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Inheriting the revolution Inheriting the revolution Joyce Oldham Appleby, PhD THE FIRST GENERATION of Americans—inherited a truly new world—and, with it, the task of working out the terms of Independence. Anyone who started a business, marketed a new invention, ran for office,… OL13786439W
Freedom bound Freedom bound Christopher L. Tomlins "Freedom Bound is about the origins of modern America. It is a history of colonizing, work, and civic identity from the beginnings of English presence on the mainland until the Civil War"--Provided b… OL16920586W
Women of the Republic Women of the Republic Linda K. Kerber This book is renowned as one of the earliest works to address the role of women in the American Revolution. It is seen as an introductory text to the "herstories" published by American women's histor… OL1891037W
The divided family in Civil War America The divided family in Civil War America Amy Murrell Taylor "The Civil War has long been described as a war pitting "brother against brother." The divided family is an enduring metaphor for the divided nation, but it also accurately reflects the reality of Am… OL19668742W
The boundaries of American political culture in the Civil War era The boundaries of American political culture in the Civil War era Mark E. Neely Did preoccupations with family and work crowd out interest in politics in the nineteenth century, as some have argued? Arguing that social historians have gone too far in concluding that Americans we… OL20414733W
Domestic manners of the Americans Domestic manners of the Americans Frances Milton Trollope When Fanny Trollope set sail for America in 1827 with hopes of joining a Utopian community of emancipated slaves, she took with her three of her children and a young French artist, leaving behind her… OL2147971W
The exchange artist The exchange artist Jane Kamensky The Exchange Artist tells the story of Andrew Dexter, Junior and the first American skyscraper. Equal parts entrepreneur and confidence man, Dexter erected his swagger building, the Exchange Coffee H… OL2648433W
De la démocratie en Amérique De la démocratie en Amérique Gustave de Beaumont,Alexis de Tocqueville A contemporary study of the early American nation and its evolving democracy, from a French aristocrat and sociologist. In 1831 Alexis de Tocqueville, a young French aristocrat and ambitious civil… OL278001W
The thirteen colonies The thirteen colonies Marc Tyler Nobleman Introduces the European immigrants who came to North America as explorers and settlers, their interactions with native people, and the wars that ultimately led to their independence. OL2881170W
Life in Black and White Life in Black and White Brenda E. Stevenson Life in the old South has always fascinated Americans--whether in the mythical portrayals of the planter elite from fiction such as Gone With the Wind or in historical studies that look inside the sl… OL2919427W
American Revolution American Revolution Andrew Frank American Revolution looks at one of the most significant eras in American history through the eyes of its least famous, least studied citizens. It is an eye-opening collection of essays demonstrating… OL2944314W
Sensory worlds in early America Sensory worlds in early America Peter Charles Hoffer Over the past half-century, historians have greatly enriched our understanding of America's past. We now know that homes and workplaces form a part of our history as important as battlefields and the… OL522543W