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In the first groundbreaking volume of a new series, acclaimed Napoleonic scholar Gareth Glover brings together previously unpublished material relating to the Battle of Waterloo. The range and unique nature of much of the research will intrigue and fascinate enthusiasts and historians alike.
The wealth of hitherto unseen British material contained in Volume I includes: a series of letters written by a senior officer on Wellington's staff to Sir Thomas...
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John Bodna is Professor of History at Indiana University. He is the author of Remaking America: Public Memory, Commemoration, and Patriotism in the Twentieth Century (Princeton).
During the Civil War, Walt Whitman described his admiration for the Union soldiers' loyalty to the ideal of democracy. His argument, that this faith bonded Americans to their nation, has received little critical attention, yet today it raises increasingly relevant questions...
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Give your child the gift of knowledge. Invest in this US history book that covers the period of 1877 to 1914. Historical facts have been summarized here, with major events highlighted. The engaging layout and pre-selected images complement information presentation that is suitable for sixth graders. Go ahead and secure a copy today.
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This handy reference displays a variety of handsome bungalows built in the early 1920s from Maine to California. Included are illustrations of charming bungalows for a small family, a farm bungalow with a novel siding treatment, a stucco bungalow design, a chalet in Los Angeles, and other models. 43 double-page spreads of halftones and line illustrations.
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Adapted from a rare 1933 catalog, this volume showcases sixty plans for two-story houses. It features photographs (most in full color), floor plans, and descriptive text that depict a splendid variety of economic styles, including colonial, mission, foursquare, and bungalow. Each house appears in a two-page spread, forming an elegant and highly readable presentation. The Plan Service Company of St. Paul, Minnesota, published a series of Ideal Homes...
7) A Comprehensive Collection of Information on the American Great Depression: History Book 5th Grade
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There's nothing really great about the Depression because many Americans suffered when they fell into hard times. But you have to study the era in order to understand the decisions that were made and the factors that made the economic situation bad. So read about the Stock Market Crash of 1929, President Roosevelt's First and Second New Deals and Jazz.
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In 1883, the Philadelphia Athletics were champions of the American Association. Although they are largely-forgotten today, the team epitomized the Beer and Whiskey League. The summer of 1883 had one of the tightest pennant races in baseball history to that point, with the Athletics edging out Chris Von Der Ahe's St. Louis Browns by a single game. The race fueled the popularity of the game of baseball, particularly in Philadelphia and St. Louis. The...
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Arguably, no other revolution in history has enjoyed such a brilliant gallery of thinkers as the one that led to the founding of the United States. America's Founding Fathers is centered on the personal philosophies, opinions, thoughts, witticisms, and feelings of the exemplary men who founded our nation.
This book gathers together the founding fathers' best quotations on a variety of subjects including life, love, marriage, family, children, religion,...
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After America was discovered, foreigners kept pouring in. Later, immigration into the US changed with established rules and laws. This history book covers US immigration history after 1870. It also include demographics and facts on settlements that kids would love to learn about. Go ahead and grab a copy of this history book today.
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With a selection of fine historic images from his best-selling book, Historic Photos of the Chicago World's Fair, Russell Lewis provides a valuable and revealing historical retrospective on the Chicago World's Fair. Chicago's World's Columbian Exposition, popularly called the Chicago World's Fair, or the White City, was the largest and most spectacular world's fair ever built. The exposition opened on May 1, 1893, and more than 21,000,000 people visited...
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A Dover Original, this collection of essays, letters, poems, and speeches by the bold women who joined the abolitionist movement of the nineteenth century will educate and inspire all who are interested in this era of American history. The collection includes the work of 26 remarkable women whose efforts, at great risk to their own safety, became instrumental in fighting slavery, including Phillis Wheatley, Sojourner Truth, Mary Prince, Sarah Mapps...
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Extrait : "Il existerait une immense lacune dans cette immense galerie de portraits, o figurent tous les types qui particularisent les diverses classes de la société française, si nous omettions d'y comprendre celui qui les embrasse et les reflète tous, celui du détenu, autrement dit de l'habitué de nos prisons et de nos bagnes."
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Extrait: "De toutes les professions calomniées, celle-ci est la plus calomniée, la plus méconnue. Ceux qui en parlent, l'outrage à la bouche, sont presque tous des trembleurs, des vanités froissées, des grands hommes ignorés, des gloires bâtardes ; ils se vengent, avec de petites morsures obscures, des grands coups de pied qu'ils ont reçus à la face du ciel."
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Extrait: "Dans tous les temps de ma vie, la jeunesse a été pour moi un objet d'études; je l'observais déjà même alors que je figurais dans ses rangs, et que je me livrais, avec mes émules, aux distractions et aux plaisirs de notre âge. Je me rappellerai toujours ma surprise en voyant des pères de famille envoyer chaque année leurs fils dans cette grande capitale o souvent ils se trouvaient abandonnés à eux-mêmes sans appui, sans conseil...
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[Illustrated with over one hundred maps, photos and portraits, of the battles, individuals and places involved in the Indian Mutiny]. The Indian Mutiny, or Sepoy Revolt, flared up in many areas around the British controlled Raj in 1857. Government offices were sacked and many Europeans were put to the sword, the reasons for this sudden explosion of violence were many; religious affronts, British high-handedness and to some freedom from Imperialism....
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Extrait: "C'est la nature des lieux et du climat qui détermine l'histoire des nations. Élevons-nous par la pensée à une hauteur d'o nous puissions embrasser d'un coup d'œil la France entière, et nous verrons que la place qu'elle occupe au centre de l'Europe, entre l'Espagne et la Hollande, l'Angleterre et l'Allemagne, l'appelait à être le théâtre des plus grands événements."
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Extrait: "On a dit avec raison que la Statistique est l'arsenal des sciences économiques. Elles lui empruntent, en effet, tous leurs arguments: il n'est pas un fait social ou politique de quelque importance qui puisse être démontré sans le secours des documents qu'elle fournit. Toutefois la relation intime de l'Économie et de la Statistique est fondée sur le besoin qu'elles ont mutuellement l'une de l'autre."
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Extrait : "Un ouvrage o l'on se proposait de peindre les mœurs des Français au dix-neuvième siècle ne devait point se borner à les considérer dans leurs divers états. Les modèles, toujours pris à Paris, n'auraient représenté que Paris au lieu de la France, et auraient achevé d'accorder à la capitale une prépondérance qui, Dieu merci, n'a rien encore de si bien établi."
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