American Cult: A Graphic History of Religious Cults in America from the Colonial Era to Today (Chapman Robyn)(Paperback)

American Cult: A Graphic History of Religious Cults in America from the Colonial Era to Today (Chapman Robyn)(Paperback)

From its earliest days, America was a home for spiritual seekers. In 1694, the religious tolerance of the Pennsylvania Colony enticed a Transylvanian monk and his forty followers to cross the Atlantic. Almost two hundred years later, a charismatic preacher founded a utopian community in Oneida, New

Latin America in Colonial Times (Restall Matthew)(Paperback)

Latin America in Colonial Times is a concise history of Latin America from the era of the Aztecs and Incas to the age of Napoleon and Bolivar, written in a lively style in order to sustain the interest of students and general readers in the main themes and events of colonial Latin American

American Colonies: The Settling of North America (the Penguin History of the United States, Volume 1) (Taylor Alan)(Paperback)

A multicultural, multinational history of colonial America from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Internal Enemy and American Revolutions In the first volume in the Penguin History of the United States, edited by Eric Foner, Alan Taylor challenges the traditional story of colonial history by

Colonial America: A Very Short Introduction (Taylor Alan)(Paperback)

In the traditional narrative of American colonial history, early European settlements, as well as native peoples and African slaves, were treated in passing as unfortunate aberrations in a fundamentally upbeat story of Englishmen becoming freer and more prosperous by colonizing an abundant

Wine: A Graphic History (Simmat Benoist)(Paperback)

A graphic history of wine, from ancient times to today The history of wine is the history of civilization. It is the religious drink par excellence. In Greek mythology, references to wine abound. In the Bible, after the Flood, Noah plants a vineyard. In the Middle Ages, it was in the monasteries

Religious Intolerance in America, Second Edition: A Documentary History (Corrigan John)(Paperback)

The story of religion in America is one of unparalleled diversity and protection of the religious rights of individuals. But that story is a muddied one. This new and expanded edition of a classroom favorite tells a jolting history--illuminated by historical texts, pictures, songs, cartoons,

Burial and Death in Colonial North America: Exploring Interment Practices and Landscapes in 17th-Century British Settlements (Lacy Robyn S.)(Paperback)

While late 17th- and 18th-century burial grounds of colonial North America are frequently the subject of research, wide-scale studies of 17th-century burial landscapes are often the less documented aspect of these sites. This book aims to fill some of that gap by exploring the relationships and

Plucked: A History of Hair Removal (Herzig Rebecca M.)(Paperback)

From the clamshell razors and homemade lye depilatories used in colonial America to the diode lasers and prescription pharmaceuticals available today, Americans have used a staggering array of tools to remove hair deemed unsightly, unnatural, or excessive. This is true especially for women and

American Legal History (White G. Edward)(Paperback)

Law has played a central role in American history. From colonial times to the present, law has not just reflected the changing society in which legal decisions have been made-it has played a powerful role in shaping that society, though not always in positive ways. Eminent legal scholar G. Edward

Colonial Pathologies: American Tropical Medicine, Race, and Hygiene in the Philippines (Anderson Warwick)(Paperback)

Colonial Pathologies is a groundbreaking history of the role of science and medicine in the American colonization of the Philippines from 1898 through the 1930s. Warwick Anderson describes how American colonizers sought to maintain their own health and stamina in a foreign environment while

The Chinese in America: A Narrative History (Chang Iris)(Paperback)

A quintessiantially American story chronicling Chinese American achievement in the face of institutionalized racism by the New York Times bestselling author of The Rape of Nanking In an epic story that spans 150 years and continues to the present day, Iris Chang tells of a people's search for a

Postcards from Africa: Photographers of the Colonial Era (Geary Christraud)(Pevná vazba)

The complex history of imaging Africa, as seen in its postcard industryDuring the global postcard craze that peaked around 1900 and continued for several decades thereafter, photographers in Africa grasped the opportunity to serve a lucrative market for images of the continent, both locally and

A Problem from Hell: America and the Age of Genocide (Power Samantha)(Paperback)

In her award-winning interrogation of the last century of American history, Samantha Power―a former Balkan war correspondent and founding executive director of Harvard's Carr Center for Human Rights Policy―asks the haunting question: Why do American leaders who vow 'never again' repeatedly fail

American Covenant: A History of Civil Religion from the Puritans to the Present (Gorski Philip)(Paperback)

The long battle between exclusionary and inclusive versions of the American storyWas America founded as a Christian nation or a secular democracy? Neither, argues Philip Gorski in American Covenant. What the founders envisioned was a prophetic republic that would weave together the ethical vision

American Sanctuary: Mutiny, Martyrdom, and National Identity in the Age of Revolution (Ekirch A. Roger)(Paperback)

From 'one of the most wide-ranging and imaginative historians in America today; there is no one else quite like him in the profession' (Gordon S. Wood)--a dazzling and original work of history. A. Roger Ekirch's American Sanctuary begins in 1797 with the bloodiest mutiny ever suffered by the Royal

Supernatural America: The Paranormal in American Art (Cozzolino Robert)(Pevná vazba)

America is haunted. Ghosts from its violent history--the genocide of Indigenous peoples, slavery, the threat of nuclear annihilation, and traumatic wars--are an inescapable and unsettled part of the nation's heritage. Not merely in the realm of metaphor but present and tangible, urgently calling

The Great Railroad Revolution: The History of Trains in America (Wolmar Christian)(Paperback)

America was made by the railroads. The opening of the Baltimore & Ohio line--the first American railroad--in the 1830s sparked a national revolution in the way that people lived thanks to the speed and convenience of train travel. Promoted by visionaries and built through heroic effort, the

America, Inc - The 400-Year History of American Capitalism (Srinivasan Bhu)(Paperback / softback)

From the 'Mayflower' to the iPhone, this is the story behind America's economic power. Selected in The Economist's Best Books of

The Colonial Past in History Textbooks - Historical and Social Psychological Perspectives (Nieuwenhuyse Karel Van)(Paperback)

Examines the evolving representations of the colonial past from the mid-19th century up to decolonization in the 1960s and 70s - the so-called era of Modern Imperialism - in post-war history textbooks from across the world. The aim of the book is to examine the evolving outlook of colonial

White Servitude in Colonial America (Galenson David)(Paperback)

White servitude was one of the major institutions in the economy and society of early colonial British America. In fact more than half of all the white immigrants to the British colonies sold themselves into bondage for a period of years in order to migrate to the New World. Professor Galenson's

Africans in America: America's Journey Through Slavery (Johnson Charles)(Paperback)

A riveting narrative history of America, from the 1607 landing in Jamestown to the brink of the Civil War, Africans in America tells the shared history of Africans and Europeans as seen through the lens of slavery. It is told from the point of view of the Africans who arrived in shackles and

Behold, America - A History of America First and the American Dream (Churchwell Sarah)(Paperback / softback)

Engines of Change: A History of the American Dream in Fifteen Cars (Ingrassia Paul)(Paperback)

From Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Paul Ingrassia comes a narrative of America like no other: a cultural history that explores how cars have both propelled and reflected the national experience--from the Model T to the Prius. From the assembly lines of Henry Ford to the open roads of Route 66,

Reformations: From High Renaissance to Mannerism in the New West of Religious Contention and Colonial Expansion (Tadgell Christopher)(Paperback)

Unprecedented in scope, this fifth volume in the Architecture in Context series traces the rediscovery of Classical ideas and the emergence of the great artists and architects of late 15th- and early 16th-century Italy that led to the cultural peak characterized as the High Renaissance.It begins