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  • Slavery and Public History

    The Tough Stuff of American Memory

    by Ira Berlin, David W. Blight, Gary B. Nash ...
    "A fascinating collection of essays" by eminent historians exploring how we teach, remember, and confront the history and legacy of American slavery ( Booklist Online).In recent years, the culture wars have called into question the way America's history of slavery is depicted in books, films, television programs, historical sites, and museums. In the first attempt to examine the historiography of ... Read more

    $20.19 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Slavery and the Making of America

    by James Oliver Horton, Lois E. Horton ...
    The history of slavery is central to understanding the history of the United States. Slavery and the Making of America offers a richly illustrated, vividly written history that illuminates the human side of this inhumane institution, presenting it largely through stories of the slaves themselves. Readers will discover a wide ranging and sharply nuanced look at American slavery, from the first ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

  • Race and the Early Republic

    Racial Consciousness and Nation-Building in the Early Republic

    by David Brion Davis, Jon Gjerde, Lois E. Horton, Joanne Pope Melish, Daniel K. Richter, David R. Roediger, James P. Ronda, Lacy K. Ford ...
    By 1840, American politics was a paradox-unprecedented freedom and equality for men of European descent, and the simultaneous isolation and degradation of people of African and Native American descent. Historians have characterized this phenomenon as the 'white republic.' Race and the Early Republic offers a rich account of how this paradox evolved, beginning with the fledgling nation of the 1770s ... Read more

    $121.99 USD

  • In Hope of Liberty

    Culture, Community and Protest Among Northern Free Blacks, 1700-1860

    by Lois E. Horton, James O. Horton ...
    Prince Hall, a black veteran of the American Revolution, was insulted and disappointed but probably not surprised when white officials refused his offer of help. He had volunteered a troop of 700 Boston area blacks to help quell a rebellion of western Massachusetts farmers led by Daniel Shays during the economic turmoil in the uncertain period following independence. Many African Americans had ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Slavery and the Making of America

    by James Oliver Horton, Lois E. Horton ...
    The history of slavery is central to understanding the history of the United States. Slavery and the Making of America offers a richly illustrated, vividly written history that illuminates the human side of this inhumane institution, presenting it largely through stories of the slaves themselves. Readers will discover a wide ranging and sharply nuanced look at American slavery, from the first ... Read more

    $17.09 USD

  • In Hope of Liberty

    Culture, Community and Protest Among Northern Free Blacks, 1700-1860

    by Lois E. Horton, James O. Horton ...
    Prince Hall, a black veteran of the American Revolution, was insulted and disappointed but probably not surprised when white officials refused his offer of help. He had volunteered a troop of 700 Boston area blacks to help quell a rebellion of western Massachusetts farmers led by Daniel Shays during the economic turmoil in the uncertain period following independence. Many African Americans had ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

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    Twelve Unsung Americans Who Changed the Course of History, from the Founding to the Civil Rights Movement

    by Sharon McMahon ...
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  • The Cost of Free Land

    Jews, Lakota, and an American Inheritance

    by Rebecca Clarren ...
    **Winner of the Frances Fuller Victor Award for General NonfictionWinner of the Will Rogers Medallion Award for Western NonfictionFinalist for The Stubbendieck Great Plains Distinguished Book PrizeShortlisted for The William Saroyan International PrizeA Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year"Sharply insightful . . . A monumental piece of work."—The Boston GlobeAn award-winning author investigates ... Read more

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  • Science and the Modern World

    by Alfred North Whitehead ...
    The famed mathematician and philosopher takes readers on a journey into a new scientific age, exploring topics from relativity to religion.Alfred North Whitehead, one of the great figures in the philosophy of science, wrote this prescient work nearly a century ago. Yet, in an era that has us reckoning with science and technology's place and meaning in our lives, it remains as relevant as ever. ... Read more

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  • Smoketown

    The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance

    by Mark Whitaker ...
    From the bestselling author of The Afterlife of Malcolm X comes a brilliant, lively account of the Black Renaissance that burst forth in Pittsburgh from the 1920s through the 1950s—“Smoketown will appeal to anybody interested in black history and anybody who loves a good story…terrific, eminently readable…fascinating” (The Washington Post).Today black Pittsburgh is known as the setting for August ... Read more

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  • The Slave-Trader's Letter-Book

    Charles Lamar, The Wanderer, and Other Tales of the African Slave Trade

    by Jim Jordan ...
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    Long-lost letters tell the story of an illegal slave shipment, a desperate Savannah businessman, and the lead-up to the Civil War.In 1858 Savannah businessman Charles Lamar, in violation of U.S. law, organized the shipment of hundreds of Africans on the luxury yacht Wanderer to Jekyll Island, Georgia. The four hundred survivors of the Middle Passage were sold into bondage. This was the first ... Read more

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  • The Soul of the First Amendment

    by Floyd Abrams ...
    The nation's most celebrated First Amendment lawyer"explores the American right to free speech in this thoughtful and concise volume" ( Publishers Weekly).The right of Americans to voice their beliefs without government approval or oversight is protected under what may well be the most honored and least understood addendum to the US Constitution—the First Amendment. Floyd Abrams, a noted lawyer ... Read more

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