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Topgun: An American Story by Barrett Tillman
RRP: £25.00£20.85"Top Gun" became a household name with the worldwide success of the film of the same title. The 1986 blockbuster starring Tom Cruise as a hotshot U.S. Navy fighter pilot was so popular (drawing $356 million worldwide) that recruiters set up desks in... -
Driven toward Madness: The Fugitive Slave Margaret Garner and Tragedy on the Ohio by Nikki M. Taylor 9780821421604
RRP: £18.99£16.72Margaret Garner was the runaway slave who, when confronted with capture just outside of Cincinnati, slit the throat of her toddler daughter rather than have her face a life in slavery. Her story has inspired Toni Morrison's Beloved, a film based on the... -
America's Half-Century: United States Foreign Policy in the Cold War and After by Thomas J. McCormick 9780801850110
RRP: £22.50£19.92Did the United States "win" the Cold War? In its self-congratulatory euphoria, argues Thomas McCormick in this new edition of his highly acclaimed study, America neglected a twenty-year process of political and economic devolution-the real threat to... -
Reflecting Black: African-American Cultural Criticism by Michael Eric Dyson 9780816621439
RRP: £21.99£19.19From rap music to preaching, from Toni Morrison to Leonard Jeffries, from Michael Jackson to Michael Jordan, "Reflecting Black" explores the varied and complex dimensions of African-American culture. Through personal reflection, expository journalism,... -
Radical Narratives of the Black Atlantic by Alan Rice 9780826456076
£90.28In this multi-faceted and interdisciplinary take on trans-Atlantic black culture, the author engages fully with Paul Gilroy's paradigm of the Black Atlantic through examination of a broad array of cultural genres including music, dance, folklore and oral... -
Mountain Men: The Remarkable Climbers And Determined Eccentrics Who First Scaled The World's Most Famous Peaks by Mick Conefrey 9780306812262
£15.53Traversing a century of climbing that begins with Victorian enthusiasts and ends with the conquerors of the Himalayan peaks, Mountain Men tells the stories of the extraordinary men who were the first to climb the world's best-known mountains: the... -
Andrew Jackson: The Course of American Empire, 1767-1821: Volume 1 by Robert Remini
RRP: £28.00£24.94Available in paperback for the first time, these three volumes represent the definitive biography of Andrew Jackson. Volume One covers the role Jackson played in America's territorial expansion, bringing to life a complex character who has often been... -
Signs of Resistance: American Deaf Cultural History, 1900 to World War II by Susan Burch 9780814798942
RRP: £23.99£20.84Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2003 A reinterpretation of early 20th century Deaf history, with sign language at its center During the nineteenth century, American schools for deaf education regarded sign language as the "natural language" of Deaf... -
Land of Hope: An Invitation to the Great American Story by Wilfred M. McClay 9781641771399
RRP: £35.99£24.06For too long we've lacked a compact, inexpensive, authoritative, and compulsively readable book that offers American readers a clear, informative, and inspiring narrative account of their country. Such a fresh retelling of the American story is... -
From the Secret Files of J. Edgar Hoover by Athan Theoharis 9780929587677
RRP: £18.99£14.72Documents from the late FBI director's secret files reveal for the first time the shocking extent of FBI activities in spying on prominent Americans and political groups. A grimly fascinating-and profoundly disturbing-self-exposure by one of the false... -
From Storefront to Monument: Tracing the Public History of the Black Museum Movement by Andrea A. Burn
£28.88Today well over two hundred museums focusing on African American history and culture can be found throughout the United States and Canada. Many of these institutions trace their roots to the 1960s and 1970s, when the struggle for racial equality inspired... -
Modernist Impulses in the Human Sciences, 1870-1930 Dorothy Ross 9780801847455
RRP: £28.00£27.08Modernism is currently at the center of debate in intellectual history and throughout the humanities, a debate generated in part by the advent of postmodernism. While much has been written about the modernist movement in the arts at the turn of the... -
At the Edge of Empire: The Backcountry in British North America Eric Hinderaker (University of Utah) 9780801871375
RRP: £23.00£22.13During the course of the seventeenth century, Europeans and Native Americans came together on the western edge of England's North American empire for a variety of purposes, from trading goods and information to making alliances and war. This blurred and... -
