The text provides a balanced approach to U.S. history, considering the people, events, and ideas that have shaped the United States from both the top down (politics, economics, diplomacy) and bottom up (eyewitness accounts, lived ...
William Henry Harrison was the first candidate to actively campaign for the presidency, under the slogan “Tippecanoe and Tyler too.” Tippecanoe referenced Harrison's defeat of Shawnee Indians at Prophetstown on the Tippecanoe River in ...
The story of Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, whose politics put these Founding Founders in constant conflict which led to the most famous duel in American history.
By 1827, disappointed in failing to secure a federal district judgeship for the Southern District ofNew York, Wheaton had accepted an ambassadorship to Denmark.91 Wheaton was succeeded as Reporter for the Supreme Court by Richard Peters ...
One hundred essays--each spurred by a famous phrase or quotation, such as "Remember the Alamo" or "Give me liberty or give me death"--are arranged chronologically to trace the events that shaped the history of America. Original.
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• A New Republic Best Book of the Year • The Globalist Top Books of the Year • Winner of the Maine Literary Award for Non-fiction • Particularly relevant in understanding who voted for who in this presidential election year, this is ...
Including an introduction which places key themes in context, this book enables readers to make comparisons and trace major thematic developments across American history.
A look at major events in U.S. and world history as they influenced, and as they may have been influenced by, the cultivation and use of hemp.
This series explores African-American history from 1526--1790. It examines political, social and cultural structures from the colonial period to the years of the early republic.