History - Essays

The Kingdom of the Shining Ones is a book written by Flower A. Newhouse that delves into the world of spiritual beings and their connection to humanity. The book explores the idea that there are higher beings, known as the Shining Ones, who are...

""The Great Pyramid and Its Builders"" is a comprehensive study of the Edgar Cayce Readings, which provide insight into the early history of Egypt and the construction of the Great Pyramid. Written by Lytle W. Robinson, the book delves into the theories and interpretations...

""A Letter to American Teachers of History"" is a book written by Henry Adams, a renowned American historian, and writer. In this book, Adams addresses American history teachers, urging them to reconsider their teaching methods and approach to history. He argues that history is...

""Origin and History of the Egyptian Rite of Misraim from Its Creation in 1806"" is a book written by Emmanuel Rebold that explores the creation and evolution of the Egyptian Rite of Misraim. The book provides a comprehensive history of the rite, which was...

""Josiah White: Prince of Pioneers"" is a biography of Josiah White, a prominent figure in the early industrial development of the United States. The book is written by Eleanor Morton and provides a comprehensive account of White's life, from his early years as a...

""Indian Legends with a Comparison between the Book of Mormon History and Various Indian Legends"" by J.W. Lesueur is a book that explores the similarities and differences between Native American legends and the history presented in the Book of Mormon. The author examines various...

Traditions Of The Arikara is a book written by George A. Dorsey that delves into the cultural and historical traditions of the Arikara people. The Arikara are a Native American tribe that originally lived in the Great Plains region of North America. The book...

This unique source book gathers works first published by various northwest editors and newly-selected for reprinting by independent jurors from over 100 pieces. The portfolio is arranged in reverse chronology and includes: over 50 historical/archival images of editors, writers, poets, books, events, radicals, and...

This book represents a sampling of how many communities through America were founded by descendants of slaves, slave masters and some of the slave master's children; and also other slaves bought from other states and nations in the world (mostly Africa). These slaves developed...

A poignant Appalachian book written in an authentic voice by a veteran of the phenomenal Foxfire Books. It's Not My Mountain Anymore is a journey which mirrors that of other proud Appalachian people who tamed this once wild Eastern frontier.Taste the harsh realities of...

Following the popular Midwest series, this third volume features thirty-eight nostalgic stories by authors from Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota, Michigan and more. Containing stories as diverse as "The Singing Silo," about a young girl's entertainment on the farm, to "Journey Through the Valley of...

Sense and Nonsense in Australian History represents a lifetime's original reflection by Australia's most innovative and penetrating historian. Included here are classic essays on the pioneer legend, Australian egalitarianism and colonial culture. There are celebrated critiques of The Tyranny of Distance, multiculturalism and nationalistic...

Transnational West Virginia includes essays and studies on immigrant networks, such as Irish workers along the B&O Railroad, Wheeling Germans in the Civil War era, Swiss immigration to West Virginia, and European Jews in Southern West Virginia.Author: Ken Fones-Wolf, Ronald L. LewisISBN-10: 0937058769ISBN-13: 9780937058763Publisher:...

Exploring the creation, transformation, and imagination of Russian space as a lens through which to understand Russia's development over the centuries, this volume makes an important contribution to Russian studies and the "new spatial history." It considers aspects of the relationship between place and...

Exploring the creation, transformation, and imagination of Russian space as a lens through which to understand Russia's development over the centuries, this volume makes an important contribution to Russian studies and the "new spatial history." It considers aspects of the relationship between place and...

From his earliest days as a Freedom Rider and leader of Students for a Democratic Society, through decades as a state senator, to contemporary notes on the Iraq war, the global South, immigration and spirituality, Tom Hayden's writings constitute nothing less than an alternative...

This collection of essays emerged from a symposium held at Mercer University which examined the ways in which W. E. B. Du Bois's theories of race have shaped racial discussion and public policy in the twentieth-century. The essays also examine the application of Du...

The texts in this volume offer critical assessments of a number of leading figures in contemporary intellectual life, who are in different ways thinkers at the intersection of history and politics. They include Roberto Unger, advocate of plasticity; the historians of antiquity and of...

Nations need identities. These are created from perceptions of how societies have evolved. In this, history plays a central role. Insisting on reliable history is therefore crucial to more than just a pedagogic cause. Delicate relationships between the past and present or an exacting...

At once memoir and meditation, Keeping Time records one professional historian's struggle to live in history even as he studies it, writes about it, and teaches it. Exploring the omnipresence of the past in American life today, Peter N. Carroll weaves into his autobiographical...

Over his distinguished career as a European intellectual historian and cultural critic, Martin Jay has explored a variety of major themes: the Frankfurt School, the exile of German intellectuals in America during the Nazi era, Western Marxism, the denigration of vision in twentieth-century French...

Thomas Jefferson's ideas have been so important in shaping the character and aspirations of the United States that it has proven impossible to think about the state of the nation at almost any moment without implicit or explicit reference to his words and actions....

What essential leadership lessons do we learn by distilling the actions and ideas of great military commanders such as George Washington, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Colin Powell? The Art of Command demonstrates that great leaders become great through a commitment not only to develop...

Originally established in 1775 the town of Lexington, Kentucky grew quickly into a national cultural center amongst the rolling green hills of the Bluegrass Region. Nicknamed the "Athens of the West," Lexington and the surrounding area became a leader in higher education, visual arts,...

