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With this volume, Dr. Andi Stix and Frank Hrbek thoughtfully guide teachers through three distinct topics: the Industria......more
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First major attempt to interpret Cahokia in the context of the occupational and cultural sequence of the wider physical ......more
Part of the acclaimed Casemate Illustrated Series, this book looks in detail at the campaign of 1776, covering the battl......more
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Eighteenth- and 19th-century contemporaries believed Marshall to be, if not the equal of George Washington and Benjamin ......more
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Beginning where Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Utah meet, this visual journey spirals through the enchantingly beaut......more
In this concise biography, Eric H. Walther introduces students to the life of San Francisco City Supervisor Harvey Milk,......more
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From Robin D. G. Kelley, a fierce, distilled history of the pillage of Black America and its roots in the capitalist eco......more
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This book provides the first ever English translation of the Yiddish play, Mississippi. Penned in 1935 by Leyb Malakh, i......more
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A Congressional Medal of Honor Account Extraordinary Valor is the story of Special Forces Major John Duffy’s Medal of Ho......more
Examines how historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) developed the black intelligentsia, allowing members o......more
Against the odds, the Hudson Valley has cleaned up its act and rediscovered its soul. In this well researched and passio......more
Following the demise of whaling in the late 1800s, the island of Nantucket fell into an economic torpor. Its population ......more
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This encyclopedia provides a comprehensive and nuanced exploration of Generation X and its enduring imprint on the cultu......more
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From Derf Backderf, the bestselling author of My Friend Dahmer and Trashed, comes the tragic and unforgettable story of ......more
While the concepts of manhood and masculinity have assumed an established place in gender and historical studies and mas......more
On June 13, 1753 the Irene set sail from London to New York. One of her passengers was Christian Wedsted, a Moravian mis......more
The United States Air Force Academy became the fifth US Federal Service Academy on April 1, 1954, a mere six and a half ......more
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The "Ten Crucial Days" winter campaign of 1776-77 is one of the most storied in the annals of military history. David Pr......more
The Boston-based landscape architect Warren H. Manning (1860-1938) forged an innovative approach to city, regional, and ......more
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This book recalls masking efforts in response to the Spanish flu epidemic. Masking the population as an ineffective resp......more
In 1974, R.B. Fitch of Chapel Hill bought 632 acres in Chatham County, North Carolina, just outside Chapel Hill, with a ......more
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Companion book to Pittsburgh’s Historic Ballparks, a historical look at sports centers. Local writer and lifelong baseba......more
An impassioned mediation on American identity and its ebb and flow through the Capital’s great waterway As she walks the......more
When Ernest Hemingway died on July 2, 1961, Mary Hemingway asked the Hemingway’s good friend, journalist Leonard Lyons, ......more
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Gorgeous photographs of lost Los Angeles, paired with historical and architectural insights. Los Angeles Before the Free......more
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Exploring the professional and political ideas of Newfoundland naval governors during the French Wars, this book traces ......more
In this eye-opening chronicle of scientific research on the brain in the early Cold War era, the acclaimed historian And......more
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They fought for peace. They fought for justice. The fought for equality. They had to go. In the 1960s, a series of catas......more
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Rediscover the Civil War Through the Voices That Refused to Be Silenced Unforgettable Sacrifice offers a groundbreaking ......more
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Provides vital new evidence that Union veterans remained stubbornly opposed to the nation’s reconciliationist tendencies......more
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New paperback edition coming Spring 2025! Noted writer and photographer Stephen Trimble mixes eloquent accounts of perso......more
Author Ed Reilly cooks up a mouth-watering history of barbecue in the Peach State . Over 5,000 years ago Native American......more
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