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25 produkter
Southern Crossing
A History of the American South, 1877-1906
E-bok, 1995
319 kr
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Edward L. Ayers monumental history, Promise of the New South , was praised by the eminent historian Bertram Wyatt-Brown as "A work of frequently stunning beauty," who added "The elegance and sensitivity that he achieves are typical of few historical works." Winner of the James A. Rawley Prize for …
Southern Crossing
A History of the American South, 1877-1906
Häftad, 1996
489 kr
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Edward L. Ayers's The Promise of the New South was a widely heralded history of the American South between the 1870s and the 1900s. Southern Junction represents an abridgement of this book, offering a glimpse into a society undergoing the sudden confontation with the promises, costs, and …
The Oxford Book of the American South
Testimony, Memory, and Fiction
Av Edward L. Ayers, Bradley C. Mittendorf
Häftad, 1999
523 kr
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The Oxford Book of the American South resonates with the words of black people and white, women and men, the powerless as well as the powerful. The collection presents the most telling fiction and nonfiction produced in the South from the late eighteenth century to the present. Renowned authors …
The Promise of the New South
Life After Reconstruction - 15th Anniversary Edition
Inbunden, 2007
1526 kr
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At a public picnic in the South in the 1890s, a young man paid five cents for his first chance to hear the revolutionary Edison talking machine. He eagerly listened as the soundman placed the needle down, only to find that through the tubes he held to his ears came the chilling sounds of a …
Promise of the New South
Life After Reconstruction - 15th Anniversary Edition
E-bok, 2007
252 kr
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At a public picnic in the South in the 1890s, a young man paid five cents for his first chance to hear the revolutionary Edison talking machine. He eagerly listened as the soundman placed the needle down, only to find that through the tubes he held to his ears came the chilling sounds of a …
Oxford Book of the American South
Testimony, Memory, and Fiction
Av Bradley C. Mittendorf, Edward L. Ayers
E-bok, 1997
239 kr
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The Oxford Book of the American South resonates with the words of black people and white, women and men, the powerless as well as the powerful. The collection presents the most telling fiction and nonfiction produced in the South from the late eighteenth century to the present. Renowned authors …
Southern Crossing
A History of the American South, 1877-1906
E-bok, 1995
319 kr
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Edward L. Ayers monumental history, Promise of the New South , was praised by the eminent historian Bertram Wyatt-Brown as "A work of frequently stunning beauty," who added "The elegance and sensitivity that he achieves are typical of few historical works." Winner of the James A. Rawley Prize for …
Promise of the New South
Life After Reconstruction - 15th Anniversary Edition
E-bok, 2007
252 kr
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At a public picnic in the South in the 1890s, a young man paid five cents for his first chance to hear the revolutionary Edison talking machine. He eagerly listened as the soundman placed the needle down, only to find that through the tubes he held to his ears came the chilling sounds of a …
Thin Light of Freedom
The Civil War and Emancipation in the Heart of America
Inbunden, 2017
345 kr
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Virginia’s Great Valley, prosperous in peace, invited destruction in war. Voracious Union and Confederate armies ground up the valley, consuming crops, livestock, fences and human life. Pitched battles at Gettysburg, Lynchburg and Cedar Creek punctuated a cycle of vicious attacks and reprisals in …
In the Presence of Mine Enemies
The Civil War in the Heart of America, 1859-1864
Häftad, 2004
413 kr
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Our standard Civil War histories tell a reassuring story of the triumph, in an inevitable conflict, of the dynamic, free-labor North over the traditional, slave-based South, vindicating the freedom principles built into the nation's foundations.But at the time, on the borderlands of Pennsylvania …
What Caused the Civil War?
