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A History of Histories
A History of Histories
Written by John Burrow
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780375727672
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A History of Histories
Epics, Chronicles, and Inquiries from Herodotus and Thucydides to the Twentieth Century
Written by John Burrow


Format: Trade Paperback, 544 pages
On Sale: April 7, 2009
Price: $16.95

Treating the practice of history not as an isolated pursuit but as an aspect of human society and an essential part of the culture of the West, John Burrow magnificently brings to life and explains the distinctive qualities found in the work of historians from the ancient Egyptians and Greeks to... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a hardcover.
Who Will Write Our History?
Who Will Write Our History?
Written by Samuel D. Kassow
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780307455864
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Who Will Write Our History?
Rediscovering a Hidden Archive from the Warsaw Ghetto
Written by Samuel D. Kassow


Format: Trade Paperback, 576 pages
On Sale: January 6, 2009
Price: $16.95

In 1940, in the Jewish ghetto of Nazi-occupied Warsaw, the Polish historian Emanuel Ringelblum established a clandestine scholarly organization called the Oyneg Shabes to record the experiences of the ghetto's inhabitants. For three years, members of the Oyneb Shabes worked in secret to chronicle the lives of hundereds of thousands as... Read more >
Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History
Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History
Written by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9781400075270
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Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History

Written by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich


Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
On Sale: September 23, 2008
Price: $14.95

“They didn’t ask to be remembered,” Pulitzer Prize-winning author Laurel Ulrich wrote in 1976 about the pious women of colonial New England. And then she added a phrase that has since gained widespread currency: “Well-behaved women seldom make history.” Today those words appear almost everywhere—on T-shirts, mugs, bumper stickers, plaques, greeting... Read more >
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Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History
Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History
Written by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307472779
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Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History

Written by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich


Format: eBook
On Sale: September 23, 2008
Price: $14.95

“They didn’t ask to be remembered,” Pulitzer Prize-winning author Laurel Ulrich wrote in 1976 about the pious women of colonial New England. And then she added a phrase that has since gained widespread currency: “Well-behaved women seldom make history.” Today those words appear almost everywhere—on T-shirts, mugs, bumper stickers, plaques, greeting... Read more >
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A History of Histories
A History of Histories
Written by John Burrow
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780375413117
Our Price: $35.00
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A History of Histories
Epics, Chronicles, Romances and Inquiries from Herodotus and Thucydides to the Twentieth Century
Written by John Burrow


Format: Hardcover, 544 pages
On Sale: April 8, 2008
Price: $35.00

This unprecedented book by one of Britain’s most admired historians describes the intellectual impact that the study and consideration of history has had in the Western world over the past 2,500 years.

Treating the practice of history not as an isolated pursuit but as an aspect of human society and an essential... Read more >
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A History of Histories
A History of Histories
Written by John Burrow
Format: eBook
ISBN: 9780307268525
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A History of Histories

Written by John Burrow


Format: eBook, 512 pages
On Sale: April 8, 2008
Price: $16.95

Treating the practice of history not as an isolated pursuit but as an aspect of human society and an essential part of the culture of the West, John Burrow magnificently brings to life and explains the distinctive qualities found in the work of historians from the ancient Egyptians and Greeks to... Read more >
Also available as a hardcover and a trade paperback.
Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History
Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History
Written by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
Format: Hardcover
ISBN: 9781400041596
Our Price: $24.00
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Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History

Written by Laurel Thatcher Ulrich


Format: Hardcover, 320 pages
On Sale: September 4, 2007
Price: $24.00

“They didn’t ask to be remembered,” Pulitzer Prize-winning author Laurel Ulrich wrote in 1976 about the pious women of colonial New England. And then she added a phrase that has since gained widespread currency: “Well-behaved women seldom make history.” Today those words appear almost everywhere—on T-shirts, mugs, bumper stickers, plaques, greeting... Read more >
Also available as an eBook and a trade paperback.
History on Trial
History on Trial
Written by Gary Nash, Charlotte Crabtree and Ross Dunn
Format: Trade Paperback
ISBN: 9780679767503
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History on Trial
Culture Wars and the Teaching of the Past
Written by Gary Nash, Charlotte Crabtree and Ross Dunn


Format: Trade Paperback, 352 pages
On Sale: April 18, 2000
Price: $15.95

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION

"A deeply informed, balanced, and compelling book." --Los Angeles Times

In History on Trial, authors Gary B. Nash, Charlotte Crabtree, and Ross E. Dunn examine the controversy and criticism over how our nation's history should be taught, culminating in the debate about National History Standards. The book chronicles a... Read more >
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