books about: 1775-1877     books:       Disunion!: The Coming of the American Civil War, 1789-1859 (Littlefield History of the Civil War Era) University of North Carolina Press, 2008 In the decades of the early republic, Americans debating the fate of slavery often invoked the specter of disunion to frighten their opponents. According to Varon, "disunion" connoted the dissolution of the republic--the failure of the founders' effort to establish a stable and lasting representative government. For many Americans in both the North and the South, disunion was a nightmare, the image of a cataclysm that would reduce them to the ...             Taking Sides: Clashing Views in United States History, Volume 1: The Colonial Period to Reconstruction Larry Madaras, James SoRelle McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2012 Taking Sides volumes present current controversial issues in a debate-style format designed to stimulate student interest and develop critical thinking skills. Each issue is thoughtfully framed with Learning Outcomes, an Issue Summary, an Introduction, and an Exploring the Issue section featuring Critical Thinking and Reflection, Is There Common Ground?, and Additional Resources . Taking Sides readers also offer a Topic Guide and ...             The Hemingses of Monticello: An American Family W. W. Norton & Company, 2009 Winner of the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize: “[A] commanding and important book.”—Jill Lepore, The New Yorker This epic work—named a best book of the year by the Washington Post , Time , the Los Angeles Times , Amazon, the San Francisco Chronicle , and a notable book by the New York Times —tells the story of the Hemingses, whose close blood ties to our third president had been systematically expunged from American ...             The Road to Disunion, Vol. 1: Secessionists at Bay, 1776-1854 William W. Freehling Oxford University Press, USA, 1991 Far from a monolithic block of diehard slave states, the South in the eight decades before the Civil War was, in William Freehling's words, "a world so lushly various as to be a storyteller's dream." It was a world where Deep South cotton planters clashed with South Carolina rice growers, where the egalitarian spirit sweeping the North seeped down through border states already uncertain about slavery, where even sections of the same state (for ...             John Adams: Revolutionary Writings, 1755-1775 (Library of America, No. 213) John Adams Library of America, 2011 Propelled by the power of his pen and the clarity of his judgment, an ambitious young provincial lawyer named John Adams became a major figure in the American Revolution. This first of two volumes gathering his essential writings to 1783 includes the complete newspaper exchange between "Novanglus" (Adams) and "Massachusettensis" (Loyalist Daniel Leonard), as well as extensive diary excerpts and characteristically frank personal letters-many to ...             An Artist in Treason: The Extraordinary Double Life of General James Wilkinson Andro Linklater Walker & Company, 2010 For almost two decades, through the War of 1812, James Wilkinson was the senior general in the United States Army. Amazingly, he was also Agent 13 in the Spanish secret service at a time when Spain's empire dominated North America. Wilkinson's audacious career as a double agent is all the more remarkable because it was an open secret, circulated regularly in newspapers and pamphlets. His saga illuminates just how fragile and vulnerable the young ...             Annual Editions: United States History, Volume 1: Colonial through Reconstruction Robert Maddox McGraw-Hill/Dushkin, 2012 The Annual Editions series is designed to provide convenient, inexpensive access to a wide range of current articles from some of the most respected magazines, newspapers, and journals published today. Annual Editions are updated on a regular basis through a continuous monitoring of over 300 periodical sources. The articles selected are authored by prominent scholars, researchers, and commentators writing for a general audience. Annual ...             Roanoke: The Abandoned Colony Karen Ordahl Kupperman Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2007 In telling the tragic and heroic story of Roanoke, the “lost colony,” award-winning historian Karen Ordahl Kupperman recovers the earliest days of English exploration and settlement in America—the often forgotten years before Jamestown and the landing of the Mayflower. Roanoke explores Britain’s attempt to establish a firm claim to North America in the hope that colonies would make England wealthy and powerful. Kupperman ...             The Scarlet Stockings Spy (Tales of Young Americans) Trinka Hakes Noble Sleeping Bear Press, 2004 Philadelphia 1777 is no place for the faint of heart. The rumble of war with the British grows louder each day, and spies for and against the Patriots are everywhere. No one is above suspicion. Still, everyday life must go on and young Maddy Rose must help her mother, especially since her father's death at the Battle of Princeton and now with her beloved brother Jonathan off with Washington's army. But when childhood games become life-and-death ...             John Adams: Revolutionary Writings 1775-1783 (Library of America, No. 214) John Adams Library of America, 2011 This second of two volumes gathering the essential writings of one of the towering figures of the American Revolution traces John Adams's career from his leading role in the debate over independence (he was "our Colossus on the floor," remembered Thomas Jefferson), to his tireless efforts to establish the fledgling government of the United States and supply its army in the field, to his crucial diplomatic service in Europe, where he was hailed ...             The Making of the American South: A Short History, 1500-1877 (Problems in American History) J. William Harris Wiley-Blackwell, 2006 This concise overview of the history and historiography of the American South puts the major problems and issues of that region into clear, accessible prose. Examines the major problems and issues of the Old South in clear, accessible prose. Covers the development of European outposts in the 16th Century, the Southern colonies, the Revolutionary War, and the Civil War and its aftermath. Explores the underlying topics and themes of the ...             