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Originally published in Cuba in 1934, Territorial Expansion of the United States is the first and only English translation of Ramiro Guerra y Snchez's work. "Yankee imperialism" has generally been identified as the period in American history after the war with Spain and the s...

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For 10 years following its successful revolution and independence from Mexico, Texas was a sovereign republic with its own army and navy. This work tells the story of the armies of the Texan revolution and the independent Republic of Texas.

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The Texas Revolution is remembered for the 13-day siege of the alamo and the immortal heroes thus created in David Crockett, James Bowie, and William Barret Travis. This work explains that the Revolution had been fermenting in resentments and minor confrontations for some years beforehand.

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Updated to include events through December 31, 2000, a single volume history chronicles American happenings in politics, the arts, science, and technology while relating them to the international scene.

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In 1838, President Andrew Jackson's administration forcibly relocated Cherokees from their homelands in Georgia to the Western territories. This book explores the events surrounding this removal, including the conflict between Cherokee culture's preservation and the call to assimilate, and the negotiation of legislation and land treaties.

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A leading intellectual historian of Latin America here examines the changing political ideas of the Mexican intellectual and quasi-governmental elite during the period of ideological consensus from the victory of Benito Juarez of 1867 into the 1890s. Looking at Mexican political thought in a comparative Western context, Charles Hale fully describes

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The Transformational Decade attempts to show the transformation that took place in American life from the attack on the World Trade Center to the emergence of the Obama presidency. It illuminates a decade that challenged the essence of the free market and contested Americas role on the world stage.

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Henrietta Marchant Listons journal writing evokes a sense of immediacy that enables readers to understand and appreciate not only the difficulties of travel and communication, but also to hear first-hand of the political conflicts experienced by the young United States over two hundred years ago.

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The slave Phillis Wheatley literally wrote her way to freedom when, in 1773, she became the first person of African descent to publish a book of poems in the English language. This title examines how Wheatley has survived the judgment of past and contemporary critics.

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Written by the leading political expert on Suriname, this thrilling tale describes ethnically inspired guerilla warfare, terrible human rights violations, military coups, painful redemocratization processes, and economic implosion.

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The distinguished historian R. R. Palmer compares the ideas of Alexis de Tocqueville and his father. Count Herve de Tocqueville. on the causes of the French Revolution of 1789. Originally published in 1987. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distin

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Vincent Cannato takes us back to the time when John Lindsay stunned New York with his liberal Republican agenda, WASP sensibility, and movie-star good looks. With peerless authority, Cannato explores how Lindsay Liberalism failed to save New York, and, in the opinion of many, left it worse off than it was in the mid-1960's.

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This book describes six years of conflict management, involving much confrontation and selective diplomacy, during which Cuba was put progressively on the defensive by political (surrogate radio broadcasting and human rights), economic (strengthening the embargo) and military (Grenada) actions.

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This timely book draws on the historic restoration of diplomatic ties between Cuba and the United States in 2015 to offer a Cuban perspective on past and future relations. Comparing the differing perceptions shaping policies on both sides, the author analyzes the changes that led to the opening and assesses the prospects for full normalization.

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This timely book draws on the historic restoration of diplomatic ties between Cuba and the United States in 2015 to offer a Cuban perspective on past and future relations. Comparing the differing perceptions shaping policies on both sides, the author analyzes the changes that led to the opening and assesses the prospects for full normalization.

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Covering the period from the seventeenth century, when trade between the United States and Latin America began, to the present, this historical dictionary provides information on the people, organizations, institutions, and events associated with the United States' presence in Latin America.

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Revised edition of: Twentieth-century America. London: Arnold; New York: Distributed in the U.S.A. by Oxford University Press, 2004.

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Revised edition of: Twentieth-century America. London: Arnold; New York: Distributed in the U.S.A. by Oxford University Press, 2004.

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An inside look at America's investment community between 1969 and 1975. Based on revealing talks with people who actually participated in the events of those tumultuous seven years, on official oral histories and on his own observations, Alec Benn shows how those events and changes occurred.