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  • The Crescent Obscured

    The United States and the Muslim World, 1776–1815

    by Robert J. Allison ...
    Series series The Legacy of the Barbary Wars
    From the beginning of the colonial period to the recent conflicts in the Middle East, encounters with the Muslim world have helped Americans define national identity and purpose. Focusing on America's encounter with the Barbary states of North Africa from 1776 to 1815, Robert Allison traces the perceptions and mis-perceptions of Islam in the American mind as the new nation constructed its ideology ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Founding of America

    The Words that Shaped a Nation

    by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, Robert J. Allison ...
    This anthology brings together 20 texts which were vital in forging the United States and its constitution as we know it.Since the founding of the republic, great thinkers and politicians have set out their visions for America through formal documents, impassioned speeches and momentous treaties. This collection includes some of the most important works that helped define the country that America ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The American Revolution

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Robert J. Allison ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Here is a brisk, accessible, and vivid introduction to arguably the most important event in the history of the United States--the American Revolution. Between 1760 and 1800, the American people cast off British rule to create a new nation and a radically new form of government based on the idea that people have the right to govern themselves. In this lively account, Robert Allison provides a ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The American Revolution

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Robert J. Allison ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Here is a brisk, accessible, and vivid introduction to arguably the most important event in the history of the United States--the American Revolution. Between 1760 and 1800, the American people cast off British rule to create a new nation and a radically new form of government based on the idea that people have the right to govern themselves. In this lively account, Robert Allison provides a ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • The Human Tradition in America from the Colonial Era through Reconstruction

    by Neal Salisbury, Rosalind J. Beiler, Gary L. Hewitt, John Shy, Gary B. Nash, Laura McCall, Donna L. Akers, George R. Price, Helen Deese, John Mayfield, Steven E. Woodworth, Ethan S. Rafuse, Lesley J. Gordon, Richard Lowe, Marilyn Westerkamp, Marla R. Miller, Anya Jabour, Robert J. Allison ...
    Series series The Human Tradition in America
    The Human Tradition in America from the Colonial Era through Reconstruction is a collection of the best biographical sketches from several volumes in SR Books' popular Human Tradition in America Series. Compiled by Series Editor Charles W. Calhoun, this book brings American history to life by illuminating the lives of ordinary Americans. This examination of common individuals helps personalize the ... Read more

    $40.49 USD

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    Founding of America, The

    The Words that Shaped a Nation

    by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, Thomas Jefferson, Robert J. Allison, James Wilson, Benjamin Franklin, George Mason, Abraham Lincoln, Patrick Henry, George Washington ...
    Narrated by Mack Gordon ...

    Unabridged

    7 hours 53 min

    This anthology brings together 20 texts which were vital in forging the United States and its constitution as we know it.Since the founding of the republic, great thinkers and politicians have set out their visions for America through formal documents, impassioned speeches and momentous treaties. This collection includes some of the most important works that helped define the country that America ... Read more

    $14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

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  • The Great Stain

    Witnessing American Slavery

    by Noel Rae ...
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  • The Barbary Wars

    American Independence in the Atlantic World

    by Frank Lambert ...
    "In this slim and eminently readable volume, author Frank Lambert makes a case for the Barbary Wars as the first true test of American Independence." — H-Net ReviewsThe history of America's conflict with the piratical states of the Mediterranean runs through the presidencies of Washington, Adams, Jefferson, and Madison; the adoption of the Constitution; the Quasi-War with France and the War of ... Read more

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  • 100 Amazing Facts About the Negro with Complete Proof

    by J. A. Rogers ...
    White supremacy-busting facts that ran in the black publication the Pittsburgh Courier, written by the renowned African American author and journalist.First published in 1934 and revised in 1962, this book gathers journalist and historian Joel Augustus Rogers' columns from the syndicated newspaper feature titled Your History. Patterned after the look of Ripley's popular Believe It or Not the ... Read more

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  • World's Great Men of Color, Volume I

    by J.A. Rogers ...
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