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In addition to the area's early history learned from his mother, much of Allison's information was obtained by visiting and conversing with older residents in East Tennessee and Western North …

geschrieben von John Allison (Autor)

This meticulously written book traces the stormy history of one of U.S. Hispanics' most important but least know civil-rights groups -- the American G.I. Forum -- from its controversial inception …

geschrieben von Henry Ramos (Autor)

In a panoramic view encompassing 12 centuries of Arab history and culture, Hourani brilliantly illuminates the people and events that have fundamentally shaped the Arab world. Noted Islamic scholar …

geschrieben von Albert Hourani (Autor) und Malise Ruthven (Autor) und Malise Ruthven (Solist)

(Verlag: Helmut …

geschrieben von Helmut Ziegert (Autor)

Based on extensive research with original sources, Brian's narrative covers every period of the prison's checkered history, from the awful conditions of the 19th century to the relative improvements …

geschrieben von Denis Brian (Autor)

Barbara J. Keys is Lecturer in History at the …

geschrieben von Barbara J. Keys (Autor)

He continues the story of these main sectors through the last half of the 1930s and traces their legacy down to the present as crucial challenges to the New Deal have arisen. Drawing from a wide …

geschrieben von Alan Lawson (Autor)

This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this …

geschrieben von Joseph Hodgson (Autor)

The noted Scotsman travels again through the U.S., examining the development of the country. Traveling extensively up and down the East Coast, he considers culture, politics, slavery, education and …

geschrieben von Charles Lyell (Autor)

Jane E. Calvert received her PhD from the University of Chicago in 2003 and is currently assistant professor of history at the University of Kentucky. Her articles and reviews have been published in …

This book argues that Quakers originated a unique strain of …

Part I. Foundational Theories and Structures, 1652-1681: 1. Theology and ecclesiology: the origins of Quaker constitutionalism and civil disobedience; 2. A sacred institution: the Quaker theory of …

geschrieben von Jane E. Calvert (Autor)