Power and Liberty: Constitutionalism in the American Revolution, Hardcover - Gordon S. Wood

Reducere. New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize-winning author Gordon S. Wood elucidates the debates over the founding documents of the United States....

Reducere. L.A. Times Book PrizeThe Oxford History of the United States is by far the most respected multi-volume history of our nation. The series includes t...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Gordon S. WoodOne of the half dozen most important books ever written about the American Revolution.--New York Times Book R...

Reducere. This book explores the foundations of our republic, bringing the reader "up close" to ten men from Pennsylvania and Delaware who each played a cruc...

Reducere. In Liberty and Insanity in the Age of the American Revolution, Sarah L. Swedberg examines how conceptions of mental illness intersected with Americ...

How American colonists went from thinking of the British past as their own to creating an "American history" that would play a crucial role in thei...

From bestselling historian H. W. Brands comes a dramatic narrative of the American Revolution that shows it to be more than a fight against the Bri...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Thomas S. KiddAt the dawn of the Revolutionary War, America was already a nation of diverse faiths--the First Great Awakeni...

Reducere. This is the story of James, John, and Hamilton Armstrong, three sons of a yeoman farmer living on the Pennsylvania frontier at the outset of the Am...

Reducere. The Delaware Bay during the Revolutionary War was vital for trade and home to a host of armed conflicts between British vessels and American privat...

Reducere. The Revolutionary War encompassed at least two struggles: one for freedom from British rule, and another, quieter but no less significant fight for...

Reducere. When the Revolutionary War began, the odds of a united, continental effort to resist the British seemed nearly impossible. Few on either side of th...

Reducere. In the late summer and fall of 1777, after two years of indecisive fighting on both sides, the outcome of the American War of Independence hung in ...

Reducere. Even as American Patriots fought for independence from British rule during the Revolutionary War, oppressive conditions remained in place for the t...

Reducere. Although Spain was never a formal ally of the United States during the American Revolution, its entry into the war definitively tipped the balance ...

Reducere. George Washington and his Continental Army braving the frigid winter at Valley Forge is an iconic image in the popular history of the American Revo...

Reducere. The Social Dilemma reflects Tullock's contributions to areas of public choice that typically are ignored by mainstream scholars, who tend to focus ...

DescriptionThis book presents the case that the origins of American liberty should not be sought in the constitutional-reformist feats of its "stat...

Female loyalists occupied a nearly impossible position during the American Revolution. Unlike their male counterparts, loyalist women were effectiv...

Reducere. DescriptionThe voices of the children and teenagers who witnessed the colonies' transformation to an independent nation have seldom been heard. Thi...

Reducere. Moored off the coast of Brooklyn, the derelict HMS Jersey was a living hell for thousands of Americans either captured by the British or accused of...

Reducere. From Liberty to Magnolia: In Search of the American Dream vividly recounts the journey of an African-American woman from rural, segregated Mississi...

Reducere. David Ramsay's History of the American Revolution appeared in 1789 during an enthusiastic celebration of nationhood. It is the first American natio...

Reducere. DescriptionThe dramatic story of Phillis Wheatley, a free, black poet who resisted the pressures of arranged marriage, truly embodying the ideals o...

Reducere. In The Origins of American Constitutionalism, Donald S. Lutz challenges the prevailing notion that the United States Constitution was either essent...

Publisher: Liberty Fund IncNumber of pages: 368Publication date: 2003Dimensions: 236 x 159 x 24Cover type: HardbackEditor(s): B W SheehanRedescoper...

Des Pond is probably unique as special agents go He is indifferent to the lifestyle usually associated with this employment, but his determination ...

Reducere. Like much of New Jersey during the American Revolution, Monmouth County was contested territory in between the great armies. As the Battles of Tren...

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. Contributor(s): Author: Friedrich GentzEditor: Peter KoslowskiThe Origin and Principles of the American Revolution is perhaps one of the most impor...

Reducere. A remarkable intellectual history of the slave revolts that made the modern revolutionary eraThe Common Wind is a gripping and colorful account of ...

Reducere. This volume, written by the highly acclaimed 19th century historian Joel Tyler Headley, explores the vital, but often neglected, role of ministers ...

Reducere. Become an eyewitness to the American struggle for independence, from the events that sparked the war to the signing of the Constitution. This pictu...

Reducere. DescriptionMoses Hazen, commander of the Second Canadian Reiment, was an unusual and influential man during the period of the American Revolution. ...

The Great Cold War is arguably the most fascinating account yet written about the Cold War--and a timely enunciation of the lessons we need to lear...

This book, the result of a major international conference held at Yale Law School, contains contributions from leading scholars in public law who e...

In this book, renowned author, and former U.S. Army Colonel, Robert Tonsetic describes and analyzes numerous examples of special operations conduct...

Publisher: Cengage Learning, IncAuthor(s): Norman (Macalester College) RosenbergNumber of pages: 896Publication date: 2013Dimensions: 276 x 218 x 3...

Featuring full-color artwork, this is the engaging story of Britain's elite light infantrymen in battle during the American Revolutionary War. Duri...

Reducere. On February 11, 1780, a British army led by General Sir Henry Clinton came ashore on Johns Island, South Carolina. By the end of March, the British...

Reducere. DescriptionPraised by Robbie Robertson of The Band as "a classic & a ticket to ride, " The Rose & the Briar assembles an astonishing group of write...

Reducere. In 1764, a small town in the British colony of Massachusetts ignited a bold rebellion. When Great Britain levied the Sugar Act on its American colo...

Reducere. In 1764, a small town in the British colony of Massachusetts ignited a bold rebellion. When Great Britain levied the Sugar Act on its American colo...

Reducere. A brilliant account of the proud and ferocious American fighters who stood up to the British forces in savage battles crucial in deciding both the ...

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