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  • Strange Fruit

    Racism and Community Life in the Chesapeake—1850 to the Present

    From the author: "I have written this book about Somerset County and the surrounding region with a specific purpose in mind – to trace the course of racism and society in a tidewater county in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay country from 1850 to the present. Tidewater Somerset provides us with a palette for understanding racism and the evolution of racial ideas often overlooked by scholars. I have ... Leer más

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  • Rising Tides

    Climate Refugees in the Twenty-First Century

    Series series Encounters: Explorations in Folklore and Ethnomusicology
    "Deals masterfully with a neglected crisis, how climate change is driving migration . . . The work broaches solutions both practical . . . and political."—Christopher E. Goldthwait, former US AmbassadorWith global climate change upon us, it is imperative to start thinking about the massive numbers of people who will be displaced by environmental crises. The rise in sea levels alone will account ... Leer más

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  • The Historic Waterfront of Washington, D.C.

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    The waters of the Potomac and the Anacostia Rivers surround and define the nation's capital. For centuries, these rivers have been manipulated environments--transformed by native populations, settlers, politicians and real estate developers. With docks and wharves extending from the Anacostia River to Georgetown, the architect of the young capital, Pierre L'Enfant, planned to develop the ... Leer más

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    America's Unfinished Revolution, 1863-18

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    From the "preeminent historian of Reconstruction" (New York Times Book Review), the prize-winning classic work on the post-Civil War period that shaped modern America.Eric Foner's "masterful treatment of one of the most complex periods of American history" (New Republic) redefined how the post-Civil War period was viewed.Reconstruction chronicles the way in which Americans—black and white ... Leer más

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  • From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge

    Canada and the Civil War

    de Brian Martin ...
    Filled with engaging stories and astonishing facts, From Underground Railroad to Rebel Refuge examines the role of Canadians in the American Civil WarDespite all we know about the Civil War, its causes, battles, characters, issues, impacts, and legacy, few books have explored Canada’s role in the bloody conflict that claimed more than 600,000 lives.A surprising 20,000 Canadians went south to take ... Leer más

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  • From Midnight to Dawn

    The Last Tracks of the Underground Railroad

    From Midnight to Dawn presents compelling portraits of the men and women who established the Underground Railroad and traveled it to find new lives in Canada. Evoking the turmoil and controversies of the time, Tobin illuminates the historic events that forever connected American and Canadian history by giving us the true stories behind well-known figures such as Harriet Tubman and John Brown. She ... Leer más

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  • Signing Their Lives Away

    The Fame and Misfortune of the Men Who Signed the Declaration of Independence

    In the summer of 1776, fifty-six men risked their lives and livelihood to defy King George III and sign the Declaration of Independence—yet how many of them do we actually remember?Signing Their Lives Away introduces readers to the eclectic group of statesmen, soldiers, slaveholders, and scoundrels who signed this historic document—and the many strange fates that awaited them. Some prospered and ... Leer más

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  • Complicity

    How the North Promoted, Prolonged, and Profited from Slavery

    A startling and superbly researched book demythologizing the North’s role in American slavery“The hardest question is what to do when human rights give way to profits. . . . Complicity is a story of the skeletons that remain in this nation’s closet.”—San Francisco ChronicleThe North’s profit from—indeed, dependence on—slavery has mostly been a shameful and well-kept secret . . . until now. ... Leer más

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  • A City So Grand

    The Rise of an American Metropolis: Boston 1850-1900

    de Stephen Puleo ...
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  • How the Irish Became White

    de Noel Ignatiev ...
    Series series Routledge Classics
    '…from time to time a study comes along that truly can be called ‘path breaking,’ ‘seminal,’ ‘essential,’ a ‘must read.’ How the Irish Became White is such a study.' John Bracey, W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, University of Massachussetts, AmherstThe Irish came to America in the eighteenth century, fleeing a homeland under foreign occupation and a caste system that regarded ... Leer más

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  • Ontario's African-Canadian Heritage

    Collected Writings by Fred Landon, 1918-1967

    Ontario’s African-Canadian Heritage is composed of the collected works of Professor Fred Landon, who for more than 60 years wrote about African-Canadian history. The selected articles have, for the most part, never been surpassed by more recent research and offer a wealth of data on slavery, abolition, the Underground Railroad, and more, providing unique insights into the abundance of African ... Leer más

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  • Georgia

    A Brief History

    Here, for the first time is a brief, balanced, and up-to-date history of Georgia from the early Native Americans to the twenty-first century. Based on the most recent research, GEORGIA: A BRIEF HISTORY surveys the people and events that shaped our state's history in a style that reads easily and flows effortlessly. ... Leer más

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