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  • Land and Liberty

    Henry George and the Crafting of Modern Liberalism

    by Christopher William England ...
    Series series Hagley Library Studies in Business, Technology, and Politics
    A comprehensive history of Henry George and the single tax movement.In 1912, Sun Yat-sen announced the birth of the Chinese Republic and promised that it would be devoted to the economic welfare of all its people. In shaping his plans for wealth redistribution, he looked to an American now largely forgotten in the United States: Henry George. In Land and Liberty, Christopher William England ... Read more

    $63.99 CAD

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  • American History:A Very Short Introduction

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Paul S. Boyer ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    In a miracle of concision, Paul S. Boyer provides a wide-ranging and authoritative history of America, capturing in a compact space the full story of our nation. Ranging from the earliest Native American settlers to the presidency of Barack Obama, this Very Short Introduction offers an illuminating account of politics, diplomacy, and war as well as the full spectrum of social, cultural, and ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD

  • The People, No

    A Brief History of Anti-Populism

    by Thomas Frank ...
    A "brilliantly written, eye-opening" look at how elites distort the meaning of populism by the bestselling author of What's the Matter with Kansas? ( The Washington Post).Rarely does a work of history contain startling implications for the present, but in The People, No, New York Times-bestselling author Thomas Frank pulls off that explosive effect by showing us that everything we think we know ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

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  • The Great Depression

    America 1929-1941

    by Robert S. McElvaine ...
    One of the classic studies of the Great Depression, featuring a new introduction by the author with insights into the economic crises of 1929 and today.In the twenty-five years since its publication, critics and scholars have praised historian Robert McElvaine’s sweeping and authoritative history of the Great Depression as one of the best and most readable studies of the era. Combining clear-eyed ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • The Republic for Which It Stands

    The United States during Reconstruction and the Gilded Age, 1865-1896

    by Richard White ...
    Series series Oxford History of the United States
    The Oxford History of the United States is the most respected multivolume history of the American nation. In the newest volume in the series, The Republic for Which It Stands, acclaimed historian Richard White offers a fresh and integrated interpretation of Reconstruction and the Gilded Age as the seedbed of modern America. At the end of the Civil War the leaders and citizens of the victorious ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD

  • 33 Questions About American History You're Not Supposed to Ask

    by Thomas E. Woods Jr. ...
    Guess what? The Indians didn’t save the Pilgrims from starvation by teaching them to grow corn. Thomas Jefferson thought states’ rights—an idea reviled today—were even more important than the Constitution’s checks and balances. The “Wild” West was more peaceful and a lot safer than most modern cities. And the biggest scandal of the Clinton years didn’t involve an intern in a blue dress.Surprised? ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

  • A Concise History of the United States of America

    by Susan-Mary Grant ...
    Series series Cambridge Concise Histories
    Born out of violence and the aspirations of its early settlers, the United States of America has become one of the world's most powerful nations. The book begins in colonial America as the first Europeans arrived, lured by the promise of financial profit, driven by religious piety and accompanied by diseases which would ravage the native populations. It explores the tensions inherent in a country ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

  • Standing at Armageddon

    A Grassroots History of the Progressive Era

    by Nell Irvin Painter ...
    **“A gripping and forceful narrative.”—Nancy F. Cott, author of Public VowsAn “enthralling” (Michael Kazin, Washington Post) account of America’s shift from a rural and agrarian society to an urban and industrial society.**In the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, technological innovation made possible dramatic increases in industrial and agricultural productivity; by 1919, per capita ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

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  • American Character

    A History of the Epic Struggle Between Individual Liberty and the Common Good

    by Colin Woodard ...
    The bestselling author of American Nations and Nations Apart examines the history of and solutions to the key American question: how best to reconcile individual liberty with the maintenance of a free societyThe struggle between individual rights and the good of the community as a whole has been the basis of nearly every major disagreement in our history, from the debates at the Constitutional ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

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  • A Fierce Discontent

    The Rise and Fall of the Progressive Movement in America, 1870-1920

    by Michael McGerr ...
    With America's current and ever-widening gap between the rich and the poor and the constant threat of the disappearance of the middle class, the Progressive Era stands out as a time when the middle class had enough influence on the country to start its own revolution. Before the Progressive Era most Americans lived on farms, working from before sunrise to after sundown every day except Sunday with ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

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  • Children of Fire

    A History of African Americans

    by Thomas C. Holt ...
    "Simply brilliant. . . . The first survey of African American history to rival John Hope Franklin and Evelyn Brooks Higginbotham's From Slavery to Freedom." —Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Ordinary people don't experience history as it is taught by historians. The same people who lived through the Civil War and the eradication of slavery also dealt with the hardships of Reconstruction, so why do we almost ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD

  • Progressivism

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Walter Nugent ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    After decades of conservative dominance, the election of Barack Obama may signal the beginning of a new progressive era. But what exactly is progressivism? What role has it played in the political, social, and economic history of America? This very timely Very Short Introduction offers an engaging overview of progressivism in America--its origins, guiding principles, major leaders and major ... Read more

    $7.99 CAD