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|  | End of History & Last Ma by Francis Fukuyama
Description not available.A provocative exploration of issues of human society and destiny answers such questions as, is there a direction to human history? does history have an end? and where are we now? Reprint. AUTHOR: Francis Fukuyama
PUBLISHER: Morrow/Avon
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History 
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 | The All-American Skin Game, or, The Decoy of Race by Stanley Crouch
In this brilliantly acerbic collection of essays--a New York Times Notable Book in 1995--Stanley Crouch confirms that he is one of the most eloquent and unpredictable commentators on race and culture in American society--something already known to anyone who`s seen him on 60 Minutes or read his columns in The Village Voice and The New Republic. 288 pp. National media appearances. AUTHOR: Stanley Crouch
PUBLISHER: Knopf Publishing Group
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Farewell to Manzanar by James D. Houston, Jeanne W. Houston
During World War II a community called Manzanar was hastily created in the high mountain desert country of California, east of the Sierras. Its purpose was to house thousands of Japanese American internees. One of the first families to arrive was the Wakatsukis, who were ordered to leave their fishing business in Long Beach and take with them only the belongings they could carry. For Jeanne Wakatsuki, a 7-year-old child, Manzanar became a way of life in which she struggled and adapted, observed and grew. For her father it was essentially the end of his life. At age 37, Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston recalls life at Manzanar through the eyes of the child she was. She tells of her fear, confusion, and bewilderment as well as the dignity and great resourcefulness of people in oppressive and demeaning circumstances. Written with her husband, Jeanne delivers a powerful first-person account that reveals her search for the meaning of Manzanar. FAREWELL TO MANZANAR has become a staple of curriculum in schools and on campuses across the country. Last year the San Francisco Chronicle named it one of the twentieth century?s 100 best nonfiction books from west of the Rockies. AUTHOR: James D. Houston, Jeanne W. Houston
PUBLISHER: Houghton Mifflin Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | Africa Counts by Claudia Zaslavsky
This fascinating study of mathematical thinking among sub-Saharan African peoples covers counting in words and in gestures; measuring time, distance, weight, and other quantities; number systems; patterns in music, poetry, art, and architecture; number magic and taboos, and much more. African games such as mankala and elaborate versions of tic-tac-toe show how complex this thinking can be. An invaluable resource for those interested in African cultures and multiculturalism, this third edition includes an introduction covering two decades of new research in the ethnomathematics of Africa. AUTHOR: Claudia Zaslavsky
PUBLISHER: Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | The Black Seminoles by Alcione M. Amos, Kenneth W. Porter, Kenneth Wiggins Porter, Thomas P. Senter
This Story of a remarkable people, the Black Seminoles, and their charismatic leader, Chief John Horse, chronicles their heroic struggle for freedom. Beginning with the early 1800s, small groups of fugitive slaves living in Florida joined the Seminole Indians (an association that thrived for decades on reciprocal respect and affection). Kenneth Porter traces their fortunes and exploits as they moved across the country and attempted to live first beyond the law, then as loyal servants of it. He examines the Black Seminole role in the bloody Second Seminole War, when John Horse and his men distinguished themselves as fierce warriors, and their forced removal to the Oklahoma Indian Territory in the 1840s, where John`s leadership ability emerged. The account includes the Black Seminole exodus in the 1850s to Mexico, their service as border troops for the Mexican government, and their return to Texas in the 1870s, where many of the men scouted for the U.S. Army. A powerful and stirring story, The Black Seminoles will appeal especially to readers interested in black history, Indian history, Florida history, and U.S. military history. AUTHOR: Alcione M. Amos, Kenneth W. Porter, Kenneth Wiggins Porter, Thomas P. Senter
PUBLISHER: University Press of Florida
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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 | Armed Forces
Description not available.Reviews the history of the United States armed forces as a whole, as well as of individual branches, and examines the qualifications, training, and activities of twenty-first century Special Forces soldiers.
PUBLISHER: ABDO Publishing Company
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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