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If the country's official mascot is an eagle, then its unofficial mascot is the elephant. While the eagle soars above the head of the nation from a dispassionate distance, the elephant stands with his feet on the ground with simplest of wretches and the...

Ever since the Bill of Rights became the cornerstone on which individual Americans' rights and liberties rest, the practical realities of honoring the grand principles of the First Amendment have been hotly contested, and none more so than freedom of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262640596Author David E. NyeFormat PaperbackPage Count 383Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press LtdWeight(grams) 522g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674434608Author Frances WrightFormat HardbackPage Count 315Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 626g

No other century promoted such rapid change in American families than the twentieth century did. Through most of the first half of the century families were two-parent plus children units, but by the 1980s and 1990s divorce was common in half of the...

Many peoples throughout history have fought pirates, writes Alfred Bradford in Flying the Black Flag. Some have lost and some have won. We should learn from their experience. From Odysseus-the original pirate of literature and lore-through Blackbeard and...

Activists and historians reflect together on the civil rights movement and its meanings, and on the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee's place in American history. ""The reminiscences and reflections voiced at the SNCC reunion remind us...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674431690Author Wesley Everett RichFormat HardbackPage Count 197Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 463g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674431829Author Ellen Hart SmithFormat HardbackPage Count 350Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 694g

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The essays collected here represent prevailing scholarly attitudes and they focus on current areas of academic concern abroad, offering examples of the status of the study of America in other countries. They cover a wide range of topics related to the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674288331Author Robert Green McCloskeyFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 798g

This timely work shows that state drives for a constitutional convention have occurred nearly every twenty years since the Constitution was enacted. The politics of constitutional brinksmanship between Congress and the states is deftly discussed to...

Tracing events from the pre-history to the present day, this book offers a concise and accessible history of the American West. * Explores the complex interactions between and among cultures in the American West * Chronologically organized and informed...

These volumes were originally published in 2004. The close association between the United States and the Federal Republic of Germany was a key element in the international order of the Cold War era. No country had as wide-reaching or as profound an...

Eli Lederhendler's Jewish Immigrants and American Capitalism, 1880-1920: From Caste to Class reexamines the immigration of Russian Jews to the United States around the turn of the 20th century - a group that accounted for 10 to 15 percent of immigrants...

During the 1950s, Gamal Abdul Nasser dominated the political life of the Middle East. The Egyptian regime gave content to Arab desires for greater unity and reduction of external influences. The ideals of autonomy and progressive reform resonated...

A provocative new view of the history of U.S. foreign policy, how it reflects our national identity, and why it so regularly involves the use of military force In this major reconceptualization of the history of U.S. foreign policy, Walter Hixson engages...

By the mid-nineteenth century, Richmond was one of the preeminent industrial centers in the South, with a level of criminal activity that reflected its size. Slavery on Trial examines more than 7,000 criminal cases recorded between 1830 and 1860, ranging...

More than a quarter century after Bob Woodward introduced his Scotch-drinking, cigarette-smoking, garage-skulking friend and source in All the President's Men , the public remains enduringly engrossed by the mystery of Deep Throat's identity. Leonard...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674365285Author Charles WarrenFormat HardbackPage Count 280Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 567g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780788402531Author Susan M KingsburyFormat PaperbackPage Count 668Imprint Heritage BooksPublisher Heritage BooksWeight(grams) 762g

This critical examination of American-Israeli relations from the last year of the Kennedy administration to the last year of Bill Clinton's tenure in office is a companion volume to Herbert Druks' previous book The Uncertain Friendship: The U.S. and...

One of the most controversial historians of the American South, Ulrich Bonnell Phillips, has been the object of intense scholarly interest for nearly seventy-five years. His contributions to our knowledge of the social and economic aspects of...

The American Settlement Movement was an influential part of the social welfare reforms of the Progressive Era. In an era when America became an urban industrialized nation, the development of the settlement house was interwoven with that of the American...

Whether painted by artist-warriors depicting their feats in battle or by other Native American artists, 19th and 20th century ledger drawings-drawn on blank sheets of ledger books obtained from U.S. soldiers, traders, missionaries, and reservation...

Examining affirmative action and its history through these 400 documents that trace its roots and development, this work is an invaluable reference resource. Race, gender, and disability, as they pertaing to affirmative action, are also explored. By...

A woman of intelligence and energy, Lou Henry Hoover's talents benefited a large number of cultural and philanthropic organizations, but her distaste for publicity obscured her many achievements until now. By the time her husband reached the White House...

To veteran travelers of the American Southwest, the name Chaco Canyon invokes an inaccessible, vast land of tremendous vistas and huge, empty stone houses. Today, the Canyon appears as a barren land and most visitors are struck by its apparent...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780788401671Author Rudolf CronauFormat PaperbackPage Count 242Imprint Heritage BooksPublisher Heritage BooksWeight(grams) 140g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812974324Author Thomas JeffersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 147g

Here, from the author of the acclaimed book The Class of 1846, is the dramatic story of what may have been the most critical election campaign in American history. Taking place in the midst of the Civil War, the election of 1864 would determine the very...

Indiana's War is a primary source collection featuring the writings of Indiana's citizens during the Civil War era. Using private letters, official records, newspaper articles, and other original sources, the volume presents the varied experiences of...

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On 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...

Covering the entire period from the colonial era to the late twentieth century, this book is the first scholarly history of the homeless in America. Drawing on sources that include records of charitable organizations, sociological studies, and numerous...

This volume engages a fundamental disciplinary question about this period in American history: how did the bourgeoisie consolidate their power and fashion themselves not simply as economic leaders but as cultural innovators and arbiters? It also explains...

"A first-rate introduction to a still largely extant North America away from the great cities. This 400-page documentary by a dedicated exploring scholar explains how and why the landscape changed between the times of the early Spanish settlers and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674334199Author George Lyman KittredgeFormat HardbackPage Count 641Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 1229g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674599543Author Frederick Jackson TurnerFormat HardbackPage Count 162Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 286g