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In the summer of 1816, the state of Pennsylvania tried fifty-nine German-Americans on charges of conspiracy and rioting. The accused had, according to the indictment, conspired to prevent with physical force the introduction of the English language into...

Stretching over four miles through the center of the West Bronx, the Grand Boulevard and Concourse, known simply as the Grand Concourse, has gracefully served as silent witness to the changing face of the Bronx, and New York City, for a century. Now, a...

Stretching over four miles through the center of the West Bronx, the Grand Boulevard and Concourse, known simply as the Grand Concourse, has gracefully served as silent witness to the changing face of the Bronx, and New York City, for a century. Now, a...

Of crucial strategic importance to both the British and the Continental Army, Staten Island was, for a good part of the American Revolution, a bastion of Loyalist support. With its military and political significance, Staten Island provides rich terrain...

Tracing the evolution of Atlantic City from a miserable hamlet of fishermen's huts in 1854 to the nation's premier seaside resort in 1910, The Social Anxieties of Progressive Reform chronicles a bizarre political conflict that reaches to the very heart...

Two interesting items: The author's article in New York Archives A letter regarding foundlings in The Riverdale Press In the nineteenth century, foundlings children abandoned by their desperately poor, typically unmarried mothers, usually shortly...

"In Breaking The Bonds, Merril Smith establishes the ambitious goal of determining 'what kind of problems arose in troubled marriages' and of analyzing 'how men and women coped with marital discord.' . . . To accomplish this, Smith studied hundreds...

While many older American cities struggle to remain vibrant, New Brunswick has transformed itself, adapting to new forms of commerce and a changing population, and enjoying a renaissance that has led many experts to cite this New Jersey city as a model...

By every measure, Hurricane Sandy was a disaster of epic proportions. The deadliest storm to strike the East Coast since Hurricane Diane in 1955, Sandy killed thirty-seven people and caused more than $30 billion in damages in 2012 to New Jersey alone...

Harvested for food, harnessed for power, and home to more than 3,600 species of plants, fish, and animals, the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries have long been essential to the sustainability and survival of the region's populations. Historian William S...

Washington, D.C., conjures images of marble monuments, national memorials, and world-class museums. To many, the world beyond the National Mall is invisible. Yet within an area of only 68 square miles lies a residential city of diversity, beauty, and...

Take a photographic journey around picturesque Chester County, Pennsylvania a place famous for its history and beauty. Over 220 colorful images offer glimpses of the countys life and spirit today, as well as reminders of its colorful past. From sunrise...

This collection of thirty fascinating stories reveals events that helped make New Jersey what it is today. Authors Fran Capo writes with a comedic yet dramatic flair and an easy to read style that will entertain readers as they learn more about the...

The amazing story of the transformation of the Hudson River; a tale of environmental, economic, cultural and political success.Book InformationISBN 9780762763955Author Roger StoneFormat HardbackPage Count 264Imprint Globe Pequot PressPublisher Rowman &...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738585512Author Shaun CurtisFormat PaperbackPage Count 95Imprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 168g

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How New York's Lower East Side inspired new ways of seeing AmericaNew York City's Lower East Side, long viewed as the space of what Jacob Riis notoriously called the "other half," was also a crucible for experimentation in photography, film, literature,...

Half a century after the launch of the War on Poverty, its complex origins remain obscure. Battle for Bed-Stuy reinterprets President Lyndon Johnson's much-debated crusade from the perspective of its foot soldiers in New York City, showing how 1960s...

Indiana: An Interpretation is arguably the best single book about Indiana. Originally published in 1947, John Bartlow Martin's work sparked controversy in Indiana for challenging Hoosiers' assumptions about their history and how they saw themselves and...

The Fulton Fish Market stands out as an iconic New York institution. At first a neighborhood retail market for many different kinds of food, it became the nation’s largest fish and seafood wholesaling center by the late nineteenth century. Waves of...

Fresh Kills-a monumental 2,200-acre site on Staten Island-was once the world's largest landfill. From 1948 to 2001, it was the main receptacle for New York City's refuse. After the 9/11 attacks, it reopened briefly to receive human remains and rubble...

Subways and yellow taxis may be the icons of New York transportation, but it is the bicycle that has the longest claim to New York's streets: two hundred years and counting. Never has it taken to the streets without controversy: 1819 was the year of the...

The "after-hours club" is a fixture of the African American ghetto. It is a semisecret, unlicensed "spot" where "regulars" and "tourists" mingle with "hustlers" to buy and use drugs long after regular...

Over the past few decades, a wave of immigration has turned New York into a microcosm of the Americas and enhanced its role as the crossroads of the English- and Spanish-speaking worlds. Yet far from being an alien group within a "mainstream"...

For years, the librarians at the New-York Historical Society have kept a record of the questions posed to them by curious New Yorkers and visitors to the city. Who was the first woman to run for mayor of New York? Why are beavers featured on the city's...

Jeffrey A. Kroessler's comprehensive and entertaining time line stretches from the pastoral entertainments of the Dutch to the corporate captivity of professional sports. He chronicles events ranging from the truly heroic to the heartbreaking, from...

Lavishly designed with many full color illustrations, the Faris Diary offers a craftsman's view of early America with daily entries from 1792 to 1804, matched with extensive notes, that bring to life the "golden age" of Annapolis.Book InformationISBN...

Although the monuments of Washington, D.C., honor more than two centuries of history and heroes, five years of that history produced more of the city's public commemorative sculpture than all the others combined. The heroes of the Civil War command...

Historic Philadelphia has long yielded archaeological treasures from its past. Excavations required by the National Historic Preservation Act have recovered pottery shards, pots, plates, coins, bones, and other artifacts relating to early life in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781625859389Author Michael MorganFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia Publishing

Washington D.C. isn't known as the "District of Crime" or "Murder Capital of America" for nothing. Though the capital city's motto is "justice for all," D.C. has a darker side, including an extensive history of crimes and misdemeanors, some political...

With a style that combined biting sarcasm with the "language of the free lunch counter," Henry Louis Mencken shook politics and politicians for nearly half a century. Now, fifty years after Mencken's death, the Johns Hopkins University Press announces...

Another collection of mysteries that take place in the Adirondacks.Book InformationISBN 9781595310415Author Dennis WebsterFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint North Country BooksPublisher North Country BooksWeight(grams) 408g

Chronicles Johns Hopkins Medicine's triumphs and challenges during the last ten years, including the institution's global leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic.In Leading the Change: Johns Hopkins Medicine from 2012 to 2022, Karen Nitkin describes a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438492643Author Albert M. RosenblattFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint Excelsior EditionsPublisher State University of New York PressWeight(grams) 227g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780989032803Author William J. O'HernFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Adirondack Books/North Country BooksPublisher Adirondack Books/North Country...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467134880Author Catherine CassidyFormat PaperbackPage Count 95Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 295g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467134651Author Caumsett FoundationFormat HardbackPage Count 127Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 476gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467133821Author Guy HutchinsonFormat PaperbackPage Count 95Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467133661Author Louise Parker KelleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 95Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia PublishingWeight(grams) 299g