Ethnic Studies
Ethnic Studies
The Iranian Revolution: The Islamic Revolution That Reshaped the Middle East
*Includes pictures*Profiles Ayatollah Khomeini and his ideology and leadership before, during, and after the Revolution*Highlights the causes, key events, and effects of the Revolution*Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading The Iranian Revolution of 1979 has been described as...
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The Iranian Revolutionary Guards: The History of Iran's Elite Military Organization
*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography*Includes a table of contentsIn early November 2016, Salar Abnoush, a leader in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), stated that the IRGC “will be in the U.S. and Europe very soon.” This quote...
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Iran's Nuclear Program: The Controversial History of the Islamic Republic of Iran's Nuclear Research and Uranium Enrichment
*Includes pictures *Includes a table of contents “I perfectly understand the particular attention which you pay to the question of nuclear energy...In this field my wish is for Iran to put all her efforts towards the peaceful use of atomic...
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The Irish Potato Famine: The History and Legacy of the Mass Starvation in Ireland During the 19th Century
"I have called it an artificial famine: that is to say, it was a famine which desolated a rich and fertile island that produced every year abundance and superabundance to sustain all her people and many more. The English, indeed,...
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The Iron Brigade and Stonewall Brigade: The History of the Civil War's Most Famous Brigades
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the battles written by soldiers *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents The title of “Iron Brigade” has been given to a number of different U.S. Army brigades...
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The Iron Brigade: The History of the Famous Union Army Brigade During the Civil War
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting by soldiers in the brigade *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "They must be made of iron.” – Army of the Potomac commander George McClellan,...
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Isis: The History and Legacy of the Ancient Egyptian God of the Dead
*Includes pictures*Includes ancient accounts*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further readingAfrica may have given rise to the first human beings, and Egypt probably gave rise to the first great civilizations, which continue to fascinate modern societies across the globe...
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The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria: The History of ISIS/ISIL
*Includes pictures *Explains the formation, influences, ideology, and goals of the group *Includes footnotes and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents Also known as ISIS, Da’esh, al-Qaeda in Iraq (AQI), and a host of other names,...
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Island Hopping across the Pacific Theater in World War II: The History of America's Victorious Leapfrogging Strategy against Imperial Japan
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading The waters of the Pacific Ocean – stretching deep blue under the tropical sun, or scourged by typhoons – provided World War II's most...
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Israel's Most Legendary Operations: The History and Legacy of the Capture of Adolf Eichmann, Operation Wrath of God, and Operation Entebbe
*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading Historians once portrayed Eichmann mostly as a colorless, unimaginative bureaucrat who carried out the Holocaust simply because he lacked the imagination to reject the crime. Essentially "banal," this version...
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Israel's Wars: The History and Legacy of the Jewish State's Most Important Military Conflicts
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Israel's Wars: The History and Legacy of the Jewish State's Most Important Military Conflicts
*Includes pictures *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a ToC The Ottoman Empire quickly collapsed after World War I, and its extensive lands were divvied up between the French and British. While the French gained control...
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The Italian Campaign of World War II: The History of the Allied Operations that Knocked Fascist Italy Out of the War
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the fighting by people on both sides *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “Wars should be fought in a better country than this.” - Major General John...
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The Italian Invasion of Africa: The History of Italian Colonization in Africa and the Rise and Fall of the Italian Empire
In 1884, Otto von Bismarck, the German chancellor, brought the plenipotentiaries of all major powers of Europe together, to deal with Africa's colonization in such a manner as to avoid provocation of war. This event—known as the Berlin Conference of...
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The Italian Liberation Corps: The History and Legacy of the Italian Soldiers Who Fought with the Allies during World War II
*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading Despite British diplomatic efforts, Italy had joined the Axis in 1940 with the intention of expanding its African empire and reliving the glories of Ancient Rome. That proved to be a major...
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Italy's Most Powerful Mafias: The History and Legacy of the Cosa Nostra, La Camorra, and 'Ndrangheta
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Italy's Most Powerful Mafias: The History and Legacy of the Cosa Nostra, La Camorra, and 'Ndrangheta
*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading The word “mafia,” Sicilian in origin, is synonymous with Italy, but Italy is home to several different mafias, with three being particularly notorious. While the Cosa Nostra of western Sicily is the...
