Modern History to 20th Century: c 1700 to c 1900

Novelty fair examines mid-nineteenth-century people, things and places generally understood to be discrete and unrelated: urban fairs and the Great...

The correspondence between the old Congress and the American agents, commissioners, and ministers in foreign countries was secret and confidential ...

The correspondence between the old Congress and the American agents, commissioners, and ministers in foreign countries was secret and confidential ...

In 1853, Solomon Nunes Carvalho, proud descendant of a Sephardic Jewish family, accepted the invitation of Col. John Charles Fremont to accompany h...

The 112th New York Infantry Regiment served 1,017 days during the Civil War, from 1862 to 1865. They campaigned in four states, fought in 16 bat...

While the story of Endeavour is widely known, Captain Cook sailed with eight ships, which began their lives as merchant vessels. This detailed illu...

The truth about what happened to the beautiful Lady Jane Douglas in Paris in 1748 has never been established. Did she give birth to twin boys in a...

Emory Upton (18391881) was thrust into the Civil War immediately upon graduation from the United States Military Academy at West Point in May of 18...

Emory Upton (18391881) was thrust into the Civil War immediately upon graduation from the United States Military Academy at West Point in May of 18...

Born in 1928 in the small coastal town of Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, Genevieve Sister Peterkin grew up with World War II bombing practice in h...

Fought on July 28, 1864, the Battle of Ezra Church was a dramatic engagement during the Civil War's Atlanta Campaign. Confederate forces under John...

A retainer of our domain, Renpeido Chikamatsu Hikonoshin Shigenori, each morning washed his face and hands, dressed himself in Hakama and prayed in...

This volume offers a stimulating new perspective on the history of historical studies. Through the prism of scholarly personae, it explores why his...

Separate is a myth-shattering narrative of one of the most consequential Supreme Court cases of the nineteenth century, Plessy v. Ferguson. The 189...

Lincolns Selected Writings includes letters, speeches, eulogies, proposals, debate transcriptions, addresses and more, accompanied by annotations, ...

The era known as Reconstruction is one of the unhappiest times in American history. It succeeded in reuniting the nation politically after the Civi...

Never make more free with your inferiors than you are willing they should make with you; it learns them to be saucy. Such sage words of advice come...

The War of 1812 between the United States and Great Britain was fought throughout nearly all of the country, from the waters of the Atlantic Ocean ...

This book takes an entertaining peek at the secrets and scandals of Regency Britain, a period in which the heir to the throne was making merry with...

Benjamin Disraeli was the most gifted parliamentarian of the nineteenth century and a superb orator, writer and wit - but how much do we really kno...

Liberty Fund is pleased to present this single-volume collection of Gouverneur Morris's writings. This edition will be a welcome addition to schola...

Niel Black, a Scot from Argyllshire, arrived in Melbourne in September intending to make his fortune. Ambitious and determined, Black became one of...

Slavery and the slavery business have cast a long shadow over British history. In 1833, abolition was heralded as evidence of Britains claim to be ...

In 1871, five young girls were sent by the Japanese government to the United States. Their mission: learn Western ways and return to help nurture a...

Joaquim Nabuco, for more than three decades a dominant figure in the literary, intellectual and political life of Brazil, was born in Recife in the...

This book is a comprehensive portrait of the British colony in Egypt, which also takes a fresh look at the examples of colonial cultures memorably ...

Organized in the fall of 1862, the 125th Ohio Volunteer Infantry was commanded by the aggressive and ambitious Colonel Emerson Opdycke, a citize...

Throughout Tennessee, Civil War monuments stand tall across the landscape, from Chattanooga to Memphis, and recall important events and figures wit...

There is a time to preach and a time to fight. And now is the time to fight. With those words, the Rev. John Muhlenberg stepped from his pulpit,...

During the Civil War, each side accused the other of mistreating prisoners of war. Today, most historians believe that there was systemic and de...

The injunction, Know thyself!, resounding down the centuries, has never lost its appeal and urgency. The self remains an abiding and universal conc...

This unique collection of essays is the first book to explore the many relationships that developed between Wales and the British overseas empire b...

2012 marks the 225th anniversary of the sailing of the eleven vessels of the First Fleet from England, bound for Australia. From the arrival of the...

Only once in history has a British Prime Minister been assassinated. At 5.00 p.m. on Monday, 11 May 1812, John Bellingham made his way to the House...