American History
American History
The Birth of the Italian Republic: The History and Legacy of the Allied Occupation of Italy after World War II
*Includes pictures *Includes a bibliography for further reading On March 25, 1957, Italy signed the Treaty of Rome, which established the European Economic Community (EEC), a forerunner of the European Union (EU) that was promoted as a guarantor of future...
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The Birth of the Republic of Ireland: The History of Ireland's Split from the British Empire in the Early 20th Century
“If you strike us down now we shall rise again and renew the fight. You cannot conquer Ireland; you cannot extinguish the Irish passion for freedom. If our deed has not been sufficient to win freedom then our children will...
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The Birth of the Royal Air Force in World War I: The History and Legacy of British Air Power during the Great War
*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading One of the most important breakthroughs in military technology associated with World War I, and certainly the one that continues to capture the public imagination, was...
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The Black and White City: The History of Racism and Race Relations at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair
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The Black and White City: The History of Racism and Race Relations at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the world's fair *Includes online resources, footnotes, and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “All the World's a Fair; where some are bought and some are sold.” - Archibald Maclaren Walking...
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Black Bart & Howell Davis: Mastering Piracy
*Weaves the lives and piracy of the two famous pirates into one entertaining and educational narrative.*Explains how the myths and legends of the pirates helped create the instantly recognizable pirate stereotypes today.*Includes pictures depicting the pirates and important people, places,...
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The Black Dahlia Case: The History of the Unsolved Murder of Elizabeth Short
*Includes pictures*Profiles Short's life and death, and the theories and suspects*Includes footnotes, online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“The body was just a few feet from the sidewalk and posed in the grass in such...
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The Black Death: The History and Legacy of the Middle Ages' Deadliest Plague
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the plague written by survivors across Europe*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“The trend of recent research is pointing to a figure more like 45–50% of the European population dying during a four-year...
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The Black Hand: The History of the Secret Serbian Nationalist Group Whose Assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand Sparked World War
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the group's members and activities*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsAlthough a couple of wars were fought on the European continent during the 19th century, an uneasy peace was mostly...
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Black Hawk Down: The History of the Battle of Mogadishu
*Includes pictures *Includes an explanation of the action, what went wrong, and an analysis of who was to blame *Includes online resources, footnotes, and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “The Somalis were a curious bunch....
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Black September: The History and Legacy of the Conflict Between the Palestinians and Jordan in 1970
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Black September: The History and Legacy of the Conflict Between the Palestinians and Jordan in 1970
*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading“We had thousands of incidents of breaking the law, of attacking people. It was a very unruly state of affairs in the country and I continued to try. I went to...
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The Black Sox Scandal: The History and Legacy of America's Most Notorious Sports Controversy
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the scandal written by Sox players, newspapers, and more*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“As Jackson departed from the Grand Jury room, a small boy clutched at his sleeve and...
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Black Tuesday: The History and Legacy of the Wall Street Crash of 1929
*Includes pictures*Includes accounts of the stock market crash written by newspapers and other contemporaries*Includes a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contentsThe Roaring Twenties were an age of optimism. New technology was being invented, and novel products were making...
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Blaise Pascal: The Life and Legacy of the Legendary French Mathematician and Theologian
“People almost invariably arrive at their beliefs not on the basis of proof but on the basis of what they find attractive.” (Blaise Pascal) Blaise Pascal’s time on earth may have been brief - no more than 39 years -...
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Blenheim Palace: The History and Legacy of the Only Non-Royal Palace in England
By the start of the 18th century, England had recovered from one of the most tumultuous periods in its history and was heading into the future with a new sense of unity. The civil wars were over, and despite some...
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Blitzkrieg: La Historia y Legado de la Guerra Relámpago de la Alemania Nazi al Comienzo de la Segunda Guerra Mundial
La guerra siempre ha sido una competencia entre defensiva y ofensiva. Por momentos ambas han estado relativamente balanceadas, pero en otros momentos, una llega a ser mucho más poderosa. Es durante esos tiempos que ocurren las más grandiosas innovaciones militares.El...
