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|  | California Gold Rush by Connie Roop, Peter Roop
Description not available.Beginning with the discovery of gold at Sutter's Mill, a nonfiction reader describes how mining towns sprung up overnight, the various ways of mining gold, and how this phenomenon changed the landscape of California forever. Original. AUTHOR: Connie Roop, Peter Roop
PUBLISHER: Scholastic, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History 
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 | A Concise History of Germany by Mary Fulbrook
A Concise History of Germany provides a clear and informative guide to the twists and turns of German history from the early Middle Ages to the present day. The multi-faceted, problematic history of the German lands has provoked a wide range of debates and differences of interpretations. Dr. Fulbrook provides a crisp synthesis of a vast array of historical material, and explores the interrelationships among social, political and cultural factors in the light of scholarly controversies. German history is renowned for its peculiarities and paradoxes. The land of Luther, Bach and Goethe is also the land of Hitler and the Holocaust. The land in the center of Europe played a pivotal role in the European balance of power, yet never found a satisfactory identity or even stable boundaries. For centuries, the loose framework of the Holy Roman Empire of the German Nation, dominated by the Austrian Habsburgs, permitted a myriad of social and political forms and cultural traditions. With late, rapid industrialization and unification of a Prussian-dominated small Germany, domestic tensions contributed to the unleashing of two world wars in the twentieth century. In the later twentieth century, the status of a divided Germany has echoed, refracted, and has had implications for wider developments and divisions across the world. Only in recent days has the breaching of the Berlin Wall pointed the way to a new beginning in East-West relations, an episode which forms a telling climax to Dr. Fulbrook's guide to a 2000-year history. Mary Fulbrook received her Ph.D. from Harvard in 1979 and is the author of Piety and Politics: Religion and the Rise of Absolutism in England, Wurttemberg and Prussia (CUP, 1983). She is currently a lecturer in German History at University College, London. AUTHOR: Mary Fulbrook
PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Native Homes by Bobbie Kalman
Description not available.Introduces the traditional dwellings built and used by Native nations across North America. AUTHOR: Bobbie Kalman
PUBLISHER: Crabtree Publishing Company
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Pickett's Charge - The Last Attack at Gettysburg by Earl J. Hess
Pickett's Charge is probably the best-known military engagement of the Civil War, widely regarded as the defining moment of the battle of Gettysburg and celebrated as the high-water mark of the Confederacy. But as Earl Hess notes, the epic stature of Pickett's Charge has grown at the expense of reality, and the facts of the attack have been obscured or distorted by the legend that surrounds them. With this book, Hess sweeps away the accumulated myths about Pickett's Charge to provide the definitive history of the engagement. Drawing on exhaustive research, especially in unpublished personal accounts, he creates a moving narrative of the attack from both Union and Confederate perspectives, analyzing its planning, execution, aftermath, and legacy. He also examines the history of the units involved, their state of readiness, how they maneuvered under fire, and what the men who marched in the ranks thought about their participation in the assault. Ultimately, Hess explains, such an approach reveals Pickett's Charge both as a case study in how soldiers deal with combat and as a dramatic example of heroism, failure, and fate on the battlefield. AUTHOR: Earl J. Hess
PUBLISHER: The University of North Carolina Press
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | Resource Wars by Michael T. Klare
Description not available.Arguing that future wars will be fought over diminishing resources rather than ideology, the author maps out a frightening future political reality governed by resource scarcity. Reprint. 12,500 first printing. AUTHOR: Michael T. Klare
PUBLISHER: Holt, Henry & Company, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | A Child's California by Dan Harder, Lawrence Migdale
Description not available.The most diverse state in the contiguous United States is examined from a child's point of view, presenting the many contrasts that make California so unique. AUTHOR: Dan Harder, Lawrence Migdale
PUBLISHER: Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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