What essential leadership lessons do we learn by distilling the actions and ideas of great military commanders such as George Washington, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Colin Powell? That is the fundamental question underlying The Art of Command: Military Leadership from George Washington to Colin...

" In 1979 Robert Penn Warren returned to his native Todd Country, Kentucky, to attend ceremonies in honor of another native son, Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederacy, whose United States citizenship had just been restored, ninety years after his death, by a special...

Almost a century ago Vassar professor Lucy Maynard Salmon (1853-1927) started down an intellectual path that made her one of the most innovative historians of all time. Her historical method relied on extensive use of the documents of everyday life. In class, for example,...

Fort Leavenworth, where Roger J. Spiller taught the army's finest for twenty-five years, is indeed a "school of war." There, among military professionals who had experienced war firsthand, Spiller honed his remarkable skills as an analyst and historian, scholar and teacher--skills that have made...

Orientalism, as explored by Edward Said in 1978, was a far more complex phenomenon than many suspected, being homogenous along the lines of neither culture nor time. Instead, it is deeply embedded in the collective reimaginings that were--and are--nationalism. The dozen essays in Genealogies...

The book has two broad aims. First, to point out the major themes of modern Newfoundland history currently being examined, and to offer a number of new interpretations of economic and political development in the last two centuries. Second, to supplement the standard works...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

The Ranters - like the Levellers and the Diggers - were a group of religious libertarians who flourished during the English Civil War (1642-1651), a period of social and religious turmoil which saw, in the words of the historian Christopher Hill, 'the world turned...

This original and exciting book examines the processes of nation building in the British West Indies.Author: Mary ChamberlainISBN-10: 0719078768ISBN-13: 9780719078767Publisher: Manchester University PressLanguage: EnglishPublished: 06/01/2010Pages: 232Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.15lbsSize: 9.30h x 6.10w x 1.00d

In this volume distinguished scholars from both sides of the Atlantic explore the work of Tacitus in its historical and literary context and also show how his text was interpreted in the sixteenth through eighteenth centuries. Discussed here, for example, are the ways predilections...

This vintage book contains H. G. Wells's "The Open Conspiracy: Blue Prints for a World Revolution" (first published in 1928). Wells describes the book as a 'scheme to thrust forward and establish a human control over the destinies of life, and liberate it from...

I Wish I'd Been There brings together twenty of our most distinguished historians' responses to the question "What scene or incident in American history would you most liked to have witnessed--and why?" The answers illuminate crucial moments in our past and give readers a...

This complete collection of Francis Bacon's essays is superbly presented and meticulously faithful to the original publication. An intellectual possessed of a staggering breadth of knowledge and learning, Francis Bacon wrote many essays on a range of topics. Subjects as diverse as married life,...

This is a new release of the original 1942 edition.Author: Bronislas A. JezierskiISBN-10: 1258995662ISBN-13: 9781258995669Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 74Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.24lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.15d

This is a new release of the original 1947 edition.Author: Mary Theopane ShoemakerISBN-10: 1258995549ISBN-13: 9781258995546Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/27/2013Pages: 74Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.24lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.15d

The Tunnel Thru The Air Or Looking Back From 1940 is a novel written by William D. Gann. The story follows the life of a young man named Robert Gordon, who is an aspiring stock trader. Robert is determined to make a fortune in...

""A History of Jewish Literature"" is a two-volume work written by Meyer Waxman. Volume 6 covers the period of Jewish literature from the mid-19th century to the early 20th century, while Volume 7 covers the period from the early 20th century to the mid-20th...

Symbolism in Penobscot Art: Anthropological Papers of the American Museum of Natural History, V29, Part 2 is a scholarly work written by Frank G. Speck. The book explores the art and symbolism of the Penobscot people, a Native American tribe from Maine. Speck examines...

Author: Chester G. StarrISBN-10: 1258826917ISBN-13: 9781258826918Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/03/2013Pages: 542Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.58lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 1.09d

Author: John Joseph StoudtISBN-10: 125882681XISBN-13: 9781258826819Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/03/2013Pages: 412Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.21lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.84d

Author: John Newton BoucherISBN-10: 1258826615ISBN-13: 9781258826611Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/03/2013Pages: 292Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.87lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.61d

Author: Kate H. PrescottISBN-10: 125882616XISBN-13: 9781258826161Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 10/03/2013Pages: 126Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.39lbsSize: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.27d

""A Century of Coos and Curry"" is a comprehensive historical account of the Southwest Oregon region, written by Emil R. Peterson. The book covers the period from the early 1800s to the early 1900s, detailing the various events, people, and developments that shaped the...

Saline County: A Century Of History, 1847-1947 is a comprehensive historical account of Saline County, located in central Arkansas. The book is authored by the Saline County Historical Society and covers a period of one hundred years, from the county's establishment in 1847 to...

""History of Naugatuck, Connecticut"" is a comprehensive book that chronicles the development and growth of Naugatuck, a small town in Connecticut. The book is written by Constance McLaughlin Green, a renowned American historian and author who has written extensively on the history of New...

Author: Earle NewtonISBN-10: 1258813165ISBN-13: 9781258813161Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLCLanguage: EnglishPublished: 09/14/2013Pages: 292Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.50lbsSize: 11.02h x 8.50w x 0.61d