Americas

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780395925690Author William Least-Heat MoonFormat PaperbackPage Count 624Imprint Houghton Mifflin (Trade)Publisher Houghton MifflinWeight(grams) 858g

In September 1781, the captain of the British slave ship Zong ordered 133 slaves thrown overboard, enabling the ship's owners to file an insurance claim for their lost "cargo." Accounts of this horrific event quickly became a staple of abolitionist...

An update of a popular work that takes on the myths of the Spanish Conquest of the Americas, featuring a new afterword. Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest reveals how the Spanish invasions in the Americas have been conceived and presented,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780893707217Author George PadmoreFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint Borgo PressPublisher Wildside PressWeight(grams) 362gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

In the mid-eighteenth century, colonial Americans became enamored with the rich colors and silky surface of mahogany. This exotic wood, imported from the West Indies and Central America, quickly displaced local furniture woods as the height of fashion...

How can you achieve victory in war if you don't have a clear idea of your political aims and a vision of what victory means? In this provocative challenge to US political aims and strategy, Donald Stoker argues that America endures endless wars because...

Winner of the Frederick Jackson Turner AwardWinner of the John Hope Franklin PrizeWinner of the Avery O. Craven AwardSoul by Soul tells the story of slavery in antebellum America by moving away from the cotton plantations and into the slave market...

Reissued for the 40th anniversary of the Falklands conflictThe most in-depth and powerful account yet published of the first crucial clash of the Falklands war - told from both sides.'Thorough and exhaustive' Daily Telegraph'An excellent and fast paced...

In the middle of the Caribbean, there sits a small island called Redonda. But what at first appears to be an uninhabited rock turns out to also be the site of a fragmented, fiercely contested kingdom that dates back more than a century-a kingdom of...

From the earliest times, people have told stories of allpowerful gods and goddesses, mighty spirits and fabulous creatures to explain the mysteries of life. This book explores the rich diversity of these legendary themes within North America, Mesoamerica...

As the second son of the most famous Wisconsin progressive, Philip La Follette's own political journey was incontrovertibly marked by his father's legacy. Growing up in the shadow of a major political figure like "Fighting Bob" La Follette made for a...

In The Extraordinary Journey of David Ingram, author Dean Snow rights the record on a shipwrecked sailor who traversed the length of the North American continent only to be maligned as deceitful storyteller. In the autumn of 1569, a French ship...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Reviews"Here is a book which deals with clashes between economic and political factors in the American Revolution as realistically as if its author were dealing with a...

An obsessive genealogist and descendent of one of the most prominent Jewish families since the American Revolution, Blanche Moses firmly believed her maternal ancestors were Sephardic grandees. Yet she found herself at a dead end when it came to her...

"Sweeney's forensic research shines through an entertaining book that is a thoroughly delicious slice of Irish-Americana."-Irish Times "What makes the story of Murphy's professional wrestling career so fascinating is the way Sweeney sets the scene for...

An exploration of women's experiences and the impact of their activities on the history and landscape of St Louis. Beginning with the colonial period and ending in the 1960s, each chapter identifies the experiences of women in a specific time period and...

This book presents the transcriptions and annotated translations of fifteen key historical documents concerning the Tapuia indigenous people written just before and during the Dutch occupation of northeastern Brazil. The selected documents vary widely in...

Sitting at pivotal points of globalized economies, workers in logistical chokepoints such as ports and airports should have a lot of negotiating power. Examining the spatial-historical narrative of logistics in Portugal and Brazil, this book asks why...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780226748832Author David SerlinFormat HardbackPage Count 232Imprint University of Chicago PressPublisher The University of Chicago Press

  This comprehensive history traces the care of dependent, delinquent, and disabled children in Illinois from the early nineteenth century to current times, focusing on the dilemmas raised by both public intervention and the lack of it. Joan Gittens...

How did the interplay between class and ethnicity play out within the working class during the Gilded Age? Richard Jules Oestreicher illuminates the immigrant communities, radical politics, worker-employer relationships, and the multiple meanings of...

The Iron Horse in Indian Country examines the relationships between Indigenous peoples and railroads that unfolded in the American West during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Historians have long pondered the railroad's profound and...

An adventurous, dazzling and original history that brings South America's epic past and fascinating present to life'A magnificent contribution to the Latin American canon' MARIE ARANA, author of Silver, Sword and Stone'Erudite, pacy and brilliant' SOPHY...

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Military, social and economic historians have long appreciated the significance of the conflict in Korea in shaping the post-war world. The policy of containment was formed, China was established as an important military power, and the US increased its...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788878394834Author Samuele SangalliFormat PaperbackPage Count 344Imprint Gregorian & Biblical PressPublisher Gregorian & Biblical PressWeight(grams) 2145g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783825349271Author Astrid BogerFormat HardbackPage Count 563Imprint Universitatsverlag WinterPublisher Universitatsverlag WinterWeight(grams) 268g

The Iron Horse in Indian Country examines the relationships between Indigenous peoples and railroads that unfolded in the American West during the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Historians have long pondered the railroad's profound and...

A novel and comprehensive narrative of American intelligence from the Revolutionary War to the present day. Intelligence is all around us. We read about it in the news, wonder who is spying on us through our phones or computers, and want to know what...

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An award-winning travel writer and journalist uncovers the rich and unexpected history of Britain's deep-rooted ties with South America. Small Earthquakes uncovers the fascinating story of Britain's forgotten connections with South America, from the...

A new volume in the award winning University of Pittsburgh Press Latin American Studies SeriesBook InformationISBN 9780822948476Author Carmelo Mesa-LagoFormat HardbackPage Count 360Imprint University of Pittsburgh PressPublisher University of Pittsburgh...

Upends entrenched thinking about cities, demonstrating how urban economies are defined-or constrained-by the fiscal imagination of policymakers, activists, and residents. Many local policymakers make decisions based on a deep-seated belief: what's good...

The erosion of trust in politicians and political institutions is a major challenge in early twenty-first-century democratic politics, not least in the United States. This book argues that, rather than being a flaw or corruption, the potential for...

The writings in this edition explore historical and contemporary issues in Ethiopia as the country underwent change and celebrated its new millennium. However, despite the recognizance of socio-economic and political changes, Ethiopia still faces...

The runaway #1 New York Times bestseller'Timely and fascinating... There are many astonishing vignettes... an important book' Max Hastings, Sunday Times'A ripping read. . . . The parallels to the present day are strong, even startling' New York TimesAs...

In Out of Darkness William Hanchett, a leading Lincoln Scholar, follows Abraham Lincoln from his birth and chronicles his thirst for education, his achievements as a lawyer and congressman, his presidency, and his ...

The Marines' march up to Baghdad; Sherman's trail of destruction in Georgia; an army of Missouri volunteers trekking across the Great Plains to Mexico - this wide-ranging and imaginative book tells for the first time the story of how American armies from...

This handbook provides an unmatched, comprehensive political history of Ecuador written in English. Ecuador is a nation of over 13 million people, its area between that of the states of Wyoming and Colorado. Like the United States, Ecuador's government...

This book investigates the phenomenon of the political coexistence of the United States with Cuba that developed between the beginning of the John F. Kennedy administration and the Cold War detente of the mid-1970s.It is revealed that due to the US...