12,038円 The disputed election of 1824 was one of the most important presidential elections in American history. After an indecisive electoral college vote, the House of Representatives selected John Quincy Adams as president over the more popular war hero, Andrew Jackson. As a result, John C. Calhoun end...

880円 This is the story of Richard Longfield Vowell, an audacious and intrepid young English adventurer who abandoned his studies at Oxford in 1817 to fight against the Spanish Empire that had ruled Latin America for 300 years. It is also the story of the little known British Legion, formed of English ...

17,576円 The period between 1830 and 1880 was one of immense activity, radical political change, and striking economic and social growth in Europe. The major themes of the struggles between individuals, parties and classes within the state, and between the states themselves are explored within the context...

390円 This volume, entitled “Classics of Slavery by Solomon Northup, Harriet Beecher Stowe and Frederick Douglass,” contains three complete works: “Narrative of Solomon Northup,” by Solomon Northup, is the basis for the highly acclaimed and Oscar-nominated motion picture: “12 Years as a Slave.” It is a...

467円 A la suite de son « Louis XVIII » et de son « Charles X », Pierre de La Gorce nous entraîne sous le règne de Louis-Philippe, dernier roi des Français. Louis-Philippe n'aurait jamais dû être roi. Après la mort de Louis XVIII et l'abdication de Charles X, son cousin le duc d’Orléans prend le pouvoi...

496円 This book contains the complete collection of all 26 narratives told to employees of the Work Projects Administration by former slaves living in Mississippi at the time of the Great Depression in the United States. The narratives in this varied collection include stories of life as a slave, life ...

496円 Baltimore: Its History and Its People, Vol. II was originally published in 1912 by the Lewis Historical Publishing Company of New York and Chicago as a collaboration of several historians, most notably Clayton Colman Hall.  The book is relevant today because of its unique views of the develo...

777円 **Winner of the 2014 National Book Critics Circle Award for General Nonfiction Shortlisted for the 2014 Cundill Prize in Historical Literature** From the revered historian, the long-awaited conclusion of the magisterial history of slavery and emancipation in Western culture that has been nearly f...

1,555円 From the award-winning historian and author of Revolutionary Mothers (“Incisive, thoughtful, spiced with vivid anecdotes. Don’t miss it.”ーThomas Fleming) and Civil War Wives (“Utterly fresh . . . Sensitive, poignant, thoroughly fascinating.”ーJay Winik), here is the remarkable life of Elizabeth ...

1,294円 **'I could not believe that I had never heard of this book. It felt as important as Anne Frank's diary, only published nearly a hundred years before' - Steve McQueen, director of the Academy Award-winning film of Solomun Northup's powerful memoir Solomon Northup is a free man, living in New York....

2,627円 A wealth of essential facts in the Q-and-A format that you want! This book is the ideal way to sharpen your skills and prepare for exams Get the question-and-answer practice you need with McGraw-Hill's 500 College U.S. History I Questions to Know by Test Day. Organized for easy reference and inte...

6,760円 A historical perspective on the factors affecting boys’ relationships with school and the criminal justice system. Outstanding Academic Title, Choice America’s educational system has a problem with boys, and it’s nothing new. The question of what to do with boysーthe “boy problem”ーhas vexed educ...