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1) El último baluarte: La campaña de independencia del Caribe y la capitulación de Cartagena, 1819-1821
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La guerra de independencia en la Costa Caribe, que culminó con la capitulación de Cartagena y la salida de las tropas realistas, en octubre de 1821, fue un episodio decisivo de la emancipación colombiana de España. Este libro contiene ocho excelentes ensayos de destacados historiadores sobre cómo fue completándose estratégicamente la independencia de la Nueva Granada. Fue un momento heroico y único, dice Rodolfo Segovia en el Prólogo, que...
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In the vast, rugged terrains of the American Wild West, few names echo as loudly as Billy, the Kid. This definitive account brings to life the tales, myths, and realities of one of the most enigmatic and legendary figures in American folklore."Billy, the Kid: A Wild West Legend" delves deep into the dusty pages of history, piecing together the journey of a young man thrust into a life of crime, adventure, and infamy. From his humble beginnings to...
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El camino indígena que unió las etnias muiscas de las tierras planas andinas de Colombia y las etnias que habitaron las montañas del oriente de Colombia y las vegas de los ríos caudalosos que desembocan en el mar Atlántico, por el cual arribaron los españoles al interior del país, bautizado luego como camino real, fue la vena comunicante antes y después del cubrimiento de los peninsulares españoles. El autor con ancestros muiscas nació en...
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Georgina B. Devlin was an immigrant from England to Mississippi. In 1852 she began keeping her diary of her life, primarily in Yazoo City and for a few years in Winona. From then until 1912 she recorded events at home and in the world around her.Edited to include introductory materials and well footnoted.
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Get the Summary of Jonathan Blitzer's Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book. "Everyone Who Is Gone Is Here: The United States, Central America, and the Making of a Crisis" by Jonathan Blitzer provides a comprehensive examination of the complex relationship between the United States and Central America, focusing on the political, social, and humanitarian crises that have shaped the region...
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Pam nad ydym yn deall y ddadl gwn sy'n ymfflamychu barn America? Mae'r hanesydd Jensen Cox yn esbonio ei darddiad a'i ddigwyddiadau cyfredol i ni. Bob blwyddyn, mae llofruddiaethau torfol yn plymio'r Unol Daleithiau i arswyd. Ac eto, mae'r rhyddid i fod yn arfog yn hawl sylfaenol, yn seiliedig ar yr ail welliant sacrosanct i'r Cyfansoddiad, a gefnogir gan fwyafrif o Americanwyr: y Gymdeithas Reifflau Genedlaethol bwerus, mamau heddychlon, helwyr,...
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Step into the dusty streets and smoky saloons of the Wild West with "The Life Of A Saloon Madam In The Wild West," a riveting narrative that transports readers to a bygone era where danger and opportunity walked hand in hand. This well researched book unveils the untold and funny story of a formidable woman who carved their destiny amidst outlaws, cowboys, and miners, becoming a legend in her own right. In a time when women's voices were often silenced,...
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"Proclaim ye this... Assemble yourselves, and come, all..., and gather yourselves together round about..." "Woe to the land shadowing with wings, which is beyond the rivers of Ethiopia; that sendeth ambassadors by the sea, even in vessels of bulrushes upon the waters, saying Go, ye swift messengers, to a nation scattered and peeled, to a people terrible from their beginning hitherto; a nation meted out and trodded down whose land the rivers have spoiled!"...
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Haven of Liberty chronicles the arrival of the first Jews to New York in 1654 and highlights the role of republicanism in shaping their identity and institutions. Rock follows the Jews of NewYork through the Dutch and British colonial eras, the American Revolution and early republic, and the antebellum years, ending with a path-breaking account of their outlook and behavior during the Civil War. Overcoming significant barriers, these courageous men...
