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Description not available.An award-winning study of nineteenth-century America describes the changes brought about by the Civil War, discusses the impact of slavery's end, and looks at the political, economic, and social aspects of Reconstruction. Reprint. 75,000 first printing. AUTHOR: Don Norman, Eric Foner
PUBLISHER: HarperTrade
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History 
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 | The Cities of Ancient Mexico by Jeremy A. Sabloff
Ancient Mexico was one of the great independent hearths of civilization. Out of a varied landscape grew some of the richest cultures of the early historic world - Olmec, Zapotec, Maya, Toltec, and Aztec. Standard histories tend to focus on the individual societies, but Jeremy Sabloff's popular study takes an original approach, emphasizing the unity of Mexican civilization. In a series of fascinating vignettes, Professor Sabloff describes what it would have been like to have lived during the heyday of Mexico's greatest cities. Through the eyes of astronomers and ballplayers, merchants and priests, we see the temples, palaces, and tombs of a civilization obsessed with ritual and death. But who built these cities and how do we know? Sabloff explains convincingly just why archaeologists believe in the indigenous origins of Mexican civilization. This updated edition includes the latest archaeological research on the ancient cities of Mexico: incorporates breakthroughs in the decipherment of the Maya script; and draws on fresh readings of Aztec ethnohistorical sources. Throughout the author reveals the new ideas and techniques revolutionizing archaeological fieldwork and shows how the latest evidence is being used to reconstruct a fuller picture of life in these ancient cities. AUTHOR: Jeremy A. Sabloff
PUBLISHER: Thames & Hudson
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | The Devil & the Jews by Joshua Trachtenberg, Marc Saperstein
The Devil and the Jews presents the medieval conception of the Jew as devil-literally and figuratively. Through documents, analysis, and illustrations, the book exposes the full spectrum of the Jew's demonization as devil, sorcerer, blasphemer, and ritual murderer; as desecrator and heretic; as usurer infidel. Trachtenberg reveals, in a chilling study, how these myths, peculiar to Christian Europe in the late Middle Ages, still exist transmuted form today. AUTHOR: Joshua Trachtenberg, Marc Saperstein
PUBLISHER: Jewish Publication Society
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Civilization of the Renaissance in Italy by Geoffrey Howard, Jakob Christoph Burckhardt, Peter Burke, Peter Gay, Peter Murray
A great work of literature as well as history, this is a classic introduction to the study of the Renaissance, and one that is still a source of inspiration. AUTHOR: Geoffrey Howard, Jakob Christoph Burckhardt, Peter Burke, Peter Gay, Peter Murray
PUBLISHER: Phaidon Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | Daddy's Gone to War by William M. Tuttle
In `Daddy`s Gone to War, ` the author offers a fascinating and often poignant exploration of wartime America, and one generation`s odyssey from childhood to middle age. Drawing on wide-ranging research, Tuttle argues that the Second World War left an indelible imprint on the dreams and nightmares of an American generation, not only in childhood, but in adulthood as well. AUTHOR: William M. Tuttle
PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
FORMAT: Paperback
CATEGORY: History
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 | The Great Bridge by David McCullough
This work details the building of the Brooklyn Bridge, which connects Manhattan to Brooklyn across the East River. Not only does the author survey the construction of this amazing structure, he places the event within its historical and cultural context, offering a story of life in New York City toward the close of the 19th century. John Augustus Roebling, a foreign-born engineer, took on this most ambitious of his projects to date, after having built suspension bridges in several other U.S. cities. His son, Washington Augustus, took over after his father's death in 1869. McCullough's book was published in 1983, in celebration of the centennial of the bridge's completion. AUTHOR: David McCullough
PUBLISHER: Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing Group
FORMAT: Hardcover
CATEGORY: History
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