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“liam riordan”

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  • What We Know, What We Wish

    Maine Statehood, Historical Commemoration, and the Urgency of Public History

    Edited by Liam Riordan, Richard W. Judd ...
    Cities, states, and nations are grappling with how best to commemorate historical events and anniversaries in ways that are fair, accurate, and open public dialogue about the often contested past. This volume springs from varied approaches to the historical commemoration of Maine’s state bicentennial in 2020 that involved academics, independent scholars, local and statewide cultural organizations, ... Read more

    $30.99 CAD

  • The Loyal Atlantic

    Remaking the British Atlantic in the Revolutionary Era

    Edited by Jerry Bannister, Liam Riordan ...
    Adding to a dynamic new wave of scholarship in Atlantic history, The Loyal Atlantic offers fresh interpretations of the key role played by Loyalism in shaping the early modern British Empire. This cohesive collection investigates how Loyalism and the empire were mutually constituted and reconstituted from the eighteenth century onward. Featuring contributions by authors from across Canada, the ... Read more

    $35.99 CAD

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  • Lies Across America

    What Our Historic Sites Get Wrong

    by James W. Loewen ...
    A fully updated and revised edition of the book USA Today called "jim-dandy pop history," by the bestselling, American Book Award–winning author"The most definitive and expansive work on the Lost Cause and the movement to whitewash history."—Mitch Landrieu, former mayor of New OrleansFrom the author of the national bestseller Lies My Teacher Told Me, a completely updated—and more timely than ever ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • From Midnight to Dawn

    The Last Tracks of the Underground Railroad

    by Jacqueline L. Tobin ...
    From Midnight to Dawn presents compelling portraits of the men and women who established the Underground Railroad and traveled it to find new lives in Canada. Evoking the turmoil and controversies of the time, Tobin illuminates the historic events that forever connected American and Canadian history by giving us the true stories behind well-known figures such as Harriet Tubman and John Brown. She ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

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  • Slavery and Public History

    The Tough Stuff of American Memory

    by Ira Berlin, David W. Blight, Gary B. Nash ...
    "A fascinating collection of essays" by eminent historians exploring how we teach, remember, and confront the history and legacy of American slavery ( Booklist Online).In recent years, the culture wars have called into question the way America's history of slavery is depicted in books, films, television programs, historical sites, and museums. In the first attempt to examine the historiography of ... Read more

    $25.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • African Founders

    How Enslaved People Expanded American Ideals

    by David Hackett Fischer ...
    In this sweeping, foundational work of American history, Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David Hackett Fischer draws on extensive research to show how enslaved Africans and their descendants enlarged American ideas of freedom in varying ways in different regions of the early United States.African Founders explores the little-known history of how enslaved people from different regions of Africa ... Read more

    $27.99 CAD

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  • Emancipation Day

    Celebrating Freedom in Canada

    by Natasha L. Henry ...
    When the passage of the Abolition of Slavery Act, effective August 1, 1834, ushered in the end of slavery throughout the British Empire, people of the African descent celebrated their newfound freedom. Now African-American fugitive slaves, free black immigrants, and the few remaining enslaved Africans could live unfettered live in Canada -- a reality worthy of celebration.This new, well-researched ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • American Visions

    The United States, 1800-1860

    by Edward L. Ayers ...
    **“An inspiring book.… American Visions beautifully shows how remarkably resilient dreams of a better republic remained even in the darkest of times.” —Christoph Irmscher, Wall Street JournalA revealing history of the formative period when voices of dissent and innovation defied power and created visions of America still resonant today.**With so many of our histories falling into dour critique or ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

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  • The Artificial River

    The Erie Canal and the Paradox of Progress, 1817–1862

    by Carol Sheriff ...
    This "enlightening" social history of the construction of the Erie canal explores "19th-century perceptions of progress, politics, and the common good" ( Kirkus Reviews).Woven from a rich tapestry of research, The Artificial River is more than just a historical account of the Erie Canal—it encapsulates a pivotal era in United States history, especially the monumental strides in engineering, ... Read more

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  • The Underground Railroad

    Next Stop, Toronto!

    by Adrienne Shadd, Afua Cooper, Karolyn Smardz Frost ...
    Stories of the hopeful, brave people who fled slavery and made Toronto their home.“An engaging and highly readable account of the lives of Black people in Toronto in the 1800s.” — Lawrence Hill, bestselling author of The IllegalThe Underground Railroad: Next Stop, Toronto! explores Toronto’s role as a destination for thousands of freedom seekers before the American Civil War. This new edition ... Read more

    $8.99 CAD

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  • Rebels Rising : Cities and the American Revolution

    Cities and the American Revolution

    by Benjamin L. Carp ...
    The cities of eighteenth-century America packed together tens of thousands of colonists who met each other in back rooms and plotted political tactics debated the issues of the day in taverns and mingled together on the wharves or in the streets. In this fascinating work historian Benjamin L. Carp shows how these various urban meeting places provided the tinder and spark for the American ... Read more

    $37.59 CAD

  • Union

    The Struggle to Forge the Story of United States Nationhood

    by Colin Woodard ...
    By the bestselling author of American Nations and Nations Apart, the story of how the myth of U.S. national unity was created and fought over in the nineteenth century--a myth that continues to affect us todayUnion tells the story of the struggle to create a national myth for the United States, one that could hold its rival regional cultures together and forge an American nationhood. On one hand, ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

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