Victorian Ontario included people from all walks of life from homeless beggars to wealthy gentry. In Much To Be Done we glimpse how life was lived in 19th-century Ontario, not only in the grand mansions, but also in the farm houses and streets where our ancestors lived. This publication could be your great-grandmother's story, following the cycle of life from courtship to childbirth to celebration and death. Diaries, with some contributions from letters,...

Contains primary source doucments. Here in their own words are Frederick Douglass, George Jackson, Chief Joseph, Martin Luther King Jr., Plough Jogger, Sacco and Vanzetti, Patti Smith, Bruce Springsteen, Mark Twain, and Malcolm X, to name just a few of the hundreds appearing in Voices of a People's History of the United States, edited by Howard Zinn and Anthony Arnove. Paralleling the 24 chapters of Zinn's A People's History of the United States,...

Explore American history firsthand though this nation's most important documents. This book tells the story of a growing, vibrant democracy through its laws, Supreme Court rulings, treaties, and presidential speeches, from colonial times to the present. Organized chronologically, each document includes a brief introduction and excerpts, and often an image of the original. Most are followed by relevant historical quotes from books, newspapers, and...

In Khrushchev's Putsch, Gerhard Schnehen delivers a comprehensive analysis of one of the most pivotal events in Soviet history-the political maneuvering that led to the undoing of the socialist program and the eventual collapse of the Soviet Union. This gripping narrative dissects Nikita Khrushchev's rise to power, exploring how his policies reshaped the ideological and economic landscape of the USSR. A Critical Turning Point in Soviet History:...

R. R. Palmer is Professor Emeritus of History, Yale University, and is now affiliated with the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He is the author and translator of numerous works on French history. For this book R. R. Palmer has translated selections from the abundant writings of the versatile French political figure and writer Marc-Antoine Jullien, weaving them together with his own extensive commentary into an absorbing narrative of Jullien's...

This new book covers the Sino-Japan Naval War 1894-1895, a little-known part of late 19thC naval history. The First Sino—Japanese War (1 August 1894 — 17 April 1895) was fought between Qing Dynasty China and Meiji Japan, primarily over control of Korea. After more than six months of continuous successes by the Japanese army and naval forces, as well as the loss of the Chinese port of Weihai, the Qing leadership sued for peace in February 1895. The...

This groundbreaking historical study reveals the shocking infiltration of Soviet spies in America-and the top-secret cryptography program that caught them. Only in 1995 did the United States government officially reveal the existence of the super-secret Venona Project. For nearly fifty years American intelligence agents had been decoding thousands of Soviet messages, uncovering an enormous range of espionage activities carried out against the United...

Transforming energy is a documentary about the hope of alternative energy as a solution to the problems of global warming and the end of cheap oil and gas. It takes us into the lives, the passion, the commitment and the hard work of the people who are on the ground now, working to create a new energy paradigm.

"Although slavery in the United States officially ended after the Civil War, prejudice against people of color lasted well into the twentieth and continues today. The Civil Rights Movement reached its peak in mid-twentieth century under the leadership of such figures as Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Explore the sit-ins, protests, tragedies, and victories of the Civil Rights Movement"--Provided by the publisher.