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Author : Samuel Eliot Morison
Publisher : Signet Book
Page : 446 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : History
ISBN : 0451626001
Author : Samuel E. Morison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1949
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:855186855
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 985 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2024-06-02
Category : United States
ISBN : 9780195082098
In this volume that is as big and as varied as the nation it portrays are over 1,400 entries written by some 900 historians and other scholars, illuminating not only America's political, diplomatic, and military history, but also social, cultural, and intellectual trends; science, technology, and medicine; the arts; and religion.
Author : Samuel Eliot Morison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:632802171
Author : Samuel Eliot Morison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:750848211
Author : Paul Johnson
Publisher : Harper Collins
Page : 1108 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2009-06-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780061952135
"As majestic in its scope as the country it celebrates. [Johnson's] theme is the men and women, prominent and unknown, whose energy, vision, courage and confidence shaped a great nation. It is a compelling antidote to those who regard the future with pessimism."— Henry A. Kissinger Paul Johnson's prize-winning classic, A History of the American People, is an in-depth portrait of the American people covering every aspect of U.S. history—from politics to the arts. "The creation of the United States of America is the greatest of all human adventures," begins Paul Johnson's remarkable work. "No other national story holds such tremendous lessons, for the American people themselves and for the rest of mankind." In A History of the American People, historian Johnson presents an in-depth portrait of American history from the first colonial settlements to the Clinton administration. This is the story of the men and women who shaped and led the nation and the ordinary people who collectively created its unique character. Littered with letters, diaries, and recorded conversations, it details the origins of their struggles for independence and nationhood, their heroic efforts and sacrifices to deal with the 'organic sin’ of slavery and the preservation of the Union to its explosive economic growth and emergence as a world power. Johnson discusses contemporary topics such as the politics of racism, education, the power of the press, political correctness, the growth of litigation, and the influence of women throughout history. Sometimes controversial and always provocative, A History of the American People is one author’s challenging and unique interpretation of American history. Johnson’s views of individuals, events, themes, and issues are original, critical, and in the end admiring, for he is, above all, a strong believer in the history and the destiny of the American people.
Author : Frederick E. Hoxie
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-03-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780199858903
"Everything you know about Indians is wrong." As the provocative title of Paul Chaat Smith's 2009 book proclaims, everyone knows about Native Americans, but most of what they know is the fruit of stereotypes and vague images. The real people, real communities, and real events of indigenous America continue to elude most people. The Oxford Handbook of American Indian History confronts this erroneous view by presenting an accurate and comprehensive history of the indigenous peoples who lived-and live-in the territory that became the United States. Thirty-two leading experts, both Native and non-Native, describe the historical developments of the past 500 years in American Indian history, focusing on significant moments of upheaval and change, histories of indigenous occupation, and overviews of Indian community life. The first section of the book charts Indian history from before 1492 to European invasions and settlement, analyzing US expansion and its consequences for Indian survival up to the twenty-first century. A second group of essays consists of regional and tribal histories. The final section illuminates distinctive themes of Indian life, including gender, sexuality and family, spirituality, art, intellectual history, education, public welfare, legal issues, and urban experiences. A much-needed and eye-opening account of American Indians, this Handbook unveils the real history often hidden behind wrong assumptions, offering stimulating ideas and resources for new generations to pursue research on this topic.
Author : Paul Langford
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 844 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : History
ISBN : 0198207336
The first volume of Sir George Clark's Oxford History of England was published in 1934. Over the following 50 years that series established itself as a standard work of reference, and a repertoire of scholarship. The New Oxford History of England, of which this is the first volume, is its successor. Each volume will set out an authoritative view of the present state of scholarship, presenting a distillation of the knowledge built up by a half-century's research and publication of new sources, and incorporating the perspectives and judgements of modern scholars.
Author : Clyde A. Milner,Clyde A. Milner (II),Carol A. O'Connor,Martha A. Sandweiss
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 912 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : UVA:X002453373
Indeed, to enlarge on Wallace Stegner's singular phrase, the West is America, only more so.
Author : Samuel Eliot Morison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : United States
ISBN : LCCN:65012468
Author : Lynda Mugglestone
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 613 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-29
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199660162
This text traces the language from its obscure Indo-European roots to its 21st-century position as the world's first language. It describes the history of English within the British Isles, its changing roles in different places, and its rise to global pre-eminence.
Author : Samuel Eliot Morison
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 1972
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:632802230
Author : Woodrow Wilson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1902
Category : United States
ISBN : UOM:39015059451784
Author : Edward L. Ayers,Bradley C. Mittendorf
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 608 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : American literature
ISBN : 9780195124934
Gathers short stories, journalism, and excerpts from novels, diaries, and memoirs by Southern authors.
Author : Theda Perdue,Michael D. Green
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 0199746109
When Europeans first arrived in North America, between five and eight million indigenous people were already living there. But how did they come to be here? What were their agricultural, spiritual, and hunting practices? How did their societies evolve and what challenges do they face today? Eminent historians Theda Perdue and Michael Green begin by describing how nomadic bands of hunter-gatherers followed the bison and woolly mammoth over the Bering land mass between Asia and what is now Alaska between 25,000 and 15,000 years ago, settling throughout North America. They describe hunting practices among different tribes, how some made the gradual transition to more settled, agricultural ways of life, the role of kinship and cooperation in Native societies, their varied burial rites and spiritual practices, and many other features of Native American life. Throughout the book, Perdue and Green stress the great diversity of indigenous peoples in America, who spoke more than 400 different languages before the arrival of Europeans and whose ways of life varied according to the environments they settled in and adapted to so successfully. Most importantly, the authors stress how Native Americans have struggled to maintain their sovereignty--first with European powers and then with the United States--in order to retain their lands, govern themselves, support their people, and pursue practices that have made their lives meaningful. Going beyond the stereotypes that so often distort our views of Native Americans, this Very Short Introduction offers a historically accurate, deeply engaging, and often inspiring account of the wide array of Native peoples in America. About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam.