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Longman History of America Civil War America: Making a Nation 1848-1877 (Paperback)

The American Civil War was without doubt the defining event in the history of the United States. This up-to-date analyisis of a critical period goes beyond the origins course and consequences of the Civil War to bring in other important themes such as... more

Public History in Historical Perspective: Remembering the Revolution : Memory History and Nation Making from Independence to the Civil War (Paperback)

In today s United States the legacy of the American Revolution looms large. From presidential speeches to bestselling biographies from conservative politics to school pageants everybody knows something about the Revolution. Yet what was a messy... more

Raj: The Making and Unmaking of British India (Paperback)

In less that one hundred years the British made themselves the masters of India. They ruled for another hundred leaving behind the independent nations of India and Pakistan when they finally withdrew in 1947. Both nations would owe much to the British... more

Pre-Owned A Rope from the Sky: The Making and Unmaking of the World s Newest State (Hardcover 9781643130514) by Zach Vertin

9781643130514. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 544. Sewn binding. Cloth over boards. 544 p. Contains: Illustrations. The untold story of America s attempt to forge a nation from scratch from euphoric birth to... more

Pre-Owned A Rope from the Sky: The Making and Unmaking of the World s Newest State (Hardcover 9781643130514) by Zach Vertin

The untold story of America s attempt to forge a nation from scratch from euphoric birth to heart-wrenching collapse. CONDITION – USED: Books sold are in GOOD or better condition. Good Condition: Minimal damage to the cover dust jacket may not be... more

Pre-Owned A State of Nations: Empire and Nation-Making in the Age of Lenin and Stalin (Paperback) 0195144236 9780195144239

This collected volume edited by Ron Suny and Terry Martin shows how the Soviet state managed to create a multiethnic empire in its early years from the end of the Russian Revolution to the end of World War II. Bringing together the newest research on a... more

Pre-Owned Death at the Edges of Empire : Fallen Soldiers Cultural Memory and the Making of an American Nation 1863-1921 9781496229045

Shannon Bontrager examines the culture of death burial and commemoration of fallen American soldiers in the Civil War the Spanish-Cuban-American War the Philippine-American War and World War I exploring the transatlantic and transpacific contexts of... more

To Raise Up a Nation : John Brown Frederick Douglass and the Making of a Free Country (Paperback)

The Sweeping Story of the Men and Women Who Fought to End Slavery in America “In his fast-paced and deeply researched To Raise Up a Nation William S. King narrates the coming of the Civil War the war itself and the emancipation process through the... more

To Raise Up a Nation : John Brown Frederick Douglass and the Making of a Free Country (Hardcover)

The Sweeping Story of the Men and Women Who Fought to End Slavery in America “In his fast-paced and deeply researched To Raise Up a Nation William S. King narrates the coming of the Civil War the war itself and the emancipation process through the... more

The World War II Memorial: A Grateful Nation Remembers

The World War II Memorial: A Grateful Nation Remembers More than a decade in the making the National World War II Memorial pays tribute to men and women whose willingness to fight and sacrifice for the principles of democracy and freedom revealed the... more

An Enquiry Into the Rights of the East-India Company of Making War and Peace and of Possessing Their Territorial Acquisitions Without the Participation or Inspection of the British Government in a Letter to the Proprietors of East-India Stock (Paperback)

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United... more

The Making of America: Andrew Jackson : The Making of America #2 (Paperback)

Born into poverty Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) rose to become the nation s seventh president and the founder of the Democratic Party. When the War of 1812 broke out Jackson s leadership earned him national fame as a military hero and during the 1820s and... more

The War in Kansas : A Rough Trip to the Border Among New Homes and a Strange People (Paperback)

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America and possibly other nations. Within the United... more

Fabric of Freedom: 1763-1800 (Making of America) (Paperback - Used)

From the Foreword: Esmond Wright s major theme is the slow and uncertain emergence of American nationality under the stress of war and revolution. In 1763 he points out there was no nation as yet. The War for American Independence was in a sense... more

Alternative Histories: Armenians Beyond Diaspora: Making Lebanon Their Own (Hardcover)

This book argues that Armenians around the world - in the face of the Genocide and despite the absence of an independent nation-state after World War I - developed dynamic socio-political cultural ideological and ecclesiastical centres. And it focuses... more