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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Democracy in Power: A History of Electrification in the United StatesPrivate money, public good, and the original fight for control of America's energy industry. Until the 1930s, financial interests dominated electrical power in the United States. That changed with President Franklin D. Roosevelt's New Deal which restructured the industry. The government expanded public ownership,...
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Deeds, Mortgages And Easements And Examination Of Land TitlesThis book provides a comprehensive overview of real estate law, including deeds, mortgages, easements, and land title examinations. It is written in clear, easy-to-understand language, making it a valuable resource for both legal professionals and property owners.This work has been selected by scholars as...
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Death in the Jungle: Murder, Betrayal, and the Lost Dream of JonestownHow did Jim Jones, the leader of Peoples Temple, convince more than 900 of his followers to commit "revolutionary suicide" by drinking cyanide-laced punch? From a master of narrative nonfiction comes a chilling chronicle of one of the most notorious cults in American history....
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Davidson County Murder & MayhemExplore the dark side of Davidson County's past.After killing his brother-in-law in 1904, wealthy businessman Henry Clay Grubb of the Churchland community was himself killed in 1913. In 1918 an adulterous affair led Graham Hege to kill his best friend, Frank Deaderick. Though most...
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Darzah: 200 Years of Sartorial Heritage in Saudi ArabiaThe first high-end volume published on the traditional costumes of Saudi Arabia, with authentic and previously unpublished artworks and documentation from the acclaimed Darat Safeya Binzagr collection. Considered the "founding mother" of Saudi Arabia's fine art movement, Safeya Binzagr has forged a precious and...
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Danvers State HospitalDanvers State Hospital revolutionized mental health care for more than a century, beginning in 1878. Today, it's buildings still have stories to tell.Perched high on the top of Hathorne Hill in what was once the village of Salem, Danvers State Insane Asylum was, for...
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Dancing Down the Barricades: Sammy Davis Jr. and the Long Civil Rights EraA deep dive into racial politics, Hollywood, and Black cultural struggles for liberation as reflected in the extraordinary life and times of Sammy Davis Jr. Through the lens of Sammy Davis Jr.'s six-decade career in show business--from vaudeville to Vegas to Broadway, Hollywood, and...
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Cuba, Africa, and Apartheid's End: Africa's Children Return!Cuba, Africa, and Apartheid's End: Africa's Children Return! examines the history and impressive dimensions of the Cuban Revolution's solidarity with Africa. Cuba's role in the southern African national liberation and anti-colonial struggle was the largest and most consequential manifestation of the island's commitment to...
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Crossings: Women on the Santa Fe TrailThe Santa Fe Trail has a special allure in southwestern history--it was a road of lucrative commerce, military expansion, and great adventure. Because these themes are connected with the Santa Fe Trail in the American imagination, however, the trail is not often associated with...
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Courting the Virgin Queen: Queen Elizabeth I and Her SuitorsExamines Queen Elizabeth I's complex courtships, revealing how her romantic and political decisions shaped her reign as England's Virgin QueenThe many courtships of the woman who became Elizabeth I began when she was an infant, displayed before foreign ambassadors who considered her as a...
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Count on Tennessee: Baby's First Book about the Volunteer StateIntroduce babies and toddlers to iconic symbols of the Volunteer State with Nicole LaRue's quirky, modern illustrations.This bright board book makes learning about Tennessee as easy as 1, 2, 3! Covering things like fireflies, saucy barbecue ribs, smoky mountains, and toe-tapping tune-makers, Count On...
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Counterculture: The Story of America from Bohemia to Hip-HopA political and intellectual history of American counterculture and the historical figures who redefined mainstream understandings of freedom, culture, art, and politics--from The Beat Generation to Basquiat This entertaining, intellectual history fulfills the growing appetite for marginalized narratives. Counterculture brilliantly interrogates the diversity of...
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Contesting Memorial Spaces of Japan's EmpireOngoing arguments over how histories are honoured - as evidenced by the conflict between South Korea and Japan over the opening of Tokyo's Heritage Information Centre in June 2020 - reveal the extent to which heritage processes enable states to assert legitimacy and power...
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Connected Histories of the Roman Civil Wars (88-30 Bce)This book offers a distinctive take on the civil wars that unfolded in the Late Roman Republic. It frames their discussion against the backdrop of the Mediterranean contexts in which they were fought, and sets out to bring to the centre of the debate...
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Coming Together on 9/11Showcases stories of everyday people who performed heroic acts in the aftermath of the attacks. This book describes the experiences of people who saved lives through their brave actions at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and on United Flight 93. Additional features include...
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Collodion And The Making Of Wet Plate Negatives For Photo-engraving Work: A Handbook Of Information Concerning The Production Of Wet Plate Negatives BThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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Civil War SoldiersThe soldiers on both sides of the Civil War were united by a common history, and yet the legacy of this past was ambiguous, upholding both rebellion and union. Union and Confederate men went to war as Americans, convinced they fought an un-American, savage...
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City of Tears: The Dark History of ParisIf you were standing on the very spot where Joan of Arc was wounded by an arrow, wouldn't you want to know? Beneath the brilliance and the grandeur of Paris is a city that few people know. It lingers in the dark shadows of...
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Cinnabar Fields Seven Years in Lianyungang, ChinaA true story of wonder, romance, cultural adaptation, heartache, a potential new career path and family abroad: Cinnabar Fields is Garrett Bradway's personal record of his seven-year long stay in a small Chinese city. He arrived in the urban center of Lianyungang, Jiangsu province,...
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Chronicles of Tarrytown and Sleepy Hollow (New York)This delightful volume is the perfect companion to Henry Steiner's The Place Names of Historic Sleepy Hollow & Tarrytown. From the legend of Sleepy Hollow to the capture of John Andr (Benedict Arnold's co-conspirator); and from the first Dutch settlement to the American Revolution,...
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