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Events That Shaped America (DVD)

Open a window onto the past as 50 of the most influential moments in American history are brought back to life using rare footage captured by the news cameras of the time. Major events covered include Charles Lindbergh flying across the Atlantic... more

Pre-Owned Changing Interpretations of Americas Past: The Civil War Through the 20th Century Great Moments in American History Paperback Jimr McClelan

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Published by the Omohundro Institute of Early American Histo: Seventeenth-Century America: Essays in Colonial History (Paperback)

In this series of provocative essays nine specialists in early American history examine some of the more important aspects of the seventeenth-century colonial experience presenting an impressive sampling of modern historical research on such topics... more

A Chronological History of the Civil War in America Illustrated with A. I. Johnson s and I. H. Colton s Steelplate Maps and Plans of the Southern States and Harbors. - War College Series

This is a curated and comprehensive collection of the most important works covering matters related to national security diplomacy defense war strategy and tactics. The collection spans centuries of thought and experience and includes the latest... more

Oxford History of Modern Europe Shock of America: Europe and the Challenge of the Century (Hardcover)

The Shock of America is based on the proposition that whenever Europeans of the last 100 years or more contemplated those margins of their experience where change occurred there sooner or later they would find America. How Europeans have come to... more

Pre-Owned Interpreting Canada s Past: A Pre-Confederation Reader (Paperback) 0195427793 9780195427790

Interpreting Canada s Past: A Pre-Confederation Reader is the first of two volumes of primary and secondary documents designed to accompany J.M. Bumsted s two-volume text The Peoples of Canada or his single volume text A History of the Canadian... more

Pre-Owned America s Three Regimes : A New Political History 9780195325027

In this groundbreaking new book Keller divides the nations history into three regimes allowing readers to appreciate the slow steady evolution of American public life. This approach presents an entirely new way to look at Americas past present and... more

Mexico : From Montezuma to the Rise of the PAN 9781597971683 Used / Pre-owned

In this concise thousand-year history one of the world s foremost scholars on Latin America explains how Mexico s present and future flow directly from its past. Going well beyond a comprehensive description of recent events and crises Jaime... more

Gender in Scottish History Since 1700 (Paperback)

Scottish history is undergoing a renaissance. Everyone agrees that an understanding of our nation s history is integral to our experience of its present and the shaping of the future. But the story of Scotland s past is being told with little... more

Pre-Owned American Experiences Volume II: From 1877 (Paperback) 032148701X 9780321487018

This diverse and distinctive collection of secondary sources written by a variety of authors emphasizes social and cultural history. Each article illuminates the complexity and richness of the nation s past by focusing on the people themselves-- how... more

Pre-Owned The Female Experience in Eighteenth and Nineteenth-Century America : A Guide to the History of American Women 9780824099367 Used

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Pre-Owned American Destiny: Narrative of a Nation (Paperback) 0321316355 9780321316356

Bridging the present to the past. American Destiny s mission is to show readers how history connects to the experiences and expectations that mark their lives. The authors pursue that mission through a variety of distinctive features including... more

Pre-Owned Mysteries of History (Paperback) 0792283260 9780792283263

The past holds many secrets. We don t know whether the Chinese beat Columbus to America or why the pharaohs built the pyramids of Egypt. How much truth is there to the whole King Arthur legend? Did the Greeks really build the legendary Trojan horse?... more

Unsolved Mysteries of American History: An Eye-Opening Journey through 500 Years of Discoveries Disappearances and Baffling Events

A lively tour through our past and an ingenious primer in the art of historical detection. --Robert A. Gross author of The Minutemen and Their World Did Leif Ericsson beat Columbus to America? What happened to the Lost Colony of Roanoke? Did... more

Pre-Owned The World Within War: America s Combat Experience in World War II (Paperback) 0674962028 9780674962026

This social history attempts to recapture the full experience of combat in World War II. Drawing on letters and diaries memoirs and surveys Gerald Linderman explores how ordinary frontline American soldiers prepared for battle related to one another... more

Pre-Owned History s Memory : Writing America s Past 1880-1980 9780674007314 Used

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One Nation under Sex : How the Private Lives of Presidents First Ladies and Their Lovers Changed the Course of American History 9780230105034 Used / Pre-owned

One Nation under Sex reflects on the sexual mores of eras past and present offering a prescription for how America can reform its politics and begin addressing the real problems that threaten its nation. CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or... more

Pre-Owned Listening to America: An Illustrated History of Words and Phrases from Our Lively and Splendid Past (Hardcover) 0671248952 9780671248956

Listening to America: An Illustrated History of Words and Phrases from Our Lively and Splendid Past by Flexner Stuart Berg more

Where Religion Lives: Saving History: How White Evangelicals Tour the Nation s Capital and Redeem a Christian America (Paperback)

Millions of tourists visit Washington D.C. every year but for some the experience is about much more than sightseeing. Lauren R. Kerby s lively book takes readers onto tour buses and explores the world of Christian heritage tourism. These... more

