Aspects (Academic)/Historical
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Los Arabes of New Mexico: Compadres from a Distant Land
$22.95 Add to cartAt the outset, Los Arabes (Arabic-speaking individuals) were peddlers, carrying a variety of wares that often included exotic items from the Holy Land. These skilled cross-cultural traders expected to
- Author: Ghattas, Monika White
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 188
- Publish Date: November 01 2012
- ISBN10: 0865349118
- Language: English
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Antes: Stories from the Past, Rural Cuba, New Mexico 1769-1949
$24.95 Add to cartCuba, New Mexico, was first settled in 1769. Originally known as Nacimiento, it was located on the northwestern edge of the Spanish Colonial Empire. It was very isolated and the people who settled Cub
- Author: Cordova May, Esther V.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 270
- Publish Date: November 15 2011
- ISBN10: 0865348405
- Language: English
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When Paris Went Dark: The City of Light Under German Occupation, 1940-1944
$18.99 Add to cartThe spellbinding and revealing chronicle of Nazi-occupied Paris.
On June 14, 1940, German tanks entered a silent and nearly deserted Paris. Eight days later, France accepted a humiliating defeat and- Author: Rosbottom, Ronald C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: March 17 2015
- ISBN10: 0316217433
- Language: English
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The Napoleonic Wars: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe Napoleonic Wars have an all-important place in the history of Europe, leaving their mark on European and world societies in a variety of ways. In many European countries, they provided the stimulu… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Rapport, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: March 14 2013
- ISBN10: 0199590966
- Language: English
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Constantine the Emperor
$28.99 Add to cartNo Roman emperor had a greater impact on the modern world than did Constantine. The reason is not simply that he converted to Christianity, but that he did so in a way that brought his subjects along … [more below]
- Author: Potter, David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: August 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0190231629
- Language: English
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Wages of Rebellion
$19.99 Add to cartRevolutions come in waves and cycles. We are again riding the crest of a revolutionary epic, much like 1848 or 1917, from the Arab Spring to movements against austerity in Greece to the Occupy movemen… [more below]
- Author: Hedges, Chris
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 10 2016
- ISBN10: 156858542X
- Language: English
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Knights of the Golden Circle: Secret Empire, Southern Secession, Civil War
$39.95 Add to cartBased on years of exhaustive and meticulous research, David C. Keehn’s study provides the first comprehensive analysis of the Knights of the Golden Circle, a secret southern society that initially sou
- Series: Conflicting Worlds: New Dimensions of the American Civil War
- Author: Keehn, David C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: March 29 2023
- ISBN10: 0807179531
- Language: English
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Hidden White House
$26.00 Add to cartCritically acclaimed author Robert Klara’s The Hidden White House leads readers through an unmatched tale of political ambition and technical skill: the Truman administration’s controversial rebuildin
- Author: Klara, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: October 21 2014
- ISBN10: 1250053935
- Language: English
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A Concise History of France
$35.00 Add to cartThis is the most up-to-date and comprehensive study of French history available ranging from the early middle ages to the present. Amongst its central themes are the relationships between state and so… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Concise Histories
- Author: Price, Roger
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: February 06 2014
- ISBN10: 1107603439
- Language: English
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The Great Divide: The Story of New Zealand & Its Treaty
$26.99 Add to cartNew Zealand to many is ‘Middle Earth’, home of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, but it was also the last major land mass on the planet to be settled by humans. The country was catapulted kicking and scr… [more below]
- Author: Wishart, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 290
- Publish Date: May 14 2012
- ISBN10: 0987657364
- Language: English
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California’s Channel Islands: A History
$21.95 Add to cartPrehistoric foragers, conquistadors, missionaries, adventurers, hunters, and rugged agriculturalists parade across the histories of these little-known islands on the horizon of twenty-first century So
- Author: Chiles, Frederic C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 300
- Publish Date: September 02 2020
- ISBN10: 0806146877
- Language: English
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The Spanish Civil War
$32.00 Add to cartThis book presents an original new history of the most important conflict in European affairs during the 1930s, prior to the events that produced World War II – the Spanish Civil War. It describes the… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Essential Histories
- Author: Payne, Stanley G.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 286
- Publish Date: August 13 2012
- ISBN10: 0521174708
- Language: English
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Ardennes 1944: The Battle of the Bulge
$22.00 Add to cartThe prizewinning historian and bestselling author of D-Day, Stalingrad, and The Battle of Arnhem reconstructs the Battle of the Bulge in this riveting new account
On December 16, 1944, Hitler launched- Author: Beevor, Antony
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: November 01 2016
- ISBN10: 0143109863
- Language: English
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Guano and the Opening of the Pacific World: A Global Ecological History
$37.00 Add to cartFor centuries, bird guano has played a pivotal role in the agricultural and economic development of Latin America, East Asia, and Oceania. As their populations ballooned during the Industrial Revoluti… [more below]
- Series: Studies in Environment and History
- Author: Cushman, Gregory T.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: January 02 2014
- ISBN10: 110765596X
- Language: English
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John Mullan: The Tumultuous Life of a Western Road Builder
$32.95 Read moreJohn Mullan’s celebrated construction project–a 625-mile link that connected the Missouri and Columbia rivers–established the West Point graduate as an accomplished road builder. After completing th
- Author: Petersen, Keith C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 344
- Publish Date: April 28 2014
- ISBN10: 0874223210
- Language: English
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Amer Pres: Fillmore
$33.00 Add to cartThe oddly named president whose shortsightedness and stubbornness fractured the nation and sowed the seeds of civil war
In the summer of 1850, America was at a terrible crossroads. Congress was in an- Series: American Presidents
- Author: Finkelman, Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: May 10 2011
- ISBN10: 080508715X
- Language: English
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Corinth 1862: Siege, Battle, Occupation
$27.99 Add to cartFletcher Pratt Award
McLemore Prize In the spring of 1862, there was no more important place in the western Confederacy–perhaps in all the South–than the tiny town of Corinth, Mississippi. Major Gen- Series: Modern War Studies (Paperback)
- Author: Smith, Timothy B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: October 07 2016
- ISBN10: 0700623450
- Language: English
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Our America: A Hispanic History of the United States
$19.95 Add to cartThe United States is still typically conceived of as an offshoot of England, with our history unfolding east to west beginning with the first English settlers in Jamestown. This view overlooks the sig
- Author: Fern?ndez-Armesto, Felipe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: December 08 2014
- ISBN10: 0393349829
- Language: English
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American Spring: Lexington, Concord, and the Road to Revolution
$24.99 Add to cartA vibrant look at the American Revolution’s first months, from the author of the bestseller The Admirals.
When we reflect on our nation’s history, the American Revolution can feel almost like a foreg- Author: Borneman, Walter R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: April 14, 2015
- ISBN10: 031622099X
- Language: English
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Shenandoah: A Story of Conservation and Betrayal
$19.95 Add to cartAnyone with an interest in national parks or the history of the state of Virginia or travelers to Shenandoah or Skyline Drive will appreciate this book. –Rachel Owens, Library Journal
For fifteen yea
- Author: Eisenfeld, Sue
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 216
- Publish Date: February 01 2015
- ISBN10: 0803238304
- Language: English
