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When he first laid eyes on the countryside around Chesapeake Bay in 1608, records reveal, Captain John Smith exclaimed, "Heaven and earth seemed never to have agreed better to frame a place for man's habitation." In Maryland Geography, James DiLisio -...

This collection of the writings of early historians and travelers in Oneida County is an important addition to central New York State written history.Book InformationISBN 9780932052957Author G. Martin SleemanFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint North...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781467142748Author Cody P. McdevittFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Arcadia PublishingPublisher Arcadia Publishing

For seven days in April 1968, students occupied five buildings on the campus of Columbia University to protest a planned gymnasium in a nearby Harlem park, links between the university and the Vietnam War, and what they saw as the university’s...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982304938Author Gail Dickersin SpilsburyFormat PaperbackPage Count 196Imprint Chesapeake Book Co.Publisher Chesapeake Book Co.

In New York's Burned-over District, Spencer W. McBride and Jennifer Hull Dorsey invite readers to experience the early American revivals and reform movements through the eyes of the revivalists and the reformers themselves.   Between 1790 and 1860, the...

Unionizing the Ivory Tower chronicles how a thousand low-paid custodians, cooks, and gardeners succeeded in organizing a union at Cornell University. Al Davidoff, the Cornell student leader who became a custodian and the union's first president, tells...

In New York's Burned-over District, Spencer W. McBride and Jennifer Hull Dorsey invite readers to experience the early American revivals and reform movements through the eyes of the revivalists and the reformers themselves. Between 1790 and 1860, the...

From the dinosaurs and the glaciers to the first native peoples and the first European settlers, from Dutch and English Colonial rule to the American Revolution, from the slave society to the Civil War, from the robber barons and bootleggers to the war...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781493076789Author North Country BooksFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Globe Pequot PressPublisher Globe Pequot Press

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781493076703Author Richard F PalmerFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint Globe Pequot PressPublisher Globe Pequot Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781493076697Author North Country BooksFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint Globe Pequot PressPublisher Globe Pequot Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438489209Author Elizabeth C. WrightFormat PaperbackPage Count 157Imprint 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 9781438487823Author Frederick W. Beers & Co.Format PaperbackPage Count 906Imprint 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 9781493076758Author North Country BooksFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Globe Pequot PressPublisher Globe Pequot Press

What sets Staten Island apart from the rest of New York City? The island's identity has in part been defined in opposition to the city, its physical and cultural differences, and the perception of neglect by city government. It has long been whiter,...

"All that I do is go out and look at films and choose the ones I want to play-films that stimulate, and give some insight into our lives. I hope that people will come, but if they don't, that's okay too." Daniel Talbot changed the way the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438486741Author Blake A. BellFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Excelsior EditionsPublisher State University of New York PressWeight(grams) 152g

Votes for Delaware Women is the first book-length study of the woman suffrage struggle in Delaware, placing it within the rich historical scholarship on the national story. It looks especially at why, despite decades of suffrage organizing and an epic...

From its roots as an independent community hospital started 116 years ago by local female leaders, IU Health Bloomington Hospital has grown and thrived while caring for citizens of south-central Indiana. This book highlights the perseverance,...

The newest series from Globe features regional history with a true crime twist! Written by true crime author-experts, each book focuses on the most significant (and prolific) violent female criminals from that state or region. Female killers are often...

.Book InformationISBN 9780823298877Author Ron HowellFormat HardbackPage Count 176Imprint Fordham University PressPublisher Fordham University PressWeight(grams) 127g

BUFFALO, NEW YORK IS ENJOYING A RESURGENCE, AND HAS BECOME A RECOMMENDED TRAVEL DESTINATION. THIS BOOK TELLS THE STORY OF HOW IT GOT HERE. In a sweeping narrative that speaks to the serious student of urban studies as well as the general reader, Mark...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438490700Author Bernard L. RudbergFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Excelsior EditionsPublisher State University of New York PressWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781595310453Author William J. O'HernFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint North Country BooksPublisher North Country BooksWeight(grams) 153g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438490229Author Bob CarlinFormat PaperbackPage Count 322Imprint Excelsior EditionsPublisher State University of New York PressWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438488882Author Nym CrinkleFormat PaperbackPage Count 592Imprint Excelsior EditionsPublisher State University of New York PressWeight(grams) 152g

Part of the Myths and Mysteries series, Myths and Mysteries of Pennsylvania explores unusual phenomena, strange events, and mysteries in Pennsylvania's history. Each episode included in the book is a story unto itself, and the tone and style of the book...

Just outside downtown Newark, New Jersey, sits an abbey and school. For more than 150 years Benedictine monks have lived, worked, and prayed on High Street, a once-grand thoroughfare that became Newark's Skid Row and a focal point of the 1967 riots. St...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438488912Author Chuck D'ImperioFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Excelsior EditionsPublisher State University of New York PressWeight(grams) 152g

Football is an unmistakable part of the culture of Penn State, though the experience of a Nittany Lions home game-from the crowds and tailgates to the spectacle of the game itself-has changed significantly over the years. This richly illustrated and...

From the early 1960s to the late 1980s, John A. Hostetler was the world's premier scholar of Amish life. Hailed by his peers for his illuminating and sensitive portrayals of this often misunderstood religious sect, Hostetler successfully spanned the...

Villanova University is one of the nation's oldest and largest Catholic universities. Founded in 1842 by the Augustinian order, which continues to support the institution today, Villanova has seen great change and great continuity over its 150-year...

More than four million people a year visit Valley Forge, one of America's most celebrated historic sites. Here, amid the rolling hills of southeastern Pennsylvania, visitors can pass through the house which served as Washington's Headquarters during the...

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...

In the 1950s and 1960s, as the white residents, real estate agents, and municipal officials of many American cities fought to keep African Americans out of traditionally white neighborhoods, Philadelphia's West Mount Airy became one of the first...

"This book explores the rise of the Black Freedom Struggle in Rochester, NY across the mid-twentieth century. It examines Black migration, politics, rebellions, organizing, and capitalism"--Book InformationISBN 9781501754258Author Laura Warren...