History Books


Landon Carter's Uneasy Kingdom: Revolution and Rebellion on a Virginia Plantation Best Price: $10.00 Landon Carter, a Virginia planter, left behind one of the most revealing of all American...	Democracy in Iran: History and the Quest for Liberty Best Price: $8.63 Will Iran be a democracy? Gheissari and Nasr gives a good overview of history of Irania history...	Wild Beasts - Fauvism	Egyptian Art (World Art Series) "His eloquent ability to weave facts, insights and interpretations into a compulsively...	The Ancient City: Life in Classical Athens and Rome Best Price: $20.00 In this superbly illustrated volume, Athens and Rome, the two greatest cities of antiquity,...



The Structure of Soviet History bundled with The Soviet Experiment Best Price: $114.96	The Ancient Greek World California Edition (World in Ancient Times) These textbooks have been purchased for 7th grade class in the school where I teach. As a...	Africana: Encyclopedia of the African and African American Experience, Vol. 4: Michael-Sobukwe	Black Culture and Black Consciousness: Afro-American Folk Thought from Slavery to Freedom Best Price: $10.76 Black Culture and Black Consciousness is a hugely ambitious--and hugely successful--exploration...	The Revelations of St. Birgitta of Sweden: Volume II Best Price: $49.40 Hello, A must read for every kind of person who wants to avoid Hell and spend all eternity in...



Louisiana Hayride: Radio and Roots Music along the Red River Best Price: $29.77 I can't recommend this book enough. It tells the story of a pivotal time in the development...	Adams vs. Jefferson: The Tumultuous Election of 1800 (Pivotal Moments in American History Series) Best Price: $2.50 A not so often appreciated turning point in American history is the election of 1800. It...	A Strange Likeness: Becoming Red and White in Eighteenth-Century North America Best Price: $116.46 The relationship between American Indians and Europeans on America's frontiers is typically...	China Marine: An Infantryman's Life after World War II Best Price: $10.76 This book satisfies many unanswered questions left hanging at the end of Sid Philips first...	A Diplomatic Revolution: Algeria's Fight for Independence and the Origins of the Post-Cold War Era Best Price: $19.95 I was assigned to read this book for a Graduate course in History. I agree with the first...

The Dogs of War: 1861 Best Price: $6.25 Professor Thomas has written what he calls a "think piece" about the months leading up...	Men of Silk: The Hasidic Conquest of Polish Jewish Society Best Price: $79.92 This is by far the most informative, well-documented and clearly argued portrayal of Polish...	All that Makes a Man: Love and Ambition in the Civil War South Best Price: $5.90 This book is an excellent examination of perspectives of southern masculinity. Belongs with...	Massive Resistance: Southern Opposition to the Second Reconstruction Best Price: $15.49 Massive Resistance brings together ten essays that critically assess southern white resistance...	The Making of an American Thinking Class: Intellectuals and Intelligentsia in Puritan Massachusetts Best Price: $5.77 In this very interesting interpretation of the New England Puritans, the author shows that a...

Tacitus' Annals (Oxford Approaches to Classical Literature) Best Price: $11.33 Tacitus' Annals is the central historical source for first-century C.E. Rome. It is...	Composers of the Nazi Era: Eight Portraits Best Price: $28.94 The book is divided into 8 chapters, one for each composer (Egk, Hindemith, Weill, Hartmann,...	Europe, 1890-1945: Crisis and Conflict Best Price: $50.00 The first half of the twentieth century was of one of the most turbulent periods in Europe's...	Good Americans: Italian and Jewish Immigrants During the First World War Best Price: $22.95 Among the Americans who joined the ranks of the Doughboys fighting World War I were thousands of...	When the Great Abyss Opened: Classic and Contemporary Readings of Noah's Flood Best Price: $35.00 Given that the synopsis of the book provided by the "Editorial Reviews" plus...

