Environment and History
10,612円 The influence of human economies and cultures on ecosystems is particularly striking in the new worlds into which Europeans have expanded over the past five hundred years. Using a comparative and multidisciplinary approach, Beinart and Coates examine this neglected aspect of the history of settle...
The Many Panics of 1837
5,573円 In the spring of 1837, people panicked as financial and economic uncertainty spread within and between New York, New Orleans and London. Although the period of panic would dramatically influence political, cultural and social history, those who panicked sought to erase from history their experien...
Zapata, voces y testimonios
327円 Un regreso en el tiempo, con entrevistas a viejos zapatistas que narran la verdadera lucha de Emiliano Zapata. ¿Sabemos realmente quién fue Emiliano Zapata? ¿La historia, el cine y la literatura han hecho justicia a su verdadero espíritu luchador? Lya Gutiérrez, a través de una serie de entrevist...
Guano and the Opening of the Pacific World
4,908円 For centuries, bird guano has played a pivotal role in the agricultural and economic development of Latin America, East Asia and Oceania. As their populations ballooned during the Industrial Revolution, North American and European powers came to depend on this unique resource as well, helping the...
From Colony to Nationhood in Mexico
6,898円 In an age of revolution, Mexico's creole leaders held aloft the Virgin of Guadalupe and brandished an Aztec eagle perched upon a European tricolor. Their new constitution proclaimed 'the Mexican nation is forever free and independent'. Yet the genealogy of this new nation is not easy to trace. Co...
Washington during Civil War and Reconstru...
14,593円 In this provocative study, Robert Harrison provides new insight into grassroots reconstruction after the Civil War and into the lives of those most deeply affected, the newly emancipated African Americans. Harrison argues that the District of Columbia, far from being marginal to the Reconstructio...
A Walking Tour of Newberry, South Carolina
150円 There is no better way to see America than on foot. And there is no better way to appreciate what you are looking at than with a walking tour. This walking tour of Newberry, South Carolina is ready to explore when you are. Each walking tour describes historical, architectural landmarks, cultural ...
The American Iceberg: Debt, Inflation and...
0円 It may be hard to believe, but it is nonetheless true that the iceberg of debt that we are looking at today was caused by the decision of framers of the Constitution in 1787 to deny Congress the power to issue paper money, called at the time "to emit bills." The First Congress followed in 1790 by...
Maine Covered Bridges
750円 UPDATED TO 2024!! Maine Covered Bridges A Source book for Photographers and Explorers Descriptions to all of Maine's 10 Remaining Historic Covered Bridges Photos History of Covered Bridges GPS Positions Written driving directions Review of the Truss Types Self Guided Tour
A Little Help from Our Friends
1,550円 At the dawn of the age of air mail communications, the US Post Office Department forged new alliances with European air lines that would enable Americans to speed up delivery of their mail to and from distant places overseas. This is the story of those alliances told in a chronological way and co...
Ghosts of Gettysburg VII: Spirits, Appari...
602円 "Ghosts of Gettysburg VII" is the newest addition to Mark Nesbitt's popular "Ghosts of Gettysburg" book series. It contains a multitude of stories never heard in public before, including an entire chapter dedicated to the eerie and unexplainable events experienced by tour guides while conducting ...
Abraham Lincoln
493円 This book is not a conventional biography. Instead, it is a collection of sketches in which an attempt is made to portray the character of Abraham Lincoln as the highest type of the American from several interesting points of view. Perhaps there is no other man of prominence in American history, ...
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