Harvest of Empire: A History of Latinos in America: Second Revised and Updated Edition (Paperback)

A sweeping history of the Latino experience in the United States. The first new edition in ten years of this important study of Latinos in U.S. history Harvest of Empire spans five centuries--from the European colonization of the Americas to through... more

Posterity: Letters of Great Americans to Their Children (Paperback)

An elegantly designed beautifully composed volume of personal letters from famous American men and women that celebrates the American Experience and illuminates the rich history of some of America s most storied families. Posterity is at once an... more

For the Record: A Documentary History of America (Paperback)

For the Record features over 250 primary source selections both textual and visual drawn from a broad range of government documents newspapers speeches letters and novels. In the Eighth Edition timely new selections on the Latino/a experience in... more

The Township of Sandwich (past and Present) ... An Interesting History of the Canadian Frontier Along the Detroit River Including the Territory Which Now Embrace [!] the Present City of Windsor the

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United... more

Pre-Owned History Alive! America s Past (Hardcover) 1583710523 9781583710524

Basic History and geography textbook from Teachers Curriculum Institute. Helps establish foundations in the history of the United States. more

Making America Volume 1: To 1877: A History of the United States (Paperback)

Shaped with a clear political chronology MAKING AMERICA reflects the variety of individual experiences and cultures that comprise American society. The authors goal is to spark readers curiosity and invite them to explore and �do� history rather... more

Images of America: Citrus County (Paperback)

An engaging history of Florida s Citrus County. Located on Florida s Gulf Coast Citrus County boasts a rich and diverse landscape where modern amenities are found side by side the traces of old Florida that remain. Opportunities to experience the... more

Images of America: Historical Burial Grounds of the New Hampshire Seacoast (Paperback)

Historic Burial Grounds of the New Hampshire Seacoast a photographic study of Colonial Era-burial grounds uncovers the fascinating history of the area from the 1680s to 1810. These early cemeteries are a direct link to our past and yet very little... more

Postcard History: South Central Kentucky:: Adair Barren Green Hart and Taylor Counties (Paperback)

Vintage and historical postcards document the fascinating history of South Central Kentucky. Postcards from the early twentieth century reveal much about America s past portraying almost every subject imaginable and offering modern readers a... more

Saratoga Springs: A Historical Portrait (Paperback) by Timothy a Holmes Martha Stonequist

9780738504384. New condition. Trade paperback. Language: English. Pages: 128. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 128 p. Contains: Unspecified. Images of America. Health history ... and horses! See the Saratoga Springs experience that has been... more

Pre-Owned The History Detectives Explore Lincoln s Letter Parker s Sax and Mark Twain s Watch: And Many More Mysteries of America s Past (Paperback) 0470190639 9780470190630

Explore the secrets of America s past with the official companion to PBS s History Detectives Could a Civil War POW have fashioned a working camera from a tin can a spyglass lens and a pine plank? What can an ancient and battered banjo reveal about... more

Studies in American Thought and Culture Channeling the Past: Politicizing History in Postwar America (Paperback)

After the turmoil of the Great Depression and World War II Americans looked to the nation s more distant past for lessons to inform its uncertain future. By applying recent and emerging techniques in mass communication--including radio and... more

Pre-Owned America: A Narrative History (Paperback) 0393970639 9780393970630

America has sold more than 1.8 million copies over the past eight editions because it s a book that students enjoy reading. Effective storytelling colorful anecdotes and biographical sketches make the narrative absorbing and the material more... more

A Hunter s Experiences in the Southern States of America : Being an Account of the natural History of the various Quadrupeds and Birds which are the Objects of Chass in those Countries (Paperback)

Reprint of the original first published in 1866. more

America Through Time: Abandoned Long Island : Mansions Metals Missiles and Monuments (Paperback)

Series statement from publisher s website. Long Island is a dynamic place that is steeped in history but also in progress. Over the centuries changing times have left many places behind trapped in a limbo between past and future. This book is a... more

Routledge Readers in History Irish Women s History Reader (Hardcover)

The Irish Women s History Reader is an exciting collection of essays revealing the tremendous diversity of women s experiences in Ireland s past. For the first time this unique book draws together key articles published in the fields of Irish women... more

Blacks in the Diaspora More Than Chattel: Black Women and Slavery in the Americas (Paperback)

. . . a much-needed volume on a neglected topic that is of great interest to scholars of women slavery and African American history. --Drew Faust Gender was a decisive force in shaping slave society. Slave men s experiences differed from those of... more

Hollywood s America : United States History Through Its Films 9781881089681 Used / Pre-owned

his anthology of documents and essays teaches students to read films as cultural artifacts within the contexts of actual past events. The films are studied as a reflection of their times and as an influence upon style and belief.ach major Part... more

The Colonial Era 1600-1754 9780787614799 Used / Pre-owned

Experience the history and events of distinct eras in AmericaAmerican Eras is a fascinating student-friendly reference that s patterned after the Gale s award-winning American Decades series. Like its predecessor America Eras offers insightful... more