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The American Revoulution: An Eyewitness History

The American Revolution: An Eyewitness History written by David F. Burg is a volume from the Facts on File Library of American History series and it is a beautiful volume indeed.<p>If a person wants a one volume history about the American Revolution complete with dramatis personae this is your book. This book has hundreds of first hand accounts of the period from letters, newspaper articles, speeches and diary entries from the people that lived through the period leading upto and including the was itself. <p>Everyyone should know the the American Revolution began at Lexington, Massachusetts, in April 1775, but did you know that if cooler head had prevailed and no bloodshed was to happen, things would probably have been different as the rift between colony and mother country would have been resolved. But, things were brewing in the colonies way before April 1775 as this fine book points out the Seven Years' War started in 1756 ended in 1763 was by its own right effectively decided the future of North America. Next, France and Great Britain, in May 1756 offically declared war and the rest is history as the saying goes.<p>Not only are there excellent firsthand accounts, but this book provides the reader an introductory essay preceding each chapter, thus, getting the reader up to speed. This book is written in chronological order and includes excerpts of some of the most dear documents in American History.<p>"The American Revolution" is well illustrated, well written, has capsule biographies of 90 key figures. There is a bibliography for more reading materials and an indea that helps the reader find many of the important references. All in all, you can't go wrong with this book in your personal library.The American Revolution weaves a wealth of primary source material into a compelling narrative to provide a comprehensive overview of the revolutionary era. Coverage includes the period from the inception of the French and Indian War to Washington's farewell to Congress, with particular emphasis on the years of the war itself, from 1775 to 1781. Each chapter begins with an introductory essay summarizing important themes, followed by a chronology that offers an account of key events. Hundreds of excerpts from contemporary newspapers, diaries, letters, speeches, and memoirs, including entries from George Washington's personal journal, further illustrate events of the era and how they were perceived by those who lived through them. In addition to presenting an in-depth exploration of the American Revolution, its causes, and its conclusion, the volume also highlights developments in science, art, and literature to enhance readers' overall understanding of the period.1061350jp-unknown244258011Specialty Stores283155Books465270General4871Revolution & Founding4853United States4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books4870General4853United States4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books713299011General AAS4853United States4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books1205142General4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books713293011General AAS4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books394181011Hardcover394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books0520223144http://www.amazon.com/American-Sensations-Production-Popular-Crossroads/dp/0520223144%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D05202231442670141Shelley StreebyHardcover813.30935597805202231411220520223144University of California PressEnglishEnglishEnglish9326500USD$65.00University of California Press1448Book2002-04-15University of California PressUniversity of California Press1446356500USD$65.006400USD$64.00770011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnewwLk%2F3n5u%2BPmiU2UbKXpp814Al3s5UBuFOPOXUUo87KZGXGvQAWPo5kEud3WQWSnVkAXXoWaP2M2f7CQTUgZlkg%3D%3D6500USD$65.00Usually ships in 2 to 5 weeks5.01105202231445442004-05-08

