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32 produkter
The Great Wave
Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History
Häftad, 2000
334 kr
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A unique view of historical change, based on the rise and fall of prices.
Albion's Seed
Four British Folkways in America
Inbunden, 1990
962 kr
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The initial volume of what will become a multi-volume social history of the United States, this book treats the transmission of English culture to America. Fischer argues that during the period 1629 to 1775 the United States was settled by four large waves of English-speaking immigrants from …
Growing Old in America
Häftad, 1978
334 kr
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A history of aging in America surveys and compares actualities and attitudes in the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries and suggests practical improvements on the current inadequate system of pensions, social security, medicare, and other programs.
The Great Wave
Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History
Inbunden, 1997
959 kr
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David Hackett Fischer, one of our most prominent historians, has garnered a reputation for making history come alive - even stories as familiar as Paul Revere's ride, or as complicated as the assimilation of British culture in North America. Now, in The Great Wave, Fischer has done it again, …
Albion's Seed
Four British Folkways in America
Häftad, 1992
492 kr
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Eighty percent of Americans have no British ancestors. According to David Hackett Fischer, however, their day-to-day lives are profoundly influenced by folkways transplanted from Britain to the New World with the first settlers. Residual, yet persistent, aspects of these 17th Century folkways are …
Paul Revere's Ride
Inbunden, 1994
636 kr
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Paul Revere's midnight ride looms as an almost mythical event in American history--yet it has been largely ignored by scholars and left to patriotic writers and debunkers. Now one of the foremost American historians offers the first serious look at the events of the night of April 18, 1775--what …
Paul Revere's Ride
Häftad, 1995
320 kr
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This widely acclaimed and meticulously researched book is the first serious study of Paul Revere's famous ride. Fischer's exciting narrative offers new insight into the coming of the American Revolution.
Liberty and Freedom
A Visual History of America's Founding Ideas
Inbunden, 2004
1526 kr
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Liberty and freedom: Americans agree that these values are fundamental to our nation, but what do they mean? How have their meanings changed through time? In this new volume of cultural history, David Hackett Fischer shows how these varying ideas form an intertwined strand that runs through the …
Washington's Crossing
Inbunden, 2004
458 kr
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Six months after Independence, the American Revolution was all but lost. A powerful British force had routed the Americans at New York, occupied three colonies, and advanced within sight of Philadelphia. George Washington lost 90 percent of his army, and was driven across the Delaware River. Panic …
Washington's Crossing
Häftad, 2006
312 kr
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Six months after the Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution was all but lost. A powerful British force had routed the Americans at New York, occupied three colonies, and advanced within sight of Philadelphia.Yet, as David Hackett Fischer recounts in this riveting history, George …
Washington's Crossing
Häftad, 2027
248 kr
Kommande
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for History A New York Times Bestseller A National Book Award Finalist An American Library Association Notable Book A New York Times Book Review Ten Best Books of 2004A riveting tale of the defining moment in the American Revolution.Six months after the Declaration of …
Washington's Crossing
E-bok, 2004
290 kr
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Six months after the Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution was all but lost. A powerful British force had routed the Americans at New York, occupied three colonies, and advanced within sight of Philadelphia.Yet, as David Hackett Fischer recounts in this riveting history, George …
Growing Old in America
The Bland-Lee Lectures Delivered at Clark University
E-bok, 1978
202 kr
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Great Wave
Price Revolutions and the Rhythm of History
E-bok, 1996
265 kr
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David Hackett Fischer, one of our most prominent historians, has garnered a reputation for making history come alive--even stories as familiar as Paul Revere''s ride, or as complicated as the assimilation of British culture in North America. Now, in The Great Wave , Fischer has done it again, …
Albion's Seed
Four British Folkways in America
E-bok, 1991
453 kr
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This fascinating book is the first volume in a projected cultural history of the United States, from the earliest English settlements to our own time. It is a history of American folkways as they have changed through time, and it argues a thesis about the importance for the United States of having …
