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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738574134Author Kelly Ann ButterbaughFormat PaperbackPage Count 95Imprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 165g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738554167Author Margaret ColemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 95Imprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 163g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780738549279Author William C BrunnerFormat PaperbackImprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 299g

In 1664, when the English conquered New Amsterdam, the present State of New Jersey had been for some years a part of New Netherland. Dr. Pomfret describes meticulously the founding of the colony, the circumstances of the division between East and West...

In 1664, when the English conquered New Amsterdam, the present State of New Jersey had been for some years a part of New Netherland. Dr. Pomfret describes meticulously the founding of the colony, the circumstances of the division between East and West...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780343855123Author Edgar Mayhew BaconFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Franklin Classics Trade PressPublisher Franklin Classics Trade PressWeight(grams)...

Out in Central Pennsylvania tells the unique and relatively unknown story of the LGBTQ community in central Pennsylvania. Drawing from oral histories and historical documents, this book describes how gender and sexual minorities built community and...

An unconventional history of Philadelphia that operates at the threshold of cultural and environmental studies, A Greene Country Towne expands the meaning of community beyond people to encompass nonhuman beings, things, and forces. By examining a...

Rural Pennsylvania's landscapes are evocative, richly textured testimonies to the lives and skills of generations of builders-architects as well as local builders and craft workers. Farmhouses and barns, silos and fences, even field patterns attest to...

First published in 1996, All the Nations Under Heaven has earned praise and a wide readership for its unparalleled chronicle of the role of immigrants and migrants in shaping the history and culture of New York City. This updated edition of a classic...

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...

This vivid account of hustling in New York City explores the sociological reasons why con artists play their game and the psychological tricks they use to win it. Terry Williams and Trevor B. Milton, two prominent sociologists and ethnographers, spent...

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"...

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...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467134057Author Georg R SheetsFormat PaperbackImprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 295g

Did you know: that a New Jerseyan was the first president of the United States? that New Jersey was the site of the first organized college football game? that New Jersey was the location of one of the most devastating espionage attacks of World War I?...

During World War II 51,000 Italian prisoners of war were detained in the United States. When Italy signed an armistice with the Allies in September 1943, most of these soldiers agreed to swear allegiance to the United States and to collaborate in the...

This entertaining and enlightening book depicts the rise of popular culture in America by brilliantly recapturing the essence and commercial trappings of one of its most vital forms of entertainment-the vaudeville show. Vaudeville was a meeting place, an...

From the dinosaurs and the glaciers to the first native peoples and the first European settlers, from Dutch and English Colonial rule to American Revolution, from the slave trade to the Civil War, from the railroads and the robber barons to today's mass...

Today the Port of New York is where container ships and tankers park while waiting to reload and be on their way around the world. Long black tankers support layered white wheelhouses. Bright orange freighters with pink hulls and white cabins support...

In Cursed in the Carolinas, Patty A. Wilson recounts tales of genuine maledictions intended to invoke evil and unease across both North and South Carolina. The pages will bring to life these stories, letting you decide whether the resulting tragedies...

Reveals the little known history of one of history's most famous maps - and its maker Tucked away in a near-forgotten collection, Virginia and Maryland as it is Planted and Inhabited is one of the most extraordinary maps of colonial British America...

New York City's elite women who turned a feminist cause into a fashionable revolution In the early twentieth century over two hundred of New York's most glamorous socialites joined the suffrage movement. Their names-Astor, Belmont, Rockefeller, Tiffany,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467148306Author Bill HullfishFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint History PressPublisher History PressWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467143721Author Association of Gentleman Pittsburgh JournalistFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467134637Author Karol CollinsFormat PaperbackImprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 295g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467134101Author Marjorie D McLeanFormat PaperbackImprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 295g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467124676Author Sharon TombackFormat HardbackImprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 454g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467124003Author Paul J StefanowiczFormat PaperbackImprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 272g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467122863Author Jared FrederickFormat PaperbackImprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 272g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467122412Author Joan HarrisonFormat PaperbackImprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 299g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467121941Author Jim HarkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 95Imprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 295g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467116817Author Gerald L HalliganFormat PaperbackImprint Arcadia Publishing (SC)Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC)Weight(grams) 272g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438476728Author Joseph W. ZarzynskiFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Excelsior EditionsPublisher State University of New York Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438437965Author David GoddardFormat PaperbackPage Count 386Imprint Excelsior EditionsPublisher State University of New York PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438475165Author Paul G. SchneiderFormat PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Excelsior EditionsPublisher State University of New York Press

Thomas Marsh Forman was in his early twenties when he returned from the Revolutionary War to take over the proprietorship of Rose Hill plantation from his father. The estate lay alongside the Sassafras River in Cecil County, on Maryland's Eastern Shore...

Hailed in its first edition as a classic study of New York City's history and people, Graham Russell Gao Hodges's Taxi! is a remarkable evocation of the forgotten history of the taxi driver. This deftly woven narrative captures the spirit of New York...

"Good evening, I'm Ric Cottom. Welcome to Your Maryland ." Since 2002, when he first delivered his now-classic radio segment on Maryland history, Ric Cottom has narrated hundreds of little-known human interest stories. Collected here are 72 of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467152617Author Helen LippmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint History PressPublisher History PressWeight(grams) 9g