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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781275707269Author Edward McPhersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint Gale Ecco, Sabin AmericanaPublisher Gale Ecco, Sabin AmericanaWeight(grams) 268g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781498191067Author Harvey NewcombFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint Literary Licensing, LLCPublisher Literary Licensing, LLCWeight(grams) 308g

This scholarly study identifies several reasons behind Owsley County's ongoing struggle with poverty, including the county's lack of natural resources, a poor transportation system, and a centralized socio-political power structure controlled by the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798985511314Author Marquis BynumFormat PaperbackPage Count 254Imprint Bird House PublishingPublisher Bird House PublishingWeight(grams) 268g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789928466754Author Klajd KapinovaFormat PaperbackPage Count 590Imprint Klajd KapinovaPublisher Klajd KapinovaWeight(grams) 1052g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781612150727Author Maynard MillerFormat PaperbackPage Count 740Imprint Xulon PressPublisher Xulon PressWeight(grams) 152g

The essays in this volume portray the debates concerning freedom of speech in eighteenth-century France and Britain as well as in Austria, Denmark, Russia, and Spain and its American territories. Representing the views of both moderate and radical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733407519Author Luigi Marco BassaniFormat PaperbackPage Count 380Imprint Abbeville Institute PressPublisher Abbeville Institute PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781928874195Author Aleck LokerFormat PaperbackPage Count 204Imprint Solitude PressPublisher Solitude PressWeight(grams) 308gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789987997831Author Godfrey MwakikagileFormat PaperbackPage Count 522Imprint African Renaissance PressPublisher African Renaissance PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798886042306Author Joseph M WebbFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Dorrance Publishing Co.Publisher Dorrance Publishing Co.Weight(grams) 336g

The nature of America's early economy has been hotly contested for several decades. Historians have often focused on the question of when America became "capitalist," while economists have tried to determine when American economic growth sped...

Between 1939-1941, from the time that Germany invaded Poland until Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, Americans engaged in a debate as intense as any in U.S. history. In Storm on the Horizon, prominent historian Justus D. Doenecke analyzes the personalities,...

In the early 1800s a major social movement, the American Colonization Society, secured marked support in the United States. First popular in the 1820s and early 1830s, the movement waned in the late 1830s and 40s. It was not until the 1850s, when slavery...

Originally printed in 1976, this sweeping text examines the history of German immigration to America from the pre-Revolutionary War period to the pre- and post-Civil War decades. Analyzes the push and pull factors which caused the immigration of millions...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781275850033Author George CopwayFormat PaperbackPage Count 350Imprint Gale Ecco, Sabin AmericanaPublisher Gale Ecco, Sabin AmericanaWeight(grams) 626g

An excellent historical resource on the American birth control movement. - POPULATION TODAYBook InformationISBN 9780810819030Author Gloria MooreFormat HardbackPage Count 230Imprint Scarecrow PressPublisher Scarecrow PressWeight(grams) 417g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781586179489Author Robert ReillyFormat HardbackPage Count 384Imprint Ignatius PressPublisher Ignatius PressWeight(grams) 658gDimensions(mm) 231mm * 155mm *...

Merck and the pharmaceutical industry are headline news today. Controversies over public safety, prices, and the ability of the industry to develop the new drugs and vaccines that society needs have been covered worldwide. Roy Vagelos, who was head of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781935616184Author Theodore Parker BurbankFormat PaperbackPage Count 246Imprint Parker Nelson PublishingPublisher Parker Nelson PublishingWeight(grams) 336g

Our current less-is-more impulse may have contemporary trappings, says David E. Shi, but the underlying ideal has been around for centuries. From Puritans and Quakers to Boy Scouts and hippies, our quest for the simple life is an enduring, complex...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781498029810Author William Graham SumnerFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Literary Licensing, LLCPublisher Literary Licensing, LLCWeight(grams) 431g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781345618457Author Alphonso WoodFormat HardbackPage Count 604Imprint Arkose PressPublisher Arkose PressWeight(grams) 156g

When anti-colonial revolts broke out in Spain's American colonies in the early 1800's, the United States were divided as to what position to take. Proximity and America's own anti-colonial ethos favored sympathy with the rebel cause, yet U.S. strategic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781736488447Author Clark KidderFormat PaperbackPage Count 454Imprint Kidder Productions, LLCPublisher Kidder Productions, LLCWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781945934056Author Committee on Inaugural CeremoniesFormat PaperbackPage Count 408Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 594g

This volume memorializes the accomplishments of key figures among the Italian-Americans of the twentieth century. They are the descendants of Italian immigrants and, through their achievements, bear witness to the sacrifice and valor of their forefathers...

The last half of the eighteenth century was a period of enormous cultural and intellectual ferment in America-an era of fundamental transformation in law, politics, and religion, as well as deep changes in the American social order. At the center of the...

In this new engaging work, historian Steven L. Piott explores the fascinating and provocative lives of twelve influential American reformers of the Gilded Age, Populist, and Progressive eras. From Ida B. Wells to Louis Brandeis, Jane Addams to Charles...

For much of American history, evangelicalism was aligned with progressive political causes-the abolition of slavery, universal suffrage, and public education. But contemporary conservative activists have defaulted on this majestic legacy, embracing...

This book provides the first critical discussion of popular culture in one of the United States' most distinctive states, Florida, which began drawing winter visitors before the Civil War and now boasts more than a hundred million visitors annually...

In 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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781649132147Author Harold D YoungFormat HardbackPage Count 156Imprint Dorrance Publishing Co.Publisher Dorrance Publishing Co.Weight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781605207575Author James F RhodesFormat HardbackImprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 608g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781616407285Author Committee on Inaugural CeremoniesFormat PaperbackPage Count 404Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 590g

For a quarter of a century between 1763 and 1788, Americans intensely debated the nature of government and the need to protect individual liberties. The debate climaxed in the arguments over the ratification of the Constitution. Through a selection of...

During the long summer of 1787, while half a hundred men deliberated in utmost secrecy over the fate of a nation, newspaper editors went to great length to win support for the federalist cause. By launching one of the greatest media marketing campaigns...

Virginians at War is the tale of seven Virginians who strongly supported the Confederacy from beginning to end. Their stories illustrate how devotion to the "cause" of independence, religious faith, family and community commitment to the...

American society in the years from 1920 to 1945 experienced great transformation and upheaval. Significant changes in the role of government, in the nation's world outlook, in the economy, in technology, and in the social order challenged those who lived...

Now in paperback! The concept of the American public library was born in the nineteenth century under the auspices of private citizens and small public organizations, and then grew through the nurturing of both the capitalist and democratic systems...