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The Routledge Handbook of Comparative Economic Systems
by Bruno Dallago
Business & Economics
Economics
Comparative
The Routledge Handbook of Comparative Economic Systems examines the institutional bases of economies, and the different ...
Selling the Economic Miracle Economic Reconstruction and Politics in West Germany, 1949-1957
by Mark E. Spicka
History
Modern
20th Century
Through an examination of election campaign propaganda and various public relations campaigns, reflecting new electione...
After the 'Socialist Spring' Collectivisation and Economic Transformation in the GDR
by George Last
History
Europe
Germany
Historical analysis of the German Democratic Republic has tended to adopt a top-down model of the transmission of autho...
Practical Economics Economic Transformation and Government Reform in Georgia 2004–2012
by Nika Gilauri
Political Science
Comparative Politics
International Relations
This book is open access under a CC BY license. In this book, Nika Gilauri reveals his formulas for government reform an...
The Economic Weapon
by Nicholas Mulder
Business & Economics
Economics
History of Economics
The first international history of the emergence of economic sanctions during the interwar period and the legacy of this...
The Secret History of Home Economics
by Danielle Dreilinger
Social Sciences
History
Special Topics
"Deeply researched and crisply written." —Margaret Talbot,?The New Yorker The surprising, often fiercely feminist, alway...
The Harmless Necessary Cat - A World War II Family Saga in Allied-Occupied Iran
by Sepehr Haddad
History
Middle East
Iran
THE HARMLESS NECESSARY CAT: A World War II Family Saga in Allied-Occupied IranTehran, 1941. The world is ablaze, but in ...
The House on G Street A Cuban Family Saga
by Lisandro Pérez
Biography & Autobiography
Cultural, Ethnic & Regional
Hispanic & Latino
The unforgettable story of a family swept into history by the Cuban RevolutionIn The House on G Street, award-winning au...
DC Horror Presents: Sgt. Rock Vs. the Army of the Dead
by Bruce Campbell
Comics & Graphic Novels
Horror
Historical Fiction
Berlin, 1944. The Nazis are besieged on all fronts by the Allied forces. Defeat is inevitable. But Hitler and his team o...
The Next Civil War
by Stephen Marche
Social Sciences
Sociology
History
“Should be required reading for anyone interested in preserving our 246-year experiment in self-government.” —The New Yo...
The Civil War: A Narrative
by Shelby Foote
English & College Success
English
Biography & Autobiography
This first volume of Shelby Foote's classic narrative of the Civil War opens with Jefferson Davis’s farewell to the Unit...
Battle Maps of the Civil War The Eastern Theater
by American Battlefield Trust
History
United States
Civil War Period (1850-1877)
From the American Battlefield Trust comes the collection of their popular maps of the Eastern Theater of the American Ci...
Russian Civil War
by Michael Foley
Social Sciences
History
Military History
This historical study examines how the Bolshevik Revolution and Russian Civil War influenced events on the world stage i...
Spies in the Civil War for Kids A History Book
by Daniel Lewer
Juvenile Nonfiction
Spies & Spying
History
Send spy-enthusiasts ages 8 to 12 behind enemy lines with top-secret Civil War history When it comes to getting kids in...
Russia Revolution and Civil War, 1917-1921
by Antony Beevor
History
Russia
Wars & Conflicts
“Riveting . . . There is a wealth of new information here that adds considerable texture and nuance to his story and hel...
Old Plantation Days Southern Life Before the Civil War
by Nancy Bostick De Saussure
Biography & Autobiography
History
United States
Written in the form of a letter to her granddaughter, the author of this little book describes her plantation childhood,...
Religion and Republic Christian American from the Founding to the Civil War
by Miles Smith
History
United States
Law
"Much of the conversation about a Christian America has been marked by either ideological nonsense or historical superfi...
The History of the Civil War A History Book for New Readers
by Susan B. Katz
Juvenile Nonfiction
History
United States
An introduction to the history of the Civil War for kids ages 6 to 9 The United States was not always united. On Decembe...
The Civil War: A Narrative
by Shelby Foote
Social Sciences
History
American History
Focused on the pivotal year of 1863, the second volume of Shelby Foote’s masterful narrative history brings to life the ...
CIVIL WAR – Complete History of the War, Documents, Memoirs & Biographies of the Lead Commanders Memoirs and Documents of the Civil War Era
by Abraham Lincoln
History
United States
Civil War Period (1850-1877)
This meticulously edited collection contains a Pulitzer Prize awarded History of Civil War, as well as the memoirs of th...
The Civil War: Red River to Appomattox
by Shelby Foote
History
Military
United States
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all timeOn the occasion of the 150th anniversa...
How Civil Wars Start And How to Stop Them
by Barbara F. Walter
Political Science
Political Ideologies
Democracy
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A leading political scientist examines the dramatic rise in violent extremism around the glo...
Our First Civil War Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution
by H. W. Brands
History
United States
Revolutionary Period (1775-1800)
"A fast-paced, often riveting account of the military and political events leading up to the Declaration of Independence...
Slavery By Another Name The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II
by Douglas A. Blackmon
History
United States
19th Century
This groundbreaking historical expose unearths the lost stories of enslaved persons and their descendants who journeyed ...
