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Third Day at Gettysburg and Beyond, Paperback - Gary W. Gallagher

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DescriptionThe six essays in this volume testify to the enduring impact of the Civil War on our national consciousness. Covering subjects as divers...

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Pickett's Charge--The Last Attack at Gettysburg, Paperback - Earl J. Hess

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Reducere. Sweeping away many of the myths that have long surrounded Pickett's Charge, Earl Hess offers the definitive history of the most famous military act...

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Research to Revenue: A Practical Guide to University Start-Ups, Hardcover - Don Rose

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Reducere. University start-ups are unique in the world of business and entrepreneurship, translating research conducted at and owned by universities into mar...

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The House on Diamond Hill: A Cherokee Plantation Story, Paperback - Tiya Miles

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Reducere. At the turn of the nineteenth century, James Vann, a Cherokee chief and entrepreneur, established Diamond Hill in Georgia, the most famous plantati...

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Meade at Gettysburg: A Study in Command, Hardcover - Kent Masterson Brown

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Reducere. Although he took command of the Army of the Potomac only three days before the first shots were fired at Gettysburg, Union general George G. Meade ...

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Dress Casual: How College Students Redefined American Style, Paperback - Deirdre Clemente

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As Deirdre Clemente shows in this lively history of fashion on American college campuses, whether it's jeans and sneakers or khakis with a polo shi...

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Stonewall's Prussian Mapmaker. The Journals of Captain Oscar Hinrichs, Paperback - ***

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Prussian-born cartographer Oscar Hinrichs was a key member of Stonewall Jackson's staff, and worked alongside such prominent Confederate leaders as...

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Latin America and the Global Cold War, Hardcover - Thomas C. Field

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Reducere. Latin America and the Global Cold War analyzes more than a dozen of Latin America's forgotten encounters with Africa, Asia, and the Communist world...

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Committed: Remembering Native Kinship in and Beyond Institutions, Paperback - Susan Burch

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Reducere. Between 1902 and 1934, the United States confined hundreds of adults and children from dozens of Native nations at the Canton Asylum for Insane Ind...

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Braxton Bragg: The Most Hated Man of the Confederacy, Paperback - Earl J. Hess

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Reducere. As a leading Confederate general, Braxton Bragg (1817-1876) earned a reputation for incompetence, for wantonly shooting his own soldiers, and for l...

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Edna Lewis: At the Table with an American Original, Paperback - Sara B. Franklin

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Reducere. Edna Lewis (1916-2006) wrote some of America's most resonant, lyrical, and significant cookbooks, including the now classic The Taste of Country Co...

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The Nibelungenlied Today. Its Substance, Essence, and Significance, Paperback - Werner A. Mueller

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This thorough study of the moral values of the Nibelungen and of their paradoxical behaviour posits the work as an indictment of a society that res...

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Benjamin Elijah Mays, Schoolmaster of the Movement: A Biography, Paperback - Randal Maurice Jelks

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Reducere. In this first full-length biography of Benjamin Mays (1894-1984), Randal Maurice Jelks chronicles the life of the man Martin Luther King Jr. called...

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Light and Air: The Photography of Bayard Wootten, Paperback - Jerry W. Cotten

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Reducere. A trailblazer for women photographers in the South, North Carolina's Bayard Wootten (1875-1959) overcame economic hardship, gender discrimination, ...

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The Shenandoah Valley Campaign of 1864, Paperback - Gary W. Gallagher

129,99 RON 139,99 RON

Reducere. Generally regarded as the most important of the Civil War campaigns conducted in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, that of 1864 lasted more than f...

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Matzoh Ball Gumbo: Culinary Tales of the Jewish South, Paperback - Marcie Cohen Ferris

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Reducere. From the colonial era to the present, Marcie Cohen Ferris examines the expressive power of food throughout southern Jewish history. She demonstrate...

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The Chesapeake House: Architectural Investigation by Colonial Williamsburg, Hardcover - Cary Carson

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Editor: Cary CarsonEditor: Carl R. LounsburyFor more than thirty years, the architectural research department at Colonial Williamsb...

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The Negro and Fusion Politics in North Carolina, 1894-1901, Paperback - Helen G. Edmonds

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Edmonds gives a detailed and accurate record of the political careers of prominent North Carolina blacks who held federal, state, county, and munic...