How Race Survived Us History: From Settlement and Slavery to The Eclipse of Post-Racialism by David R Roediger
RRP: £19.99£11.67In this absorbing chronicle of the role of race in US history, David R. Roediger explores how the idea of race was created and recreated from the 1600s to the present day. From the late seventeenth century-the era in which Du Bois located the emergence... -
Where the Buck Stops: The Personal and Private Writings of Harry S. Truman by Harry S Truman 9780446391757
RRP: £24.99£17.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780446391757Author Margaret TrumanFormat PaperbackPage Count 404Imprint Grand Central PublishingPublisher Grand Central PublishingWeight(grams)... -
This Hallowed Ground: A History of the Civil War by Bruce Catton 9780307947086
RRP: £14.99£12.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780307947086Author Bruce CattonFormat PaperbackPage Count 576Imprint Presidio PressPublisher Presidio Press -
Civilizing Torture: An American Tradition by W. Fitzhugh Brundage
RRP: £18.95£15.37Pulitzer Prize FinalistSilver Gavel Award Finalist"A sobering history of how American communities and institutions have relied on torture in various forms since before the United States was founded."-Los Angeles Times"That Americans as a people and a... -
Sidewalking: Coming to Terms with Los Angeles by David L. Ulin 9780520273726
RRP: £14.99£12.15In Sidewalking, David L Ulin offers a compelling inquiry into the evolving landscape of Los Angeles. Part personal narrative, part investigation of the city as both idea and environment, Sidewalking is many things: a discussion of Los Angeles as urban... -
The Last Republicans: Inside the Extraordinary Relationship Between George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush by Mark K. Updegrove 9780062654137
RRP: £12.99£10.36A groundbreaking look at the lives of George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush, the most consequential father-son pair in American history, often in their own words. In this revealing, often poignant work, presidential historian Mark K. Updegrove tracks the... -
Old West: A Captivating Guide to the Wild West, Billy the Kid, Buffalo Bill, Seth Bullock, Davy Crockett, Annie Oakley, Jesse James, and Geronimo by Captivating History 9781637165409
RRP: £30.99£21.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781637165409Author Captivating HistoryFormat HardbackPage Count 462Imprint Captivating HistoryPublisher Captivating HistoryWeight(grams) 785gDimensions(mm)... -
Crossed Wires: The Conflicted History of US Telecommunications, From The Post Office To The Internet by Dan Schiller
RRP: £37.99£32.57A sweeping, revisionist historical analysis of telecommunications networks, from the dawn of the republic to the 21st century. Telecommunications networks are vast, intricate, hugely costly systems for exchanging messages and information-within cities... -
Nine Years among the Indians, 1870-1879: The Story of the Captivity and Life of a Texan among the Indians by Herman Lehmann 9780826314178
RRP: £21.95£14.95As a young child, Herman Lehmann was captured by a band of plundering Apache Indians and remained with them for nine years. This is his dramatic and unique story.His memoir, fast-paced and compelling, tells of his arduous initial years with the Apache as... -
Discovering American History in England: an Illustrated Traveller's Guide by Cathy Leitch 9781904832386
£15.40Discovering American History in England presents twelve chapters which look variously at Colonial Settlers in the New World, the birth of American Independence, military connections, politicians, American ladies in England, artists, musicians, poets and... -
A Nation of Immigrants by John F Kennedy 9781715427412
RRP: £16.74£12.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781715427412Author John F KennedyFormat PaperbackPage Count 172Imprint BlurbPublisher BlurbWeight(grams) 259gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 10mm -
Secret Ritual and Manhood in Victorian America by Mark C. Carnes 9780300051469
£20.24Freemasons, Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias-why did millions of nineteenth-century American men belong to these and other secret orders? In this engrossing study, Mark C. Carnes argues that fraternal rituals created a fantasy world antithetical to... -
The Fabric of Empire: Material and Literary Cultures of the Global Atlantic, 1650-1850 by Danielle C. Skeehan
RRP: £47.50£41.97Revealing the entangled lives of texts and textiles in the early modern Atlantic world."Textiles are the books that the colony was not able to burn."-Asociacion Femenina para el Desarrollo de Sacatepequez (AFEDES)A history of the book in the Americas,... -
