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Eighty-Eight Years: The Long Death of Slavery in the United States, 1777-1865
Patrick Rael - University of Georgia Press
Pages: 400
Format: Hardcover
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Why did it take so long to end slavery in the United States, and what did it mean that the nation existed eighty-eight years as a "house divided against itself," as Abraham Lincoln put it? The decline of slavery throughout the Atlantic world was a protracted affair, says Patrick... |
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For Sale American Paradise: How Our Nation Was Sold an Impossible Dream in Florida
Willie Drye - Lyons Press
Pages: 312
Format: Hardcover
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The story of how Florida became entwined with Americans' twentieth-century hopes, dreams, and expectations is also a tale of mass delusion, real estate collapses, and catastrophic hurricanes. For Sale--American Paradise hones in on the experiences of American icon William Jennings Bryan,... |
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Hair: A Human History
Kurt Stenn - Pegasus Books, 2016.
Pages: 368
Format: Print book
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A microhistory in the vein of Salt and Cod exploring the biological, evolutionary, and cultural history of one of the world's most fascinating fibers. Most people don't give a second thought to the stuff on their head, but hair has played a crucial role in in fashion, the arts,... |
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The Last Empire: The Final Days of the Soviet Union
Serhii Plokhy - Basic Books (AZ)
Pages: 489
Format: Hardcover
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On Christmas Day, 1991, President George H. W. Bush addressed the nation to declare an American victory in the Cold War: earlier that day Mikhail Gorbachev had resigned as the first and last Soviet president. The enshrining of that narrative, one in which the end of the Cold War was linked... |
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The Sacred Mysteries of Egypt: The Flowering of an Ancient Civilisation
Frank Teichmann - Floris Books
Pages: 304
Format: Hardcover
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The Egyptian Book of the Dead, and other papyri and paintings, have long held a fascination for modern people but are easily dismissed as superstitions and fanciful poetry. In recent times, however, serious interest in them has reawakened. What is their origin and could they still hold... |
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The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America
Michael Eric Dyson - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pages: 346
Format: Print book
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A New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice "A brilliant and complicated portrait of a brilliant and complicated president." - Salon Michael Eric Dyson dives deep into the true meaning of Barack Obama's historic presidency and its effects on the changing landscape of race... |
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The Impulse Society: America in the Age of Instant Gratification
Paul Roberts - Bloomsbury USA
Format: Hardcover
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It's something most of us have sensed for years--the rise of a world defined only by "mine" and "now." A world where business shamelessly seeks the fastest reward, regardless of the long-term social consequences; where political leaders reflexively choose short-term... |
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Roman Mythology: A Traveler's Guide from Troy to Tivoli
David Stuttard - Thames & Hudson
Pages: 272
Format: Hardcover
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The perfect guide to Roman myths and the landscapes and ideas that shaped them -- for both the actual and armchair traveler.All roads lead to Rome, as the famous saying goes. Rome was a melting pot of peoples from across the Mediterranean and beyond, each bringing their own myths and legends... |
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And Still I Rise: Black America Since MLK
Henry Louis Gates Jr. - Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pages: 321
Format: Print book
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The companion book to Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s PBS series, And Still I Rise - a timeline and chronicle of the past fifty years of black history in the U.S. in more than 350 photos. Beginning with the assassination of Malcolm X in February 1965, And Still I Rise: From Black Power... |
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