Reflections on the South and Southern History
Häftad, 2006
265 kr
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The Southern past has proven to be fertile ground for great works of history. Peculiarities of tragic proportions—a system of slavery flourishing in a land of freedom, secession and Civil War tearing at a federal Union, deep poverty persisting in a nation of fast-paced development—have fed the …
Thin Light of Freedom
The Civil War and Emancipation in the Heart of America
Häftad, 2018
190 kr
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At the crux of America’s history stand two astounding events: the immediate and complete destruction of the most powerful system of slavery in the modern world, followed by a political reconstruction in which new constitutions established the fundamental rights of citizens for formerly enslaved …
American Visions
The United States, 1800-1860
Inbunden, 2023
358 kr
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With so many of our histories falling into dour critique or blatant celebration, here is a welcome departure: a book that offers hope as well as honesty about the American past. The early decades of the nineteenth century saw the expansion of slavery, Native dispossession, mass immigration and wars …
All Over the Map
Rethinking American Regions
Av Edward L. Ayers, Patricia Nelson Limerick m. fl.
Häftad, 1996
468 kr
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Even as Americans keep moving "all over the map" in the late twentieth century, they cherish memories of the places they come from. But where do these places-these regions-come from? What makes them so real? In this groundbreaking book a distinguished group of historians explores the concept of …
Southern Journey
The Migrations of the American South, 1790–2020
Inbunden, 2020
527 kr
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Taking a wide focus, Southern Journey narrates the evolution of southern history from the founding of the nation to the present day by focusing on the settling, unsettling, and resettling of the South. Using migration as the dominant theme of southern history and including indigenous, white, black, …
Crucible of the Civil War
Virginia from Secession to Commemoration
Av Edward L. Ayers, Gary W. Gallagher m. fl.
Häftad, 2008
328 kr
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Crucible of the Civil War offers an illuminating portrait of the state's wartime economic, political, and social institutions. Weighing in on contentious issues within established scholarship while also breaking ground in areas long neglected by scholars, the contributors examine such concerns as …
Crucible of the Civil War
Virginia from Secession to Commemoration
Av Andrew J. Torget, Gary W. Gallagher m. fl.
E-bok, 2008
279 kr
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Crucible of the Civil War offers an illuminating portrait of the state’s wartime economic, political, and social institutions. Weighing in on contentious issues within established scholarship while also breaking ground in areas long neglected by scholars, the contributors examine such concerns as …
America on the Eve of the Civil War
Av Carolyn R. Martin, Edward L. Ayers
E-bok, 2010
360 kr
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"This remarkable publication provides a captivating and brilliantly executed series of conversations among seventeen most impressive historians. These participants in a daylong conference focusing on the extraordinary years leading to the Civil War provide an incredible range of historical …
America's War: Talking about the Civil War and Emancipation on Their 150th Anniversaries
Häftad, 2011
272 kr
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American Visions
The United States, 1800-1860
Häftad, 2024
253 kr
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With so many of our histories falling into dour critique or blatant celebration, here is a welcome departure: a book that offers hope as well as honesty about the American past. The early decades of the nineteenth century saw the expansion of slavery, Native dispossession and wars with Canada and …
Crucible of the Civil War
Virginia from Secession to Commemoration
Av Edward L. Ayers, Gary W. Gallagher m. fl.
Inbunden, 2006
541 kr
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Serving both as home to the Confederacy's capital, Richmond, and as the war's primary battlefield, Virginia held a unique place in the American Civil War, while also witnessing the privations and hardships that marked life in all corners of the Confederacy. Yet despite an overwhelming literature on …
America on the Eve of the Civil War
Av Edward L. Ayers, Carolyn R. Martin
Inbunden, 2010
397 kr
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Considers the key questions America faced on the eve of the Civil War: What factors fuelled booming national expansion and economic growth, and what roles did they play in the national conversation? Would the slave-based economy continue to thrive? What would be the long-term effects of John …
America on the Eve of the Civil War
Av Edward L. Ayers, Carolyn R. Martin
Häftad, 2011
281 kr
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Momentous Events in Small Places
The Coming of the Civil War in Two American Communities
Häftad, 1997
65 kr
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