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

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

How America Eats: A Social History of U.S. Food and Culture (Wallach Jennifer Jensen)(Paperback)

How America Eats: A Social History of U.S. Food and Culture tells the story of America by examining American eating habits, and illustrates the many ways in which competing cultures, conquests and cuisines have helped form America's identity, and have helped define what it means to be

Many Lives of Marilyn Monroe (Churchwell Sarah)(Paperback / softback)

The American Dream: A Cultural History (Samuel Lawrence R.)(Pevná vazba)

There is no better way to understand America than by understanding the cultural history of the American Dream. Rather than just a powerful philosophy or ideology, the Dream is thoroughly woven into the fabric of everyday life, playing a vital role in who we are, what we do, and why we do it. No

A New History of Modern Latin America (Clayton Lawrence A.)(Paperback)

A 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 been revised and updated to include

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

A Short History of U.S. Interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean (McPherson Alan)(Paperback)

A Short History of U.S. Interventions in Latin America and the Caribbean presents a concise account of the full sweep of U.S. military invasions and interventions in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean from 1800 up to the present day. Engages in debates about the economic, military,

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

Lakota America: A New History of Indigenous Power (Hamalainen Pekka)(Paperback)

The first comprehensive history of the Lakota Indians and their profound role in shaping America's history Named One of the New York Times Critics' Top Books of 2019 - Named One of the 10 Best History Books of 2019 by Smithsonian Magazine - Winner of the MPIBA Reading the West Book Award for

Made In America - An Informal History of American English (Bryson Bill)(Paperback / softback)

Funny, wise, learned and compulsive. (GQ). Bill Bryson turns away from travelling the highways and byways of middle America, so hilariously depicted in his bestselling The Lost Continent, The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid and Notes from a Big Country, for a fast, exhilarating ride along the

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,

North America: A Fold-Out Graphic History (Albee Sarah)(Pevná vazba)

A richly illustrated, foldout graphic history of the United States, Canada, Mexico, and the islands of the Caribbean.North American history unfolds in this graphic timeline that places the United States, Canadian and Mexican/Caribbean histories in the context of their continent. From healers in the

Book of American Martyrs (Oates Joyce Carol)(Paperback / softback)

`The story of Trump's America' Daily Mail* Two families. Two faces of America. One violent crime that will bitterly divide them - and yet bind them together forever. A magnificent story of two broken families' Independent *Page-turning, gripping, full of unexpected twists' Observer *From its

Craft: An American History (Adamson Glenn)(Pevná vazba)

A groundbreaking and endlessly surprising history of how artisans created America, from the nation's origins to the present day.At the center of the United States' economic and social development, according to conventional wisdom, are industry, commodities, and technology-while craftspeople and

Audacity of Hope - Thoughts on Reclaiming the American Dream (Obama Barack)(Paperback / softback)

Barack Obama's political vision for the future of America, written two years before he became president; the New York Times

America in the World: A History of U.S. Diplomacy and Foreign Policy (Zoellick Robert B.)(Paperback)

America has a long history of diplomacy-ranging from Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, and Thomas Jefferson to Henry Kissinger, Ronald Reagan, and James Baker-now is your chance to see the impact these Americans have had on the world. Recounting the actors and events of U.S. foreign policy,

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

Democracy in America and Two Essays on America (Tocqueville Alexis De)(Paperback)

A contemporary study of the early American nation and its evolving democracy, from a French aristocrat and sociologist In 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat and ambitious civil servant, set out from post-revolutionary France on a journey across America that would take him 9

American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America (Hedges Chris)(Paperback)

Twenty-five years ago, when Pat Robertson and other radio and televangelists first spoke of the United States becoming a Christian nation that would build a global Christian empire, it was hard to take such hyperbolic rhetoric seriously. Today, such language no longer sounds like hyperbole but

Shakespeare in a Divided America (Shapiro James)(Paperback / softback)

From the author of 1599, a fresh perspective on the history of the United States - and a timely reminder of Shakespeare's indelible

Apocalypse in American Literature and Culture (Hay John)(Pevná vazba)

The idea of America has always encouraged apocalyptic visions. The 'American Dream' has not only imagined the prospect of material prosperity; it has also imagined the end of the world. 'Final forecasts' constitute one of America's oldest literary genres, extending from the eschatological theology

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

The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America (Rothstein Richard)(Paperback)

In this groundbreaking history of the modern American metropolis, Richard Rothstein, a leading authority on housing policy, explodes the myth that America's cities came to be racially divided through de facto segregation--that is, through individual prejudices, income differences, or the actions of

This America: The Case for the Nation (Lepore Jill)(Paperback / softback)

'A thoughtful and passionate defence of her vision of American patriotism' New York TimesFrom the acclaimed historian comes this urgent manifesto on the dilemma of nationalism and the erosion of liberalism in the twenty-first