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North Carolina Lighthouses: The Stories Behind the Beacons from Cape Fear to Currituck Beach, Paperback - Cheryl Shelton-Roberts

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Reducere. DescriptionOf the over four dozen lighthouses that once marked the jagged shoreline of North Carolina, only nine still stand, watching over 300 mil...

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Seasons of Change: Labor, Treaty Rights, and Ojibwe Nationhood, Paperback - Chantal Norrgard

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Reducere. From the 1870s to the 1930s, the Lake Superior Ojibwes of Minnesota and Wisconsin faced dramatic economic, political, and social changes. Examining...

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Josephus Daniels. His Life and Times, Paperback - Lee A. Craig

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As a longtime leader of the Democratic Party and key member of Woodrow Wilson's cabinet, Josephus Daniels was one of the most influential progressi...

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Conquered: Why the Army of Tennessee Failed, Hardcover - Larry J. Daniel

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Reducere. DescriptionOperating in the vast and varied trans-Appalachian west, the Army of Tennessee was crucially important to the military fate of the Confe...

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Border War: Fighting Over Slavery Before the Civil War, Paperback - Stanley Harrold

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Reducere. During the 1840s and 1850s, a dangerous ferment afflicted the North-South border region, pitting the slave states of Maryland, Virginia, Kentucky, ...

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Martha Jefferson Randolph, Daughter of Monticello: Her Life and Times, Paperback - Cynthia A. Kierner

142,99 RON 152,99 RON

Reducere. As the oldest and favorite daughter of Thomas Jefferson, Martha "Patsy" Jefferson Randolph (1772-1836) was extremely well educated, traveled in the...

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Long Past Slavery: Representing Race in the Federal Writers' Project, Paperback - Catherine A. Stewart

236,99 RON 253,99 RON

Reducere. From 1936 to 1939, the New Deal's Federal Writers' Project collected life stories from more than 2, 300 former African American slaves. These narra...

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Vicksburg: The Campaign That Opened the Mississippi, Paperback - Michael B. Ballard

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Reducere. Michael Ballard provides a concise yet thorough study of the 1863 battle that cut off a crucial river port and rail depot for the South and split t...

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Carolina: Photographs from the First State University, Hardcover - Erica Eisdorfer

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Reducere. Like a leisurely stroll along the oak-shaded paths of campus, this vibrant collection of photographs captures the heart and soul of the community t...

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Edible Wild Plants of the Carolinas. A Forager's Companion, Paperback - Peter W. Schafran

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Offers a colour guide for the everyday forager, featuring profiles of more than 100 edible plants, organised broadly by food type, including seeds,...

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Passage of Darkness: The Ethnobiology of the Haitian Zombie, Paperback - Wade Davis

344,99 RON 369,99 RON

Reducere. In 1982, Harvard-trained ethnobotanist Wade Davis traveled into the Haitian countryside to research reports of zombies--the infamous living dead of...

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Bernardo de Galvez: Spanish Hero of the American Revolution, Hardcover - Gonzalo M. Quintero Saravia

215,99 RON 231,99 RON

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 ...

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Beyond the Crossroads: The Devil and the Blues Tradition, Paperback - Adam Gussow

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Contributor(s): Author: Adam GussowThe devil is the most charismatic and important figure in the blues tradition. He's not just the music's namesak...

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Blowout!: Sal Castro and the Chicano Struggle for Educational Justice, Paperback - Mario T. Garcia

237,99 RON 254,99 RON

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Mario T. GarciaAuthor: Sal CastroIn March 1968, thousands of Chicano students walked out of their East Los Angeles high sch...

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Fields of Blood: The Prairie Grove Campaign, Paperback - William L. Shea

132,99 RON 142,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionWilliam L. Shea offers a gripping narrative of the events surrounding fighting at Prairie Grove, Arkansas, one of the great unsung battl...

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Literary Indians: Aesthetics and Encounter in American Literature to 1920, Paperback - Angela Calcaterra

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DescriptionAlthough cross-cultural encounter is often considered an economic or political matter, beauty, taste, and artistry were central to cultu...

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Southern Food: At Home, on the Road, in History, Paperback - John Egerton

193,99 RON 207,99 RON

Reducere. Hailed as an instant classic when it appeared in 1987, John Egerton's Southern Food captures the flavor and feel of what it has meant for southerne...

