The Thin Light of Freedom: The Civil War and Emancipation in the Heart of America, Paperback - Edward L. Ayers

DescriptionAt the crux of America's history stand two astounding events: the immediate and complete destruction of the most powerful system of slav...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Edward L. AyersBut at the time, on the borderlands of Pennsylvania and Virginia, no one expected war, and no one knew how i...

Reducere. DescriptionThis title provides a selection of essays from one of today's foremost Southern historians exploring the past of the American South.

Reducere. How did the Civil War and the emancipation of four million slaves reconfigure the natural landscape in the South and the farming economy dependent ...

"A most persuasive work that repositions the American debates over emancipation where they clearly belong, in a broader Anglo-Atlantic context." --...

Offers a riveting and significant social history of black emancipation activism in Indiana and Illinois during the Civil War era. By enlarging the ...

I Freed Myself: African American Self-Emancipation in the Civil War Era - David Williams

We're Still Here provides powerful, on the ground evidence of the remaking of working-class identity and politics. Drawing on years of fieldwork an...

The Oxford Book of the American South resonates with the words of black people and white, women and men, the powerless as well as the powerful. The...

Reducere. Taking a wide focus, Southern Journey narrates the evolution of southern history from the founding of the nation to the present day by focusing on ...

Reducere. The local and regional shows staged throughout America use musical theater's inherent power of deception to cultivate worldviews opposed to mainstr...

Reducere. In the mountains of western North Carolina, the Civil War was fought on different terms than those found throughout most of the South. Though relat...

Reducere. For a century and a half, Abraham Lincoln's signing of the Emancipation Proclamation has been the dominant narrative of African American freedom in...

Reducere. The story of the longest and most complex legal challenge to slavery in American history "A revelatory and fluidly written chronicle. . . . An esse...

Reducere. Sons of Privilege traces the wartime experiences of a unique Confederate cavalry unit drawn together from South Carolina's most prestigious familie...

Reducere. As students of the Civil War have long known, emancipation was not merely a product of Lincoln's proclamation or of Confederate defeat in April 186...

Reducere. DescriptionA COLLECTION AND EXAMINATION OF THE CREATIVE LITERARY WORK OF FREEDOM STUDENTS DISCOVERING PATHWAYS TO RACIAL JUSTICE Fifty years after ...

Reducere. During his first inaugural address, Abraham Lincoln expressed hope that the better angels of our nature would prevail as war loomed. He was wrong. ...

Reducere. The acclaimed sweeping history of a nation at war with itself, told here for the first time by the people who lived it Bottom-up history at its ver...

Reducere. "One of Ten Best History Books of 2021." --Smithsonian Magazine For fans of The Boys in the Boat and The Storm on Our Shores, this impeccably resea...

Reducere. Deserve s] a place on every Civil War bookshelf.--New York Times Book Review " Trulock] brings her subject alive and escorts him through a brillian...

Reducere. The Civil War in Missouri was a time of great confusion, violence, and destruction. Although several major battles were fought in the state between...

Reducere. Provides the most comprehensive overview of the American war memorial as a cultural form and reframes the national debate over Civil War monuments ...

Reducere. Abraham H. Galloway (1837-1870) was a fiery young slave rebel, radical abolitionist, and Union spy who rose out of bondage to become one of the mos...

Reducere. A captivating history of the Civil War in northeast Florida "Captures in rich detail the competition between the Confederates and Unionists, blacks...

Reducere. The Bible reveals angels to be indispensable companions and warriors in support of our invisible war against evil in the spiritual world. But not m...

Reducere. With a New Afterword by the AuthorThe New York Times bestseller, praised as "hilariously funny . . . the only way to understand why so many America...

Reducere. DescriptionAfter standing for over 7, 000 years, Aleppo's ruin came overnight. Separated from his family during the night the rebels attacked the c...

Reducere. Never afraid to take on tough cases or tackle difficult issues, here in From Freedom to Slavery Gerry Spence comes at us uncensored, with his passi...

Reducere. One of the most important Confederate generals of the Civil War was Lieutenant General James Longstreet, the man Robert E. Lee called his "old war ...

Award-winning historian Leonard L. Richards gives us an authoritative and revealing portrait of an overlooked harbinger of the terrible battle that...

Reducere. A brilliant and surprising account of the coming of the American Civil War, showing the crucial role of slaves who escaped to Mexico. The Undergrou...

Reducere. America Divided: The Civil War of the 1960s, Sixth Edition, is the definitive interpretive survey of the political, social, and cultural history of...

Reducere. "The Commentaries on the Gallic War" is Julius Caesar's firsthand account of the Gallic Wars, written as a third-person narrative. In it Caesar des...

Reducere. Discover profound wisdom from the Teachers of the Light and enjoy a life of peace, happiness, and hope.With an authentic, insightful, and deeply in...

England 1643: Deliverance Felton has been left to defend her home, Kinton Lacy Castle in a time of civil war. She can shoot and wield a sword as we...