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During the American Civil War, Washington, D.C. was the most heavily fortified city in North America. As President Abraham Lincoln's Capital, the city became the symbol of Union determination, as well as a target for Robert E. Lee's Confederates. As a...

This book presents a comprehensive examination of the alliance of southern African states known as the Frontline States (FLS) that was formed in 1975 to meet the challenges occasioned by the persistence of minority-ruled regimes in the region. After its...

The History of the Byzantine Jews explores the Jewish microcosmos in Byzantium. Under the Romans, Jews enjoyed the privileges of knighthood and nobility. Although these luxuries were significantly diminished under Theodosius II- whose wife, Eudoxia, was...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780937666616Author Don RittnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 558Imprint New Netherland PressPublisher New Netherland PressWeight(grams) 1724g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780403030378Author Matthew DaleyFormat HardbackPage Count 536Imprint North American Book Distributors, LLCPublisher North American Book Distributors,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780937666722Author Don RittnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint New Netherland PressPublisher New Netherland PressWeight(grams) 562gDimensions(mm) 279mm...

What constitutes historical truth is often subject to change. Through ingenious detection, the accepted wisdom of one generation may become the discredited legend of another - or vice versa. In this wide- ranging study of historical investigation, former...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994959485Author Terrence Robert LloydFormat PaperbackPage Count 108Imprint Watercolors Revealed!Publisher Watercolors Revealed!Weight(grams) 216g

This is the first scholarly biography of Edward Philip George Seaga, retired prime minister of Jamaica (1980-1989) and former leader of the Jamaica Labour Party (1974-2005). Patrick Bryan examines Seaga in light of the twentieth-century history of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780578629223Author Ronald GerstlFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint Ronald GerstlPublisher Ronald GerstlWeight(grams) 404gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780994105394Author Bruce AlpineFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint Bruce H. AlpinePublisher Bruce H. AlpineWeight(grams) 345gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982744246Author Terry W LyonsFormat PaperbackImprint La Maison Publishing, Inc.Publisher La Maison Publishing, Inc.Weight(grams) 345g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780893083656Author Katherine ElliottFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint Southern Historical Press, Inc.Publisher Southern Historical Press, Inc...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780981486758Author Anthony Charles BravoFormat PaperbackImprint Bravo PublishingPublisher Bravo PublishingWeight(grams) 318g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780973647747Author Michael BradleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Manor House Publishing IncPublisher Manor House Publishing IncWeight(grams) 276g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989286190Author S Martin SheltonFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint Lamplight PressPublisher Lamplight PressWeight(grams) 458g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780692623084Author Ivy StoneFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint Ivy Stone PublishingPublisher Ivy Stone PublishingWeight(grams) 431g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789353954741Author Thomas Willing BalchFormat PaperbackPage Count 456Imprint Alpha EditionPublisher Alpha EditionWeight(grams) 152g

Henry Crabb Robinson (1775-1867) spent five years in Germany (1800-1805) and became deeply informed about its Romantic literature and philosophy, then at its height in that country. In the course of his enthusiastic embrace of the German language and...

Remapping Asian American History exemplifies the emerging trends in the writing of Asian American history, and fills substantive gaps in our knowledge about particular Asian ethnic groups. Edited by noted scholar Sucheng Chan, the essays in this volume...

Rich with a history stretching back thousands of years and endowed with an Eastern heart and a Western mind, the Mediterranean island of Cyprus is a tourist destination for millions of visitors from around the world every year. However, this beauty of...

Four world food organizations are based in Rome: FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization); WFP (World Food Programme- British spelling is used in Rome); WFC (World Food Council); and IFAD (International Fund for Agricultural Development). For obvious...

Europe's Indians, Indians in Europe is an accessible and multidisciplinary synopsis of European iconographies and cultural narratives related to Native Americans. In this pioneering work, European fascination with and phantasmagorias of 'Indianness' are...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789354182228Author Mary H AlliesFormat PaperbackPage Count 228Imprint Alpha EditionPublisher Alpha EditionWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789353951900Author Arthur Edward WaiteFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint Alpha EditionPublisher Alpha EditionWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

To ensure continuity and foster innovation within the discipline of folklore, we must know what came before. Folklore in the United States and Canada is an essential guide to the history and development of graduate folklore programs throughout the United...

This challenging book explores the debates over the scope of the enumerated powers of Congress and the Fourteenth Amendment that accompanied the expansion of federal authority during the period between the beginning of the Civil War and the inauguration...

In this extraordinary work, Donald J. Wilcox seeks to discover an approach to narrative and history consistent with the discontinuous, relative time of the twentieth century. He shows how our B.C./A.D. system, intimately connected to Newtonian concepts...

Indonesia is in the midst of an epic transition as it moves from decades of authoritarian government to a new era of democratic opening, from years of secular government to a time of struggle over the role of Islam in public life, and from the breakdown...

Featuring the original primary research of a number of leading scholars, this innovative volume integrates gender and sexuality into the main currents of historical interpretation concerning Latin America. The book argues that gender and sexuality-rather...

This volume offers a broad exploration of the cultural history of democracy in the Renaissance. The Renaissance has rarely been considered an important moment in the history of democracy. Nonetheless, as this volume shows, this period may be seen as a...

This volume surveys democracy broadly as a cultural phenomenon operating in different ways across a very wide range of societies in the nineteenth-century world. In the long nineteenth century, democracy evolved from a contested, maligned conception of...

The most significant historical people, places, and events written by our experienced author and professor of history are laid out in a succinct timeline from 1500 to 2016. In 6 laminated pages and with dates listed to easily find what you need, a...

Praise for Unsolved Mysteries of American History "The facts are presented clearly and concisely, and the answers have been thoroughly researched using the most up-to-date sources."-Newark Star Ledger "Everything that would make a great detective story...

This fourth volume explores the intersections and transformations of empire in the late 17th and 18th centuries: an age of "Enlightenment" understood here both as a product of these new forces and as a matrix shaping their emergence and development. As...

Comedy and humor flourished in manifold forms in the Middle Ages. This volume, covering the period from 1000 to 1400 CE, examines the themes, practice, and effects of medieval comedy, from the caustic morality of principled satire to the exuberant...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684580507Author Sarah M. ShoemakerFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Brandeis University PressPublisher Brandeis University Press

Drawing together contributions from scholars in a wide range of fields inside Classics and Drama, this volume traces the development of comedic performance and examines the different characteristics of Greek and Roman comedy. Although the origins of...

Between 1800 and 1920, the territory and influence claimed by Western empires came to cover a larger portion of the globe than at any time before or since. Why and how did this happen? What were the consequences of this unprecedented scramble for...

Between 1800 and 1920, the territory and influence claimed by Western empires came to cover a larger portion of the globe than at any time before or since. Why and how did this happen? What were the consequences of this unprecedented scramble for...