Albion's Seed
Four British Folkways in America
E-bok, 1991
453 kr
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This fascinating book is the first volume in a projected cultural history of the United States, from the earliest English settlements to our own time. It is a history of American folkways as they have changed through time, and it argues a thesis about the importance for the United States of having …
Washington's Crossing
E-bok, 2006
139 kr
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Six months after the Declaration of Independence, the American Revolution was all but lost. A powerful British force had routed the Americans at New York, occupied three colonies, and advanced within sight of Philadelphia.Yet, as David Hackett Fischer recounts in this riveting history, George …
Paul Revere's Ride
E-bok, 1994
252 kr
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Paul Revere''s midnight ride looms as an almost mythical event in American history--yet it has been largely ignored by scholars and left to patriotic writers and debunkers. Now one of the foremost American historians offers the first serious look at the events of the night of April 18, 1775--what …
Liberty and Freedom
A Visual History of America's Founding Ideas
E-bok, 2004
1039 kr
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Liberty and freedom: Americans agree that these values are fundamental to our nation, but what do they mean? How have their meanings changed through time? In this new volume of cultural history, David Hackett Fischer shows how these varying ideas form an intertwined strand that runs through the …
Paul Revere's Ride
E-bok, 1995
252 kr
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Paul Revere''s midnight ride looms as an almost mythical event in American history--yet it has been largely ignored by scholars and left to patriotic writers and debunkers. Now one of the foremost American historians offers the first serious look at the events of the night of April 18, 1775--what …
Fairness and Freedom
A History of Two Open Societies: New Zealand and the United States
Inbunden, 2012
477 kr
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Fairness and Freedom compares the history of two open societies - New Zealand and the United States - with much in common. Both have democratic polities, mixed-enterprise economies, individuated societies, pluralist cultures, and a deep concern for human rights and the rule of law. But all of these …
Fairness and Freedom
A History of Two Open Societies: New Zealand and the United States
E-bok, 2012
353 kr
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Fairness and Freedom compares the history of two open societies--New Zealand and the United States--with much in common. Both have democratic polities, mixed-enterprise economies, individuated societies, pluralist cultures, and a deep concern for human rights and the rule of law. But all of these …
Liberty and Freedom
A Visual History of America's Founding Ideas
E-bok, 2004
1039 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Liberty and freedom: Americans agree that these values are fundamental to our nation, but what do they mean? How have their meanings changed through time? In this new volume of cultural history, David Hackett Fischer shows how these varying ideas form an intertwined strand that runs through the …
Fairness and Freedom
A History of Two Open Societies: New Zealand and the United States
E-bok, 2012
353 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Fairness and Freedom compares the history of two open societies--New Zealand and the United States--with much in common. Both have democratic polities, mixed-enterprise economies, individuated societies, pluralist cultures, and a deep concern for human rights and the rule of law. But all of these …
Champlain's Dream
Ljudbok, 2008
385 kr
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Winner of the Pritzker Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing In this sweeping, enthralling biography, acclaimed historian David Hackett Fischer brings to life the remarkable Samuel de Champlainsoldier, spy, master mariner, explorer, cartographer, artist, and Father of New …
Bound Away
Virginia and the Westward Movement
Av David Hackett Fischer, James C. Kelly
Häftad, 2000
387 kr
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A study of the American westward movement. It demonstrates that the movement was a broad cultural process best understood not only through the writings of intellectual elites but also through the physical artefacts and folkways of ordinary people.
Champlain's Dream
E-bok, 2008
206 kr
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Winner of the Pritzker Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement in Military Writing In this sweeping, enthralling biography, acclaimed historian David Hackett Fischer brings to life the remarkable Samuel de Champlain—soldier, spy, master mariner, explorer, cartographer, artist, and Father of New …
African Founders
How Enslaved People Expanded American Ideals
Ljudbok, 2022
588 kr
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In this sweeping, foundational work, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David Hackett Fischer draws on extensive research to show how enslaved Africans and their descendants enlarged American ideas of freedom in varying ways in different regions of the early United States. African Founders explores …