Biodiversity, Ecosystems, and Conservation in Northern Mexico Best Price: $16.02 This book describes the biodiversity and biogeography of nothern Mexico, documents the...	Supreme Injustice: How the High Court Hijacked Election 2000 Best Price: $3.91 Although I found many of Mr. Dershowitz's arguments tendentious, I must admit to being...	First Freedoms: A Documentary History of First Amendment Rights in America Best Price: $7.46 A rich and engaging exploration of the documents that illustrate the origins and development of...	Landon Carter's Uneasy Kingdom: Revolution and Rebellion on a Virginia Plantation Best Price: $4.65 By editing and contextualizing the voluminous diary of Landon Carter, Rhys Isaac has made a...	Mystics and Messiahs: Cults and New Religions in American History Best Price: $20.00 Religious tolerance remains a key challenge today. Some contend that we are in a remarkable and...

Freedom Sounds: Civil Rights Call out to Jazz and Africa Best Price: $33.77 This is an amazing book! There's much precious informations about Jazz and the Civil Rights...	Sketches of Life in Chile, 1841-1851 (Library of Latin America) Best Price: $3.95 Writing under the pseudonym "Jotabeche," Josï¿½...	Journeys to the Spiritual Lands: The Natural History of a West Indian Religion Best Price: $34.89 Although much has been written on the Afro-Catholic syncretic religions of Vodou, Candomble, and...	Israel in Egypt: The Evidence for the Authenticity of the Exodus Tradition Best Price: $22.00 Unlike many other books on this controversial subject, like those by Redford, which tend to...	The Postmodern Military: Armed Forces after the Cold War Best Price: $79.95 Definitely interesting book. In this book Moskos outlines his paradigm for the postmodern...

Sun Tzu and the Art of Modern Warfare Best Price: $19.40 Mark McNeilly takes the principles of Sun Tzu and lays them out in 6 easy to understand...	Kennedy's Wars: Berlin, Cuba, Laos, and Vietnam Best Price: $39.95 This book about John F. Kennedy's foreign policy focuses on the United States'...	Museums in the German Art World: From the End of the Old Regime to the Rise of Modernism Best Price: $48.60 Combining the history of ideas, institutions, and architecture, this study shows how the museum...	Readings in Greek History: Sources and Interpretations Best Price: $30.00 An ideal reader for courses in Greek history, Greek civilization, and Western civilization, this...	Jewish Music and Modernity (AMS Studies in Music) Best Price: $37.12 Is there really such a thing as Jewish music? And how does it survive as a practice of worship...

White on Arrival: Italians, Race, Color, and Power in Chicago, 1890-1945 Best Price: $22.00 Taking the mass Italian immigration of the late 19th century as his starting point and drawing...	Before Pornography: Erotic Writing in Early Modern England (Studies in the History of Sexuality) Best Price: $25.94 Before Pornography explores the relationship between erotic writing, masculinity, and national...	The Media Were American: U.S. Mass Media in Decline Best Price: $89.95 It has become clear that the U.S. media are no longer increasingly their grip throughout the...	Seneca Falls and the Origins of the Women's Rights Movement (Pivotal Moments in American History) Best Price: $7.00 This is a wonderful book. Although I studied feminist history in college and have been familiar...	The World's Richest Indian: The Scandal over Jackson Barnett's Oil Fortune Best Price: $6.95 The author was a bit talky. However the information was good and interesting. this book gives...

Roger Williams (Lives & Legacies (Oxford)) Best Price: $14.50 I met Professor Gaustad in 1988 when I moved to Riverside to pursue an advanced degree in...	The Oxford Handbook of Social Relations in the Roman World (Oxford Handbooks in Classics and Ancient History) Best Price: $111.00 The study of Roman society and social relations blossomed in the 1970s. By now, we possess a...	Reconstructing America: 1865-1890 A History of US Book 7 Best Price: $8.89 We know kids will read if the material is interesting enough and this seems to be.	The Folly of Empire: What George W. Bush Could Learn from Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson Best Price: $0.61 "The Folly of Empire" opens with President George W. Bush visiting Manila, in October...	The People Themselves: Popular Constitutionalism and Judicial Review Best Price: $16.82 At the outset, I should say that anyone who is interested in constitutional development and/or...

