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In 1941, influential US publishing magnate Henry Luce declared the world was in the midst of the first great American century, believing his nation held the power and vision to lead and transform the ...

Crude Genius

By (author) Gary May
Categories: History of the Americas

“An unknown and hitherto untold story of one of the true pioneers of the international oil industry.” William McGarvey was crowned the “Petroleum King of Austria,” dubbed “Europe’s Rockefeller,” ...

A Mile of Make-Believe

By (author) Steve Penfold
Categories: Business and Management

A Mile of Make-Believe offers not only a highly readable and rewarding account of Santa Claus parades but a great many lessons that will help reshape the way in which scholars explore the history of ...

The Cowboy Legend

By (author) John Jennings
Categories: Literature: history and criticism
Series: The West

In The Cowboy Legend, John Jennings details the evidence that Everett Johnson was the initial and prime inspiration for Wister’s cowboy, and in the process shows that Johnson led a fascinating life ...

Cowboy Way, The

By (author) Duane Radford
Categories: History of the Americas

The Cowboy Way is a tribute to the classic image of the cowboy, old-time lore, and its influence on popular culture written in the style of a trivia book with archival photos, interesting facts and figures, ...

Search for a Nation

By (author) Janet Morchain, Mason Wade & John Trent
Categories: Nationalism

Search For A Nation is an unique resource which explores 10 major crises in French- English Relations from 1759 to 1995. The third edition adds the constitutional crisis from 1982 to 1992, culminating ...

Transatlantic Passages

Despite a burgeoning interest in transatlantic and regional studies, the long-standing cultural connections between francophone communities on both sides of the Atlantic have received little critical ...

Warming Up to the Cold War

By (author) Robert Teigrob
Categories: History of the Americas

When U. S. President Harry Truman asked his allies for military support in the Korean War, Canada’s government, led by Prime Minister Louis St-Laurent, was reluctant. St-Laurent’s government was forced ...

America

By (author) Denis Vaugeois
Translated by Jane Brierley
Categories: History of the Americas

“We the people of the United States”—so began the American Constitution of 1787. Within a few years, this young country, made up mainly of eastern seaboard states, suddenly became part of a continent. ...