ground breaking

American Sensations is a brilliant book, useful to students, professors and other readers interested in the history of popular culture and US imperialism. Well written and researched, Streeby's analysis of popular culture regarding the US/Mexican War--a conflict often overlooked in accounts of US cultural history--is stunning. This is a real classic destined to be read for years to come by students and scholars in American Studies, Latin American Studies, and Chicana/o Studies. And given current debates over US imperialism in the Middle East, American Sensations should be required reading for anyone interested in how the past continues to shape our present moment.This innovative cultural history investigates an intriguing, thrilling, and often lurid assortment of sensational literature that was extremely popular in the United States in 1848--including dime novels, cheap story paper literature, and journalism for working-class Americans. Shelley Streeby uncovers themes and images in this "literature of sensation" that reveal the profound influence that the U.S.-Mexican War and other nineteenth-century imperial ventures throughout the Americas had on U.S. politics and culture. Streeby's analysis of this fascinating body of popular literature and mass culture broadens into a sweeping demonstration of the importance of the concept of empire for understanding U.S. history and literature. <br>This accessible, interdisciplinary book brilliantly analyzes the sensational literature of George Lippard, A.J.H Duganne, Ned Buntline, Metta Victor, Mary Denison, John Rollin Ridge, Louisa May Alcott, and many other writers. Streeby also discusses antiwar articles in the labor and land reform press; ideas about Mexico, Cuba, and Nicaragua in popular culture; and much more. Although the Civil War has traditionally been a major period marker in U.S. history and literature, Streeby proposes a major paradigm shift by using mass culture to show that the U.S.-Mexican War and other conflicts with Mexicans and Native Americans in the borderlands were fundamental in forming the complex nexus of race, gender, and class in the United States.08135407630674017595067406565401950607170195049810491406American Literature468236Literature468206Humanities465600New & Used Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books712990011General AAS468236Literature468206Humanities465600New & Used Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books491422United States468230History468206Humanities465600New & Used Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books712989011General AAS468230History468206Humanities465600New & Used Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books712982011General AAS465600New & Used Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books713014011General AAS319654011Qualifying Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books4870General4853United States4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books713299011General AAS4853United States4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books1205142General4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books713293011General AAS4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books9894General9882Classics9822United States10311World Literature17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books993219th Century9928History & Criticism9822United States10311World Literature17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books9940General9928History & Criticism9822United States10311World Literature17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books713411011General AAS9822United States10311World Literature17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books713392011General AAS10125General17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books713365011General AAS17Literature & Fiction1000Subjects283155Books394181011Hardcover394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books1562614061http://www.amazon.com/American-Southwest-Travel-Smart-2nd/dp/1562614061%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D15626140612345854http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RAQM4MK0L._SL75_.jpg7546http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RAQM4MK0L._SL160_.jpg16099http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51RAQM4MK0L.jpg475294Daniel GibsonPaperback917.904339781562614065751562614061John Muir PubnsEnglishEnglishEnglish8751795USD$17.95John Muir Pubns1330Book1998-05John Muir PubnsJohn Muir Pubns905758USD$0.080900005.01115626140615442001-03-15

Take-along Travel Guide

I can't say enough about how useful this Travel Smart guide was on our recent trip to the Southwest. As Daniel Gibson claims, he only includes the best of what there is to see and do, only the best places to eat and stay. All this info is rated 1-4 stars and we found the ratings to be surprisingly accurate compared with our own opinions. The book is so organized that it's easy to find what you're looking for; places are cross referenced for easy research. We kept the book with us and read ahead about what was coming up as we traveled. Prices were either right on or close to present charges. Descriptions were interesting and fun to read, and detailed enough to help us decide whether or not we wanted to stop at each attraction. If you only want to take one book along on your next trip to the southwest, you won't go wrong with this one.This completely rewritten and reorganized guide explores the wide-open spaces, bustling cities, and backroad country of the Southwest--from Phoenix to Hopi and Navajo territory. Photos. 32 maps & charts.The Travel Smart series from John Muir Publications features a "different kind of guidebook" that includes the author's choices of only the <I>best</I> restaurants, hotels, and sites. In <I>American Southwest Travel Smart</I>, author Daniel Gibson--born and raised in New Mexico--provides the insider information that can make the difference between a good trip and a great one. Itineraries geared to your special interests are another standout feature of these guides. This book includes handcrafted tours for the "Best of the American Southwest," "Nature Lovers," "Art Lovers," "Family Fun," "Indian, Hispanic and Mormon History and Culture," and "Outdoor Recreation." <p> In addition to user-friendly maps listing recommended sites, restaurants, and accommodations, each chapter includes the useful "A Perfect Day" listing--a rundown of how the author would spend his time if he had just one day in that destination. This personalized section includes ideas such as where to find super shopping, sublime skiing, delicious dining, as well as where to have a perfect picnic lunch. Chapters also feature sightseeing highlights rated by degree of importance, selected restaurants, lodging and camping recommendations, and helpful hints. "Practical Tips" offer help in estimating trip costs, the best times to visit, transportation, a lodging and dining overview, recommended reading, and additional resources. <I>--Kathryn True</I>1400016274076210580117041Guidebooks17025Reference & Tips27Travel1000Subjects283155Books17126Travel-Smart17055Guidebook Series27Travel1000Subjects283155Books16252681North America27Travel1000Subjects283155Books17252West South Central17244South17228Regions17227United States27Travel1000Subjects283155Books17259Mountain17255West17228Regions17227United States27Travel1000Subjects283155Books17232General17228Regions17227United States27Travel1000Subjects283155Books197498011General27Travel1000Subjects283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books0812235096http://www.amazon.com/American-Tradition-Painting-John-McCoubrey/dp/0812235096%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D08122350963883029John McCoubreyHardcover759.139780812235098750812235096University of Pennsylvania PressEnglishEnglishEnglish9506500USD$65.00University of Pennsylvania Press1168Book2000-01-15University of Pennsylvania PressUniversity of Pennsylvania Press1007254745USD$47.45380USD$3.80670011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnewH%2BEx3rEB1FgOsEN81%2BY0Ozk9lP6kd4e4qMCgHXqYfK887w0R7CcklRVMH7e0IYEfIIqN3JOxOkWnMEL7UwWQlA%3D%3D4745USD$47.45Usually ships in 3 to 5 weeks5.01108122350965242000-08-04

