History - Essays

The Age of Reason is a philosophical and political treatise written by Thomas Paine, a prominent figure in the American Revolution. The book was first published in three parts between 1794 and 1795, and it challenges the authority of the Christian Church and the...

""The New Criminology: An Essay"" is a book written by Frederick Howard Wines and originally published in 1904. In this work, Wines explores the emerging field of criminology, which was becoming increasingly important in the early 20th century as society grappled with rising crime...

One of the most memorable speeches in American history, Frederick Douglass's What to the Slave is the Fourth of July? is now available in an elegant hardcover edition. Douglass first delivered the famous speech on July 5, 1852, to the Rochester Ladies' Anti-Slavery Society....

""A Brief History of the Delaware Indians"" is a historical book written by Richard Calmit Adams in 1906. The book provides an overview of the Delaware Indians, also known as the Lenape people, who were one of the most prominent Native American tribes in...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...

London underwent phenomenal social and cultural change in the century that followed the publication of John Stow's Elizabethan classic A Survey of London. The essays in this book explore for the first time the impact of these dramatic developments upon the mental, social and...

In Perpetual Slavery, Ciar疣 Finlayson investigates the relationship of art to freedom in the work of Cameron Rowland and Ralph Lemon, who both utilize imagery of labor haunted and structured by the historical experience of slavery. Finlayson suggests that these two artists' work overcomes...

Truths Of History is a historical book written by Mildred Lewis Rutherford in 1920. The book provides a comprehensive overview of the history of the United States, focusing on the events leading up to the Civil War and the war itself. Rutherford argues that...