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Revolutionary Outlaws: Ethan Allen and the Struggle for Independence on the Early American Frontier
ISBN: 9780813916033 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 444 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) In this revisionary look at the eighteenth-century frontier, Michael A. Bellesiles shows us that more than a legendary Revolutionary War hero, Ethan Allen was the leader of a group of frontier subsistence farmers united in their opposition to New York elites and land speculators; the independence Allen and his followers fought for was as much from eastern elites as it was from the British crown. But what makes the story of the Green Mountain frontier so remarkable is that the settlers won. Revolutionary Outlaws is both a biography of Ethan Allen and a social history of the conflict... In this revisionary look at the eighteenth-century frontier, Michael A. Bellesiles shows us that more than a legendary Revolutionary War hero, Etha... |
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247,85 zł |
1877: America's Year of Living Violently
ISBN: 9781595587084 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 400 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych (Dostawa przed świętami) 1877 was the year many Americans wanted to forget. In the messy aftermath of the Civil War, economic depression, white supremacy, labor unrest, and a factionalized political system produced a period of unprecedented violence and upheaval in American life. This "solid, deeply informed history" (Publishers Weekly) brilliantly recaptures this tumultuous time, revealing that the fires of that pivotal year also fueled a hothouse of cultural and intellectual innovation. Best of all, historian Michael A. Bellesiles tells the story of 1877 not just through dramatic events, but also through the...
1877 was the year many Americans wanted to forget. In the messy aftermath of the Civil War, economic depression, white supremacy, labor unrest, and a ...
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87,14 zł |
Lethal Imagination: Violence and Brutality in American History
ISBN: 9780814712962 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 320 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. By any standard, the United States is the most violent nation in the industrialized world. To find comparable levels of interpersonal violence, one must look to nations in the midst of civil war. Most observers of modern American violence do not consider the historical roots of current levels of violence, preferring to criticize American liberalism, permissive child-rearing practices, and excessive greed and individualism as the sources of the problem. This collection of original essays examines the role of violence in America's past, exploring its history and development,... By any standard, the United States is the most violent nation in the industrialized world. To find comparable levels of interpersonal violence, one... |
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131,12 zł |