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  • Walking to Americaby Roger Hutchinson

    Birlinn 2013; US$ 8.44

    "Walking To America" follows and recreates the immense journey, in search of a new life and of a miracle doctor who could cure the blindness of one of their number. The journey was taken largely on foot by a small working-class family unit from England in the 1880s, to Liverpool, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, New Orleans, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and... more...

  • The Declining World Orderby Richard Falk

    Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 47.95

    This work delineates the impact of terrorism--and the American response--on the basic structure of international relations, the dimming prospects for global reform and the tendency to override the role of sovereign territorial states. Falk examines the changing role of the state, the relevance of institutions, the role of individuals and the importance... more...

  • Debating American Exceptionalismby Fabian Hilfrich

    Palgrave Macmillan 2012; US$ 90.00

    The Spanish-American War focused not only on foreign policy, but also on the nation's very essence and purpose. At the heart of this debate was a consensus on American nationalism. This book explains why the belief in exceptionalism still serves as the basis of American nationalism and foreign policy even in spite of more recent military failures. more...

  • Liberty and American Anti-Imperialismby Michael Patrick Cullinane

    Palgrave Macmillan 2012; US$ 90.00

    This book provides a study of the American anti-imperialist movement during its most active years of opposition to US foreign policy, from 1898 to 1909. It re-evaluates the movement's motives and operations throughout these years by evaluating the way in which Americans conceived the idea of 'liberty.' more...

  • Ulysses S. Grantby Robert P. Broadwater

    ABC-CLIO 2012; US$ 37.00

    Ulysses S. Grant was responsible for orchestrating the activities of all the Union armies into a single strategy, providing the leadership that eventually doomed the Confederacy and brought about the end of the Civil War. This book documents Grant's contributions to the Civil War as well as his early life and presidency. more...

  • The Gilded Age and Progressive Eraby William A. Link; Susannah J. Link

    Wiley 2012; US$ 93.95

    This volume presents documents that illustrate the variety of experiences and themes involved in the transformation of American political, economic, and social systems during the Gilded Age and Progressive Era (1870-1920). Includes nearly 70 documents which cover the period from the end of the Civil War and Reconstruction in the 1870s  through... more...

  • James Z. Georgeby Timothy B. Smith

    University Press of Mississippi 2012; US$ 55.00

    When the Mississippi school boy is asked who is called the 'Great Commoner' of public life in his State, wrote Mississippi's premier historian Dunbar Rowland in 1901, "he will unhesitatingly answer James Z. George." While George's prominence, along with his white supremacist views, have decreased through the decades since... more...

  • Reconstructionby Eric Foner

    HarperCollins 2011; US$ 19.99

    This "masterful treatment of one of the most complex periods of American history" ( New Republic ) made history when it was originally published in 1988. It redefined how Reconstruction was viewed by historians and people everywhere in its chronicling of how Americans -- black and white -- responded to the unprecedented changes unleashed by the war... more...

  • A Tour of Reconstructionby J. Matthew Gallman; Anna Dickinson

    The University Press of Kentucky 2011; US$ 35.00

    Anna Dickinson's career as an orator began in her teenage years, when she gave her first impassioned speech on women's rights. By the age of twenty-one, she was spending at least six months per year on the road, delivering lectures on abolitionism, politics, and public affairs, and establishing herself as one of the nation's first celebrities. In... more...

  • Grant's Final Victoryby Charles Bracelen Flood

    Da Capo Press 2011; US$ 17.50

    In a masterful narrative, a prominent historian brings to life the last year of General Grant?s life?a tragic, poignant, and inspiring story more...