An outstanding presentation!

This new edition of American Tradition in Painting covers the distinctly American aspects of painting, focussing on American qualities which appear among abstract painters, discussing early landscapes and genre painting, and revealing attributes unique to American artists. An outstanding presentation.<p>What is distinctively American about American painting? In <i>American Tradition in Painting</i>, John McCoubrey addresses this question by focusing on essential American qualities that appear not only among the abstract expressionists but also among the earliest colonial portrait painters, who relied on vision rather than technique. <br /><br />Whether discussing early portraits, landscapes, nineteenth-century genre painting, the Ashcan school, or the masters of our postwar era, McCoubrey shows us--with the visual help of carefully chosen paintings--those attributes that have remained peculiar to America. In doing so, he creates a unified vision of the history of American art and the general conditions and preoccupations of our artists. <br /><br />"Being realists, most American artists have gone to the hard reality of things as Copley first did, or as Eakins did. The unity of our art lies deeper than style. It is not to be found in what American artists say, or even in what they intentionally paint, but rather in what springs from the edge of their consciousness--no more planned than were the revelations of our nineteenth-century novelists. Its unity is contained beneath the changeable look of things. Into our new painting, its way prepared by a deliberate suppression of precise, conscious control, have come the familiar signs of American experience, to be read, as always, in the nature of the space and of the things in it, and in the unique effects of a continuing American realism."--from <i>American Tradition in Painting</i></p>0195309499080784971505202249810878464824022657168810825731Criticism1064History & Criticism1Arts & Photography1000Subjects283155Books1098United States1095Regional1064History & Criticism1Arts & Photography1000Subjects283155Books1066General1064History & Criticism1Arts & Photography1000Subjects283155Books713021011General AAS1064History & Criticism1Arts & Photography1000Subjects283155Books1879General1876Painting1Arts & Photography1000Subjects283155Books713026011General AAS1876Painting1Arts & Photography1000Subjects283155Books779552General1Arts & Photography1000Subjects283155Books713015011General AAS1Arts & Photography1000Subjects283155Books713290011General AAS9History1000Subjects283155Books394181011Hardcover394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books1859847536http://www.amazon.com/Americana-Americas-World-Around-1850/dp/1859847536%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D18598475361165774http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JQRFFK1PL._SL75_.jpg7556http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JQRFFK1PL._SL160_.jpg160119http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JQRFFK1PL.jpg475354James DunkerleyHardcover970.0497818598475342311859847536VersoEnglishEnglishEnglish9934500USD$45.00Verso1600Book2000-11-02VersoVerso494752506USD$5.0670USD$0.704500USD$45.0030322011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnews6xEt1GQTlxx2QcgD7YZALaRw4aY0HRsve6oPdv69HwhGGneA82e0UAjIKpwg5EPpZZPj7GJ7b1vZgl0xtJ0IA%3D%3D4500USD$45.00Usually ships in 2 to 4 weeks5.011185984753659102001-07-06

