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The Hundred Years War: A People's History
Dr. David Green · Yale University Press; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover
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The Hundred Years War 13371453 dominated life in England and France for well over a century. It became the defining feature of existence for generations. This sweeping book is the first to tell the human story of the longest military conflict in history. Historian David Green focuses on the ways... |
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Sugar
James Walvin · Pegasus Books
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
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The modern successor to Sweetness and Power, James Walvin's Sugar is a rich and engaging work on a topic that continues to change our world.How did a simple commodity, once the prized monopoly of kings and princes, become an essential ingredient in the lives of millions, before mutating... |
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Waging War: The Clash Between Presidents and Congress, 1776 to ISIS
David J Barron · Simon & Schuster
Pages: 576
Format: Print book
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"A first-rate history filled with revealing incidents and informed analysis." - Kirkus Reviews (starred review) A timely account of a raging debate: The history of the ongoing struggle between the presidents and Congress over who has the power to declare and wage war.The Constitution... |
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Writing through Jane Crow: Race and Gender Politics in African American Literature
Ayesha K Hardison · University of Virginia Press
Pages: 281
Format: Book
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In Writing through Jane Crow, Ayesha Hardison examines African American literature and its representation of black women during the pivotal but frequently overlooked decades of the 1940s and 1950s. At the height of Jim Crow racial segregation -- a time of transition between the Harlem... |
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Sneakers: Over 300 Classics from Rare Vintage to the Latest Designs
Neal Heard · Carlton Books
Format: Hardcover
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They're no longer just for running and working out! Sneakers have become an essential fashion statement, even collector's items. With more than 300 styles showcased, from old-school Adidas to Reebok's newest lines, from the legendary Converse All Star to Nike’s latest... |
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Too Hot to Handle: A Global History of Sex Education
Jonathan Zimmerman · Princeton University Press
Format: Hardcover
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Too Hot to Handle is the first truly international history of sex education. As Jonathan Zimmerman shows, the controversial subject began in the West and spread steadily around the world over the past century. As people crossed borders, however, they joined hands to block sex education... |
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Child Labor in America: The Epic Legal Struggle to Protect Children
John A Fliter · University Press of Kansas
Pages: 319
Format: Paperback
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Child labor law strikes most Americans as a fixture of the country's legal landscape, involving issues settled in the distant past. But these laws, however self-evidently sensible they might seem, were the product of deeply divisive legal debates stretching over the past century - and even... |
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Their Last Full Measure: The Final Days of the Civil War
Joseph Wheelan · Da Capo Press
Format: Hardcover
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Dramatic developments unfolded during the first months of 1865 that brought America's bloody Civil War to a swift climax.As the Confederacy crumbled under the Union army's relentless "hammering," Federal armies marched on the Rebels' remaining bastions in Alabama,... |
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A History of Ancient Egypt Volume 2
John Romer · St Martin'S Press
Pages: 512
Format: Print book
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Drawing on a lifetime of research, John Romer chronicles the history of Ancient Egypt from the building of the Great Pyramid through the rise and fall of the Middle Kingdom: a peak of Pharaonic culture and the period when writing first flourished. Through extensive research over many decades... |
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Writing America: Literary Landmarks from Walden Pond to Wounded Knee
Shelley Fisher Fishkin · Rutgers University Press
Pages: 381
Format: Print book
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American novelist E.L. Doctorow once observed that literature "endows places with meaning." Yet, as this wide-ranging new book vividly illustrates, understanding the places that shaped American writers' lives and their art can provide deep insight into what makes their literature... |
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Bantu Africa: 3500 BCE to Present
Cymone Fourshey · Oxford University Press
Pages: 178
Format: Paperback
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Combining history, archaeology, anthropology, and linguistics, Bantu Africa: 3500 BCE to Present, synthesizes current scholarship on one of the most important cultural zones in world history--an area larger than the United States--whose traditions span several thousand years. The authors... |
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The Israeli Mind: How the Israeli National Character Shapes Our World
Alon Gratch · St. Martin's Press
Format: Hardcover
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Israelis are bold and visionary, passionate and generous. But they can also be grandiose and self-absorbed. Emerging from the depths of Jewish history and the drama of the Zionist rebellion against it, they have a deeply conflicted identity. They are willing to sacrifice themselves for the collective,... |
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Ohio: A Military History
Michael Mangus · Westholme Publishing
Pages: 376
Format: Print book
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In this volume, historian Michael Mangus traces Ohio's military history from what archaeology reveals about the earliest prehistoric people through Ohio's role in the War on Terror. Ohio: A Military History is the most comprehensive account to date of conflict within the state as well... |
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Loathing Lincoln: An American Tradition from the Civil War to the Present
John McKee Barr · LSU Press
Format: Hardcover
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While most Americans count Abraham Lincoln among the most beloved and admired former presidents, a dedicated minority has long viewed him not only as the worst president in the countrys history, but also as a criminal who defied the Constitution and advanced federal power and the idea of racial... |
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The Invention of Science: A New History of the Scientific Revolution
David Wootton · Harper
Pages: 769
Format: Print book
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A companion to such acclaimed works as The Age of Wonder, A Clockwork Universe, and Darwin's Ghosts - a groundbreaking examination of the greatest event in history, the Scientific Revolution, and how it came to change the way we understand ourselves and our world.We live in a world... |
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