American History

ISBN: 9780813195476
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
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Wilbur H. Siebert published his landmark study of the Underground Railroad in 1898, revealing a secret system of assisted slave escapes. A product of his time, Siebert based his research on the accounts of white, male, northern abolitionists. Whil... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780813195391
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
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By 1926, it seemed that John R. Brinkley's experimental rejuvenation cure - transplanting goat glands into aging men - had taken the nation by storm. Never mind that "Doc" Brinkley's medical credentials were shaky at best and that he prescribed me... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781785708855
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: American Landscapes
Volume: 6
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The large American Indian city of Cahokia sits amidst a diverse natural landscape within the larger central Mississippi river valley. Well positioned on the rich agricultural soils of the Mississippi river bottomlands of the Amercan Bottom it is ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781785706240
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: American Landscapes
Volume: 5
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This exciting new addition to the the American Landscapes series provides an in-depth account of how flintknappers obtained and used stone based on archaeological, geological, landscape, and anthropological data. Featuring case studies from three... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780822966845
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
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Homestead, The Households of a Mill Town, was first published in 1910 as one volume in the classic Pittsburgh Survey, and describes daily life in a community that was dominated economically and physically by the giant Homestead Works of ... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780822946328
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
General John Forbes’s campaign against Fort Duquesne was the largest over-land expedition during the Seven Years’ War in America. While most histories of the time period include the Forbes Campaign as an aside, McConnell documents how and why Forb... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9780819573032
Published by : Wesleyan University Press
Series: Driftless Connecticut
Drawing on a wide array of primary material, civil engineer Richard DeLuca examines how land, law, and technology have shaped Connecticut and its transportation systems, including aviation, roads, bridges, ferries, steamboats, canals, railroads, e... .... Learn More

ISBN: 9781592110247
Published by : Vita Histria
On September 15, 1906 Arthur MacArthur Jr. became the twelfth man in the history of the United States Army to be awarded the rank of Lieutenant General, the highest rank in the Army up to that time. This great honor, which marked the culmination o... .... Learn More

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ISBN: 9781789255027
Published by : Oxbow Books
Series: Studies in Funerary Archaeology
Volume: 16
Stone and brick tombs were repositories for the physical remains of many of Connecticut’s wealthiest and influential families. The desire was to be interred within burial vaults rather than have their wooden coffins laid into the earth in direct ... .... Learn More