The Secret Eye: The Journal of Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas, 1848-1889 (Gender & American Culture) Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas The University of North Carolina Press, 1990 The journal of Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas, spanning the years from 1848 to 1889, is rare for its treatment of both the Civil War and postbellum years and for its candor and detail in treating these eras. Thomas, who was born to wealth and privilege and reared in the tradition of the southern belle, tells of the hard days of war and the poverty brought on by emancipation and Reconstruction. Her entries illuminate experiences shared with ...             The Road to Disunion: Volume II: Secessionists Triumphant, 1854-1861 William W. Freehling Oxford University Press, USA, 2008 Here is history in the grand manner, a powerful narrative peopled with dozens of memorable portraits, telling this important story with skill and relish. Freehling highlights all the key moments on the road to war, including the violence in Bleeding Kansas, Preston Brooks's beating of Charles Sumner in the Senate chambers, the Dred Scott Decision, John Brown's raid on Harper's Ferry, and much more. As Freehling shows, the election of Abraham ...             The American Journey: A History of the United States, Volume I David R. Goldfield, Carl Abbott, ... Prentice Hall College Div, 2000 For one and two-semester, freshman/sophomore-level U.S. History Survey courses. Written in a clear, engaging style with a straightforward chronological organization, The American Journey introduces students to the key features of American political, social, and economic history. It gives prominent coverage to the West and South and highlights the importance of religion in American history. It makes American history accessible with an abundance ...             The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts, 1300-1990s: 2 Volumes Jane Davidson Reid Oxford University Press, USA, 1993 Daring in concept and astonishing in scope, The Oxford Guide to Classical Mythology in the Arts is a unique reference work: a topically classified chronology of more than 30,000 artworks from circa 1300 to the present day that take as their theme the subjects of Greek and Roman mythology. In more than three hundred major entries, alphabetically arranged by subject, artworks are listed in chronological order, delineating the history of ...             The Battle of the Wilderness, May 5-6, 1864 Gordon C. Rhea Louisiana State University Press, 1994 Fought in a tangled forest fringing the south bank of the Rapidan River, the Battle of the Wilderness marked the initial engagement in the climactic months of the Civil War in Virginia, and the first encounter between Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee. In an exciting narrative, Gordon c. Rhea provides the consummate recounting of that conflict of May 5 and 6, 1864, which ended with high casualties on both sides but no clear victor. With its ...             The Cousins' Wars: Religion, Politics, Civil Warfare, And The Triumph Of Anglo-America Kevin Phillips Basic Books, 1999 The question at the heart of The Cousins’ Wars is this: How did Anglo-America evolve over a mere three hundred years from a small Tudor kingdom into a global community with such a hegemonic grip on the world today, while no other European power - Spain, France, Germany, or Russia - did? The answer to this, according to Phillips, lies in a close examination of three internecine English-speaking civil warsÑthe English Civil War, the American ...             Affairs of State Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2012 In recent years, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Eliot Spitzer, John Edwards, Newt Gingrich, Herman Cain, and countless other politicians have made headlines for their sexual scandals. But such stories are not new. Indeed, there is a long history of misbehavior in politics, including in the nation’s highest office. Bill Clinton, it can safely be said, was not the first president to misbehave, nor was he the worst. In fact, there is a long history of ...             Prelude to Civil War: The Nullification Controversy in South Carolina, 1816-1836 William W. Freehling Oxford University Press, USA, 1992 When William Freehling's Prelude to Civil War first appeared in 1965 it was immediately hailed as a brilliant and incisive study of the origins of the Civil War. Book Week called it "fresh, exciting, and convincing," while The Virginia Quarterly Review praised it as, quite simply, "history at its best." It was equally well-received by historical societies, garnering the Allan Nevins History Prize as well as a Bancroft Prize, the most ...             The Listeners (Tales of Young Americans) Gloria Whelan Sleeping Bear Press, 2009 Ella May lives on a plantation but she doesn't live in the great house. She is a slave. It's dark in the morning when Ella May heads to the fields to pick cotton. And it's sunset when she comes home. But her day isn't done, not yet. Ella May still has important work to do. She's got to listen. Each night Ella May and her friends secretly listen outside the windows of their master's house. The children listen in the hopes of gleaning information ...              search for books 1300-1990s, 1500-1877, 1755-1775, 1775-1783, 1776-1854, 1789-1859, 1816-1836, 1848-1889, 1854-1861, abandoned, americans, anglo-america, classical, controversy, extraordinary, gertrude, hemingses, listeners, littlefield, monticello, mythology, nullification, problems, reconstruction, revolutionary, secessionists, stockings, triumphant, wilderness, wilkinson books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen book: Jasper & Abby: And the Great Australia Day Kerfuffle home  impressum - about us