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Subject: US History
A Black Woman’s Civil War Memoirs
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Taylor, Susie King (edited by Patricia W. Romero and Willie Lee Rose)
Subject: U.S. History
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“These are the memoirs of a black woman who was born a slave, who had the good fortune to gain her freedom early in the war, with the education and ability to observe and the will to recall in later …
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A Black Woman’s Odyssey Through Russia and Jamaica: The Narrative of Nancy Prince
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Prince, Nancy (introduction by Ronald Walters; edited by Patricia Romero)
Subject: Africa, Europe, U.S. History, Caribbean, History of Slavery, Women's History
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Memories of Africa, pre-civil war New England, political turmoil in Russia, the end of slavery in Jamaica, and Caribbean pirates; an intrepid black woman experiences many turning points in world history.
Nancy Prince paints a blunt picture of the struggle …
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Allrightniks Row: “Haunch Paunch and Jowl”
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Ornitz, Samuel (introduction by Gabriel Miller)
Subject: World Literature, US History, World History
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This turn-of-the-century novel portrays people born in the tenements around Hester Street who fight their way out of the slums to make it to the fashionable Allrightniks Row. Its colorful characters include the narrator of the story, a corrupt judge …
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America in the Eyes of the Germans: An Essay on Anti-Americanism
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Diner, Dan (foreword by Sander Gilman; translated by Allison Brown)
Subject: U.S. History, World History
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The author presents a short history of a rather complex idea that began around the year 1800. Though the United States was often viewed by the people of Germany as a land of opportunity, a portion of the intelligentsia, with …
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American Policy in Nicaragua: The Lasting Legacy
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Stimson, Henry L. (introduction by Paul H. Boeker)
Subject: Latin America, U.S. History
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Perhaps the most illuminating document ever published on American foreign policy in Nicaragua, this book represents a full spectrum of critical perspectives. Henry Stimson’s memoirs as a special envoy to Nicaragua, first published in 1927, are reprinted here in their …
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Amistad: A Hidden Network of Slavers and Merchants
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Zeuske, Michael (translated by Steven Rendall)
Subject: Slavery, African History, Caribbean History, US History, African History
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“This very readable book will be accessible to wide audiences, scholars specialized in slavery and Atlantic studies, and students at all levels. The story moves from the most well-known parts of this history (the Amistad case in popular history), …
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Anti-Americanism in the Islamic World
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Faath, Sigrid
Subject: Middle East, Religion, U.S. History
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Anti-Americanism is a far from homogenous phenomenon — even in the Islamic world, where the press would sometimes want to convince us that a near-unanimous hostility to the United States exists. This book, by dint of on-the-ground research into Muslim …
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Blacks in Bondage: Letters of American Slaves
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Starobin, Robert S., editor
Subject: U.S. History, Slavery
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Written while enslaved or shortly after escape, the words recorded here express complexity and diversity of thought and feeling about slavery and being black. Blacks in Bondage is a landmark document in understanding the human side of history.
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