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The Glorious Revolution in America
Wesleyan University Press 2011; US$ 23.99An outstanding examination of the Crises that lead to the colonial rebellions of 1689. more...
Social Welfare with Indigenous Peoples
Taylor and Francis 1994; US$ 200.00In many areas of the world, there has been an earlier indigenous population, which has been conquered by a more recent population group. In Social Welfare with Indigenous Peoples , the editors and contributors examine the treatment of many indigenous populations from five continental areas: Africa (Sierra Leone, Zimbabwe); Australasia, New Zealand;... more...
European and Native American Warfare 1675-1795
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 38.95Challenging the historical tradition that has denigrated Indians as ?savages? and celebrated the triumph of European ?civilization?, Armstrong Starkey presents military history as only one dimension of a more fundamental conflict of cultures, and re-examines the European invasion of North America in the 17 th and 18 th centuries. Combining the perspectives... more...
Sons of Providence
Simon & Schuster 2006; US$ 24.99In 1774, as the new world simmered with tensions that would lead to the violent birth of a new nation, two Rhode Island brothers were heading toward their own war over the issue that haunts America to this day: slavery. Set against a colonial backdrop teeming with radicals and reactionaries, visionaries, spies, and salty sea captains, Sons of... more...
The Shawnees and the War for America
Penguin Group US 2007; US$ 14.00With the courage and resilience embodied by their legendary leader Tecumseh, the Shawnees waged a war of territorial and cultural resistance for half a century. Noted historian Colin G. Calloway details the political and legal battles and the bloody fighting on both sides for possession of the Shawnees? land, while imbuing historical figures such as... more...
Endgame 1758
University of Nebraska Press 2008; US$ 19.95The story of what happened at the colonial fortified town of Louisbourg between 1749 and 1758 is one of the great dramas of the history of Canada, indeed North America. This book presents the dramatic military and social history of this short-lived and significant fortress, seaport, and community, and the citizens who made it their home. more...
British Colonial America: People and Perspectives
ABC-CLIO 2008; US$ 85.00This insightful set of essays reveals the day-to-day lives of the British colonists who laid the foundation for what became the United States. more...
The Encyclopedia of North American Colonial Conflicts to 1775
ABC-CLIO 2008; US$ 295.00The only multivolume encyclopedia covering all aspects of North American colonial warfare, with special attention paid to the social, political, cultural, and economic affairs that were affected by the conflicts. more...
The Boisterous Sea of Liberty
Oxford University Press, USA 2000; US$ 29.99Acknowledgments. Introduction. PART 1. FIRST ENCOUNTERS. The Meaning of America. Utilizing the Native Labor Force. New World Fantasies. Labor Needs. The Black Legend. A Critique of the Slave Trade. PART 2. EUROPEAN COLONIZATION NORTH OF MEXICO. Justifications for English Involvement in the New World. A Rationale for New World Colonization. England's... more...
Jefferson's America, 1760?1815
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2009; US$ 38.99A captivating and lucid narrative of America's revolutionary generation, Jefferson's America takes the reader from the earliest rumblings of colonial dissent, through the crises of revolution and nation-making, to the heroic drama of the War of 1812. Risjord deftly weaves together strands of biography and social history with military and political... more...









