"Altogether superb: an accessible, fluent account that advances scholarship while building a worthy memorial to the victims of two and a half centuries past." Kirkus Reviews (starred review)In 1755, New England troops embarked on a "great and noble scheme" to expel 18,000 French-speaking Acadians (..
When this Pulitzer Prize-winning biography first appeared in 1976, it rescued T.E. Lawrence from the mythologizing that had seemed to be his fate. In it, John Mack humanely and objectively explores the relationship between Lawrence’s inner life and his historically significant actions.Extensive inte..
The authors have carefully selected and edited more than 300 documents that relate directly to the themes and content of the text and organized them into five general categories: community, social history, government, culture and politics. Each document is two pages long and includes a brief introdu..
Profiles a wide variety of jewelry from around the world, including African beadwork, American Indian silver, Far Eastern jade, and others, detailing how it is made and worn, its relation to the culture and more. Author: Mack, John Publisher: Harry N Abrams Inc Binding: Hardcover Language: English I..
Hot Lead and Cold Steel (Rat Bastards, No. 8) Author: Mackie, John Publisher: Jove Binding: mass_market Language: English ISBN-10: 051507747X ISBN-13: 9780515077476..
Discusses the traditions and mythologies associated with 150 masks from diverse cultures, including a Cameroon elephant mask, a Japanese No theater mask, Oceanic masks of feathers, shells, and wood, and South American masks carved of stone Author: Mack, John Publisher: Harry N Abrams Inc Binding: Ha..
About the Author John Mackie is a retired, highly decorated 17-year veteran of the New York Police Department, where he served in the Street Crime Unit, Midtown South, Manhattan South Internal Affairs, and the Narcotics Division of the Organized Crime Control Bureau, garnering 36 medals and commenda..
The Orientalism debate, inspired by the work of Edward Said, has been a major source of cross-disciplinary controversy in recent years. John MacKenzie offers a comprehensive re-evaluation of this vast literature of Orientalism and brings to the subject highly original historical perspectives.The stu..
Out of Many is a coherent narrative of American history that offers insight into how diverse communities and different regions have shaped America's past. The text reveals the ethnic, geographical and economic diversity of the United States by examining the individual, the community and the state an..
In his groundbreaking follow-up to the best-selling Abduction, Pulitzer Prize-winner John E. Mack, M.D., powerfully demonstrates how the alien abduction phenomenon calls for a revolutionary new way of examining the nature of reality and our place in the cosmos.Harvard professor John E. Mack stunned ..
Master Sergeant Butsko and his reconnaissance platoon challenge the dangers of the jungle in order to take out an enemy observation post Author: Mackie, John Publisher: Jove Binding: mass_market Language: English ISBN-10: 0515071110 ISBN-13: 9780515071115..
Follows the development of a rural Illinois community from its origins near the beginning of the nineteenth century, looks at community activity, and tells the stories of ordinary pioneers Author: Faragher, Professor John Mack Publisher: Yale University Press Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISB..
"This is a book for anyone who has ridden down a country road and, hearing the wind whistle through the cornstalks, wondered about the Indians and pioneers who listened to that sound before him."-Ron Grossman, Chicago TribuneWinner of the 1986 Society for the History of the Early American Republic A..
Two eminent historians, Robert V. Hine and John Mack Faragher, present the American West as both frontier and region, real and imagined, old and new, and they show how men and women of all ethnic groups were affected when different cultures met and clashed. Their concise and engaging survey of front..
Studies causation both as a concept and as it is 'in the objects' Offers new accounts of the logic of singular causal statements, the form of causal regularities, the detection of causal relationships, the asymmetry of cause and effect, and necessary connection, and it relates causation to functiona..
This classic volume in the renowned Oxford History of England series examines the birth of a nation-state from the death throes of the Middle Ages in North-West Europe. John D. Mackie describes the establishment of a stable monarchy by the very competent Henry VII, examines the means employed by him..
Refutes traditional portraits of women's passive roles in the journey westward on the Overland Trail between 1843 and 1870 Author: Faragher, John Mack Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0300022670 ISBN-13: 9780300022674..
A biography of the Mexican patriot who organized and led his rural community in resistance to the central government Author: Womack, John, Jr. Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf Binding: Hardcover Language: English ISBN-10: 0394453336 ISBN-13: 9780394453330..