Lafayette and the American Revolution (Freedman Russell)(Paperback)

Lafayette and the American Revolution (Freedman Russell)(Paperback)

When the Marquis de Lafayette ran off to join the American Revolution against the explicit orders of the king of France, he was a strong-willed nineteen-year-old who had never set foot on a battlefield. Although the U.S. Congress granted him an honorary commission only out of respect for his title

British Politics and the American Revolution (Perry Keith)(Paperback)

This new book looks at British Politics in the 1760's and 1770's during the American Revolution. Perry looks particularly at colonialism and the colonial administration, and at the general conduct of the war with America. He also surveys the development of radicalism in Britain subsequent to the

The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution (Bailyn Bernard)(Paperback)

The Ideological Origins of the American Revolution, awarded both the Pulitzer and the Bancroft prizes, has become a classic of American historical literature. Hailed at its first appearance as 'the most brilliant study of the meaning of the Revolution to appear in a generation,' it was enlarged in

Children of the Great Depression (Freedman Russell)(Paperback)

As he did for frontier children in his enormously popular Children of the Wild West, Russell Freedman illuminates the lives of the American children affected by the economic and social changes of the Great Depression. Middle-class urban youth, migrant farm laborers, boxcar kids, children whose

The Jewish Decadence: Jews and the Aesthetics of Modernity (Freedman Jonathan)(Paperback)

As Jewish writers, artists, and intellectuals made their way into Western European and Anglo-American cultural centers, they encountered a society obsessed with decadence. An avant-garde movement characterized by self-consciously artificial art and literature, philosophic pessimism, and an interest

American Slavery, American Freedom (Morgan Edmund S.)(Paperback)

In the American Revolution, Virginians were the most eloquent spokesmen for freedom and quality. George Washington led the Americans in battle against British oppression. Thomas Jefferson led them in declaring independence. Virginians drafted not only the Declaration but also the Constitution and

Stripped and Script: Loyalist Women Writers of the American Revolution (Tillman Kacy Dowd)(Paperback)

Female loyalists occupied a nearly impossible position during the American Revolution. Unlike their male counterparts, loyalist women were effectively silenced-unable to officially align themselves with either side or avoid being persecuted for their family ties. In this book, Kacy Dowd Tillman

The Long American Revolution and Its Legacy (Langley Lester D.)(Paperback)

This book brings together Lester D. Langley's personal and professional link to the long American Revolution in a narrative that spans more than 150 years and places the Revolution in multiple contexts--from the local to the transatlantic and hemispheric and from racial and gendered to political,

Lost Penguin - An Oliver and Patch Story (Freedman Claire)(Paperback / softback)

A new story from the exceptional partnership of Claire Freedman and Kate

American Slavery - 1619-1877 (Kolchin Peter)(Paperback / softback)

Beginning with the Colonial period, progressing through the Revolution and the Antebellum period, this book chronologically documents the historical evolution of slavery in the

Revolutionary Brothers: Thomas Jefferson, the Marquis de Lafayette, and the Friendship That Helped Forge Two Nations (Chaffin Tom)(Paperback)

Where White Men Fear to Tread: The Autobiography of Russell Means (Means Russell)(Paperback)

Russell Means was the most controversial American Indian leader of our time. Where White Men Fear to Tread is the well-detailed, first-hand story of his life, in which he did everything possible to dramatize and justify the American Indian aim of self-determination, such as storming Mount Rushmore,

Stripped and Script - Loyalist Women Writers of the American Revolution (Tillman Kacy Dowd)(Pevná vazba)

Female loyalists occupied a nearly impossible position during the American Revolution. Unlike their male counterparts, loyalist women were effectively silenced--unable to officially align themselves with either side or avoid being persecuted for their family ties. In this book, Kacy Dowd Tillman

1812: The War That Forged a Nation (Borneman Walter R.)(Paperback)

Although frequently overlooked between the American Revolution and the Civil War, the War of 1812 tested a rising generation of American leaders; unified the United States with a renewed sense of national purpose; and set the stage for westward expansion from Mackinac Island to the Gulf of Mexico

The Pleasure Gap: American Women and the Unfinished Sexual Revolution (Rowland Katherine)(Pevná vazba)

Latinx: The New Force in American Politics and Culture (Morales Ed)(Paperback)

The Latinx revolution in US culture, society, and politics'Latinx' (pronounced 'La-teen-ex') is the gender-neutral term that covers one of the largest and fastest growing minorities in the United States, accounting for 17 percent of the country. Over 58 million Americans belong to the category,

Box-Making Basics: Design, Technique, Projects (Freedman David M.)(Paperback)

It took years for woodworker David Freedman to develop and perfect the box-making techniques he shares in Box-Making Basics. Accompanying his techniques are detailed, step-by-step instructions on how to make 16 handsome boxes. In addition to Freedman's designs, there are also selected projects from

The American Revolution: A Very Short Introduction (Allison Robert J.)(Paperback)

Here is a brisk, accessible, and vivid introduction to arguably the most important event in the history of the United States--the American Revolution. Between 1760 and 1800, the American people cast off British rule to create a new nation and a radically new form of government based on the idea

Special Operations in the American Revolution (Tonsetic Robert L.)(Paperback)

In this book, renowned author, and former U.S. Army Colonel, Robert Tonsetic describes and analyzes numerous examples of special operations conducted during the Revolution.'What is unique about this book is the perspective. To a modern-day reader, special ops conjure images of highly trained and

The Cause: The American Revolution and Its Discontents, 1773-1783 (Ellis Joseph J.)(Pevná vazba)

The Mistress of Tall Acre (Frantz Laura)(Paperback)

The American Revolution is finally over, and Sophie Menzies is starved for good news. When her nearest neighbor, General Seamus Ogilvy, finally comes home to Tall Acre, she hopes it is a sign of better days to come. But the general is now a widower with a small daughter in desperate need of a

Rough Crossings - Britain, the Slaves and the American Revolution (Schama Simon CBE)(Paperback / softback)

Rough Crossings is the astonishing story of the struggle to freedom by thousands of African-American slaves who fled the plantations to fight behind British lines in the American War of

The Princesse de Cleves (Lafayette Madame de)(Paperback)

Poised between the fading world of chivalric romance and a new psychological realism, Madame de Lafayette's novel of passion and self-deception marks a turning point in the history of the novel. When it first appeared anonymously in 1678--in the heyday of French classicism--it aroused fierce

American Revolutions: A Continental History, 1750-1804 (Taylor Alan)(Paperback)

The American Revolution is often portrayed as a high-minded, orderly event whose capstone, the Constitution, provided the nation its democratic framework. Alan Taylor, a two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, gives us a different creation story in this magisterial history. The American Revolution builds