The New World of the 19th Century

James Dunkerley's Americana: The Americas and the World, around 1850 (Verso, 2000) offers a vision of an Atlantic world developing into its recognizably modern form. With its panoramic scope, the book surveys a fluid, dynamic world-region, marked by the most unexpected personal, literary, legal, political, and economic intraconnections. The point of entry for this vision is a temporal one - a synchronic look at the Americas at midcentury, in the 1840s and 1850s.<p>The scholarship on display is meticulous, erudite, and drawn from a dazzling array of historiographic sources. In the book's extended primary source quotations, one gets the sense of a historian sharing his own irrepressible enthusiasms for the treasures he has uncovered. The book is filled with multitudes of voices that emerge with great immediacy. Often it's as if Dunkerley had finally given these nineteenth-centuries voices a platform on which to hold forth. There are familiar friends, such as Walt Whitman. There are notable and notorious figures, from Karl Marx to William Walker, the US mercenary who declared himself emperor of Nicaragua. There are also more obscure yet no less fascinating characters whom Dunkerley has encountered in his archival forays, such as Francisco Burdett O'Connor the Irish soldier who became an independence fighter under Bolivar in South America and who eventually settled down as a prefect in the Bolivian region of Tarija.<p>Americana confirms Dunkerley's scholarly depth, analytical originality, and creative gifts. While his intellectual energy has always been evident in his prolific work on Latin American history and politics, in Americana it has finally found full expression. The book weighs in at over 600 pages, and yet it displays the essayist's freedom and delight in his subject, even in language itself. The tone is often playful, and glancing assertion takes the place of belabored argument. The subjects treated in this grand study of a vast region are profuse, and the insights are myriad. What is most striking, however, is its aesthetic quality. If Eric Hobsbawm deemed this the "most unusual" book of 2000, it is surely because Americana boldly breaks the molds of academic history writing in this day and age. Splendid and idiosyncratic, it expresses a historian's enchantment with the materials of history and the pleasures of narration. Dunkerley makes a case for history as seductive, poetic, and emancipatory, qualities too often seen as antithetical to history today.In this majestic and unorthodox book, James Dunkerley visits the Americas of the 1850s. Drawing on a range of contemporary sources from Walt Whitman to Darwin, Trollope, Marx and Sarmiento, Dunkerley adopts an Atlanticist perspective--Ireland, for instance, is treated as an American country in exile - for this appraisal of the first steps in American modernity. <I>Americana</I> is arranged around major themes of time and space, culture, political economy, and international relations. Between these more general discussions are transcripts of three court cases from the period which both divert and illuminate: John Mitchel's 1848 conviction for treason in Dublin led him through Bermuda, Tasmania and Nicaragua before he joined the Confederate cause in the US Civil War. Myra Gaines' suit for the return of her legacy in New Orleans reveals her Sligo-born father to have conspired against Jefferson and treated with Napoleon's agents in the sale of Louisiana. Mariano Munoz's trial for releasing a prisoner on Good Friday in the style of Pontius Pilate draws the curtain back on Francisco Burdett O'Connor, prefect of Tarija, elder brother of the Chartist leader Feargus, and Bolvar's chief of staff.0140092331B000HEWEDK712989011General AAS468230History468206Humanities465600New & Used Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books712982011General AAS465600New & Used Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books713014011General AAS319654011Qualifying Textbooks251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books713299011General AAS4853United States4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books1205142General4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books713293011General AAS4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books15812171Civilization & Culture4987Historical Study9History1000Subjects283155Books503719th Century5035World9History1000Subjects283155Books5039General5035World9History1000Subjects283155Books713323011General AAS5035World9History1000Subjects283155Books394181011Hardcover394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books0061448621http://www.amazon.com/Anas-Story-Spanish-historia-esperanza/dp/0061448621%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D00614486211656384http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51LqnMVXSFL._SL75_.jpg7550http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51LqnMVXSFL._SL160_.jpg160107http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51LqnMVXSFL.jpg500334Jenna BushPaperbackMia Baxter362.19697929780061448621600061448621RayoSpanishSpanishEnglish890999USD$9.99Rayo1304Book2008-05-01RayoYoung Adult2008-04-22Rayo100590345USD$3.45335USD$3.352490011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewneww7XFtcIKGschw0UuWYFFQFOeBejx5VfLrIqMjDyxeF6icGbcwrGXUuEWjE3Axdui7ZDJhIVUmxVUWgpcNxKYZg%3D%3D999USD$9.99Usually ships in 24 hours5.01100614486215002008-11-06

Un libro para todo

<br /> <br />La historia de Ana por Jenna Bush. <br /> <br /> Todo el mundo puede penetrar en los sentimientos de esta historia. Antes de leer la, no se necesita tener mucha información sobre el síndrome de inmunodeficiencia adquirida, es decir, Sida, así como conocer a un amigo o alguien conocido que tenga el virus. Al leer de este libro se entenderá también cómo UNICEF trabaja para asistir a los niños, como Ana, quienes han nacido con este virus. El tema de esta novela verídica se amplía al leer cada página. La protagonista de la historia revela a los lectores sus experiencias de vivir con el VIH. Esta hace énfasis en la gente enferma, durante su infancia y juventud. Al seguir leyendo sobre el camino en el cual Ana atravesaba, se es invitado a ir adentro del corazón de una niña hasta su adolescencia. <br />Ella tenía que ajustarse a su destino desafortunado. ¿Dónde encuentra Ana su esperanza? Pues, desde muy temprana edad Ana tenía que aprender a vivir con pérdidas: las de sus padres quieres murieron como consecuencia de esta enfermedad. Y la de sobrellevar su vida junto a su abuela, con quien no era feliz. Además tenía que vivir con un secreto: el VIH virus. <br />Como una niña Ana podía encontrar dentro de ella un poder espiritual y podía expresarle a Díos buenos y malos sentimientos. Pese a comprometerse a nunca contar su secreto, se hizo de buenos amigos y más tarde durante su juventud pudo confiar su secreto a algunos adultos. <br /> Todo el mundo ha sufrido algo y ha conocido a un amigo o pariente que ha sufrido mucho con una enfermedad. Por esta razón se podrá seguir leyendo esta historia sobre Ana y tal vez le ayudará a usted a pensar sobre esta persona de su conocimiento. De una forma muy significativa, creo que La historia de Ana a la mayoría de los lectores. <br /> <br /><p> La historia de Ana comienza el día en que nació afectada con el VIH, virus que le transmitió su joven madre, quien muere pocos años después. Desde entonces, la infancia de Ana es una maraña de secretos—secretos sobre su enfermedad, su familia y los abusos que ha sufrido—. Arrastrada de una casa a otra, difícilmente encuentra seguridad o aceptación. Mas cuando se enamora y se embaraza a los diecisiete años, inicia una jornada que la conducirá a un nuevo comienzo, nuevas penas y una nueva esperanza. </p> <p> Basada en su trabajo con UNICEF e inspirada en la vida de una chica que conoció personalmente, Jenna Bush narra la historia de muchos niños del mundo que viven marginados y excluidos de lo más elemental: cuidado, apoyo y educación. Al final del libro encontrarás una serie de recursos que te indican cómo puedes ayudar a cambiar la situación de niños como Ana y cómo puedes protegerte a ti y a los demás. </p>504358Formats265040Accessories347567011Alternative Formats368395011Audiobooks13622191Boxed Sets67240Calendars551440eDocs348167011Historical Reproductions300950Large Print301731Libros en español1622Sheet Music & Scores251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books222190011Central & South America222185011Explore the World222161011People & Places221300011Children's Books2200840114-for-3 Books Store251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books222267011Hispanic & Latino222261011Multicultural Stories222161011People & Places221300011Children's Books2200840114-for-3 Books Store251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books234077011General234067011Social Issues233814011Teens2200840114-for-3 Books Store251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books242748011All 4-for-3 Deals2200840114-for-3 Books Store251254011Custom Stores44258011Specialty Stores283155Books3028Central & South America3023Explore the World3020People & Places4Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books3098Hispanic & Latino3094Multicultural Stories3020People & Places4Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books271595011General3123Social Issues3020People & Places4Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books713120011General AAS3123Social Issues3020People & Places4Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books17519General17496Social Issues28Teens1000Subjects283155Books713791011General AAS17496Social Issues28Teens1000Subjects283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books3941730114-for-3 Books394171011Promotion (special_merchandising_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books1250230011Young Adult673420011Age Range (age_range)388186011Refinements283155Books0195174658http://www.amazon.com/Ancient-American-World-Times/dp/0195174658%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D01951746581602473http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516aEHXa19L._SL75_.jpg7556http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516aEHXa19L._SL160_.jpg160118http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/516aEHXa19L.jpg500370William FashMary E. LyonsHardcover972.019780195174656600195174658Oxford University Press, USAEnglishEnglishEnglish9303295USD$32.95Oxford University Press, USA1176Book2005-09-22Oxford University Press, USAAges 9-12Oxford University Press, USA1257501950USD$19.501077USD$10.779100011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnewS3%2B4lv7KB4nZGRPO6rJJJxrLPy4CHOUzTmCvgYKAAW26H5WcDaCdG0Hkod%2FpX7lkIWURu7iyAlIlpYkxGyQ%2FTA%3D%3D3295USD$32.95Usually ships in 24 hours5.01101951746585442007-06-21

Great Age Appropriate Text for 3rd-6th grades!

All the books in THE WORLD IN ANCIENT TIMES series (2005 ed) are excellent--no matter the contributing author. The publisher (Oxford) has envisioned and produced high quality books that present rich content in a pleasing visual and tactile product. <br /> <br />There are generally 20-30 chapters of 3 to 10 pages each. Each chapter is thematic that runs more or less chronologically. Photographs and sidebars are dispersed throughout a chapter, and each page has plenty of white space. The only detraction--a little more line spacing would help those children with borderline vision issues. Several maps are incorporated throughout the book, so that purchasing additional specialized maps may not be necessary for the cash-strapped. At the back of the book, there is a Timeline, reading & website list, as well as an index. <br /> <br />There is also a single Primary Material and Resource book that supports the whole series for deeper enrichment. <br /> <br />Children like the fact that each ancient world volume is library bound in its own text. They are a manageable size. They do not have to lug a heavy tome around for year, that inevitably gets tattered due to its size. I have used these volumes in two rotations and will use them again for third and they appear like new. <br /> <br />This series is an excellent investment without having to cost an arm and a leg. <br />A Zapotec village chief named One Earthquake is murdered by his enemies, who then carve the gruesome image of his death on a huge stone slab and place it in their temple as a warning to others. An Inca official selects young village girls to be raised in the distant House of the Chosen Women, where they will spend the rest of their childhoods learning traditional arts in complete seclusion. A Spanish priest named Bernardino Sahagun recounts the development of the mighty Aztec empire in Mesoamerica and witnesses its tragic overthrow by Spanish conquistadors. These are a few of the gripping stories readers will encounter in The Ancient American World.<br> Authors William Fash and Mary E. Lyons use a wide range of primary sources including sculptures, hieroglyphs, pottery, and ancient tombs to trace the captivating history of ancient America. Readers accompany archaeologists as they unearth fantastic artifacts and spectacular buildings and decode ancient manuscripts to unlock the secrets of these cultures.<br> From farming to the building of great pyramids and from sacred sacrifices to the Spanish conquest, The Ancient American World uses archaeological findings and ancient texts to explore the remarkable cultures of this region.019517724X019522163X01951615720195161599019522160515356871Ancient2917History & Historical Fiction4Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books2923Central & South America2917History & Historical Fiction4Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books713072011General AAS4Children's Books1000Subjects283155Books4836Mexico4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books5039General5035World9History1000Subjects283155Books713323011General AAS5035World9History1000Subjects283155Books394181011Hardcover394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books3791311883http://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Americas-Sacred-Landscapes-Design/dp/3791311883%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D3791311883406711http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZD3NPGCML._SL75_.jpg7557http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZD3NPGCML._SL160_.jpg160121http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51ZD3NPGCML.jpg475358HardcoverRichard F. Townsend709.7090297837913118831503791311883PrestelEnglishEnglishEnglish12008000USD$80.00Prestel1400Book1992-12PrestelPrestel4759257500USD$75.006499USD$64.9910000USD$100.002520005.01137913118835442001-12-21

Finding ancient America

The Art Institute of Chicago celebrated the fifth centennial anniversary of the discovery and settling of the Americas by an exhibition on Amerindian art and culture. Items came from collections and museums in Europe, Latin America, and the United States. Richard F Townsend has edited a gorgeously illustrated, smoothly organized and thoroughly researched book of contributions by hard-working, knowledgeable, and well-traveled scholars. What particularly impressed me in THE ANCIENT AMERICAS: ART FROM SACRED LANDSCAPES was how the ancient cultures left behind such lasting evidence for us of all their many achievements, which they had reached while respecting their surroundings as sacred: my sculptress mother used to say, and my artist sister still says, that ancient art, particularly in the Americas and in Indonesia, was especially moving in how it showed the flow of life back and forth between nature and people, with all seen as spiritually created. In fact, I like the way that the editor begins writing about symbols in landscape with an old New Mexican Indian in Taos simply asking psychologist Carl Jung, "Do you not think that all life comes from the mountain?" For my own answers, I found Evon Z Vogt's discussion on the keeping of Maya tradition in Zinacantan something that I could relate to, what with his explanations of sacred geography in the cross shrines marking the mountain homes of the old gods, who meet together over what is happening with their descendants and expect offerings of black chickens, cane liquor, copal incense, and white candles. Also, I found Beatriz de la Fuente's writing on Olmec art fascinating: artists carved some of their huge sculptures according to the golden mean system of proportion popular among the great Mediterranean cultures; this proportion shows up in everything, from human beings to microscopic life. So carving this ratio into colossi and jade figures put the universe into each sculpture. And Johan Reinhard's explaining the Nazca lines mixed his own exquisite photographs, which also grace other sections, with a compelling text: the Nazca culture left distinct, high-quality ceramics and textiles behind in southern coastal Peru, where they also built large pyramids and an intricate system of underground canals that might be unique in the Americas. What the culture has most recently been known for are the great figures and lines carved into the desert, but first and best viewed in the twentieth century from the air. Dr Reinhard suggests that this was all part of a fertility/mountain/water cult, what with most of the motifs being birds, cultivated plants, fish, mammals and reptiles; what with rituals from long ago still being carried out today for rain offerings in the mountains, seen as the source of water for people living in a very dry climate; and what with weather gods believed to leave their mountain homes by taking shape as birds or mythological flying felines, therefore needing big reminders on the ground over which they were flying to make sure that they would send plenty of water for growing crops and keeping the culture going. So this book is an excellent, one-of-a-kind read that leaves readers ready for whichever of the cultures they are most interested in reading more specifically about: although currently out of print, it is well worth the effort to track down any available copies.050020345818575938630500203636093074179X18448318761098United States1095Regional1064History & Criticism1Arts & Photography1000Subjects283155Books1066General1064History & Criticism1Arts & Photography1000Subjects283155Books713021011General AAS1064History & Criticism1Arts & Photography1000Subjects283155Books4836Mexico4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books713290011General AAS9History1000Subjects283155Books394181011Hardcover394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155Books0750933410http://www.amazon.com/Ancient-Americas-Maya-Aztec-Beyond/dp/0750933410%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0750933410172704http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51D4N4CGWPL._SL75_.jpg7551http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51D4N4CGWPL._SL160_.jpg160109http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51D4N4CGWPL.jpg500341Nicholas J. SaundersPaperback9809780750933414940750933410The History PressEnglishEnglishEnglish9131995USD$19.95The History Press1256Book2006-10-01The History PressThe History Press84614498USD$4.98499USD$4.992370011ATVPDKIKX0DERhttp://www.amazon.com/gp/help/seller/home.html?seller=ATVPDKIKX0DERNewnewkgwsOSdqgOarrQzZ4DFAoza9tyMUFZzHfI7O9GdIq2UJZGXlnybobuqx6%2FDDFO4IUZwUFjG%2BVL1iCWaP4YZ3TQ%3D%3D1596USD$15.96Usually ships in 24 hours5.01107509334105002008-01-01

Ancient Americas: Maya, Aztec, Inca & Beyond

I could not put this book down. This is an excellent book on pre-Columbian America. The book presented a very stimulating account of the major civilizations in Mesoamerica and the Andes. The text illustrations and color plates were very helpful. If you need to read one book on pre-Columbian America, this should be it! This should be a required reading at the college level. Hats off to Nicholas Saunders. <DIV><DIV>In AD 1492, Christopher Columbus stumbled across the Americas while searching for a route to the spice rich Orient. This was a unique moment in world history, akin to an encounter with alien species in our own time. What Columbus, and his successors encountered was an unsuspected continent, a New World, full of civilizations strangely different from European societies in their languages, appearances, institutions, religions, architecture and ideas of life and death. From the great empires of the Aztecs in Mexico and the Inkas in Peru, to their innumerable prehistoric ancestors, and the mosaic of tribes living in highland valleys and tropical rainforests, the evidence pointed to a phenomenon of human culture which had developed in isolation from the rest of the world for at least 20,000 years. Pre-Columbian America represents a singular example of the human genius for creating civilization. Through a stimulating account of the major civilizations in Mesoamerica and the Andes, this book aims not only to give state-of-the-art syntheses of each culture, but also to build a living picture of the fundamentally different nature of indigenous Amerindian societies.</DIV></DIV>B0014JUH4K0810928213075910879XB000DZ95LM05002850554830General4826Central America4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books713296011General AAS4826Central America4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books4836Mexico4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books4838General4837Native American4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books713297011General AAS4837Native American4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books15812811General4840South America4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books713298011General AAS4840South America4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books1205142General4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books713293011General AAS4808Americas9History1000Subjects283155Books4875Aztec4873Ancient9History1000Subjects283155Books4882Mayan4873Ancient9History1000Subjects283155Books4879General4873Ancient9History1000Subjects283155Books713301011General AAS4873Ancient9History1000Subjects283155Books5039General5035World9History1000Subjects283155Books713323011General AAS5035World9History1000Subjects283155Books713290011General AAS9History1000Subjects283155Books400272011Paperback394184011Mass Market401237011Trade394174011Binding (binding)388186011Refinements283155Books618083011Printed Books618072011Format (feature_browse-bin)388186011Refinements283155BooksB0008628WYhttp://www.amazon.com/ancient-cities-New-World-explorations/dp/B0008628WY%3FSubscriptionId%3D05ERXYTS89KFGEPQR5G2%26tag%3Dthebookrevi0b-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3DB0008628WYDésiré CharnayUnknown BindingHarper & BrothersEnglishEnglishHarper & Brothers514Book1888Harper & BrothersHarper & Brothers0000005.011B0008628WY5112000-05-23

1st edition of Ancient Cities of the New World

For some 20 years since I discovered that the book I had is a 1st draft with a cover page addressed to Augustus H.Harvemeyer(?) and Peter F. Lorillard, have endevored to get much past the first 5 chapters.The woodcut or tin prints are incredibly detailed, each with a world of information to those willing to take the time to study them. Although Mr.Charnay occasionally wonders from his original train of thought, the book is an incredible piece of work, for its time and the effort that went into researching the subject covered. The significance of the signed cover page is the two names mentioned funded his expiditions to Central America.4882Mayan4873Ancient9History1000Subjects283155Books17140Guatemala17130Central America17128Latin America27Travel1000Subjects283155Books