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Providing a fresh look at a crucial aspect of the American Civil War, this new study explores the day-to-day life of people in the Confederate States of America as they struggled to cope with a crisis that spared no one, military or civilian.

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In this book, Joseph G. Morgan examines the career of Wesley Fishel, a political scientist who vigorously supported American intervention in the Vietnam War, what he deemed a "a great, and tragic, American experiment."

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Even though in most cases, the names and events in the book will be recognizable, most of the stories about them will be new to the reader. If you're a young teacher, perhaps you'll find some material to help you get through those less-than-exciting areas of your textbook. If ...

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Even though in most cases, the names and events in the book will be recognizable, most of the stories about them will be new to the reader. If you're a young teacher, perhaps you'll find some material to help you get through those less-than-exciting areas of your textbook. If ...

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In the midst of the culture wars raging in the United States, this book recovers a part of U.S. history that some wish to forget--the war of 1898.

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This book takes a closer look at the perceptions that Americans develop about foreign countries and the role the press plays in creating those perceptions.

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In May 1864, the Wilderness, a forbidding woodland south of the Rapidan River in Virginia, became the site of one of the concluding struggles of the Civil War, a contest of strategy, tactics and will between the finest generals of either side: Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee.

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This book presents for the first time the collected editorials Taft produced under contract for the Philadelphia Public Ledger from November 1, 1917 through July 5, 1921. This book will be a valuable addition to any research library, and it should appeal to scholars engaged in research in Taft, and in American political history.

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This edited volume demonstrates that a virtue-centered approach to the ethical life is a consistent feature of William James's moral reasoning from the 1880s until his death in 1910. Little else, however, seems constant within James's writings on moral philosophy and the ethical life, and this lack of constancy is what keeps James's work of interest more than a century later.

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A founder of the New York Anti-Slavery Society, William Jay was one of the prolific and influential abolitionists of his day, yet Americans know little about him. Like many of his contemporaries, Jay looked at a rapidly changing America and it frightened him. This book examines his life and work in over 100 years.

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At the beginning of the 1650s, England was in ruins wrecked, impoverished, grief-stricken by plague and civil war. What started out as a heaven was soon to become one of the cruellest places on earth.

The history of Willoughbyland is a microcosm of empire, its heady attractions and fatal dangers.

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Selecting the most important literature from Wisconsin's rich historical resources, this bibliography provides 3,400 entries on the history of Wisconsin.

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The true story of three young women who left their peaceful New England homes to undertake a harsh new life-as nurses taking care of Lincoln's soldiers in the aftermath of the Fort Sumter surrender

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"A study of contemporary American reactions to the Moscow show trials of the 1930s and their impact on US-Soviet relations"--

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The lives and contributions of eight female educators who influenced modern American schools are described, as well as the historical context in which the women lived and worked.