After Saigon's Fall: Refugees and US-Vietnamese Relations, 1975-2000 by Amanda C. Demmer
RRP: £34.99£30.73Few historians of the Vietnam War have covered the post-1975 era or engaged comprehensively with refugee politics, humanitarianism, and human rights as defining issues of the period. After Saigon's Fall is the first major work to uncover this history... -
Mississippi: A History Westley F. Busbee (Belhaven College) 9781118755907
RRP: £27.95£24.65The second edition of Mississippi: A History features a series of revisions and updates to its comprehensive coverage of Mississippi state history from the time of the region's first inhabitants into the 21st century. Represents the only available... -
The Second Cold War: Carter, Reagan, and the Politics of Foreign Policy by Aaron Donaghy
RRP: £22.99£21.06Towards the end of the Cold War, the last great struggle between the United States and the Soviet Union marked the end of detente, and escalated into the most dangerous phase of the conflict since the Cuban Missile Crisis. Aaron Donaghy examines the... -
Decision for Disaster: Betrayal at the Bay of Pigs by Grayston L. Lynch 9781574882377
RRP: £13.99£11.85Grayston Lynch presents an exceptional portrayal of actual events that led to the betrayal of extraordinary, patriotic, and courageous men. Lynch's unmasking of "Kennedy's Camelot" reveals heart-wrenching facts that continue to stir emotions among... -
Ronald Reagan: The Power Of Conviction And The Success Of His Presidency by Peter J. Wallison 9780813390475
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From Roosevelt to Truman: Potsdam, Hiroshima, and the Cold War by Wilson D. Miscamble
RRP: £26.99£21.34On April 12, 1945, Franklin Roosevelt died and Harry Truman took his place in the White House. Historians have been arguing ever since about the implications of this transition for American foreign policy in general and relations with the Soviet Union in... -
The Late Age of Print: Everyday Book Culture from Consumerism to Control by Ted Striphas 9780231148153
£23.38Ted Striphas argues that, although the production and propagation of books have undoubtedly entered a new phase, printed works are still very much a part of our everyday lives. With examples from trade journals, news media, films, advertisements, and a... -
Andrew Jackson: The Course of American Freedom, 1822-1832: Volume 2 by Robert Remini
RRP: £28.00£24.94Available in paperback for the first time, these three volumes represent the definitive biography of Andrew Jackson. Volume One covers the role Jackson played in America's territorial expansion, bringing to life a complex character who has often been... -
Erin's Daughters in America: Irish Immigrant Women in the Nineteenth Century by Hasia R. Diner 9780801828720
RRP: £28.00£24.54The most sensitive treatment of Irish culture... [and] the most complete history we have of the Irish female experience. -- Labor HistoryAbout the AuthorHasia Diner is professor of American Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is the... -
Ballot Battles: The History of Disputed Elections in the United States by Edward Foley, Capuchin
RRP: £23.49£21.63The 2000 presidential race resulted in the highest-profile ballot battle in over a century. But it is far from the only American election determined by a handful of votes and marred by claims of fraud. Since the founding of the nation, violence... -
The British Raid on Essex: The Forgotten Battle of the War of 1812 by Jerry Roberts 9781493048007
RRP: £12.99£9.61This is the dynamic account of one of the most destructive maritime actions to take place in Connecticut history: the 1814 British attack on the privateers of Pettipaug, known today as the British Raid on Essex. During the height of the War of 1812, 136... -
The World America Made by Robert Kagan
RRP: £14.99£9.16Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345802712Author Robert KaganFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 147gDimensions(mm) 202mm *... -
Written in Stone: Public Monuments in Changing Societies by Sanford Levinson 9781478002802
RRP: £20.99£17.93Twentieth Anniversary Edition with a new preface and afterword From the removal of Confederate monuments in New Orleans in the spring of 2017 to the violent aftermath of the white nationalist march on the Robert E. Lee monument in Charlottesville later... -
Whiteness of a Different Color: European Immigrants and the Alchemy of Race by Matthew Frye Jacobson
RRP: £27.95£22.15America's racial odyssey is the subject of this remarkable work of historical imagination. Matthew Frye Jacobson argues that race resides not in nature but in the contingencies of politics and culture. In ever-changing racial categories we glimpse the...