White Trash - The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America (Isenberg Nancy)(Paperback / softback)

White Trash - The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America (Isenberg Nancy)(Paperback / softback)

A New York Times Bestseller, and a ground-breaking history of the class system in America, which challenges popular myths about equality in the land of

White Trash: The 400-Year Untold History of Class in America (Isenberg Nancy)(Paperback)

The New York Times Bestseller, with a new preface from the author 'This estimable book rides into the summer doldrums like rural electrification. . . . It deals in the truths that matter.'--Dwight Garner, The New York Times 'This eye-opening investigation into our country's entrenched social

Democracy in Chains - the deep history of the radical right's stealth plan for America (MacLean Nancy)(Paperback / softback)

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

Mongrel Firebugs and Men of Property: Capitalism and Class Conflict in American History (Fraser Steve)(Paperback)

A collection of essays on class politics in America In popular retellings of American history, capitalism generally doesn't feature much as part of the founding or development of the nation. Instead, it is alluded to in figurative terms as opportunity, entrepreneurial vigor, material abundance, and

Untold History of the United States (Stone Oliver)(Paperback / softback)

A History of New York in 27 Buildings: The 400-Year Untold Story of an American Metropolis (Roberts Sam)(Pevná vazba)

From the urban affairs correspondent of the New York Times--the story of a city through twenty-seven structures that define it. As New York is poised to celebrate its four hundredth anniversary, New York Times correspondent Sam Roberts tells the story of the city through bricks, glass, wood, and

Love in a Cold Climate (Mitford Nancy)(Paperback / softback)

Captures the foibles and fancies of the English upper class. Set in the privileged world of the county house party and the London season, this is a comedy of English

Darwin's Ghosts - In Search of the First Evolutionists (Stott Rebecca)(Paperback / softback)

An electrifying account of the extraordinary untold history behind Darwin's theory of

Untold History of the Potato (Reader John)(Paperback / softback)

The story of one of the world's most important crops From the gold potatoes at the Sun Temple in Cuzco, Peru, the muddy ones in Ireland and those grown in China for McDonald's chips, the story of the spud is both satisfying and

In The Name of the Family - A Times Best Historical Fiction of the Year Book (Dunant Sarah)(Paperback / softback)

A Times Best Historical Fiction Book of the Year * A Cosmopolitan Best Book of the Year * A History Today Book of the YearConfirms Sarah Dunant's place as the leading novelist of the Renaissance and one of the most acclaimed historical fiction writers of our age. Follows the brilliant Blood and

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

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,

Born in Bolton - The First-Class Cricketers born in Bolton (Ogden Geoff)(Paperback / softback)

Born in Bolton tells the history of the 38 first-class cricketers, including 12 Test Players, to have been born in the Metropolitan Borough of

Determined: The 400-Year Struggle for Black Equality (Sherry Karen A.)(Paperback)

Determined presents a concise overview of Black history in Virginia from the arrival of the first enslaved Africans in Virginia in 1619 through the groundswell of racial justice protests of 2020. These four centuries encompass slavery and emancipation, segregation and the civil rights movement, the

Intercept - The Secret History of Computers and Spies (Corera Gordon)(Paperback / softback)

From Bletchley Park to cyber-attacks in the twenty-first century, this is the untold story of computers and spies: past, present and

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

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

American Nations: A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America (Woodard Colin)(Paperback)

- A New Republic Best Book of the Year - The Globalist Top Books of the Year - Winner of the Maine Literary Award for Non-fiction - Particularly relevant in understanding who voted for who in this presidential election year, this is an endlessly fascinating look at American regionalism and the

1946: The Making of the Modern World (Sebestyen Victor)(Paperback / softback)

A compelling account of a crucial year in post-war history, in the tradition of Margaret MacMillan's award-winning and bestselling The

Black Tudors: The Untold Story (Kaufmann Miranda)(Paperback)

Shortlisted for the Wolfson History Prize 2018 A Book of the Year for the Evening Standard and the Observer A black porter publicly whips a white Englishman in the hall of a Gloucestershire manor house. A Moroccan woman is baptised in a London church. Henry VIII dispatches a Mauritanian diver to

Class Theory and History - Capitalism and Communism in the USSR (Resnick Stephen A.)(Paperback / softback)

A ground-breaking look at the entire history of the Soviet Union, presenting a new kind of analysis of the history of the USSR: examining its birth, evolution, and death in class

Hot Protestants: A History of Puritanism in England and America (Winship Michael P.)(Paperback)

On fire for God--a sweeping history of puritanism in England and America Begun in the mid-sixteenth century by Protestant nonconformists keen to reform England's church and society while saving their own souls, the puritan movement was a major catalyst in the great cultural changes that

The History of Latin America: Collision of Cultures (Eakin Marshall C.)(Paperback)

This narrative history of Latin America surveys five centuries in less than five hundred pages. The first third of the book moves from the Americas before Columbus to the wars for independence in the early nineteenth century. The construction of new nations and peoples in the nineteenth century