Organizing Freedom: Black Emancipation Activism in the Civil War Midwest (Harbour Jennifer R.)(Paperback)

Organizing Freedom: Black Emancipation Activism in the Civil War Midwest (Harbour Jennifer R.)(Paperback)

Organizing Freedom is a riveting and significant social history of black emancipation activism in Indiana and Illinois during the Civil War era. By enlarging the definition of emancipation to include black activism, author Jennifer R. Harbour details the aggressive, tenacious defiance through which

The Long Emancipation: Moving Toward Black Freedom (Walcott Rinaldo)(Paperback)

The Long Emancipation: Moving Toward Black Freedom (Walcott Rinaldo)(Pevná vazba)

In The Long Emancipation Rinaldo Walcott posits that Black people globally live in the time of emancipation and that emancipation is definitely not freedom. Taking examples from across the globe, he argues that wherever Black people have been emancipated from slavery and colonization, a potential

The Oxford Handbook of Civil Society (Edwards Michael)(Paperback)

In the past two decades, 'civil society' has become a central organizing concept in the social sciences. Occupying the middle ground between the state and private life, the civil sphere encompasses everything from associations to protests to church groups to nongovernmental organizations. Interest

An Unconditional Freedom: An Epic Love Story of the Civil War (Cole Alyssa)(Paperback)

Bodies in Blue: Disability in the Civil War North (Handley-Cousins Sarah)(Paperback)

In the popular imagination, Civil War disability is virtually synonymous with amputation. But war affects the body in countless ways, many of them understudied by historians. In Bodies in Blue, Sarah Handley-Cousins expands and complicates our understanding of wartime disability by examining a

Devil's Charge - Book 2 of The Civil War Chronicles (Arnold Michael)(Paperback / softback)

The Second in The Civil War Chronicles featuring Captain Stryker - 'the Sharpe of the Civil

Exploding Bullets in the American Civil War (Stamm Lisa M.)(Paperback)

Exploding Bullets in the American Civil War explores the history, use and manufacturing of this devastating round in one of the United States most brutal conflicts. Also included is a discussion of mistaken identity bullets as well as northern and southern perspectives and personal accounts from

Battle Tactics of the Civil War (Griffith Paddy)(Paperback)

In Battle Tactics of the Civil War, Paddy Griffith argues that, far from being the first 'modern' war, it was the last 'Napoleonic' war, and that none of the innovations of industrialized warfare had any significant effect on the

A Short History of the American Civil War (Anderson Paul Christopher)(Paperback)

The American Civil War (1861-65) remains a searing event in the collective consciousness of the United States. It was one of the bloodiest conflicts in modern history, claiming the lives of at least 600,000 soldiers and an unknown number of civilians. The Civil War was also one of the world's first

American Civil War (Keegan John)(Paperback / softback)

The American Civil War was one of the longest and bloodiest of modern wars. In this magisterial history of the first modern war, the distinguished military historian John Keegan unpicks the geography, leadership and strategic logic of the war and takes us to the heart of the

The Fateful Lightning: A Novel of the Civil War (Shaara Jeff)(Paperback)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - From Jeff Shaara comes the riveting final installment in the Civil War series that began with A Blaze of Glory and continued in A Chain of Thunder and The Smoke at Dawn. November 1864: As the Civil War rolls into its fourth bloody year, the tide has turned decidedly in

Decisive Battles of the English Civil War (Wanklyn Malcolm)(Paperback / softback)

In this stimulating and original investigation of the decisive battles of the English Civil War, Malcolm Wanklyn reassesses what actually happened on the battlefield and as a result sheds new light on the causes of the eventual defeat of Charles I. Taking each major battle in turn - Edgehill,

This City Belongs to You: A History of Student Activism in Guatemala, 1944-1996 (Vrana Heather)(Paperback)

Between 1944 and 1996, Guatemala experienced a revolution, counterrevolution, and civil war. Playing a pivotal role within these national shifts were students from Guatemala's only public university, the University of San Carlos (USAC). USAC students served in, advised, protested, and were later

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

Guts & Glory: The American Civil War (Thompson Ben)(Paperback)

History comes alive for kids like no textbook can in this epic account of the American Civil War that's perfect for history buffs and reluctant readers Contains awesome illustrations From courageous cavalry rides deep into enemy territory to harrowing covert missions undertaken by spies and

Spain in Our Hearts - Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939 (Hochschild Adam)(Paperback / softback)

The remarkable story of the American volunteers who fought in the Spanish Civil

The Artistic Activism of Elombe Brath (Aiello Thomas)(Paperback)

In 1963, at the height of the southern civil rights movement, Cecil Brathwaite (1936-2014), under the pseudonym Cecil Elombe Brath, published a satire of Black leaders entitled Color Us Cullud! The American Negro Leadership Official Coloring Book. The book pillories a variety of Black leaders--from

Envisioning Emancipation: Black Americans and the End of Slavery (Willis Deborah)(Paperback)

The Emancipation Proclamation is one of the most important documents in American history. As we commemorate its 150th anniversary, what do we really know about those who experienced slavery?In their pioneering book, Envisioning Emancipation, renowned photographic historian Deborah Willis and

Homage to Catalonia (Orwell George)(Paperback / softback)

Following his experiences as a militiaman in the Spanish Civil War, the author brings to bear all the force of his humanity, passion and clarity, describing with bitter intensity the bright hopes and cynical betrayals of that chaotic episode: the revolutionary euphoria of Barcelona, the courage of

Armies of Russia's War in Ukraine (Galeotti Mark)(Paperback)

Illustrated investigation of the forces fighting today's civil war in Ukraine, including Russian regular and clandestine units. Using his extensive contacts in both Russia and Ukraine, and access to a mass of official and unofficial sources, Mark Galeotti presents a thorough and intriguing primer

Fratricides (Kazantzakis Nikos)(Paperback / softback)

The Fratricides is about internecine strife in a village in the Epirus during the Greek civil war of the late 1940s. Many of the villagers, including Captain Drakos, son of the local priest Father Yanaros, have taken to the mountains and joined the Communist

Russia in Flames: War, Revolution, Civil War, 1914-1921 (Engelstein Laura)(Paperback)

October 1917, heralded as the culmination of the Russian Revolution, remains a defining moment in world history. Even a hundred years after the events that led to the emergence of the world's first self-proclaimed socialist state, debate continues over whether, as historian E. H. Carr put it

Destroying a Nation: The Civil War in Syria (Dam Nikolaos Van)(Paperback)

Following the Arab Spring, Syria descended into civil and sectarian conflict. It has since become a fractured warzone that operates as a breeding ground for new terrorist movements, including ISIS, as well as the root cause of the greatest refugee crisis in modern history. In Destroying a Nation: