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From historian and critically acclaimed author of The Three-Cornered War comes the captivating story of how Yellowstone became the world's first national park in the years after the Civil War, offering "a fresh, provocative study…departing from well-trodden narratives about conservation and public recreation" (Booklist, starred review).Each year nearly four million people visit Yellowstone National Park?one of the most popular of all national ...

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From historian and critically acclaimed author of The Three-Cornered War comes the propulsive and vividly told story of how Yellowstone became the world's first national park amid the nationwide turmoil and racial violence of the Reconstruction era.Each year nearly four million people visit Yellowstone National Park—one of the most popular of all national parks—but few know the fascinating and complex historical context in which it was establi...

Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History A dramatic, riveting, and "fresh look at a region typically obscured in accounts of the Civil War. American history buffs will relish this entertaining and eye-opening portrait" (Publishers Weekly).Megan Kate Nelson "expands our understanding of how the Civil War affected Indigenous peoples and helped to shape the nation" (Library Journal, starred review), reframing the era as one of national conflict...

The History of Fashion Journalism is a uniquely comprehensive study of the development of the industry from its origins to the present day, and including professionals' such as Dylan Jones's vision of the future. Covering everything from early tailor's catalogues through to contemporary publications such as LOVE, together with blogs such as StyleBubble, and countries from France through to the United States, The History of Fashion Journalism e...

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Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in History A dramatic, riveting, and "fresh look at a region typically obscured in accounts of the Civil War. American history buffs will relish this entertaining and eye-opening portrait" (Publishers Weekly).Megan Kate Nelson "expands our understanding of how the Civil War affected Indigenous peoples and helped to shape the nation" (Library Journal, starred review), reframing the era as one of national conflict...

Die USA stehen kurz vor ihrem Untergang. Politische Konflikte, Krankheiten, Armut und Überbevölkerung sorgen für Ressourcenknappheit und die Regierung sieht nur einen Ausweg: alles Leben im Staatsgebiet mit Gift auszulöschen. Die wenigen Überlebende schließen sich in Stämmen zusammen, denen jedes Mittel recht ist, um ihr Territorium zu verteidigen. Um dieser brutalen, post-apokalyptischen Welt zu entkommen, brechen Nina (Kate Bosworth, "Superm...

A comprehensive overview of the history of fashion journalism, from its early origins to the present day.

During the Civil War, cities, houses, forests, and soldiers' bodies were transformed into 'dead heaps of ruins', novel sights in the southern landscape. How did this happen, and why? And what did Americans - northern and southern, black and white, male and female - make of this proliferation of ruins? Ruin Nation is the first book to bring together environmental and cultural histories to consider the evocative power of ruination as an imagined...

During the Civil War, cities, houses, forests, and soldiers' bodies were transformed into dead heaps of ruins, novel sights in the southern landscape. How did this happen, and why? And what did Americans-northern and southern, black and white, male and female-make of this proliferation of ruins? Ruin Nation is the first book to bring together environmental and cultural histories to consider the evocative power of ruination as an imagined state...

I look all around, and everywhere I see me in all things and all things in me. I am the sun, the moon, and the stars. I am all that I see no matter how far. I am rocks and trees and Spiders and Bees, and things that wiggle and have sparkling wings. Because I am one with the one from bottom to top there is simply no spot where I am is not. I Am That, I Am takes the reader on a playful discovery of how all that is, is a beautiful reflection of t...

The History of Fashion Journalism is a uniquely comprehensive study of the development of the industry from its origins to the present day, and including professionals' such as Dylan Jones's vision of the future. Covering everything from early tailor's catalogues through to contemporary publications such as LOVE, together with blogs such as StyleBubble, and countries from France through to the United States, The History of Fashion Journalism e...

This innovative history of the Okefenokee Swamp reveals it as a place where harsh realities clashed with optimism, shaping the borderland culture of southern Georgia and northern Florida for over two hundred years.From the formation of the Georgia colony in 1732 to the end of the Great Depression, the Okefenokee Swamp was a site of conflict between divergent local communities. Coining the term "ecolocalism" to describe how local cultures form ...

For some people revenge eats into their soul, it's an unforgiving master and the results weave its way through this story. Love, friendship and respect are the best defences and allies. As one reads through this story two young people, Maddy and Nathan are starting out on life without parents. One is sent away for her own protection the other is left an orphan following a road accident... or was it an accident? Both are brought up by people wh...