Historical Geography
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Crossroads, Cutoffs, and Confluences: Origins of Louisiana Cities, Towns, and Villages
$34.95 Add to cartRichard Campanella’s Crossroads, Cutoffs, and Confluences tells the epic story of human settlement in Louisiana, unearthing the original geographical rationales for the formation of hundreds of cities
- Author: Campanella, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: April 08 2025
- ISBN10: 0807185108
- Language: English
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Inventing Niagara
$21.99 Add to cartAmericans call Niagara Falls a natural wonder, but the Falls aren’t very natural anymore. In fact, they are a study in artifice. Water diverted, riverbed reshaped, brink stabilized and landscape redes… [more below]
- Author: Strand, Ginger
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 05 2009
- ISBN10: 141654657X
- Language: English
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The Shortest History of Migration: When, Why, and How Humans Move – From the Prehistoric Peopling of the Planet to Today and Tomorrow’s Migrants
$16.95 Add to cartFor hundreds of thousands of years, the ability of Homo sapiens to travel across vast distances and adapt to new environments has been key to our survival as a species. And yet this deep migratory imp
- Series: Shortest History
- Author: Goldin, Ian
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 11 2025
- ISBN10: 9798893030600
- Language: English
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An Alternative History of Pittsburgh
$18.95 Add to cartEd Simon tells the story of Pittsburgh through this exploration of its hidden histories–the LA Review of Books calls it an epic, atomic history of the Steel City.
The land surrounding the confluence o
- Author: Simon, Ed
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: April 20 2021
- ISBN10: 1948742926
- Language: English
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Bienville’s Dilemma: A Historical Geography of New Orleans
$25.00 Add to cartAll New Orleans’ glories, tragedies, contributions, and complexities can be traced back to the geographical dilemma Bienville confronted in 1718 when selecting the primary location of New Orleans. “Bi… [more below]
- Author: Campanella, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 429
- Publish Date: November 04 2008
- ISBN10: 1887366857
- Language: English
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On the Map: A Mind-Expanding Exploration of the Way the World Looks
$24.00 Add to cartCartography enthusiasts rejoice: the bestselling author of the Just My Type reveals the fascinating relationship between man and map.
Simon Garfield’s Just My Type illuminated the world of fonts and ma… [more below]- Author: Garfield, Simon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 466
- Publish Date: November 05 2013
- ISBN10: 1592407803
- Language: English
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ESV Archaeology Study Bible (Trutone, Brown/Walnut, Portfolio Design)
$79.99 Add to cartWinner of the ECPA Book of the Year Award for Bibles Explore the Ancient World Behind the Written Word
The ESV Archaeology Study Bible roots the biblical text in its historical and cultural context,
- Author: Adams, David L.
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- Page Count: 2048
- Publish Date: October 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1433595745
- Language: English
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The Invention of Sicily: A Mediterranean History
$19.95 Add to cartWhether you’re vacationing in Italy or simply an armchair traveler, this guide to the Mediterranean island of Sicily is a dazzling introduction to the region’s rich 3,000-year history and culture.
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- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: January 28 2025
- ISBN10: 178663774X
- Language: English
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Freedom Ship: The Uncharted History of Escaping Slavery by Sea
$33.00 Add to cartA definitive, sweeping account of the Underground Railroad’s long-overlooked maritime origins, from a pre-eminent scholar of Atlantic history and the award-winning author of The Slave Ship
As many as- Author: Rediker, Marcus
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 525558349
- Language: English
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The Silk Roads: The Extraordinary History That Created Your World – Illustrated Edition
$26.99 Add to cartSet your sails east with this stunningly original new history of the world. Peter Frankopan explores the connections made by people, trade, disease, war, religion, adventure, science and technology in
- Author: Frankopan, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: November 27 2018
- ISBN10: 1547600217
- Language: English
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Bayocean: Atlantis of Oregon
$25.00 Add to cartLike Plato’s fictional island kingdom, most of Bayocean sank below the sea long ago. The rest lies buried beneath the shore pine, salal, and beach grass covering the four-mile-long spit that protects
- Author: Sutherland, Jerry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 292
- Publish Date: February 17 2023
- ISBN10: 9798987346303
- Language: English
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Prisoners of Geography: Ten Maps That Explain Everything about the World
$29.00 Add to cartIn the bestselling tradition of Why Nations Fail and The Revenge of Geography, an award-winning journalist uses ten maps of crucial regions to explain the geo-political strategies of the world powers.… [more below]
- Series: Politics of Place #1
- Author: Marshall, Tim
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 27 2015
- ISBN10: 1501121464
- Language: English
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Palestine 1492: A Report Back
$25.00 Add to cartPalestine 1492 is a report back of what I see from 500 years of the struggle for life in words, maps, and images in the seven cardinal directions and in the spiral that is time.
In Maya geography, ther
- Author: Quiquivix, Linda
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1737190036
- Language: English
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Myths of Geography: Eight Ways We Get the World Wrong
$19.99 Add to cartIs geography really destiny?
Our maps may no longer be stalked by dragons and monsters, but our perceptions of the world are still shaped by geographic myths. Myths like Europe being the center of th- Author: Richardson, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 1335146865
- Language: English
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An Alternative History of Cleveland
$19.95 Add to cartDive into Cleveland’s deep past and return with a new vision for how we should think about the region today.
The land we call “northeast Ohio” was originally forged through eons of glacial pressure, ge
- Author: Wlasiuk, Jon
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 244
- Publish Date: October 15 2024
- ISBN10: 1953368794
- Language: English
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Landmark Maps of Texas: The Frank and Carol Holcomb Collection
$100.00 Read moreLandmark Maps of Texas features important depictions of the Lone Star State and the Americas from 1513 to 1904. 100 maps in their old color grace its pages and many of these specimens are extraordinar
- Author: Holcomb, Frank H.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: September 30 2024
- ISBN10: 1649670206
- Language: English
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A Child’s Geography of the World
$39.99 Add to cartA Child’s Geography of the World is a general course in geography for juveniles. Hillyer was headmaster at the famed Calvert School and wrote a series of books as part of the curriculum for his studen
- Author: Hillyer, V. M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 494
- Publish Date: December 13 2021
- ISBN10: 1638232873
- Language: English
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Spokane and the Inland Empire: An Interior Pacific Northwest Anthology
$21.95 Read moreEssential aspects about the prehistory, history, geography, and architecture of the Inland Pacific Northwest are presented here in one succinct volume. This landmark collection features essays by note
- Author: Stratton, David H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 01 2005
- ISBN10: 087422277X
- Language: English
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The Roads to Rome: A History of Imperial Expansion
$32.00 Add to cartInspired by original research and filled with color and drama, this is an exploration of two thousand years of history as seen through one the greatest imperial networks ever built.
“All roads lead to- Author: Fletcher, Catherine
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: December 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1639367608
- Language: English
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Ocean: A History of the Atlantic Before Columbus
$35.00 Add to cartA magisterial cultural history of the Atlantic Ocean before Columbus, ranging from the early shaping of the continents and the emergence of homo sapiens to the story of shipbuilding, navigation, marit… [more below]
- Author: Haywood, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: December 03 2024
- ISBN10: 1639367667
- Language: English