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Finalist, 2016 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award
One of Bustle's Books For Your Civil Disobedience Reading List
Examines the key role dissent has played in shaping the United States, emphasizing the way Americans responded to injustices
Dissent: The History of an American Idea examines the key role dissent has played in shaping the United States. It focuses on those who, from colonial days to the present, dissented against the ruling paradigm of their...
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Paradigm Shift is the story of the rise and fall of the American Empire as viewed within a psychosocial context. After eight years of Bush and Cheney, we were almost ready to turn our Titanic around before it hit the Iceberg from Wasilla. These are the rumors and legends about Sarah Palin that the mainstream media do not want you to know about their cash cow.
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Have you ever heard the famous saying "history always repeats itself"?1,000 years ago the seemingly invincible Roman Empire ruled the world, before ultimately losing all its power.Is that the fate destined for modern-day America?History books are often some of the best resources for looking into what is likely to happen in the future, and this scenario is no different.If you are interested in trying to identify how the near future is likely to play...
13) American Slavery
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Love history? Know your stuff with History in an Hour. From the first slaves arriving in Jamestown in 1619, the cotton fields in the Southern States and shipbuilding in New England, to the slaves who laid down their lives in war so that Americans could be free, American Slavery in an Hour covers the breadth of the subject without sacrificing important historical and cultural details. An important and dark time in Black – and American – history,...
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Si hay un fenómeno de la historia de los Estados Unidos que se ha explotado hasta la saciedad en la cultura popular occidental, este ha sido la conquista del Oeste y el conflicto con las tribus de nativos que lo habitaban, denominado como las Guerras Indias. De una demonización del indio o nativo norteamericano, el péndulo basculó a partir de la década de 1970 a su santificación, y a menudo se echan en falta visiones más ecuánimes, capaces...
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Replace #2 proposes the Newtown Amendment, a replacement for the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution. The book traces the origin of the gun culture in America and its connection to racism. Whites used guns to uphold slavery and expand the country. Replace #2 describes the growing obsession of America with guns in the nineteenth century. When modern America developed in the twentieth century, guns continued to play an important role...
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Vous devez avoir entendu des gens direque soit le ciel l'avait mangé, soit la terre l'avait avalé.Mais il existe un endroit sur Terreo les gens prétendent que cela se produit réellement.Cet endroit se trouve dans la région ouestde l'océan Atlantique Nord, entre l'État de Floride des États-Unis,l'île de Porto Rico et les Bermudes.Parce que ces trois éléments forment ensemble un triangle,c'est pourquoi cette zone est appelée Triangle des...
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Just hours after two pilots had taken possession of a Cessna aircraft, they were flying over the Midwest on a lovely autumn morning when their small plane was targeted by F-16 fighter jets. It was September 11, 2001 and the civilians were among the last Americans to learn that our country was under attack. This is one of the little-known stories covered during a 50-year career by former military and civilian news broadcaster Rick Fredericksen. "Some...
18) Lusitania Diary
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It took more than 107 years to publish Lusitania Diary. For most of that time the slender, red booklet was tucked away in the attic of a family home in the American Midwest. This year, the 4,000 word diary was fully translated from Danish to English, revealing an eyewitness account of a trans-Atlantic voyage on the doomed British ocean liner. Christian Fredericksen travelled with his little sister when the ship was still new. Seven years after their...
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Two for the Cabinet focuses on the lives of two neighbors who grew up in the small rural township of Worcester, in Montgomery County Pennsylvania. Senator Richard Schweiker was the second son of a relatively prosperous business man in the eastern regions of the Pennsylvania Dutch area of Pennsylvania. Richard's next door neighbor in his teenage years was Andrew (Drew) Lewis, the son of another business man and golfing partner of his father.The business...
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This book is the seventh and final volume in the Global Story of Christianity series. The volume's chapters, written by major scholars in the field, spotlight vital episodes and themes for understanding the historical development of Christianity in the United States and Canada. Serving as an accessible text for students and an informative volume for scholars, the book provides new insights into Christianity's development in North America, offering...
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