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Where We Find Ourselves: The Photographs of Hugh Mangum, 1897-1922, Hardcover - Margaret Sartor

353,99 RON 378,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionSelf-taught photographer Hugh Mangum was born in 1877 in Durham, North Carolina, as its burgeoning tobacco economy put the frontier-like...

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Captive Nation: Black Prison Organizing in the Civil Rights Era, Paperback - Dan Berger

237,99 RON 254,99 RON

Reducere. In this pathbreaking book, Dan Berger offers a bold reconsideration of twentieth century black activism, the prison system, and the origins of mass...

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Making a Slave State: Political Development in Early South Carolina, Paperback - Ryan A. Quintana

230,99 RON 247,99 RON

Reducere. How is the state produced? In what ways did enslaved African Americans shape modern governing practices? Ryan A. Quintana provocatively answers the...

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Mapping Diaspora: African American Roots Tourism in Brazil, Paperback - Patricia De Santana Pinho

338,99 RON

DescriptionBrazil, like some countries in Africa, has become a major destination for African American tourists seeking the cultural roots of the bl...

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Jefferson, Madison, and the Making of the Constitution, Hardcover - Jeff Broadwater

147,99 RON 158,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionThomas Jefferson, author of the Declaration of Independence, and James Madison, "Father of the Constitution, " were two of the most impo...

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Cooking the Gullah Way, Morning, Noon, and Night, Paperback - Sallie Ann Robinson

104,99 RON 112,99 RON

Reducere. Sallie Ann Robinson was born and reared on Daufuskie Island, one of the South Carolina Sea Islands well known for their Gullah culture. Although te...

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Prescribing the Dharma: Psychotherapists, Buddhist Traditions, and Defining Religion, Paperback - Ira Helderman

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DescriptionInterest in the psychotherapeutic capacity of Buddhist teachings and practices is widely evident in the popular imagination. News media ...

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War of 1898, Paperback - Louis A. Perez

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Reducere. A century after the Cuban war for independence was fought, Louis Perez examines the meaning of the war of 1898 as represented in one hundred years ...

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An Anthropology of Marxism, Paperback - Cedric J. Robinson

227,99 RON 243,99 RON

Reducere. DescriptionAn Anthropology of Marxism offers Cedric Robinson's analysis of the history of communalism that has been claimed by Marx and Marxists. S...

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A Theory of Craft, Paperback - Howard Risatti

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Reducere. What is craft? How is it different from fine art or design? In A Theory of Craft, Howard Risatti examines these issues by comparing handmade cerami...

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Appalachia: A History, Paperback - John Alexander Williams

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Reducere. Interweaving social, political, environmental, economic, and popular history, John Alexander Williams chronicles four and a half centuries of the A...

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Ghosts from the Coast, Paperback - Nancy Roberts

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Reducere. Acclaimed storyteller Nancy Roberts takes the reader on a haunted tour of coastal North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia in this engaging new ...

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Fruitcake: Heirloom Recipes and Memories of Truman Capote & Cousin Sook, Paperback - Marie Rudisill

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Reducere. Fruitcake is a jaunty little collection of heirloom fruitcake recipes selected by Marie Rudisill from a nineteenth-century family farm journal owne...

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Religious Freedom: The Contested History of an American Ideal, Paperback - Tisa Wenger

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Reducere. Religious freedom is so often presented as a timeless American ideal and an inalienable right, appearing fully formed at the founding of the United...

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Stitched from the Soul: Slave Quilts from the Antebellum South, Paperback - Gladys-Marie Fry

177,99 RON 190,99 RON

Reducere. This richly illustrated book offers a glimpse into the lives and creativity of African American quilters during the era of slavery. Originally publ...

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Civil War Monuments and the Militarization of America, Hardcover - Thomas J. Brown

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This sweeping new assessment of Civil War monuments unveiled in the United States between the 1860s and 1930s argues that they were pivotal to a na...

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White Evangelical Racism: The Politics of Morality in America, Hardcover - Anthea Butler

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The American political scene today is poisonously divided, and the vast majority of white evangelicals play a strikingly unified, powerful role in ...

