History
Discover the best books on history, including world, American, and ancient European history. Find top-selling history books and must-reads at our online bookstore.
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Class Meets Land: The Embodied History of Land FinancializationClass Meets Land reveals something seemingly counterintuitive: that nineteenth-century class struggles over land are deeply implicated in the transition to twenty-first-century financial capitalism. Challenging our understanding of land financialization as a recent phenomenon propelled by high finance, Maria Kaika and Luca Ruggiero foreground 150...
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Class-Conscious Coal Miners: The Emergence of a Working-Class Movement in Central PennsylvaniaBituminous coal miners in Central Pennsylvania were among the most militant and class-conscious workers in the United States in the post-World War I era. Class-Conscious Coal Miners examines the development of working-class consciousness as they fought to sustain their union, jobs, communities, and work...
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Chinese Workers of the World: Colonialism, Chinese Labor, and the Yunnan-Indochina RailwayChinese workers helped build the modern world. They labored on New World plantations, worked in South African mines, and toiled through the construction of the Panama Canal, among many other projects. While most investigations of Chinese workers focus on migrant labor, Chinese Workers of...
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Chicago: Unforgettable Vintage Images of an All-American CityUnforgettable Vintage Images of an All-American City.Author: Arcadia PublishingPublisher: Arcadia Publishing Library EditionsPublished: 07/10/2000Pages: 130Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.91lbsSize: 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.38dISBN: 9781531665715This title is not returnable
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Carmen Cicero: Drawings and Watercolors: Tales of Intrigue, Danger, and HumorCarmen Cicero (b. 1926) is now in the midst of his seventh decade at the cutting edge of contemporary art. His early Abstract Expressionist works of the 1950s, collected by the Museum of Modern Art, the Guggenheim, the Whitney, and other major museums, later...
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Capital Punishment, Clemency and Colonialism in Papua New Guinea, 1954-65This study builds on a close examination of an archive of files that advised the Australian Commonwealth Executive on Papua New Guineans found guilty of capital offences in PNG between 1954 and 1965. These files provide telling insight into conceptions held by officials at...
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Cape Cod Forever: Growing up in the 50s and 60sA memoir about growing up in a small town on Cape Cod in the 1950s and 1960s.Author: Fran LarkinPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublished: 12/06/2017Pages: 128Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.34lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.30dISBN: 9781977946348This title is not returnable
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Calvin Coolidge: The biography of an America's most Underrated RevolutionistThe book Calvin Coolidge provides a comprehensive exploration of the life and political career of John Calvin Coolidge Jr., who served as the 30th president of the United States from 1923 to 1929. Hailing from Vermont, Coolidge was a Republican lawyer and skilled politician...
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But Not for the FuehrerAuthor: Helmet JungPublisher: 1st Book LibraryPublished: 01/29/2004Pages: 472Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.55lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.20dISBN: 9781414034454This title is not returnable
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Bury Me With Soldiers: One Grunt's Honest Story About VietnamAuthor: C. W. StandifordPublisher: 1st Book LibraryPublished: 04/07/2003Pages: 184Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 1.02lbsSize: 9.34h x 6.38w x 0.73dISBN: 9781410706577This title is not returnable
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Bugatti: Un Siglo de AutomovilismoDescubra el viaje extraordinario de Bugatti, un nombre sin?nimo de lujo inigualable, innovaci?n y velocidad en el mundo del autom?vil. Desde su fundaci?n en 1909 por el visionario Ettore Bugatti, hasta las maravillas modernas que empujan los l?mites de la ingenier?a y el dise?o,...
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Bright Star, Night Star: An Astronomy StoryEmbark on an unforgettable journey into the wonders of the cosmos with this award-winning picture book! Join a Native American child on an adventure to explore the mysteries of the universe, as you discover the magic of moons, meteors, constellations, and galaxies together."Guides readers...
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Brigham's Destroying AngelThe controversial memoir 'Brigham's Destroying Angel' caused a huge rift in the Mormon Church upon its release in 1872 and had a powerful effect on the church's reputation. 'Wild' Bill Hickman's book chronicles his life as a member of the Mormon church and his...
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Borneo 1945: The Last Major Allied Campaign in the South-West PacificA fascinating account of the last major Allied operation in the South-West Pacific, and the largest Australian military operation of World War II. A week after Pearl Harbor in December 1941, Japanese troops landed near Brunei on the South-East Asian island of Borneo. Within...
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Border of Water and Ice: The Yalu River and Japan's Empire in Korea and ManchuriaBorder of Water and Ice explores the significance of the Yalu River as a strategic border between Korea and Manchuria (Northeast China) during a period of Japanese imperial expansion into the region. The Yalu's seasonal patterns of freezing, thawing, and flooding shaped colonial efforts...
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Blackouts to Bright Lights: Canadian War Bride StoriesIn this bestseller, thirty-six Canadian war brides recount their early lives, their involvement in wartime duties, the magical-funny moments when they met their Canadian husbands-to-be and their journeys from Britain to Canada. The stories convey courage and humour: qualities that carried the war brides...
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Blackfeet Tales of Glacier National ParkBlackfeet Tales of Glacier National Park By James Willard SchultzAuthor: James Willard SchultzPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublished: 01/05/2018Pages: 100Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.32lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.21dISBN: 9781982076320This title is not returnable
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Black ArsenalArsenal is special. Its multicultural fandom reflects a changing city and a unique relationship with Black British popular culture. Thanks to its decades of fielding iconic Black players on the pitch and the storied and diverse histories of its terraces, Arsenal has emerged as...
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Biotraffic: Medicines and Environmental Governance in the Afterlives of ApartheidBiotraffic explores the complex world of biological resource trade. It takes readers inside the contemporary Ciskei region of South Africa, a once-notorious apartheid "homeland" turned extractive hub for wild medicinal plants. Drawing from in-depth ethnographic and archival research, Christopher Morris examines the region's trade...
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Billy Waters Is Dancing: Or, How a Black Sailor Found Fame in Regency BritainThe story of William Waters, Black street performer in Regency London, and how his huge celebrity took on a life of its own Every child in Regency London knew Billy Waters, the celebrated "King of the Beggars." Likely born into enslavement in 1770s New...
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