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  • Home Sweet Home Front

    by Richard Veit ...
    Home Sweet Home Front is a nostalgic return to the vanished America of World War II, a coming-of-age story that follows teenager Wesley Brower on the fast track to manhood amidst the tragedies of global conflict. With most of the male workers away in uniform, Wesley lands the job of his dreams at a local radio station. But his infatuation for sweet young things of the opposite sex proves to be a ... Read more

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  • Parallelograph

    by Richard Veit ...
    Bonnie Ploughwright is a typical 1943 college student, doing her bit for the war effort on the American home front. But when she witnesses a miraculous vision of the future—an age of unimaginable technology and temptation—her world is changed forever. Astonished by what she sees, Bonnie resolves never to venture “beyond” again … until she discovers that there is no other choice.Parallelograph ... Read more

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  • South Plainfield in the 20th Century

    Series series Images of America
    Located in northern Middlesex County, South Plainfield has a rich and fascinating history. It was first settled by the Lenape and later by immigrants from Scotland, England, and the Netherlands. Mills were built, and by the 18th century, it was home to numerous farms and two hamlets: Samptown and New Brooklyn. During the American Revolution, skirmishes shook the sleepy community. The 19th century ... Read more

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  • Mortuary and Religious Sites

    Perspectives from Historical Archaeology

    A compilation by Richard F. Veit and Alasdair M. Brooks including articles from Historical Archaeology. Topics include Investigative Methods, Places and Landscapes, "Small Things" Material Culture, Commemoration, and Human Remains and Grave Goods. For a complete Table of Contents, please view http://pastfoundation.org/lulu/2eydu6d.jpg, or visit the publication's homepage and click "preview" ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD

  • Historical Archaeology of the Delaware Valley, 1600–1851

    Edited by Richard Veit, David Orr ...
    The Delaware Valley is a distinct region situated within the Middle Atlantic states, encompassing portions of Delaware, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland. With its cultural epicenter of Philadelphia, its surrounding bays and ports within Maryland and Delaware, and its conglomerate population of European settlers, Native Americans, and enslaved Africans, the Delaware Valley was one of the ... Read more

    $46.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Archaeology of the American Revolution

    New interpretations of the Revolutionary War era in a wide-ranging collection of cutting-edge archaeology and interdisciplinary insightsAlthough the American Revolutionary War has been extensively studied by archaeologists, this volume is the first to take a holistic approach to this storied conflict, incorporating perspectives of the field and related disciplines. The Archaeology of the American ... Read more

    $93.99 CAD

  • Monuments and Memory

    Archaeological Perspectives on Commemoration

    Series series Cultural Heritage Studies
    Examining the pasts, evolving meanings, and silenced histories surrounding public monumentsThis volume examines many different public monuments to increase understanding of the cultural factors that have shaped their creation, maintenance, and—in some cases—removal. The role of monuments in communities and society continues to be an important and controversial topic, and the case studies in this ... Read more

    $99.99 CAD

  • Innovation and Implementation

    Critical Reflections on New Approaches to Historic Mortuary Data Collection, Analysis, and Dissemination

    Edited by Richard Veit, Harold Mytum ...
    Providing a comprehensive set of guidance to assist researchers wishing to carry out, curate and disseminate field research at a historic burial ground, chapters offer up to date methods for surface and subsurface survey and for the recording and archiving of burial monument data. Divided into three parts considering documentary research and recording of mortuary landscapes, reflections on ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Multipolarity

    The promise of disharmony

    Wir leben in einer Übergangszeit: Die unipolare Weltordnung unter hegemonialer Durchsetzungskraft der USA weicht einer multipolaren Ordnung. Diese neue Ordnung verfügt weder über einen umfassenden gesellschaftspolitischen Konsens noch basiert sie auf gefestigten Institutionen. Sie ist weitestgehend durch partikulare Interessen bestimmt. Deshalb müssen wir annehmen, dass sie kaum in der Lage sein ... Read more

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  • Archaeologies of African American Life in the Upper Mid-Atlantic

    A 2018 CHOICE OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLENew scholarship provides insights into the archaeology and cultural history of African American life from a collection of sites in the Mid-AtlanticThis groundbreaking volume explores the archaeology of African American life and cultures in the Upper Mid-Atlantic region, using sites dating from the eighteenth through the twentieth centuries. Sites in Delaware ... Read more

    $38.99 CAD

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    How Canada Fought the American Civil War and Forged a Nation

    by John Boyko ...
    Blood and Daring will change our views not just of Canada's relationship with the United States, but of the Civil War, Confederation and Canada itself.In Blood and Daring, lauded historian John Boyko makes a compelling argument that Confederation occurred when and as it did largely because of the pressures of the Civil War. Many readers will be shocked by Canada's deep connection to the war- ... Read more

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  • Lies Across America

    What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong

    A fully updated and revised edition of the book USA Today called "jim-dandy pop history," by the bestselling, American Book Award–winning author"The most definitive and expansive work on the Lost Cause and the movement to whitewash history."—Mitch Landrieu, former mayor of New OrleansFrom the author of the national bestseller Lies My Teacher Told Me, a completely updated—and more timely than ever ... Read more

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