19th-century American History – Bücher, CDs, Diverse und mehr, Seite 5

Matt Shaw,
American Modern

The definitive book on one of the foremost modernist cities and architecture destinations in the USA: Columbus, Indiana The midwestern city of Columbus, Indiana, is more than a mecca of modern architectur…

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Edward Stanley,
A North American Tour Journal 1824-1825

Edward Stanley, MP and future 14th earl of Derby, wrote this diary as a young man in 1824-25 during a tour of North America. It reveals insights and experiences that went on to shape his political destiny…

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Jeffrey P Rogg
The Spy and the State

A novel and comprehensive narrative of American intelligence from the Revolutionary War to the present day. Intelligence is all around us. We read about it in the news, wonder who is spying on us through …

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Gary A O'Dell
Reinventing the American Thoroughbred

"Most equine authorities consider Alexander Keene Richards (1827-1881) one of the nineteenth century's most significant Thoroughbred importers and breeders. Born in Georgetown, Kentucky, and orphaned…

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Margalit Fox
The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum

Random House Publishing Group

America's first great organized-crime lord was a lady---a nice Jewish mother named Mrs. Mandelbaum. "A tour de force . . . With a pickpocket's finesse, Margalit Fox lures us into the criminal underwo…

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Manisha Sinha
The Rise and Fall of the Second American Republic

We are told that the present moment bears a strong resemblance to Reconstruction, when freed-people and the federal government attempted to create an interracial democracy in the south after the American …

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Mary Anne Hunting, Kevin D Murphy
Women Architects at Work

"The first comprehensive history of the role of women architects within the history of American modernism"--

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Dane Huckelbridge
Queen of All Mayhem

A riveting, deeply researched, blood-on-the-spurs biography of Belle Starr, the most legendary female outlaw of the American West.

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Thomas J Campanella
Designing the American Century

"Gilmore D. Clarke and Michael Rapuano were the foremost spatial designers of the American century. Their vast portfolio of public landscapes propelled the legacy of Frederick Law Olmsted and Calvert…

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Gerald P Cestkowski
American Dynamite

While everyone can mentally visualize a stick or bundle of dynamite, very few have any real understanding of one of mankind's most important industrial implements.This comprehensive treatment of the decei…

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Carmen Lamas
The Latino Continuum and the Nineteenth-Century Americas

The Latino Continuum and the Nineteenth-Century Americas argues that the process of recovering Latina/o figures and writings in the nineteenth century does not merely create a bridge between the US and La…

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Ralph Brauer
The Age of Discontent

This revisionist view of late-nineteenth-century history credits Main Street, not Wall Street, with laying the foundations of modern AmericaIn American history, the prevailing narratives of the tumultuous…

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Haley Young
Kentucky Greenhorn

When Archie's mother passes away, his tyrannical father takes his upbringing into his own hands. Born to a wealthy family in a sprawling estate in the Kentucky Hills, Archie faces a rude awakening when hi…

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Eric Jay Dolin
The Wreck of the Mentor

From the best-selling author of Black Flags, Blue Waters comes the story of the American whaleship Mentor , wrecked in 1832 on a remote reef in the western Pacific. With supplies dwindling, the eleven sur…

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Zachary L Brodt
From the Steel City to the White City

In From the Steel City to the White City, Zachary Brodt explores Western Pennsylvania's representation at Chicago's Columbian Exposition, the first major step in demonstrating that Pittsburgh was more tha…

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Paul Lewis McBain
A Drunken Bee

Sunthorn Phu (1786-1855) is an unlikely figure through which to understand nineteenth-century Buddhism in Siam. Despite being described as a "drunken writer" by the court astrologer after his de…

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Catherine Clinton
Battles of the American Civil War

"A fascinating series that examines the causes and consequences of one of the deadliest conflicts in our country's history. More than 3 million men, women, and--yes--children fought in the Civil War.…

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Catherine Clinton
Battles of the American Civil War

"A fascinating series that examines the causes and consequences of one of the deadliest conflicts in our country's history. More than 3 million men, women, and--yes--children fought in the Civil War.…

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Securing Empire

This volume explains how security was crucial to 19th-century Empire, showing how imperial rule was characterised by international competition and cooperation against perceived threats.

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Merilee Grindle
In the Shadow of Quetzalcoatl

A New Yorker Best Book of the Year A Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year"Grindle's passionate book, including extensive research in Mexico, will ensure that [Zelia Nuttall] is never forgotten."…

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