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Color-Rich Gardening for the South: A Guide for All Seasons, Paperback - Roxann Ward

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Reducere. In this gardening guide for the South, Roxann Ward shows how color provides one of the easiest and most impressive ways to shape a garden with inte...

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Fred Thompson's Southern Sides: 250 Dishes That Really Make the Plate, Hardcover - Fred Thompson

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Side dishes are the very heart and soul of southern cuisine. So proclaims Fred Thompson in this heartfelt love letter to the marvelous foods on the...

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Everyday Islamic Law and the Making of Modern South Asia, Paperback - Elizabeth Lhost

299,99 RON

Shows how an unexpected coterie of scholars, practitioners, and ordinary individuals negotiated the contests and challenges of colonial legal chang...

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Folk Medicine in Southern Appalachia, Paperback - Anthony Cavender

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Reducere. In the first comprehensive exploration of the history and practice of folk medicine in the Appalachian region, Anthony Cavender melds folklore, med...

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Ella Baker and the Black Freedom Movement: A Radical Democratic Vision, Paperback - Barbara Ransby

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Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Barbara RansbyOne of the most important African American leaders of the twentieth century and perhaps the most influential ...

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Creation of the American Republic, 1776-1787, Paperback - Gordon S. Wood

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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...

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Remaking Black Power: How Black Women Transformed an Era, Paperback - Ashley D. Farmer

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Reducere. DescriptionIn this comprehensive history, Ashley D. Farmer examines black women's political, social, and cultural engagement with Black Power ideal...

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Lost Boy: A Novella, Paperback - Thomas Wolfe

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Reducere. Thomas Wolfe's The Lost Boy is a captivating and poignant retelling of an episode from Wolfe's childhood. The story of Wolfe's brother Grover and h...

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The New Vegetarian South: 105 Inspired Dishes for Everyone, Hardcover - Jennifer Brule

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Reducere. In this enlightening cookbook, chef Jennifer Brule brings southern-style food together with plant-based approaches to eating. Her down-to-earth sty...

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Monuments to Absence: Cherokee Removal and the Contest Over Southern Memory - Andrew Denson

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Reducere. DescriptionThe 1830s forced removal of Cherokees from their southeastern homeland became the most famous event in the Indian history of the America...

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Freedom Farmers: Agricultural Resistance and the Black Freedom Movement, Hardcover - Monica M. White

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DescriptionIn May 1967, internationally renowned activist Fannie Lou Hamer purchased forty acres of land in the Mississippi Delta, launching the Fr...

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The Paradox of Tar Heel Politics: The Personalities, Elections, and Events That Shaped Modern North Carolina, Paperback - Rob Christensen

123,99 RON 132,99 RON

Reducere. How can a state be represented by Jesse Helms and John Edwards at the same time? Journalist Rob Christensen answers that question and navigates a c...

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Tar Heel Lightnin': How Secret Stills and Fast Cars Made North Carolina the Moonshine Capital of the World, Hardcover - Daniel S. Pierce

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Reducere. From the late nineteenth century well into the 1960s, North Carolina boasted some of the nation's most restrictive laws on alcohol production and s...

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Wayfaring Strangers: The Musical Voyage from Scotland and Ulster to Appalachia, Paperback - Fiona Ritchie

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Reducere. From the seventeenth through the nineteenth centuries, a steady stream of Scots migrated to Ulster and eventually onward across the Atlantic to res...

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Tabernacles of Clay: Sexuality and Gender in Modern Mormonism, Paperback - Taylor G. Petrey

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Reducere. Taylor G. Petrey's trenchant history takes a landmark step forward in documenting and theorizing about Latter-day Saints (LDS) teachings on gender,...

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Public Confessions: The Religious Conversions That Changed American Politics, Hardcover - Rebecca L. Davis

159,99 RON 171,99 RON

Reducere. Personal reinvention is a core part of the human condition. Yet in the mid-twentieth century, certain private religious choices became lightning ro...

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Education of Blacks in the South, 1860-1935, Paperback - James D. Anderson

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Reducere. James Anderson critically reinterprets the history of southern black education from Reconstruction to the Great Depression. By placing black school...

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Rubber and the Making of Vietnam: An Ecological History, 1897-1975, Paperback - Michitake Aso

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Reducere. Dating back to the nineteenth-century transplantation of a latex-producing tree from the Amazon to Southeast Asia, rubber production has wrought mo...

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