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  • The Intellectual Origins of American Slavery

    English Ideas in the Early Modern Atlantic World

    by John Samuel Harpham ...
    "Searing, unsettling, and strikingly original." —Jill Lepore, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of We the PeopleA landmark account of the origins of American slavery, revealing how ancient Roman ideas were used to defend the establishment of a slave empire in the English Atlantic world.The period from 1550 to 1700 was critical in the development of slavery across the English Atlantic world. During ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

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  • The Barbarous Years

    The Peopling of British North America: The Conflict of Civilizations, 1600-1675

    by Bernard Bailyn ...
    **Finalist for the Pulitzer PrizeA compelling, fresh account of the first great transit of people from Britain, Europe, and Africa to British North America, their involvements with each other, and their struggles with the indigenous peoples of the eastern seaboard.**The immigrants were a mixed multitude. They came from England, the Netherlands, the German and Italian states, France, Africa, Sweden ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD

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  • The Atlantic World

    Europeans, Africans, Indians and their Shared History, 1400–1900

    by Thomas Benjamin ...
    From 1400 to 1900 the Atlantic Ocean served as a major highway, allowing people and goods to move easily between Europe, Africa, and the Americas. These interactions and exchanges transformed European, African, and American societies and led to the creation of new peoples, cultures, economies, and ideas throughout the Atlantic arena. The Atlantic World provides a comprehensive and lucid history of ... Read more

    $54.39 CAD

  • Emigrants

    Why the English Sailed to the New World

    by James Evans ...
    'Marvellously engaging' The Times'Brisk, informative and eye-opening' Daily TelegraphIn the 1600s, vast numbers of people left England for the Americas. Crossing the Atlantic was a major undertaking, the voyage long and treacherous. Why did they go?Emigrants casts vivid new light on the population shift which underpins the rise of modern America. Using contemporary sources including diaries, court ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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  • American Heroes

    Profiles of Men and Women Who Shaped Early America

    by Edmund S. Morgan ...
    "A wise, humane and beautifully written book." —Bret Stephens, Wall Street JournalFrom the best-selling author of Benjamin Franklin comes this remarkable work that will help redefine our notion of American heroism. Americans have long been obsessed with their heroes, but the men and women dramatically portrayed here are not celebrated for the typical banal reasons contained in Founding Fathers ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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  • White Slavery in the Barbary States

    Enriched edition. European Captives, Barbary Pirates, and an Abolitionist Case Against Transnational Bondage

    by Charles Sumner ...
    In "White Slavery in the Barbary States," Charles Sumner presents a meticulous examination of the plight of European captives held by North African powers, specifically the Barbary States during the early modern period. The text blends historical analysis with passionate rhetoric, reflecting the abolitionist sentiment of its time. Sumner's narrative draws upon a range of primary sources, including ... Read more

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  • The Oxford History of the British Empire: Volume I: The Origins of Empire

    British Overseas Enterprise to the Close of the Seventeenth Century

    by Alaine Low, Wm Roger Louis ...
    Series Book 1 - The Oxford History of the British Empire
    Volume I of the Oxford History of the British Empire explores the origins of empire. It shows how and why England, and later Britain, became involved with transoceanic navigation, trade, and settlement during the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. The chapters, by leading historians, both illustrate the interconnections between developments in Europe and overseas and offer specialist studies on ... Read more

    $64.79 CAD

  • Lost Tribes and Promised Lands

    by Ronald Sanders ...
    In Lost Tribes and Promised Lands, celebrated historian and cultural critic Ronald Sanders offers a compelling and ideology-shattering history of racial prejudice and myth as shaped by political, religious, and economic forces from the 14th Century to the present day. Written with clear-eyed vigor, Sanders draws on a broad history of art, psychology, politics, and religion to inform his striking ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • MANY HEADS AND MANY HANDS

    James Madison's Search for a More Perfect Union

    by Mau VanDuren ...
    "This lively and entertaining book begins a much-needed conversation about the modern history that our Founders knew so well and which our generation has largely forgotten." -- Dr. Lynn Uzzell, Resident Scholar at Montpelier“In this age of Google and Wikipedia, it is understandable that most see history as a pile of facts . . . VanDuren serves up a richer feast. He paints the history of modern ... Read more

    $4.00 CAD

  • The Atlantic in World History

    by Karen Ordahl Kupperman ...
    Series series New Oxford World History
    As Europeans began to move into the Atlantic in the late fifteenth century, first encountering islands and then two continents across the sea, they initiated a process that revolutionized the lives of people everywhere. American foods enriched their diets. Furs, precious metals, dyes, and many other products underwrote new luxury trades, and tobacco became the first consumer craze as the price ... Read more

    $27.19 CAD

  • Christianity, Islam and the Negro Race

    by Edward Blyden ...
    "Blyden's hope for the negro is...in the negro missionary...he would fain see the negroes of the Western world return to Africa...free to develop their Christian teaching...on their own lines." -Pall Mall Gazette, Oct. 11, 1887"Christianity, Islam and the Negro Race by Edwar Wilmont Blyden will...help readers understand that Africa and Africans are still not free...I greatly recommend this work by ... Read more

    $10.98 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Political Philosophy of George Washington

    by Jeffry H. Morrison ...
    Series series The Political Philosophy of the American Founders
    "A delight . . . rewarding insight into Washington and his times . . . and an illuminating section on the religious outlook of this American founder." — Journal of American HistoryGeorge Washington is revered as the father of his country, a clever and skilled general, and a man of restrained principle—but not as a political thinker. This short introduction to Washington's political philosophy ... Read more

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