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Blitzkrieg: The History and Legacy of Nazi Germany's Lightning Warfare at the Start of World War II
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Blitzkrieg: The History and Legacy of Nazi Germany's Lightning Warfare at the Start of World War II
*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“In this year, 1929, I became convinced that tanks working on their own or in conjunction with infantry could never achieve decisive importance. My historical studies, the...
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Blood Diamonds: The Controversial History of Mining Operations in Africa that Subsidize Conflicts across the Continent
Sometime early in November 1985, a clandestine prison escape took place at the Plymouth County Correctional Facility in Massachusetts. With the usual prop of knotted together sheets, Charles Taylor an ex-Liberian government official, alumni student of Bentley College, Massachusetts, and...
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Bloody Mary: The Life and Legacy of England's Most Notorious Queen
"When I am dead and opened, you shall find 'Calais' lying in my heart." (Mary I) Queen Mary I ruled England and its conquered territories in Wales and Ireland for only five years, from 1553 to 1558, yet she has...
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The Boer War: The History and Legacy of the Conflict that Solidified British Rule in South Africa
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The Boer War: The History and Legacy of the Conflict that Solidified British Rule in South Africa
*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading*Includes a table of contents“The Boers were hostile toward indigenous African peoples, with whom they fought frequent range wars, and toward the government of the Cape, which was attempting to control...
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Boko Haram: The History of Africa's Most Notorious Terrorist Group
*Includes pictures*Profiles leaders of the group and explains its history of attacks*Includes footnotes for further reading*Includes a table of contents“Boko Haram are better armed and are better motivated than our own troops. Given the present state of affairs, it is...
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The Bonus Army: The History of the Controversial Protests by American World War I Veterans in 1932
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The Bonus Army: The History of the Controversial Protests by American World War I Veterans in 1932
*Includes pictures *Includes accounts of the Bonus Army written by members and eyewitnesses *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents "On a day in June, 1932, I saw a dusty automobile truck roll...
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The Book of the Dead: The History and Legacy of Ancient Egypt's Famous Funerary Texts
Given the abundance of funerary artifacts that have been found within the sands of Egypt, it sometimes seems as though the Ancient Egyptians were more concerned with the matters of the afterlife than they were with matters of the life...
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Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois: The Civil Rights Icons Who Became Bitter Rivals
Despite a Union victory and Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation, unthinkable in the previous century, a new form of suppression and violence descended on the African American population. “Reconstruction” is employed as a generic term for the period that followed the American...
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Booker T. Washington: The Life and Legacy of the Famous Civil Rights Activist
From 1890 to 1915, the most influential Black man in America was Booker T. Washington, who less than 35 years earlier had been born into slavery. The young boy worked laboriously until emancipation before going on to seek an education,...
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Booming Brew Town: The History of Milwaukee in the 20th Century
*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading"It is true, similar things [cultural events and societies] were done in other cities where the Forty-eighters [sic] had congregated. But so far as I know, nowhere did their influence so...
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The Boxer Rebellion: The History and Legacy of the Anti-Imperialist Uprising in China at the End of the 19th Century
*Includes pictures*Includes a bibliography for further readingThe 19th century saw the rise of one of the largest, most powerful empires of the modern era. The sun never set on the British Empire, whose holdings spanned the globe, in one form...
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The Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts: The History of the Scouting Movement and Its Most Popular Organizations
*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading"On my honor, I will do my best, to do my duty, to God and my country, and to obey the Scout Law, to help other people at all times, to...
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The Boy Scouts: The History and Legacy of the World's Most Popular Youth Organization
*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading“The purposes of the corporation are to promote, through organization, and cooperation with other agencies, the ability of boys to do things for themselves and others, to train them in scoutcraft,...
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The Bozeman Trail: The History and Legacy of the Exploration Route that Led to Red Cloud's War
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The Bozeman Trail: The History and Legacy of the Exploration Route that Led to Red Cloud's War
*Includes pictures *Includes contemporary accounts *Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading *Includes a table of contents “When the Great Father at Washington sent us his chief soldier to ask for a path through our hunting grounds, a...
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The Brandenburg Gate: The History and Legacy of Berlin's Famous Landmark
*Includes pictures*Includes online resources and a bibliography for further reading“To think what is true, to sense what is beautiful, and to what is good, hereby the spirit finds purpose of a life in reason.” – Johann Gottfried Herder, 18th century...
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