Bøger i Witness to History serien
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- Honor, Idealism, and the Origins of the Civil War
243,95 kr. He addresses the importance of the event in the national crisis and shows why such actions are not quite as alien to today's politics as they might at first seem.
- Bog
- 243,95 kr.
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- 318,95 kr.
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- Defining Nationhood in the Early American Republic
213,95 - 583,95 kr. It shows how Americans grappled with the issues of nationalism, sectionalism, and the meaning of union itself-issues that still resonate today.
- Bog
- 213,95 kr.
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- Theodore Roosevelt and the Making of Imperial America
243,95 - 488,95 kr. Without San Juan, Van Atta argues, Roosevelt-whom the papers credited for the victory and lauded as a paragon of manhood-would never have reached a position to become president.
- Bog
- 243,95 kr.
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193,95 - 488,95 kr. A lively narrative intended for history classrooms and anyone interested in abolitionism, slavery, Congress, and the coming of the Civil War, John Quincy Adams and the Gag Rule, 1835-1850, vividly portrays the importance of the political machinations and debates that colored the age.
- Bog
- 193,95 kr.
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- Protest, Voting Rights, and the Struggle for Racial Equality
213,95 - 453,95 kr. Drawing on archival materials, secondary sources, and eyewitness accounts of the brave men and women who marched, this gripping account offers a brief and nuanced narrative of this critical phase of the black freedom struggle.
- Bog
- 213,95 kr.
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- Testing the Constitution
213,95 - 488,95 kr. Touching on the major sedition trials while expanding the discussion beyond the usual focus on freedom of speech and the press to include the treatment of immigrants, Halperin's book provides a window through which readers can explore the meaning of freedom of speech, immigration, citizenship, the public sphere, the Constitution, and the Union.
- Bog
- 213,95 kr.
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- Chicago Steelworkers and the Strike of 1937
258,95 - 488,95 kr. Dennis's wide-angle perspective reveals the Memorial Day Massacre as not simply another bloody incident in the long story of labor-management tension in American history but as an illustration of the broad-based movement for social democracy which developed in the New Deal era.
- Bog
- 258,95 kr.
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- The Salem Gunpowder Raid of 1775
243,95 - 573,95 kr. An excellent overview of the field."-Journal of Legal History, reviewing Law and People in Colonial America
- Bog
- 243,95 kr.
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- Enlightenment, Revival, and the Power of the Printed Word
243,95 - 573,95 kr. SeemanKing Philip's War: Colonial Expansion, Native Resistance, and the End of Indian Sovereignty by Daniel R. MandellThe Caning of Charles Sumner: Honor, Idealism, and the Origins of the Civil War by Williamjames Hull HofferBloodshed at Little Bighorn: Sitting Bull, Custer, and the Destinies of Nations by Tim Lehman
- Bog
- 243,95 kr.
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- Sitting Bull, Custer, and the Destinies of Nations
243,95 kr. Commonly known as Custer's Last Stand, the Battle of Little Bighorn is the best recognized violent conflict between the indigenous people of North America and the government of the United States. This title puts the battle's details and characters into an historical context. It elucidates the key lessons of the conflict.
- Bog
- 243,95 kr.
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- Virginians Debate the Constitution
213,95 - 488,95 kr. This engaging book harnesses the uncertainty and excitement of the Constitutional debates to show readers the clear departure the Constitution marked, the powerful reasons people had to view it warily, and the persuasive claims that Madison and his allies finally made with success.
- Bog
- 213,95 kr.
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- Authority and Distress in Post-Revolutionary America
259,95 - 488,95 kr. A masterful telling of a complicated story, Shays's Rebellion is aimed at scholars and students of American history.
- Bog
- 259,95 kr.
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- American Soldiers Liberate Concentration Camps in Germany, April 1945
213,95 kr. Drawing on a rich blend of archival sources and thousands of firsthand accounts-including unit journals, interviews, oral histories, memoirs, diaries, letters, and published recollections-Hell Before Their Very Eyes focuses on the experiences of the soldiers who liberated Ohrdruf, Buchenwald, and Dachau and their determination to bear witness to this horrific history.
- Bog
- 213,95 kr.
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- An American Atrocity in the Vietnam War
243,95 - 513,95 kr. Well written and accessible, Allison's book provides a clear narrative of this historic moment and offers suggestions for how to come to terms with its aftermath.
- Bog
- 243,95 kr.
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- Indian-European Encounters in Early North America
290,95 - 513,95 kr. His compelling narrative gives undergraduate students of early America and the Atlantic World a revealing glimpse into this fascinating-and surprising-meeting of cultures.
- Bog
- 290,95 kr.
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- Andrew Jackson and the Battle of New Orleans
213,95 - 538,95 kr. Aimed at students and the general public, Glorious Victory will reward readers with a clear understanding of Andrew Jackson's role in the War of 1812 and his iconic place in the postwar era.
- Bog
- 213,95 kr.
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- The Missouri Crisis, 1819-1821
213,95 - 488,95 kr. Wolf by the Ears provides students in American history with an ideal introduction to the Missouri crisis while at the same time offering fresh insights for scholars of the early republic.
- Bog
- 213,95 kr.
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- Popular Protest in the Gilded Age
213,95 - 488,95 kr. Despite running a gauntlet of ridicule, the marchers laid down a rough outline of what, some forty years later, emerged as the New Deal.
- Bog
- 213,95 kr.
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- Colonial Expansion, Native Resistance, and the End of Indian Sovereignty
243,95 kr. This fast-paced history incorporates the most recent scholarship on the region and features nine new maps and a bibliographic essay about Native-Anglo relations.
- Bog
- 243,95 kr.