Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lectures – serie
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Sacrifice and National Belonging in Twentieth-century Germany
Av Greg Eghigian, Matthew Paul Berg
Inbunden, 2002
355 kr
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Over the course of the 20th century, Germans from virtually all walks of life were touched by two problems: forging a sense of national community and coming to terms with widespread suffering. Arguably, no country in the modern Western world has been so closely associated with both inflicting and …
Manifest Destiny and Empire
American Antebellum Expansionism
Av Sam W. Haynes, Christopher Morris m. fl.
Häftad, 2008
210 kr
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Six scholars consider important aspects of American antebellum expansion in this collection of studies newly available in paperback.Robert W. Johannsen of the University of Illinois at Urbana offers fresh insight into the meaning of the term ""manifest destiny,"" arguing for a broader …
Currents in Transatlantic History
Encounters, Commodities, Identities
Inbunden, 2017
529 kr
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Transatlantic historians are dedicated to analyzing the dynamic process of encounter and interchange among people on all sides of the Atlantic Ocean. Much discussion has surrounded the definition, geographic limitations, and temporal scope of transatlantic history defined primarily by a conceptual …
Deportation in the Americas
Histories of Exclusion and Resistance
Av Kenyon Zimmer, Cristina Salinas
Inbunden, 2018
529 kr
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In Deportation in the Americas: Histories of Exclusion and Resistance, editors Kenyon Zimmer and Cristina Salinas have compiled seven essays, adapted from the Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lecture Series, that deeply consider deportation policy in the Americas and its global effects.These …
Economics of Higher Education in the United States
Av Thomas Adam, Ayten Burcu Bayram
Inbunden, 2019
471 kr
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In The Economics of Higher Education in the United States, editors Thomas Adam and A. Burcu Bayram have assembled five essays, adapted from the fifty-second annual Walter Prescott Webb Memorial Lecture Series, that focus on the increasing cost of college—a topic that causes great anxiety among …
Creolization in the Americas
Av David Buisseret, Steven G. Reinhardt
Inbunden, 2000
341 kr
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Creolization, the process of cultural interchange - in this case, between peoples of the continents bordering the Atlantic Ocean - is an important aspect of the American experience. Focusing on diverse settings and different aspects of culture, this work examines the process of creolization.
Creolization in the Americas
Av David Buisseret, Steven G. Reinhardt
Häftad, 2000
188 kr
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Creolization, the process of cultural interchange - in this case, between peoples of the continents bordering the Atlantic Ocean - is an important aspect of the American experience. Focusing on diverse settings and different aspects of culture, this work examines the process of creolization.
Beyond Black and White
Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Us South and Southwest
Av Stephanie Cole, Alison M. Parker
Inbunden, 2004
369 kr
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This work brings up-to-date perspectives to the oversimplification of racial categories and new insight into the complexity of social relationships in these two important regions. It should be of use to those interested in social activism directed toward racial, ethnic, and gender issues.
Beyond Black and White
Race, Ethnicity, and Gender in the Us South and Southwest
Av Stephanie Cole, Alison M. Parker
Häftad, 2003
188 kr
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This work brings up-to-date perspectives to the oversimplification of racial categories and new insight into the complexity of social relationships in these two important regions. It should be of use to those interested in social activism directed toward racial, ethnic, and gender issues.
Traveling Between Worlds
German-American Encounters
Inbunden, 2006
355 kr
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In ""Traveling between Worlds"", six authors explore the connectedness between Germans and Americans in the nineteenth century and their mutual impact on transatlantic history. Despite the ocean between them, these two groups of people were linked not only by the emigration from one to the other …
Transatlantic History
Av Dennis Reinhartz, Steven G. Reinhardt
Inbunden, 2006
355 kr
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Transatlantic History offers a comprehensive look at the early stages of Atlantic exploration, the subsequent cultural exchange among Africans, Native Americans, and Europeans, and the resulting emergence of a modern global community. Through comparative analyses, scholarly investigations, and …
Lights, Camera, History
Portraying the Past in Film
Av Richard V. Francaviglia, Richard Francaviglia m. fl.
Häftad, 2007
222 kr
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This important volume addresses a number of central topics concerning how history is depicted in film. In the preface, the volume editors emphasize the importance of using film in teaching history: students will see historical films, and if they are not taught critical viewing, they will be …
Catholicism in the American West
A Rosary of Hidden Voices
Av Roberto R. Trevino, Richard V. Francaviglia
Inbunden, 2007
341 kr
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Like the rosary itself, the influence of Catholicism on the social and historical development of the American West has been both visible and hidden: visible in the effects of personal conviction on lives and communities; hidden in that the fuller context of this important American religious group …
Baseball in America and America in Baseball
Av Donald G. Kyle, Robert B. Fairbanks
Inbunden, 2008
362 kr
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Presenting views from a variety of sport and history experts, ""Baseball in America and America in Baseball"" captures the breadth and unsuspected variety of our national fascination and identification with America's Game.Chapters cover such well-known figures as Ty Cobb and lesser-known topics …
Crossing the Atlantic
Travel and Travel Writing in Modern Times
Av Thomas Adam, Nils H. Roemer
Inbunden, 2011
354 kr
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Mexican Revolution
Conflict and Consolidation, 1910-1940
Av Douglas W. Richmond, Sam W. Haynes
Inbunden, 2013
409 kr
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In 1910 insurgent leaders crushed the Porfirian dictatorship, but in the years that followed fought among themselves, until a nationalist consensus produced the 1917 Constitution. This in turn provided the basis for a reform agenda that transformed Mexico in the modern era. The civil war and the …
