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|  | Look What Came from Africa by Miles Harvey
Description not available.Describes many things that originally came from Africa, including music, dance, foods, animals, fashion, and art. AUTHOR: Miles Harvey
PUBLISHER: Scholastic Library Publishing
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History 
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 | Seacoast Fortifications of the United States by Emmanuel R. Lewis
The only work available on the history of U.S. coastal defenses, including their armament and architecture. It will appeal to fort visitors and naval history buffs as well as to those interested in artillery and military architecture. AUTHOR: Emmanuel R. Lewis
PUBLISHER: Naval Institute Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Jedediah Smith & the Opening of the West by Dale L. Morgan
A scholarly and well written volume of Jedediah Smith, which may well serve as a base for a complete history of the fur trade of the West. Few have attempted and none has achieved such a task. - A.P. Nasatir, American History Review. AUTHOR: Dale L. Morgan
PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Modest B- sWitness Second B- sMillenium.FemaleMan B- sMeets B- sOncoMouse by Donna J. Haraway
The book's title is an e-mail address. With it, Haraway locates herself and her readers in a sprawling net of associations more far-flung than the Internet. The address is not a cozy home. There is no innocent place to stand in the world where the book's author figure, FemaleMan, encounters DuPont's controversial laboratory rodent, OncoMouse. 35 illustrations. AUTHOR: Donna J. Haraway
PUBLISHER: Routledge
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Gallipoli by Alan Moorehead, Bill Kelsey, Nevil Kirk
Description not available.Describes the tragic folly and physical horror of the World War I Allied campaign at Gallipoli outlining its plans, failures, and casualties. Reprint. AUTHOR: Alan Moorehead, Bill Kelsey, Nevil Kirk
PUBLISHER: HarperTrade
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Wonders of America Reinventing Jewish Culture, 1880-1950 by Weissman J. Joselit
Description not available.A cultural study draws on advertisements, etiquette manuals, sermons, and surveys, offering insight into how many modern Jewish-American observances have been adapted and developed into distinctive forms of expression. Reprint. AUTHOR: Weissman J. Joselit
PUBLISHER: Holt, Henry & Company, LLC
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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