White Pine: American History and the Tree that Made a Nation 9781493009077, 9781493023318, 1493009079

The White Pine (Pinus Strobus Linnaeus)

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16 Marriages That Made History

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What's That Tree 9781465402196

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Ginkgo: The Tree That Time Forgot 9780300190472

Perhaps the world’s most distinctive tree, ginkgo has remained stubbornly unchanged for more than two hundred million ye

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Guest of Honor: Booker T. Washington, Theodore Roosevelt, and the White House Dinner That Shocked a Nation 9781439169834

In this revealing social history, one remarkable White House dinner shines a powerful light on race, politics, and the l

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American Exceptionalism: An Idea That Made A Nation And Remade The World [1st Edition] 041581751X, 9780415817516, 1138096768, 9781138096769, 0203485432, 9780203485439, 1135048584, 9781135048587, 1135048592, 9781135048594

How does American exceptionalism shape American foreign policy? Conventional wisdom states that American exceptionalism

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Blackness in the White Nation : A History of Afro-Uruguay [1 ed.] 9780807899601, 9780807834176

Uruguay is not conventionally thought of as part of the African diaspora, yet during the period of Spanish colonial rule

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The Books that Made the European Enlightenment: A History in 12 Case Studies 1350277649, 9781350277649

In contrast to traditional Enlightenment studies that focus solely on authors and ideas, Gary Kates' employs a lite

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The Angola Horror: The 1867 Train Wreck That Shocked the Nation and Transformed American Railroads 9780801469763

The fatal wreck of an express train nine years later, during a similar bridge crossing in Ashtabula, Ohio, serves as a c

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Deportation Nation: Outsiders in American History 9780674056565

This book is a chilling history of communal self-idealization and self-protection. By illuminating the shadowy corners o

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