptionRecommended by The New York Times, The Washington Post, Book Riot and Autostraddle Nominated for a 2019 NAACP image award, a groundbreak...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Charles G. WormanThe gun, like the axe and the plow, was an essential tool in the exploration and settlement of the trans-M...

Reducere. DescriptionChanged Forever is the first study to gather a range of texts produced by Native Americans who, voluntarily or through compulsion, atten...

2010 Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship Book Award from the American Sociological Association; Race, Gender, and Class Section2008 Finalist,...

Reducere. Mabel Dodge Luhan, hostess and visionary, made Taos, New Mexico, a center for artists and utopians when she moved there in 1917 and began inviting ...

Reducere. A remarkable history of the powerful and influential social gospel movement. The global crises of child labor, alcoholism and poverty were all brou...

Reducere. DescriptionThe American Century began in 1941 and ended on January 20, 2017. While the United States remains a military giant and is still an econo...

Publisher: New York University PressAuthor(s): Rebecca SanchezIllustration(s): 2 black and white illustrationsNumber of pages: 240Collection: Cultu...

A critical companion to the most celebrated music documentaries of the twentieth century

Reducere. Reveals the important role of Muslim Americans in American politics Since the 1950s, and especially in the post-9/11 era, Muslim Americans have pla...

Reducere. John Eugene Rodriguez's Spanish New Orleans is the first comprehensive academic analysis of how Spain governed the largest imperial city in its Nor...

A History of Financial Technology and Regulation explains business, economic, financial, and legal concepts clearly, while its historical approach ...

Publisher: New York University PressAuthor(s): Sivan ZakaiIllustration(s): 8 b/w illustrationsNumber of pages: 272Publication date: 2022Dimensions:...

A powerful dissection of a core American myth.Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Ian TyrrellNumber of pages: 288Publication date:...

""The Content of Our Caricature" is an in-depth exploration of African American comic art and its relationship to political belonging"--

Reducere. This riveting true story recounts the author's journey on horseback across Arizona and New Mexico, retracing Coronado's desperate search for the le...

Reducere. "Every teacher, every student of history, every citizen should read this book. It is both a refreshing antidote to what has passed for history in o...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Editor: Cathy J. Schlund-VialsEditor: K. Scott WongEditor: Linda Trinh VoBorn out of the Civil Rights and Third World Liberation mo...

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Contributor(s): Author: David E. StannardFor four hundred years--from the first Spanish assaults against the Arawak people of Hispaniola in the 149...

These problems-from the abortion debate to the scope of executive power-remain an indelible feature of American politics.Publisher: Johns Hopkins U...

Reducere. Tracing the shifting fortunes and changing character of New York City's economic elite over half a century, Sven Beckert brings to light a neglecte...

Reducere. Anasazi Architecture and American Design is a journey through Chaco Canyon and Mesa Verde with leading southwestern archaeologists, historians, arc...

Reducere. DescriptionThis volume focuses broadly on the history of the social welfare reform work of nineteenth-century African American women who founded in...

Presents the first anthology of Latin American Yiddish writings translated into English. Included are works of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction from...

Reducere. The Best of America-Captured in Print for the First TimeSomething powerful happened in New York. We had a rare opportunity to experience the healin...

Reducere. DescriptionA provocative, must-read investigation that both appreciates the importance of--and punctures the hype around--big-time contemporary Ame...

Create delicious, highly nutritious salads at home with dozens of inventive recipes inspired by the incredible Burmese tea leaf salad. Bursting wit...

Reducere. Traces the development of Catholic cultures in the South, the Midwest, the West, and the Northeast, and their contribution to larger patterns of Ca...

An examination of the concept and practice of contemporary tribal sovereignty which proposes that tribal self-determination might be better pursued...

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Reducere. DescriptionBack in print after more than a decade, the singular chronicle of life at the forefront of antiracist activism, with a new introduction ...

Reducere. This pioneering commentary sets biblical interpretation firmly in the context of African American experience and concern. Cutting-edge scholarship ...

Reducere. A passionate personal journey through two cultures in conflictShortly after militant Islamic terrorists destroyed the World Trade Center, Tamim Ans...

Reducere. A strong sense of unity and tradition frames a fascinating history of Manchester, New Hampshire's Franco-American community. Author Robert B. Perre...

Reducere. We need young people to be civically engaged in order to define and address public problems. Their participation is important for democracy, for in...

Reducere. With the exception of a few iconic moments such as Rosa Parks's 1955 refusal to move to the back of a Montgomery bus, we hear little about what bla...

Reducere. American society is rapidly secularizing-a radical departure from its historically high level of religiosity-and politics is a big part of the reas...

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Publisher: Nabu PressAuthor(s): Clinton Hart MerriamIllustration(s): Illustrations, black and whiteNumber of pages: 84Publication date: 2011Dimensi...

Reducere. How did Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, and Cubans become known as "Hispanics" and "Latinos" in the United States? How did several distinct cultures and n...

A new American creed has reconstructed the social contract. Generations from 1890 to 1940 took for granted that citizenship entailed voting, volunt...

Reducere. For decades, scholars have conceived of the coastal city of New Orleans as a remarkable outlier, an exception to nearly every "rule" of accepted U....

At its dawn in the early twentieth century, the new technology of aviation posed a crucial question to American and British cavalry: what do we do ...

Reducere. The year was 1609, and British explorer Henry Hudson had landed in North America at the bidding of the Dutch East India Company. But Hudson was not...

Reducere. Tells the story of the building of the American Museum of Natural History and Hayden Planetarium, a story of history, politics, science, and explor...