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Down with the Old Canoe: A Cultural History of the Titanic DisasterProtestant sermons used theTitanic to condemn the budding consumer society ("We know the end of . . . the undisturbed sensualists. As they sail the sea of life we know absolutely that their ship will meet disaster."). African American toasts and working-class ballads made...
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Russian Rebels, 1600-1800The aim of this book is to unravel the tangled story of the four revolts, to examine their nature, course, and outcome, and to analyze their ultimate historical significance. Who were the rebels? What were their motives, social origins, and modes of behavior? What...
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Reflections on a Ravaged CenturyRobert Conquest has been called by Paul Johnson "our greatest living modern historian." As a new century begins, Conquest offers an illuminating examination of our past failures and a guide to where we should go next. Graced with one of the most acute gifts...
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Wanted: The Outlaw Lives of Billy the Kid and Ned KellyA renowned biographer compares the lives and times of American outlaw Billy the Kid and his Australian counterpart Ned Kelly The oft-told exploits of Billy the Kid and Ned Kelly survive vividly in the public imaginations of their respective countries, the United States and...
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The Great Partition: The Making of India and PakistanA reappraisal of the tumultuous Partition and how it ignited long-standing animosities between India and Pakistan "Eloquently discusses the making of India and Pakistan after British rule on the subcontinent was dismantled in 1947. . . . A new look at this still important...
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Shanghai DaisyDaisy Kwok's life spanned old Shanghai and modern Shanghai, old China and "New" China in a way that no other did. This book presents stories written by her of her life, stories from the high-flying years of Old Shanghai, and the desperate drama of...
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The Far ShoreEdward Ellsberg's The Far Shore describes in detail the massive preparations for the launch of the greatest armada in history, focusing on Hitler's Atlantic Wall defenses along the Normandy beaches and the ingenious creation of the Mulberry artificial floating harbor which would prove vital...
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Black Hawk's War, 1832: The Campaign against the Sauk & Fox Indians-Autobiography of Ma-Ka-Tai-Me-She-Kia-Kiak, or Black Hawk dictated by HimsAn Indian leader's struggle against the tide of westward pioneer expansionBlack Hawk was a leader and warrior of the Sauk Indian tribe born in the Illinois Territory in 1767. He was not an hereditary chief but became leader of a 'band' and war chief,...
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Living With the Winnebagos: Experiences of Wisconsin During the Early 19th CenturyAccounts of the early days of Wisconsin by a notable pioneer womanThe author of this book, Juliette McGill Kinzie, was married to Indian Agent John Kinzie, and journeyed with him to take up his appointment at Fort Winnebago in 1830. Her narrative, which is...
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Stonewall Jackson's Men: the Personal Experiences and Letters of Three Confederate Soldiers of the Stonewall Brigade during the American CivilAccounts of three men who served with the elite Virginia infantry regimentsNo student of the American Civil War can be unaware of the inspirational figure of the Confederate General Thomas 'Stonewall' Jackson. His was a superb military mind and an accidental arm wound was...
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The Expatriation of Franklin Pierce: The Story of a President and The Civil WarConsidered a failure upon leaving the White House in 1857 and thought to be on his way to a well-deserved obscurity, Franklin Pierce during the Civil War emerged as a major spokesman for that era's Peace Democrats, opposed to President Lincoln's suspension of the...
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From African to Yankee: Narratives of Slavery and Freedom in Antebellum New EnglandAn anthology of five of the best autobiographical narratives detailing black life in New England in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The volume is accompanied by Cottrol's introduction, which discusses their significance and the window that they open on the lives of black...
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Frederick Douglass: Selected Writings and SpeechesAuthor: Frederick DouglassPublisher: Broadview Press IncPublished: 07/21/2023Pages: 282Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsISBN: 9781554816316This title is not returnable
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Remember Me: Slave Life in Coastal Georgia, REV. Ed.Remember Me is a short primer on the coast of Georgia and its unique African cultural heritage. Charles Joyner offers a rich picture of that culture's stories, songs, and traditions, as well as the nineteenth-century plantation life in which it endured.Author: Charles W. JoynerPublisher:...
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Disaster and the MillenniumAuthor: Michael BarkunPublisher: Syracuse University PressPublished: 08/01/1986Pages: 256Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.60dISBN: 9780815623922
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The Money Power: Empire of the City and Pawns in the Game"The Money Power" contains two classic books on geopolitics, "Pawns in the Game" and "Empire of the City," which present the thesis that the wars and revolutions of modern times have been engineered by an English-speaking finance oligarchy to perpetuate their balance of power...
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The Gray Raiders-Volume 2: Accounts of Mosby & His Raiders During the American Civil War-Reminiscences of a Mosby Guerrilla by John Munson & MosbThe second volume in a collection of accounts of Mosby and his Confederate Raiders In this second volume of personal narratives by two members of Mosby's command, readers will find the personal experiences of Johnny Munson, a teenager from Richmond who realised his ambitions...
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The Checkbook and the Cruise Missile: Conversations with Arundhati RoyRoy is author of the Booker-winning The God of Small Things as well as a keen observer of the worldwide social and economic shakeup known as globalization. Here she sets aside her usual role as essayist and appears in four long conversations with Alternative...
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The English Masonic Union of 1813The bringing together of the Antients and Moderns to form the United Grand Lodge of England in 1813 was a tricky matter. How all this came about is not just an English tale but an Irish and Scots one as well. Complexities concerning 'union'...
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Popes and Feminists: How the Reformation Freed Women from FeminismBefore the Reformation, in the eyes of the Roman Catholic Church, being a wife or mother was not a holy vocation. The only "spiritual" calling for women was to be found in a convent. The Reformers confronted the bad theology which led to this...
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