American Painting of the Nineteenth Century: Realism, Idealism, and the American Experience With a New Preface Best Price: $52.82 In this distinguished work, which Hilton Kramer in The New York Times Book Review called...	The Man Behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley Best Price: $5.58 The author uses a lot of first hand material still available from people close to Bob Noyce. You...	This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War Best Price: $10.35 I though this book was very well written and interesting. Having been raised and educated in...	Budapest: A Cultural History (Cityscapes) Best Price: $57.40 The views of Budapest by the River Danube are unparalleled in Europe. On one side the Buda Hills...	Millennial Dreams and Apocalyptic Nightmares: The Cold War Origins of Political Evangelicalism Best Price: $5.97 The Religious Right came to prominence in the early 1980s, but it was born during the early Cold...

Black Mecca: The African Muslims of Harlem Best Price: $18.74 The changes to U.S. immigration law that were instituted in 1965 have led to an influx of West...	Clio in the Classroom: A Guide for Teaching U.S. Women's History Best Price: $10.22 Over the last four decades, women's history has developed from a new and marginal approach...	Storm over Texas: The Annexation Controversy and the Road to Civil War (Pivotal Moments in American History (Oxford)) Best Price: $10.00 Joel H. Silbey's Storm over Texas and the Road to Civil War is part of a marvelous series by...	From Camelot to Kent State: The Sixties Experience in the Words of Those Who Lived it Best Price: $24.98 The best, first-person accounts of the critical changes of the 1960s. Especially impressive...	The Setting of the Pearl: Vienna under Hitler Best Price: $6.30 The author was born in Vienna but left when he was 11. After the war he returned, to get his...

A People at War: Civilians and Soldiers in America's Civil War Best Price: $5.00 This is a richly-detailed, well-crafted history of the Civil War that places the lives of...	Medieval Folklore: A Guide to Myths, Legends, Tales, Beliefs, and Customs [Flaps:] Over a decade in the making, Medieval Folklore offers a wide-ranging guide to the...	Twentieth Century China: A History in Documents (Pages from History (Hardback)) Best Price: $6.00 In its period of slow decline from the late 18th into the early 20th century and throughout its...	The Rehnquist Court: A Retrospective Best Price: $110.00 "This great collection of pieces by distinguished scholars and writers affords a unique...	Factory Production in Nineteenth-Century Britain (Victorian Archives) Best Price: $2.45 This anthology brings together writings ranging from the canonical to the obscure that suggest...

John Winthrop: America's Forgotten Founding Father Best Price: $16.95 A magical rememberance of our past! Very well written. I highly recommend this book.	Broadway Yearbook 2000-2001: A Relevant and Irreverent Record (Broadway Yearbook S) Broadway Yearbook 2000-2001 is a relevant and irreverent record of the theatrical year. A vivid...	Power & Purity: Cathar Heresy in Medieval Italy Best Price: $33.32 I already knew quite a lot about the French Cathars, but nothing about the Italian connection....	African American Lives Best Price: $8.98 I first came upon this book at a friends house. I thought it was amazing! It profiled the...	The Rise and Fall of the American Whig Party: Jacksonian Politics and the Onset of the Civil War Best Price: $37.07 Labyrinth Books delivered my book fast, it was in excellent condition, and I highly recommend...

"They Say": Ida B. Wells and the Reconstruction of Race (New Narratives in American History) Best Price: $11.24 This great book on Ida B. Wells is not and explicitly does not try to be a biography but rather...	Women's America: Refocusing the Past Best Price: $37.99 I originally purchased this book for a college course; now it sits on my bookshelf, never to be...	American Legal History: Cases and Materials This collection of cases and documents has been designed to highlight the recent trend towards...	American Legal History: Cases and Materials Best Price: $945.86 Revised and expanded in this third edition, American Legal History now features a new...	Broadway Yearbook, 1999-2000: A Relevant and Irreverent Record Best Price: $4.47 Broadway Season 1999-2000 is a unique and detailed guide to the theatrical year presenting 46...

