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  • James K. Polk

    A Clear and Unquestionable Destiny

    by Thomas M. Leonard ...
    Series series Biographies in American Foreign Policy
    When he was elected President in 1845, James K. Polk was only 49 years old-at that time the youngest president ever to be elected. He faced a conflicted nation on the verge of tremendous territorial expansion. James K. Polk's four years in office marked the greatest period of territorial acquisition in the history of the country-what New York journalist John O'Sullivan termed as the 'Manifest ... Read more

    $42.09 USD

  • Encyclopedia of the Developing World

    Edited by Thomas M. Leonard ...
    A RUSA 2007 Outstanding Reference TitleThe Encyclopedia of the Developing World is a comprehensive work on the historical and current status of developing countries. Containing more than 750 entries, the Encyclopedia encompasses primarily the years since 1945 and defines development broadly, addressing not only economics but also civil society and social progress. Entries cover the most important ... Read more

    $525.00 USD

  • The History of Honduras

    by Thomas M. Leonard ...
    Series series The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations
    This book provides a political and cultural history of Honduras, covering the era of the Mayan and Lenca civilizations to today's current political strife.Honduras has suffered both political trauma and natural disasters throughout its history. In 1969, Honduras' political tensions with El Salvador during a soccer series preliminary to the World Cup led to the four-day-long "Football War." In 1998 ... Read more

    $60.79 USD

  • Historical Dictionary of Panama

    by Thomas M. Leonard ...
    Series series Historical Dictionaries of the Americas
    This Historical Dictionary of Panama covers Panama’s unique history from the time of its Spanish colonization, through its connection to Colombia in the nineteenth century, and its long period of U.S. presence. Throughout these periods, Panama drew the outside world’s attention as a transit route that first connected the west coasts of Latin America and the United States to Western Europe. Thus, ... Read more

    $121.99 USD

  • United States–Latin American Relations, 1850–1903

    Establishing a Relationship

    by Don M. Coerver, Louis A. Perez Jr., Helen Delpar, Thomas M. Leonard, Joseph S. Tulchin, William F. Sater, Joseph Smith, Jose B. Fernandez, Jennifer M. Zimnoch, Mr. William L. Harris, Mr. Lawrence A. Clayton ...
    United States–Latin American Relations, 1850–1903 is a collection of essays that provide an in-depth analysis of the developing relationship between the Americas during the critical period from the Mexican War to the Panama Canal treaty of 1903.During the second half of the 19th century several forces in the United States, Latin America, and Europe converged to set the stage for the establishment ... Read more

    $28.79 USD

  • Latin America During World War II

    by Andrew Lefebvre, Daniel M. Masterson, Graeme Mount, Jorge Ortiz Sotelo, Orlando J. Perez, Eric Paul Roorda, David Sheinin, Joseph Smith, Monica A. Rankin, George M. Lauderbaugh ...
    Series series Jaguar Books on Latin America
    The first full-length study of World War II from the Latin American perspective, this unique volume offers an in-depth analysis of the region during wartime. Each country responded to World War II according to its own national interests, which often conflicted with those of the Allies, including the United States. The contributors systematically consider how each country dealt with commonly shared ... Read more

    $46.99 USD

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  • World on Fire

    How Exporting Free Market Democracy Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability

    by Amy Chua ...
    The reigning consensus holds that the combination of free markets and democracy would transform the third world and sweep away the ethnic hatred and religious zealotry associated with underdevelopment. In this revelatory investigation of the true impact of globalization, Yale Law School professor Amy Chua explains why many developing countries are in fact consumed by ethnic violence after adopting ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • What Hath God Wrought

    The Transformation of America, 1815-1848

    by Daniel Walker Howe ...
    Series series Oxford History of the United States
    The Oxford History of the United States is by far the most respected multi-volume history of our nation. In this Pulitzer prize-winning, critically acclaimed addition to the series, historian Daniel Walker Howe illuminates the period from the battle of New Orleans to the end of the Mexican-American War, an era when the United States expanded to the Pacific and won control over the richest part of ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

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  • The Third Wave

    Democratization in the Late 20th Century

    by Samuel P. Huntington ...
    Series series The Julian J. Rothbaum Distinguished Lecture Series
    Between 1974 and 1990 more than thirty countries in southern Europe, Latin America, East Asia, and Eastern Europe shifted from authoritarian to democratic systems of government. This global democratic revolution is probably the most important political trend in the late twentieth century. In The Third Wave, Samuel P. Huntington analyzes the causes and nature of these democratic transitions, ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • Harvest of Empire

    A History of Latinos in America: Second Revised and Updated Edition

    by Juan Gonzalez ...
    A sweeping history of the Latino experience in the United States—thoroughly revised and updated.The first new edition in ten years of this important study of Latinos in U.S. history, Harvest of Empire spans five centuries-from the first New World colonies to the first decade of the new millennium. Latinos are now the largest minority group in the United States, and their impact on American popular ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • A Country of Vast Designs

    James K. Polk, the Mexican War and the Conquest of the American Continent

    by Robert W. Merry ...
    Series series Presidential Biography Bestseller
    President James K. Polk, often overlooked yet ever-consequential, comes to life in this “compelling, perceptive” (The Wall Street Journal) biography of the 11th President of the United States, Andrew Jackson**’s** protégé, and champion of “manifest destiny.”When James K. Polk was elected president in 1844, the United States was locked in a bitter diplomatic struggle with Britain over which country ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

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  • A Concise History of Brazil

    by Boris Fausto, Sergio Fausto ...
    Series series Cambridge Concise Histories
    The second edition of A Concise History of Brazil offers a sweeping yet accessible history of Latin America's largest country. Boris Fausto examines Brazil's history from the arrival of the Portuguese in the New World through the long and sometimes rocky transition from independence in 1822 to democracy in the twentieth century. In a completely new chapter, his son Sergio Fausto, a prominent ... Read more

    $28.69 USD