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Iwo Jima and Okinawa: The Final Campaigns in the Pacific Theater
*Includes historic pictures of the fighting.*Includes pictures of important people, places, and events.*Includes a bibliography for further reading.*Includes a table of contents.On February 23, 1945, one of the most famous photographs in American history was taken atop Mount Suribachi, as...
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Jackie Robinson and Moses Fleetwood Walker: The Lives and Careers of the Players Who Integrated Major League Baseball
*Includes pictures*Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts*Includes a bibliography for further reading“I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.” – Jackie RobinsonIn his introduction to The Jackie Robinson...
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Jackie Robinson: The Life and Legacy of the Star Who Broke Major League Baseball's Color Barrier
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Jackie Robinson: The Life and Legacy of the Star Who Broke Major League Baseball's Color Barrier
*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading“I'm not concerned with your liking or disliking me... All I ask is that you respect me as a human being.” – Jackie RobinsonIn his introduction to The Jackie Robinson Reader,...
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James Meredith and the University of Mississippi: The History of the School's Integration During the Civil Rights Movement
*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts of the integration, including Meredith's own *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents Though Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence wrote that the United States would be...
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Jamestown and the Massachusetts Bay Colony: The History and Legacy of the Settlement of Colonial New England and Virginia
*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts of the colonies *Includes a bibliography for further reading John Smith is one of the most common names in the English language and akin to the use of John Doe, but every Briton and American...
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Jamestown and Williamsburg: The History and Legacy of Colonial Virginia's Capitals
*Includes pictures *Includes excerpts of contemporary accounts from colonists *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading John Smith is one of the most common names in the English language and akin to the use of John Doe, but...
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Jamestown: The History and Legacy of England's First Permanent American Settlement
*Includes pictures depicting important people, places, and events. *Includes accounts written by Jamestown settlers, including John Smith. *Explains the facts and mythology surrounding John Smith's relationship with Pocahontas. *Includes a bibliography for further reading. *Includes a table of contents. "When...
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Jan Hus and Ulrich Zwingli: The Lives and Deaths of the Reformation's Most Famous Martyrs
“Therefore, faithful Christian, seek the truth, listen to the truth, learn the truth, love the truth, tell the truth, defend the truth even to death.” (Jan Hus) “The Christian life, then, is a battle so sharp and full of danger...
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Jan Hus: The Life and Legacy of the Christian Theologian Executed for Heresy Before the Reformation
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Jan Hus: The Life and Legacy of the Christian Theologian Executed for Heresy Before the Reformation
“Therefore, faithful Christian, seek the truth, listen to the truth, learn the truth, love the truth, tell the truth, learn the truth, defend the truth even to death.” (Jan Hus) Theologian and reformer John Wycliffe never had the opportunity to...
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Japan and World War I: The History of the Japanese Empire's Participation in the Great War
World War I, also known in its time as the “Great War” or the “War to End all Wars”, was an unprecedented holocaust in terms of its sheer scale. It saw millions of soldiers do battle in brutal assaults of...
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The Japanese Invasion of Manchuria and the Rape of Nanking: The History of the Most Notorious Events of the Second Sino-Japanese War
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the events written by people on both sides *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents Though scarcely mentioned in the world of early 21st century politics, Manchuria represented...
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The Japanese Invasion of Manchuria: The History of the Occupation of Northeastern China that Presaged World War II
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the invasion and occupation written by Japanese and Chinese officers and civilians *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents Though scarcely mentioned in the world of early 21st...
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Jay Gould: The Life and Legacy of the Railroad Executive Who Became America's Most Notorious Robber Baron
*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “It was the custom when men received nominations to come to me for contributions, and I made them and considered them...
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J.E.B. Stuart's Ride to Gettysburg: The History of the Most Controversial Cavalry Operation of the Civil War
*Includes pictures *Profiles the debate over the intention of Lee's orders to Stuart and who's to blame for what happened *Includes accounts of Stuart's operation written by his adjutant general and others *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further...
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Jedediah Smith: The Life and Legacy of the Famous Mountain Man
By the golden age of the mountain man in the mid-19th century, there were perhaps only 3,000 living in the West. Their origins were disparate, although they included many Anglo-Americans. A good number hailed from wilderness regions of Kentucky and...
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