All posts tagged "American History"
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Asian American
Book Review: The Chinatown War: Chinese Los Angeles and the Massacre of 1871 by Scott Zesch
August 10, 2023As the 1860's ended, the steadily growing numbers of Chinese immigrants led to fears that eventually...
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Biography
Book Review: Short Nights of the Shadow Catcher by Timothy Egan
July 20, 2023The course of Curtis’ campaign to document the lives and life style of the Native American...
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Books
Book Review: Lincoln’s Hundred Days by Louis P. Masur
July 15, 2023The determination to end slavery may not have figured initially as a Union war aim for...
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Biography
Horace Greeley: Champion of American Freedom byRobert C. Williams
April 18, 2023Horace Greeley is a familiar name, but how much do today’s Americans know about him? Most...
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History
Dissonance: The Turbulent Days Between Fort Sumter and Bull Run: by David Detzer
April 17, 2023David Detzer’s new book "Dissonance" completes his trilogy about those fateful weeks and months of 1861,...
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History
Democracy and Populism : Fear and Hatred by John Lukacs
April 15, 2023You may not like what he says, you may not agree with his conclusions, but his...
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History
Chief Joseph & the Flight of the Nez Perce: The Untold Story of an American Tragedy by Kent Nerburn
April 13, 2023No one knows for certain who first uttered the notorious statement that "the only good Indian...
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History
Blessed Among Nations: How the World Made America by Eric Rauchway
April 13, 2023Academics often say that there are two ways to use history: As a means to understand...
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History
An Interview With Chilton Williamson
April 4, 2023"I am against all organizations with the word “World” in their names. As for free trade,...
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History
An Interview With Scott Zesch
April 4, 2023"It seems to have been universal throughout North America. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, abductions...
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