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U.S. Immigration Policy, Ethnicity, and Religion in American History Michael C. LeMay 9798765128558
RRP: $46.18$45.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798765128558Author Michael C. LeMayFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Bloomsbury Publishing USAPublisher Bloomsbury Publishing USA -
Political Thought and the Origins of the American Presidency Ben Lowe 9780813079271
$61.57This volume examines the political ideas behind the construction of the presidency in the U.S. Constitution, as well as how these ideas were implemented by the nation's early presidents. The framers of the Constitution disagreed about the scope of the... -
American Exceptionalism Volker Depkat 9781538199954
RRP: $41.98$36.98The idea that America is exceptional, whether because of its founding creed, natural abundance, or Protestant origins, has been the subject of fierce debate going back to the founding. Rather than argue for one side or the other, Volker Depkat explores... -
The USA and The World 2023–2024 by David M. Keithly 9781538176184
RRP: $39.88$36.08The World Today Series: USA and The World describes not only what happened, but puts events in the context of the past and criticizes policy actions as appropriate. The result goes deeper than most of what appears in current publications. Updated... -
The Us Army's First, Last, and Only All-Black Rangers: The 2D Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) in the Korean War, 1950-1951 by Edward L. Posey 9781611210774
$31.46The 2d Ranger Infantry Company (Airborne) was the first and only all-black Ranger unit in the history of the United States Army. Its ten-month lifespan included selection, training, and seven months of combat deployment in Korea, after which the unit was... -
By Hands Now Known: Jim Crow's Legal Executioners by Margaret A. Burnham 9781324066057
RRP: $35.68$30.83If the law cannot protect a person from a lynching, then isn’t lynching the law? In By Hands Now Known, Margaret A. Burnham, director of Northeastern University’s Civil Rights and Restorative Justice Project, challenges our understanding of the Jim Crow... -
The American Environment Revisited: Environmental Historical Geographies of the United States by Geoffrey L. Buckley 9781538141373
RRP: $96.60$84.74This innovative book provides a dynamic-and often surprising-view of the range of environmental issues facing the United States today. A distinguished group of scholars examines the growing temporal, spatial, and thematic breadth of topics historical... -
The Statues and Legacies of Combat Athletes in the Americas by C. Nathan Hatton 9781666950335
RRP: $170.10$149.23The violence of combat sports left a mark on how fans and communities remembered athletes. As individual endeavors, combat sports have often produced more detailed, emotionally poignant, and deeply personal stories of triumph than those associated with... -
Give Me Liberty!: An American History Eric Foner (Columbia University) 9781324071396
$247.61Give Me Liberty! is beloved by instructors and students alike because it delivers a concise and authoritative American history that explains not just what happened but why. Aligned with the nine-part structure of the AP (R) U.S. History course and filled... -
The Blessings of Liberty: A Concise History of the Constitution of the United States by Michael Les Benedict 9781538165546
RRP: $203.70$180.26This concise, accessible text provides students with a history of American constitutional development in the context of political, economic, and social change. Constitutional historian Michael Benedict stresses the role that the American people have... -
Affairs of State: The Untold History of Presidential Love, Sex, and Scandal, 1789-1900 by Robert P. Watson 9781442218352
RRP: $63.00$56.87In recent years, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Eliot Spitzer, John Edwards, Newt Gingrich, Herman Cain, and countless other politicians have made headlines for their sexual scandals. But such stories are not new. Indeed, there is a long history of misbehavior... -
First Along the River: A Brief History of the U.S. Environmental Movement by Benjamin Kline 9781538159323
RRP: $128.10$111.64Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
To Ask for an Equal Chance: African Americans in the Great Depression by Cheryl Lynn Greenberg 9780742551893
RRP: $52.50$45.76The Great Depression hit Americans hard, but none harder than African Americans and the working poor. To Ask for an Equal Chance explores black experiences during this period and the intertwined challenges posed by race and class. "Last hired, first... -
