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America in the 19th Century (English)
This collection, "America in the 19th Century," offers a curated selection of resources exploring the United States during a transformative era. It covers topics such as the Civil War, westward expansion, industrialization, and social changes that shaped modern America. Ideal for those interested in understanding the historical context of 19th-century U.S. culture and society, this collection provides valuable insights into the events and figures that defined the century.
This collection contains: 15 books
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1877: America's Year of Living Violently (English)
In 1877, a decade after the Civil War, not only was the US gripped by a deep depression, but the...
American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900 (English)
In this grand-scale narrative history, two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist H. W. Brands brilliantly...
A Wilderness So Immense: The Louisiana Purchase and the Destiny of America (English)
In A Wilderness so Immense , historian Jon Kukla recounts the fascinating tale of the personal...
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West (English)
The landmark, bestselling account of the crimes against American Indians during the 19th century,...
Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee: An Indian History of the American West (English)
Dee Brown's eloquent, meticulously documented account of the systematic destruction of the...
City of the Century: The Epic of Chicago and the Making of America (English)
The epic of Chicago is the story of the emergence of modern America. Here, witness Chicago's...
Enduring Truths: Sojourner's Shadows and Substance (English)
Runaway slave Sojourner Truth gained fame in the nineteenth century as an abolitionist, feminist,...
Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped Our Nation (English)
From New York Times bestselling author Cokie Roberts comes Ladies of Liberty a follow up to...
Picturing Frederick Douglass: An Illustrated Biography of the Nineteenth Century's Most Photographed American (English)
Frederick Douglass's fiery speeches made him one of the most renowned and popular agitators of his...
Six Frigates: The Epic History of the Founding of the U. S. Navy (English)
Before the ink was dry on the U.S. Constitution, the establishment of a permanent military became...
The California Gold Rush and the Coming of the Civil War (English)
Award-winning historian Leonard L. Richards gives us an authoritative and revealing portrait of an...
The Fall of the House of Dixie: The Civil War and the Social Revolution That Transformed the South (English)
In this major new history of the Civil War, Bruce Levine tells the riveting story of how that...
The Impending Crisis: America Before the Civil War, 1848-1861 (English)
"David M. Potter's magisterial The Impending Crisis is the single best account to date of the...
The Tycoons: How Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, Jay Gould, and J. P. Morgan Invented the American Supereconomy (English)
"Makes a reader feel like a time traveler plopped down among men who were by turns vicious and...
