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|  | Walt Whitman's America by David S. Reynolds
Description not available.A study of the life and works of one of America's finest poets is set against the social, cultural, and political backdrop of his time, offering new insights into his poetry, ideas, and imagery AUTHOR: David S. Reynolds
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History 
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 | Mao's War Against Nature by Judith Shapiro
Judith Shapiro...relates the great, untold story of the devastating impact of Chinese politics on China?s environment during the Mao years. Maoist China provides an example of extreme human interference in the natural world in an era in which human relationships were also unusually distorted. Under Mao, the traditional Chinese ideal of harmony between heaven and humans was abrogated in favor of Mao?s insistence that People Will Conquer Nature . Mao and the Chinese Communist Party?s war to bend the physical world to human will often had disastrous consequences both for human beings and the natural environment. MAO'S WAR AGAINST NATURE argues that the abuse of people and the abuse of nature are often linked. Shapiro?s account, told in part through the voices of average Chinese citizens and officials who lived through and participated in some of the destructive campaigns, is both eye-opening and heartbreaking. Chapter Contents Introduction; 1. Population, dams and political repression; 2. Deforestation, famine, and utopian urgency; 3. Grainfields in lakes and dogmatic uniformity; 4. War preparations and forcible relocations; 5. The legacy. AUTHOR: Judith Shapiro
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Auschwitz & the Allies by David Case, Martin Gilbert
A devastating account of how the allies responded to the news of Hitler's mass murder. AUTHOR: David Case, Martin Gilbert
PUBLISHER: Holt, Henry & Company, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | An American Insurrection by William Doyle
Based on hundreds of interviews with those who were there and with access to hitherto unavailable White House tapes, this history of the civil rights era recalls the events in 1962 when 20,000 armed federal troops were sent to facilitate the enrollment of James Meredith into the University of Mississippi. Governor Ross Barnett, along with the Mississippi state police and thousands of civilians, had blocked his admission, and President Kennedy made a historic decision--one with great risk, that threatened to open old wounds from the Civil War. Author Doyle presents the story as it played on the streets of Oxford, on the campus of the university, and in Washington, DC. AUTHOR: William Doyle
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Encyclopedia of the Third Reich by Louis L. Snyder
Description not available.Identifies and describes people, places, events, and phenomena associated with Nazi Germany, covering the years 1933-1945 AUTHOR: Louis L. Snyder
PUBLISHER: Avalon Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Dragons & Silk by Teresa Coleman
Description not available.Describes the ornate silk robes worn by the Chinese emperors and their courts, discusses the symbolism of the designs embroidered on them, and explains the techniques used AUTHOR: Teresa Coleman
PUBLISHER: Norton, W. W. & Company, Incorporated
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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