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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The Nicest Kids in Town: American Bandstand, Rock 'n' Roll, and the Struggle for Civil Rights in 1950s Philadelphia Volume 32American Bandstand, one of the most popular television shows ever, broadcast from Philadelphia in the late fifties, a time when that city had become a battleground for civil rights. Counter to host Dick Clark's claims that he integrated American Bandstand, this book reveals how...
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A New History of Modern Latin AmericaA New History of Modern Latin America provides an engaging and readable narrative history of the nations of Latin America from the Wars of Independence in the nineteenth century to the democratic turn in the twenty-first. This new edition of a well-known text has...
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American Jihad: Islam After Malcolm XAmerican Jihad is the only popular book available about the religious experience of Muslims, both black and white, in America. With over one billion faithful worldwide, and over six rnillion in the United States alone, Islam is the world's fastest-growing religion. In fact, the...
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The Oxford Handbook of Women and Gender in Medieval EuropeThe Oxford Handbook of Women and Gender in Medieval Europe provides a comprehensive overview of the gender rules encountered in Europe in the period between approximately 500 and 1500 C.E. The essays collected in this volume speak to interpretative challenges common to all fields...
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Reimagining Hagar: Blackness and BibleReimagining Hagar illustrates that while interpretations of Hagar as Black are not frequent within the entire history of her interpretation, such interpretations are part of strategies to emphasize elements of Hagar's story in order to associate or disassociate her from particular groups. It considers...
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The Rise of Conservatism in America, 1945-2000: A Brief History with DocumentsRise of Conservatism in America, 1945-2000 utilizes speeches, cartoons, party platforms, and editorials to trace the remarkable impact of the conservative movement in the last half of the twentieth century.Author: Ronald Story, Bruce LauriePublisher: Bedford BooksPublished: 03/01/2007Pages: 208Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.47lbsSize: 8.20h x 5.51w...
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Gone to Texas: A History of the Lone Star StateGone to Texas: A History of the Lone Star State engagingly tells the story of the Lone Star State, from the arrival of humans in the Panhandle more than 10,000 years ago to the opening of the twenty-first century. Focusing on the state's successive...
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Early Jazz: Its Roots and Musical DevelopmentEarly Jazz is one of the seminal books on American jazz, ranging from the beginnings of jazz as a distinct musical style at the turn of the century to its first great flowering in the 1930s. Schuller explores the music of the great jazz...
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From Out of the Shadows: Mexican Women in Twentieth-Century AmericaFrom Out of the Shadows was the first full study of Mexican-American women in the twentieth century. Beginning with the first wave of Mexican women crossing the border early in the century, historian Vicki L. Ruiz reveals the struggles they have faced and the...
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Between Dignity and Despair: Jewish Life in Nazi GermanyBetween Dignity and Despair draws on the extraordinary memoirs, diaries, interviews, and letters of Jewish women and men to give us the first intimate portrait of Jewish life in Nazi Germany. Kaplan tells the story of Jews in Germany not from the hindsight of...
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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 38, Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief, PT. 0-17, Revised as of July 1, 2015 (Revised)Author: U S Office of the Federal RegisterPublisher: Claitor's Pub DivisionPublished: 02/01/2016Pages: 872Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 2.55lbsSize: 9.10h x 6.00w x 1.80dISBN: 9780160929229This title is not returnable
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In Europe's Name: Germany and the Divided ContinentAuthor: Timothy Garton AshPublisher: VintagePublished: 11/01/1994Pages: 700Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 2.01lbsSize: 8.66h x 5.50w x 1.68dISBN: 9780679755579Review Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 10/10/1994About the AuthorTimothy Garton Ash is a fellow of St. Antony's College, Oxford. Celebrated for his essays in the New York Review of Books, he...
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Britain Against ItselfAuthor: Samuel H. BeerPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublished: 05/01/1982Pages: 252Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 8.40h x 5.50w x 0.60dISBN: 9780393952889
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Hiroshima: Why America Dropped the Atomic Bomb Tag: Author of a Different MirrorAuthor: Ronald TakakiPublisher: Little Brown and CompanyPublished: 08/01/1995Pages: 208Binding Type: HardcoverWeight: 0.75lbsSize: 8.60h x 5.84w x 0.78dISBN: 9780316831222Review Citation(s): Publishers Weekly 07/10/1995 pg. 52Library Journal 07/01/1995 pg. 99Booklist 08/01/1995 pg. 1926Kirkus Reviews 06/15/1995 pg. 846New York Times 07/30/1995 pg. 11
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King of the Killing Zone: The Story of the M-1, America's Super TankAuthor: Orr KellyPublisher: W. W. Norton & CompanyPublished: 02/01/1989Pages: 292Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.82lbsSize: 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.66dISBN: 9780393332933
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Radium and the Secret of LifeAuthor: Luis A. CamposPublisher: University of Chicago PressPublished: 07/05/2016Pages: 352Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.14lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.80dISBN: 9780226418742About the AuthorLuis A. Campos is associate professor of the history of science at the University of New Mexico.
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All Fall Down: America's Tragic Encounter with IranAuthor: Gary G. SickPublisher: iUniversePublished: 11/01/2001Pages: 472Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.16lbsSize: 8.06h x 5.00w x 1.12dISBN: 9780595202539This title is not returnable
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The Vietnam Veteran: A History of NeglectAuthor: David Bonior, S. M. Champlin, Timothy KollyPublisher: PraegerPublished: 10/15/1984Pages: 220Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.73lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.51dISBN: 9780275917333About the Authornior /f David /i E. mplin /f Steven /i M. ly /f Timothy /i S.
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Societies, Networks, and Transitions, Volume II: A Global History: Since 1450Author: Craig A. LockardPublisher: Houghton MifflinPublished: 10/01/2007Pages: 1015Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 3.23lbsSize: 10.84h x 8.95w x 0.80dISBN: 9780547127934This title is only available via back order
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New Realisms: 1957-1962: Object Strategies Between Readymade and SpectacleWorks by a pre-Pop, post-abstract expressionist generation of artists who rejected painterly expression and embraced the object.As the 1950s became the 1960s, a new generation of artists around the globe rejected direct painterly expression and returned decisively to the object. Moving away from abstract...
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