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GENERATION J considers the characteristics and practices of Jewish Americans between the ages of 20 and 50. This group, also referred to as post-Holocaust Jews, doesn't necessarily belong to a particular synagogue, speak Hebrew, or consider itself religious. But, like the author, millions of them connect in some way to Judaism by regularly participating in Jewish cultural activities. AUTHOR: Lisa Schiffman
PUBLISHER: HarperSanFrancisco
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History 
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 | Captives by Linda Colley
Description not available.Re-examines the history of the British empire from the unusual perspective of the British men and women held captive--literally and figuratively--by those they were sent to conquer, exploring the complex dynamics between invader and invaded, the character of cross-cultural conflicts and collusions, and the meaning of empire, both in the past and present. 25,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Linda Colley
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | On War by Anatol Rapoport, Bernard Brodie, Carl Von Clausewitz, Michael C. Howard, Nadia May
This new translation of Clausewitz's famous unfinished work is all that an English-language reader could ask. This surely is the edition in English of ON WAR for our time & some long time to come. ---International Journal. The text is preceded by three superlative essays which deal with the nature of the work, Clausewitz's influence on history, & the continuing relevance of ON WAR....The translation's strong point is its exceptional clarity...it is a brilliant achievement. ON WAR is undoubtedly one of the most useful books ever written.... Now that we have the new publication from Princeton, translated with elegant clarity by Michael Howard & Peter Paret, all excuses for not reading Clausewitz are removed. ---The New Republic. AUTHOR: Anatol Rapoport, Bernard Brodie, Carl Von Clausewitz, Michael C. Howard, Nadia May
PUBLISHER: Viking Penguin
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | La Salle Expedition in Texas by Johanna S. Warren, William C. Foster
The La Salle Expedition to Texas presents the definitive English translation of Henri Joutel`s classic account of Rene Robert Cavelier, Sieur de La Salle`s 1684 -- 1687 expedition to establish a fort and colony near the mouth of the Mississippi River. La Salle landed at Matagorda Bay, Texas, instead, part of a journey of epic proportions that was in trouble from almost the beginning. Written from detailed notes taken during this journey, Joutel`s journal is the most comprehensive and authoritative account available of this dramatic story of adventure and misadventure in Texas. Joutel, who served as post commander for La Salle, describes in accurate and colorful detail the daily experiences and precise route La Salle`s party followed in 1687 from the Texas coast to the Mississippi River. By carefully comparing Joutel`s compass directions and detailed descriptions to maps and geographic locations, Foster has established where La Salle was murdered by his men, and has corrected many erroneous geographic interpretations made by French and American scholars during the past century. Foster follows Joutel, La Salle, and their fellow adventurers as they encounter Indians and their unique cultures; enormous drifting herds of bison; and unknown flora and fauna, including lethal flowering cactus fruit and rattlesnakes. The cast of characters includes priests and soldiers, deserters and murderers, Indian leaders, and a handful of French women who worked side-by-side with the men. Joutel`s journal, newly translated by Johanna S. Warren, is edited and annotated with an introduction by William C. Foster. The account is accompanied by detailed maps and the first published English translation ofthe testimony of Pierre Meunier, one of the most knowledgeable and creditable survivors of La Salle`s expedition. AUTHOR: Johanna S. Warren, William C. Foster
PUBLISHER: Texas State Historical Association
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | Late Victorian Holocausts by Mike Davis
In this study of capitalism and ecology, a renowned urban historian examines the environmental causes of a widespread drought and subsequent famine in Africa, India, and China in the last quarter of the 19th century--and the political decisions that failed to bring relief to the nations in distress. AUTHOR: Mike Davis
PUBLISHER: Verso
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | A History of Japan, 1615-1867 by George B. Sansom
Description not available.Explains the structure of the feudal society, describes the rise of economic life and tells of the impact of Commodore Perry's arrival in 1853. Bibliographical notes AUTHOR: George B. Sansom
PUBLISHER: Stanford University Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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