. . .This is not a book for just Democrats or Republicans. It is a book for all Americans. It is nonpartisan. It is fact based. It is deeply rooted in history. . .
In fact, says Ann M. Blair in this intriguing book, the invention of the printing press and the ensuing abundance of books provoked sixteenth- and seventeenth-century European scholars to register complaints very similar to our own.
Hitchins traces how Rumania's political and intellectual élites attempted to create an independent state before the advent of communist rule in 1947.
While there are many biographies of JFK and accounts of the early years of US space efforts, this book uses primary source material and interviews with key participants to provide a comprehensive account of how the actions taken by JFK's ...
This source book examines the development of Italian Fascism, and surveys the themes and issues of the movement.
This book examines emancipation after the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863.
This study, first published in 2000, examines the cultural and ecological causes of the near-extinction of the bison.
This Princeton Classics edition includes a preface from the author and makes a powerful historical work available to new readers.
The second edition will also bring the book completely up to date with a chapter on the period from 1991 to 2002 and adiscussion of the last millennium in sub-continental history.