The Revelations of St. Birgitta of Sweden, Volume 3: Liber Caelestis, Books VI-VII Best Price: $63.56 St. Birgitta of Sweden (1303-1373, canonized 1391) was one of the most charismatic and...	Support Any Friend: Kennedy's Middle East and the Making of the U.S.-Israel Alliance (Council on Foreign Relations Book) Best Price: $3.89 This book is both a great read and a significant work of scholarship. Bass covers the territory...	The Oxford Handbook of Latin American History (Oxford Handbooks) Best Price: $127.78 The decades since the 1980s have witnessed an unprecedented surge in research about Latin...	The Folly of Empire: What George W. Bush Could Learn from Theodore Roosevelt and Woodrow Wilson Best Price: $0.61 "The Folly of Empire" opens with President George W. Bush visiting Manila, in October...	The People Themselves: Popular Constitutionalism and Judicial Review Best Price: $16.82 At the outset, I should say that anyone who is interested in constitutional development and/or...

American Painting of the Nineteenth Century: Realism, Idealism, and the American Experience With a New Preface Best Price: $52.82 In this distinguished work, which Hilton Kramer in The New York Times Book Review called...	The Man Behind the Microchip: Robert Noyce and the Invention of Silicon Valley Best Price: $5.58 The author uses a lot of first hand material still available from people close to Bob Noyce. You...	This Mighty Scourge: Perspectives on the Civil War Best Price: $10.35 I though this book was very well written and interesting. Having been raised and educated in...	Budapest: A Cultural History (Cityscapes) Best Price: $57.40 The views of Budapest by the River Danube are unparalleled in Europe. On one side the Buda Hills...	Millennial Dreams and Apocalyptic Nightmares: The Cold War Origins of Political Evangelicalism Best Price: $5.97 The Religious Right came to prominence in the early 1980s, but it was born during the early Cold...

Black Mecca: The African Muslims of Harlem Best Price: $18.74 The changes to U.S. immigration law that were instituted in 1965 have led to an influx of West...	Clio in the Classroom: A Guide for Teaching U.S. Women's History Best Price: $10.22 Over the last four decades, women's history has developed from a new and marginal approach...	Storm over Texas: The Annexation Controversy and the Road to Civil War (Pivotal Moments in American History (Oxford)) Best Price: $10.00 Joel H. Silbey's Storm over Texas and the Road to Civil War is part of a marvelous series by...	The Last Indian War: The Nez Perce Story (Pivotal Moments in American History) Best Price: $11.02 In "The Last Indian War," West has brought his exceptional storytelling skills to a...	The Structure of Soviet History: Essays and Documents The Structure of Soviet History is a unique collection of primary documents and important...

Creating Black Americans: African-American History and Its Meanings, 1619 to the Present Best Price: $31.16 By Neil Irvin Painter (Oxford University Press, Inc., 2007) This book is marketed towards...	To Keep the Waters Troubled: The Life of Ida B. Wells Best Price: $10.95 And one of the ten most impressive people I've ever read about, period. I can't say too...	Classical Mythology Best Price: $19.00 I have quite a bit of experience in the study of Classical civilization, and I have yet to find...	Stonehenge (Digging for the Past) Stonehenge is a comprehensive and intelligible book that delves into the past explaining facts...	100 Decisive Battles: From Ancient Times to the Present Best Price: $7.74 Ever since I was in high school long, long, ago, I have always wanted to learn about the history...

Strange and Secret Peoples: Fairies and Victorian Consciousness Best Price: $29.28 Carole G. Silver's Strange & Secret Peoples: Faries & Victorian Consciousness (2000)...	Death and Money in The Afternoon: A History of the Spanish Bullfight Best Price: $26.29 Bullfighting has long been perceived as an antiquated, barbarous legacy from Spain's...	Faith and Power: Religion and Politics in the Middle East Best Price: $11.98 The book gives you an understanding of both the past and present of Islam and the Middle East....

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