The American Character: Forty Lives That Define Our National Spirit by Scott Ruesterholz 9781637584712
RRP: $37.80$21.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637584712Author Scott RuesterholzFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Post Hill PressPublisher Post Hill PressWeight(grams) 272gDimensions(mm) 210mm *... -
The Age of Lincoln and the Art of American Power 1848-1876 by William Nester 9781612346588
RRP: $58.78$51.53Although Abraham Lincoln was among seven presidents who served during the tumultuous years between the end of the Mexican War and the end of the Reconstruction era, history has not been kind to the others: Zachary Taylor, Millard Fillmore, Franklin... -
The Mythology of American Politics: A Critical Response to Fundamental Questions by John T. Bookman 9781597971997
RRP: $41.98$36.83In this provocative set of essays, John Bookman delves beneath the transitory issues of the day to identify and respond to the fundamental, perennial questions of American politics. The questions concern the myths that shape the thinking of so many... -
M Is for Magnolia: A Mississippi Alphabet Book by Michael Shoulders 9781585361298
RRP: $39.88$31.48Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781585361298Author Michael ShouldersFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Sleeping Bear PressPublisher Sleeping Bear PressWeight(grams) 454g -
The USA and The World 2022-2023 by David M. Keithly 9781538165782
RRP: $41.98$36.98The World Today Series: USA and The World describes not only what happened, but puts events in the context of the past and criticizes policy actions as appropriate. The result goes deeper than most of what appears in current publications. Updated... -
Lives and Times: Individuals and Issues in American History: Since 1865 by Blaine T. Browne 9780742561946
RRP: $90.30$79.34Lives and Times is a biographical reader designed to acquaint students with major issues in American history through the lives of individuals, prominent and otherwise, whose activities and ideas were crucial in shaping the course of the nation's history... -
First and Second United States Empires, The by Jack Ericson Eblen 9780822984085
$104.24In the late eighteenth century the fledgling republic of the United States was faced with the problem of devising a form of government to oversee its vast land possessions north and west of the Ohio River. To fill this need, Thomas Jefferson drafted the... -
Constitution of the United States, 1787-1962, The by Putnam F. Jones 9780822983569
$57.06Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
Historicism, Originalism and the Constitution: The Use and Abuse of the Past in American Jurisprudence by Patrick J. Charles 9780786479313
RRP: $46.18$37.74The use of history in law is a time honoured tradition. Over the years the practise has assumed many forms to include historicism, intentionalism, interpretivist history, law office history, historical narrative and originalism. History, Originalism, and... -
Famous Americans: A Directory of Museums, Historic Sites, and Memorials by Victor J. Danilov 9780810891852
RRP: $258.30$228.54People who are considered "famous" can be found in many different fields. This book describes 472 museums, historic sites, and memorials about 409 people in 26 categories: Actors Explorers Playwrights Architects First Ladies Poets... -
The A to Z of the Kennedy-Johnson Era by Richard Dean Burns 9780810868793
RRP: $94.50$83.77In the history of the United States, few periods could more justly be regarded as the best and worst of times than the Kennedy-Johnson era. The arrival of John F. Kennedy in the White House in 1961 unleashed an unprecedented wave of hope and optimism in... -
Lynchings in Mississippi: A History, 1865-1965 by Julius E. Thompson 9780786464418
RRP: $52.48$43.89Lynching occurred more in Mississippi than in any other state. During the 100 years after the Civil War, almost one in every ten lynchings in the United States took place in Mississippi. As in other Southern states, these brutal murders were carried... -
The Mafia at Apalachin, 1957 Michael Newton 9780786466405
RRP: $46.18$38.96On November 14, 1957, state troopers raided an estate in Apalachin, New York, and arrested 59 affluent men, with nearly as many more escaping through the surrounding woods. The next morning's headlines hailed the gathering as a summit meeting of... -
Rebels without a Cause?: Renegotiating the American 1950s by Gerd Hurm 9783039109364
