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The Rough Ridersby Theodore Roosevelt
Random House Publishing Group 2000; US$ 11.99In 1898, as the Spanish-American War was escalating, Theodore Roosevelt assembled an improbable regiment of Ivy Leaguers, cowboys, Native Americans, African-Americans, and Western Territory land speculators. This group of men, which became known as the Rough Riders, trained for four weeks in the Texas desert and then set sail for Cuba. Over the course of the summer, Roosevelt's Rough Riders fought valiantly, and sometimes recklessly, in the Cuban foothills, incurring casualties at a far greater rate than the Spanish. Roosevelt kept a detailed diary from the time he left Washington until his triumphant return from Cuba later that year. The Rough Riders was published to instant acclaim in 1899. Robust in its style and mesmerizing in its account... more...
1491 (Second Edition)by Charles C. Mann
Knopf Publishing Group 2006; US$ 11.99In this groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology, Charles C. Mann radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492. Contrary to what so many Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine wilderness; rather, there were huge numbers of Indians who actively molded and influenced the land around them. The astonishing Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan had running water and immaculately clean streets, and was larger than any contemporary European city. Mexican cultures created corn in a specialized breeding process that it has been called man’s first feat of genetic engineering. Indeed, Indians were not living lightly on the land but... more...
Social Welfare with Indigenous Peoplesby John Dixon; Robert P. Scheurell
Routledge 1994; US$ 200.00The treatment of indigenous populations by more recent immigrant groups in Africa, Australasia, New Zealand, Europe and the Americas is examined in relation to their political subjugation, social discrimination and cultural rejuvenation. more...
Women During the Civil Warby Judith E. Harper
Routledge 2003; US$ 75.00With 128 entries, this illustrated resource is an important contribution to women's history, including biographies of famous women as well as less familiar names. more...
New World of Martin Cortesby Anna Lanyon
Allen & Unwin 2003; US$ 18.14While researching Malinche's Conquest , Anna Lanyon discovered Malinche had a son, Martin Cortes, remembered by Mexicans as the first mestizo, and was compelled to investigate his story as it is as great an adventure as his mother's. It is a story of journeys between worlds: those of Indian mother and Spanish father, of the Americas and Europe, of feudal past and colonial future. It is also a story of poignant loss and resilient courage, crossed loyalties, intrigue and questioned identity. more...
World Wars and the Modern Ageby David C. King; American Heritage
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2005; US$ 12.95Experience explosive changes in American history with the people who witnessed them! From 1870 to 1950, America experienced an unprecedented era of rapid change and growth. A host of remarkable inventions led the way in transforming this nation into a major world power, and yet the forces of change often caused tremendous upheaval in people's lives. Now, World Wars and the Modern Age provides a rare glimpse into the day-to-day experiences of Americans who lived through Prohibition, the Roaring Twenties, the Great Depression, and two world wars. You'll be there as the New York Times offices are filled with electric light for the first time. You'll watch as immigrants flock to America's colorful, fast-growing cities, hoping to start anew. You'll... more...
War of Another Kindby Wayne K. Durrill
Oxford University Press 1994; US$ 39.95In this book Durrill describes in graphic detail the disintegration, during the Civil War, of Southern plantation society in a North Carolina coastal county. He details struggles among planters, slaves, yeoman farmers, and landless white laborers, as well as a guerrilla war and a clash between two armies that, in the end, destroyed all that remained of the county's social structure. He examines the failure of a planter-yeoman alliance, and discusses how yeoman farmers and landless white laborers allied themselves against planters, but to no avail. He also shows how slaves, when refugeed upcountry, tried unsuccessfully to reestablish their prerogatives--a subsistence, as well as protection from violence--owed them as a minimal condition of their... more...
A Gentleman and an Officerby Judith N. McArthur; Orville Vernon Burton
Oxford University Press 1996; US$ 30.00This work presents a collection of letters written by James B. Griffin, a wealthy planter from Edgfield, South Carolina, during the American Civil war. The book recounts an officer's experiences to provide both a social and military history. more...
Reunion and Reactionby C. Vann Woodward
Oxford University Press 1991; US$ 26.00First published in 1951, this historical textbook has been reissued with a new introduction by the author. It discusses the American Reconstruction period, the history of the US Republican Party and the realignment of forces that fought the American Civil War. more...
Virginia's Private Warby William Blair
Oxford University Press 1998; US$ 95.00A study of the home front in the Confederacy which seeks to contribute to our understanding of the Confederate defeat. The author challenges the dominant assumption that internal stresses and conflicts, particularly of class and race, undermined the Confederacy, and offers another interpretation. more...