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Frontiersman Frontiersman Meredith Mason Brown Supported with copious maps, illustrations, endnotes, and a detailed chronology of Boone's life, Frontiersman provides a fresh and accurate rendering of a man most people know only as a folk hero--an… OL11946329W
The frontier in American history The frontier in American history Frederick Jackson Turner In this series of essays first published in 1920, the noted historian presents his ideas on the role of the frontier in shaping the American experience. The Frontier in American History examines the … OL1417901W
The Louisiana Purchase The Louisiana Purchase Michael Burgan Looks at the political and economic history of the region between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains which, when purchased in 1803, doubled the size of the United States and led the way to… OL14579W
Indian Wars Indian Wars Bill Yenne The Indian wars remain the most misunderstood campaign ever waged by the U.S. Army. From the first sustained skirmishes west of the Mississippi River in the 1850s to the sweeping clashes of hundreds … OL14912387W
A People’s History of American Empire A People’s History of American Empire Paul Buhle,Howard Zinn,Mike Konopacki,Paul Buhle In a comic form, this book tells the stories of America's actions in the world. It includes the events of 9/11 and then explores the cycles of US expansionism from Wounded Knee to Iraq. It also follo… OL15288124W
Which way to the Wild West? Which way to the Wild West? Steve Sheinkin,Tim Robinson Presents the greatest adventures of America's Westward expansion, from the Louisiana Purchase and the gold rush to the Indian wars and life of the cowboy, as well as the everyday happenings that defi… OL15489450W
Unfamiliar Fishes Unfamiliar Fishes Sarah Vowell From the bestselling author of *The Wordy Shipmates*, comes an examination of Hawaii, the place where Manifest Destiny got a sunburn. Many think of 1776 as the defining year of American history, … OL15690936W
The President and the assassin The President and the assassin Scott Miller The era leading up to the assassination of President William McKinley in 1901 was defined by enormous expansion in American industry and muscle-flexing abroad as well as the potent rise of labor unre… OL15976081W
Lions of the West Lions of the West Robert Morgan From Thomas Jefferson's birth in 1743 to the California Gold Rush in 1849, America's westward expansion comes to life in the hands of a writer fascinated by the way individual lives link up, illumina… OL16099178W
Ostkrieg Ostkrieg Stephen G. Fritz On June 22, 1941, Germany launched the greatest land assault in history on the Soviet Union, an attack that Adolf Hitler deemed crucial to ensure German economic and political survival. As the key th… OL16342371W
Osceola and the great Seminole war Osceola and the great Seminole war Thom Hatch "When he died in 1838, Seminole warrior Osceola was the most famous Native American in the world. Born a Creek, Osceola was driven from his home to Florida by General Andrew Jackson where he joined t… OL16607048W
Indian affairs and the administrative state in the nineteenth century Indian affairs and the administrative state in the nineteenth century Stephen J. Rockwell "The framers of the Constitution and the generations that followed built a powerful and intrusive national administrative state in the late-eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. The romantic myth of a… OL16964655W
An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States Roxanne Dunbar Ortiz,Laural Merlington,Debbie Reese,Jean Mendoza Today in the United States, there are more than five hundred federally recognized Indigenous nations comprising nearly three million people, descendants of the fifteen million Native people who once … OL17640485W
A multicultural portrait of the move West A multicultural portrait of the move West Petra Press Describes the history of westward expansion from the point of view of minorities and women. OL18226638W
Internal colonization Internal colonization Aleksandr Ėtkind This is a radically new account of Russia's cultural history. Etkind introduces the concept of 'internal colonization' in order to analyse the history of the Russian Empire, its' culture and its' lit… OL19714733W
A nation without borders A nation without borders Steven Hahn "A Pulitzer Prize-winning historian's provocative reinterpretation of the eight decades surrounding the Civil War (and leading into the twentieth century); the next volume in the Penguin History of t… OL20040609W
Cast in deathless bronze Cast in deathless bronze Donald Tunnicliff Rice "In 1898, when war with Spain seemed inevitable, Andrew Summers Rowan, an American army lieutenant from West Virginia, was sent on a secret mission to Cuba. He was to meet with General Calixto García… OL20060205W
Manifest destinies and indigenous peoples Manifest destinies and indigenous peoples David Maybury-Lewis,Biorn Maybury-Lewis,Theodore Macdonald Papers presented at an interdisciplinary seminar held Apr. 7-8, 2006 at the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. OL20896803W
The American way The American way Carville Earle "The geography of contemporary U.S. political economy - the relocation of firms toward the Sunbelt and abroad; the decline of manufacturing in the Rust Belt; the rise of footloose producer services; … OL4093574W
The Louisiana Purchase The Louisiana Purchase Magdalena Alagna Explains the events surrounding the Louisiana Purchase, through which President Jefferson acquired enough land to make the United States one of the largest nations in the world. OL5953590W
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