RRP: $99.12$80.83Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783039109364Author Gerd HurmFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint Verlag Peter LangPublisher Verlag Peter LangWeight(grams) 440g -
Greeneville by Matilda B Green 9780738542799
RRP: $46.18$32.93Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Life of Elaine Goodale Eastman by Theodore D. Sargent 9780803243170
RRP: $58.78$44.88Raised in a sheltered, puritanical household in New England, Elaine Goodale Eastman (1863-1953) followed her conscience and calling in 1885 when she traveled west and opened a school on the Great Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. Over the next six years... -
Lynchings in Missouri, 1803-1981 by Harriet C. Frazier 9780786436682
RRP: $60.88$50.51At least 227 mob lynchings took place on Missouri soil between 1803 and 1981, all of which are identified, confirmed, and documented in this first investigation of the state's lynching history. The first four chapters focus on lynchings which took place... -
Ticket Scalping: An American History, 1850-2005 by Kerry Segrave 9780786428052
RRP: $60.88$50.51Ticket scalping is as much an American staple as apple pie. Beginning as early as the mid - 1800s, scalpers, known as ""sidewalk men,"" were charging all the traffic would bear for event tickets. Although these speculators were generally viewed as pariah... -
Churchill in North America, 1929: A Three Month Tour of Canada and the United States by Bradley P. Tolppanen 9780786479221
RRP: $60.88$49.10Churchill took a three-month vacation to North America in the summer and fall of 1929, a little known event in his long career. In the company of his son Randolph, his brother Jack and his nephew Johnny, the Churchills toured Canada and the U.S. Notable... -
Presidents in Culture: The Meaning of Presidential Communication by David Michael Ryfe 9780820474564
RRP: $50.61$41.18Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780820474564Author David Michael RyfeFormat PaperbackPage Count 249Imprint Peter Lang Publishing IncPublisher Peter Lang Publishing IncWeight(grams) 370g -
American Holiday Postcards, 1905-1915: Imagery and Context by Daniel Gifford 9780786478170
RRP: $75.58$63.76In the early 20th century, postcards were one of the most important and popular expressions of holiday sentiment in American culture. Millions of such postcards circulated among networks of community and kin as part of a larger American postcard craze... -
The Taking of American Indian Lands in the Southeast: A History of Territorial Cessions and Forced Relocation, 1607-1840 by David W. Miller 9780786462773
RRP: $60.88$50.51Between the time of the settling of Jamestown and the Trail of Tears in the 1830's, thousands of American Indians were induced to cede their lands to European settlers and move westward. This book, with the aid of maps and pictures, relies primarily on... -
Neither Victor nor Vanquished: America in the War of 1812 by William Weber 9781612346076
RRP: $46.18$40.30In 1812, less than forty years after breaking from Britain, the United States found itself in another war with its former colonial master. Now, during the two hundredth anniversary of the War of 1812 comes Neither Victor, nor Vanquished, William Weber's... -
Rediscovering America: How the National Holidays Tell an Amazing Story about Who We Are by Scott S Powell 9781637581599
RRP: $58.80$34.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637581599Author Scott S PowellFormat HardbackPage Count 240Imprint Post Hill PressPublisher Post Hill PressWeight(grams) 152g -
Integrating Women into the Astronaut Corps: Politics and Logistics at NASA, 1972-2004 by Amy E. Foster 9781421401959
$108.13Why, Amy E. Foster asks, did it take two decades after the Soviet Union launched its first female cosmonaut for the United States to send its first female astronaut into space? In answering this question, Foster recounts the complicated history of... -
9 Presidents Who Screwed Up America: And Four Who Tried to Save Her by Brion T. McClanahan 9781621577232
RRP: $39.88$25.68Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781621577232Author Brion T. McClanahanFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Regnery HistoryPublisher Regnery Publishing IncWeight(grams) 433g -
Parallax Visions: Making Sense of American-East Asian Relations at the End of the Century by Bruce Cumings 9780822329244
RRP: $46.18$40.30In a work that synthesizes crucial developments in international relations at the close of the twentieth century, Bruce Cumings-a leading historian of contemporary East Asia-provides a nuanced understanding of how the United States has loomed over the...