Tag: United

A United Europe of Things Portable Material Culture across Medieval Europe


Free Download Jakub Sawicki, "A United Europe of Things: Portable Material Culture across Medieval Europe "
English | ISBN: 3031483359 | 2023 | 148 pages | PDF | 15 MB
This volume studies high and late medieval material culture in a Pan-European context. The idea of ‘unity of culture’ in Medieval Latin Europe is well known in historical texts, especially when it concerns the so-called ‘Europe North of the Alps’. This book investigates the similarities and differences in material culture between areas, regions and political entities and opens the dialogue for a more interregional discussion.

(more…)

American Visions The United States 1800-1860 [Audiobook]


Free Download American Visions: The United States 1800-1860 (Audiobook)
English | ASIN: B0CLHKH7GZ | 2023 | 9 hours and 46 minutes | M4B@64 kbps | 272 MB
Author: Edward L. Ayers
Narrator: Brandon Pollock

A revealing history of the formative period when voices of dissent and innovation defied power and created visions of America still resonant today. The early decades of the nineteenth century saw the expansion of slavery, Native dispossession, and wars with Canada and Mexico. Mass immigration and powerful religious movements sent tremors through American society. But even as the powerful defended the status quo, others defied it: voices from the margins moved the center; eccentric visions altered the accepted wisdom, and acts of empathy questioned self-interest.

(more…)

Bomber Aircraft of the United States


Free Download Terry Morgan – Bomber Aircraft of the United States
Arco Publishing | 1967 | ISBN: 0668015969 | English | 104 pages | PDF | 92.14 MB
Representing the major part of retaliatory forces of the US, from the pint sized Douglas Skyhawk to the mighty B52, in use by all branches of the armed forces.

(more…)

Citizens United Taking Back Control in Turbulent Times


Free Download Henry McLeish, "Citizens United: Taking Back Control in Turbulent Times"
English | 2017 | pages: 180 | ISBN: 1910021784 | EPUB | 0,4 mb
The early years of the 21st century have erupted into a spectacular period of seismic political unrest which challenges our sense of purpose, shreds our certainties, and questions our path to progress. Volatile and angry citizens are contesting social democracy and progressive politics. It is a wake-up call to those who believe that humans are capable of achieving much higher levels of social, economic, political and cultural wellbeing.

(more…)

The Columbia Sourcebook of Mormons in the United States


Free Download The Columbia Sourcebook of Mormons in the United States by Terryl Givens, Reid Neilson
English | 2014 | ISBN: 0231149425 | 480 Pages | PDF | 2.3 MB
This anthology offers rare access to key original documents illuminating Mormon history, theology, and culture in the United States from the nineteenth century to today.

(more…)

The United States and the First World War Ed 2


Free Download Jennifer D. Keene, "The United States and the First World War Ed 2"
English | ISBN: 0367363836 | 2021 | 158 pages | EPUB | 4 MB
Now in its second edition, The United States and the First World War draws on the most recent scholarship to examine the significance of the First World War in American history.

(more…)

The Woman Suffrage Movement in the United States


Free Download Joan Marie Johnson, "The Woman Suffrage Movement in the United States "
English | ISBN: 0367487616 | 2022 | 216 pages | EPUB | 4 MB
The Woman Suffrage Movement in the United States presents important moments and participants in the history of the American suffrage movement, ranging from the mid-nineteenth century through the passage of the Nineteenth Amendment in 1920.

(more…)