The Great Plains Guide to Buffalo Bill follows the life of one of the Wild West's most legendary heroes, taking readers on a unique, informative tour of the residences, forts, battlefields, and other sites that interpret Cody's life on the Great Plains.
Europeans, Africans, and Indians at Long Island's Sylvester Manor Planta
The study of slavery in the Americas generally assumes a basic racial hierarchy: Africans or those of African descent are usually the slaves, and white people usually the slaveholders. In this unique interdisciplinary work of historical archaeology, anthropologist Katherine Hayes draws on years of fieldwork on Shelter Island's Sylvester Manor to ......
Largely overshadowed by World War II's greatest generation and the more vocal veterans of the Vietnam era, Korean War veterans remain relatively invisible in the narratives of both war and its aftermath. This book deals with this war.
English translations of Nahuatl and Maya religious texts, including sermons, catechisms, and confessional manuals. Includes commentary examining the various Christianities presented to the colonial Aztec (Nahua) and Yucatec Maya, the origins and purpose of the texts, and their authors and the messages they intended to ......
In his study of William Henry Harrison, David Curtis Skaggs sheds light on the role of citizen-soldiers in taming the wilderness of the old Northwest. Perhaps best known for the Whig slogan in 1840'Tippecanoe and Tyler Too'Harrison used his efforts to pacify Native Americans and defeat the British in the War of 1812 to promote a political career ......
Ecological Visions and the American Urban Professions, 1920-1960
In the early twentieth century, America was transformed from a predominantly agricultural nation to one whose population resided mostly in cities. Yet rural areas continued to hold favored status in the countrys political life.For prominent figures in the social sciences, city planning, and real estate who were anxious about the future of cities, ......
In Richard Nixon and the Vietnam War, accomplished foreign relations historian David F. Shmitz provides students of US history and the Vietnam era with an up-to-date analysis of Nixon's Vietnam policy in a brief and accessible book that addresses the main controversies of the Nixon years. President Richard Nixon's first presidential term oversaw ......
