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241) Alex Haley
Author
Publisher
Chelsea House Publishers
Pub. Date
[1994]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Discusses the life and times of the African American author who gained recognition for his book, "Roots."
Author
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
xii, 166 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Capturing the essence of the origin and evolution of the so-called "degeneracy debates, " over whether the flora and fauna of America (including Native Americans) were naturally weaker and feebler than species elsewhere in the world, this book chronicles Thomas Jefferson's efforts to counter French conceptions of American degeneracy, culminating in his sending of a stuffed moose to Buffon.
Publisher
University of Missouri Press
Pub. Date
[2021]-
Physical Desc
volumes : illustrations, charts, maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This book, planned as the first of two volumes, aims to explore the Missouri Crisis and the many reverberations and ramifications thereof. The volumes are offered as part of the University of Missouri and the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy's contribution to the state's 2021 bicentennial commemoration"--
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Once it was one of the most famous events in early American history. Today, it has been nearly forgotten. In an obscure, two-hundred-year-old museum in a little village in western Massachusetts, there lies what once was the most revered but now totally forgotten relic from the history of early New England-the massive, tomahawk-scarred door that came to symbolize the notorious Deerfield Massacre. This impregnable barricade-known to early Americans...
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
3 DVDs (approximately 360 min.) : sound, color, with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The U.S. and the Holocaust examines America's response to one of the greatest humanitarian crises of the twentieth century. Americans consider themselves a "nation of immigrants," but as the catastrophe of the Holocaust unfolded in Europe, the United States proved unwilling to open its doors to more than a fraction of the hundreds of thousands of desperate people seeking refuge. Through riveting firsthand testimony of witnesses and survivors who as...
Author
Series
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Pub. Date
2007.
Physical Desc
x, 234 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Looks at an important aspect of southern memory: Reconstruction. This book examines what both white and black South Carolinians thought about the history of Reconstruction and how it shaped the way they lived their lives in the first half of the twentieth century. It addresses the dominant white construct of 'the dark days of Reconstruction'.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2014, 2016.
Edition
New edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 379 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
The First World War, now a century ago, still shapes the world in which we live. This volume brings together essays by distinguished historians, covering the war's causes and consequences; strategy and tactics; and its political and human legacies.
Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xi, 284 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Banner explores what historians do and why they do it, taking readers from Thucydides to the origin of the French Revolution to the Civil War and beyond. The author shows why historical knowledge is unlikely ever to be unchanging, why history as a branch of knowledge is always a search for meaning and a constant source of argument, and why history is so essential to individuals' awareness of their location in the world and to every group and nation's...
Author
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
xii, 490 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"With an epic career that spanned two-thirds of the twentieth century, C. Vann Woodward (1908-1999) was a historian of singular importance. A brilliant writer, his work captivated both academic and public audiences. He also figured prominently in the major intellectual conflicts between left and right during the last half of the twentieth century, although his unwavering commitment to free speech and racial integration that affirmed his liberalism...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
xii, 255 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Holocaust Representations in History is an introduction to critical questions and debates surrounding the depiction, chronicling and memorialization of the Holocaust through the historical analysis of some of the most provocative and significant works of Holocaust representation. In a series of chronologically presented case studies, the book introduces the major themes and issues of Holocaust representation across a variety of media and genres,...
Author
Publisher
DeySt., an imprint of William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
426 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A searingly smart and bitingly hilarious retelling of American history that corrects the record and showcases the perspectives and experiences of Black Americans. America's backstory is a whitewashed mythology implanted in our collective memory. It is the story of the pilgrims on the Mayflower building a new nation. It is George Washington's cherry tree and Abraham Lincoln's log cabin. It is the fantastic tale of slaves that spontaneously teleported...
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
234 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In 1873, four years before what historians consider the official end of Reconstruction, Mark Twain wrote that the Civil War era already had become a historical perennial. "History," Twain wrote, "is never done with inquiring of these years, and summoning witnesses about them and trying to understand their significance." The nine years between South Carolina's secession in 1860 and the election of Ulysses S. Grant as president in 1868 signified a...
Series
Publisher
Louisiana State University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
viii, 303 pages : portrait ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Civil War Witnesses and Their Books" offers an analysis of books written by individuals who experienced the American Civil War. It follows a similar volume-Civil War Writing: New Perspectives on Iconic Texts (LSU Press, 2019)-which also examined some of the most important writings about the conflict from its participants. The eight contributors to this volume selected books, eleven in all, that have proved influential over a significant period. Some...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
This collection brings together 16 interviews originally given as part of the series of Congressional Dialogues that philanthropist and radio host Rubenstein organized for members of Congress, beginning in 2013. Held at the Library of Congress, the Dialogues were intended to give Congress historical perspective that might inform their thinking about leadership and public service. In the interviews herein, historians such as Doris Kearns Goodwin, Ron...
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