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History of Sex (American Version) Top Ten Booklist
...ally changed throughout its history. These books seek to explain and place American views of sex in an historical perspective. As per usual, we included some c ...ot interested in trying to separate them for the purposes of our booklist (American Version).

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American Legal History Top Ten Booklist
...ooks helped us think about legal history in new ways. Excitement and legal history are terms that are rarely used together, but after you read these books we ...prolific, and he has also published another twenty books on law and legal history. In fact, there is a very good chance that he wrote and published another

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19th Century American Intellectual History Top Ten Booklist
...eply concerned with the history of ideas. Intellectual history is not the history of old, white philosophers stroking their beards behind mahogany desks. ...contained important intellectual ideas that changed the course of American history. Each of these books, in their own way, accomplish this delicate balancing

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Social History of American Medicine Top Ten Booklist
...ential reference. Pretty much anyone who has written about the history of American medicine has cited it. Should you read it? Yes. Check it out or buy it a ...44274&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=93c00467091eecc6a379c0f7dba5f7ec American Physicians in the Nineteenth Century: From Sects to Science] (Johns Hop

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Why was the Construction of the Alaska Highway so important to American History
...<ref>Virtue, John, ''The Black Soldiers Who Built the Alaska Highway: A History of Four U.S. Army Regiments in the North, 1942-1943'', McFarland & Company, ...he Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor had not only laid waste to much of the American naval fleet in the Pacific but it awakened the United States government to

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How Did the Battle of Culloden Change British and American History
...lorious Revolution, see: </ref> Massie, A. (2013) The Royal Stuarts: A History of the Family that Shaped Britain. New York, St. Martin’s Griffin. ...had ties to the battle at Culloden did ultimately become supporters of the American Revolution, and even participated in the battles, but this was not universa

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How Did the Battle of Culloden Change British and American History?
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African American History Top Ten Booklist
...ething can be gained from a vantage point, drawn from the lives of African American works. This is a small sampling of this work. This books renders the African American experience as an epic journey of resistance, likening the latter to a river

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African American Women's History Top Ten Booklist
...the roles that African American women continue to play in areas as vast as American institutional life and radical movements. Some of the pioneering works in t ...was published as an early call to write the unique experiences of African American women. Its author has inspired many of the writers and thinkers on this lis

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How Did the Nullification Crisis of 1832-1833 Impact American History
[[File: Andrew_Jackson_Portrait.jpg|250px|thumbnail|left|The Seventh American President, Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) (In Office 1829-1837)]]__NOTOC__ ...ful, but defined his presidency nonetheless and set the course of American history for the following few decades. Most people know about President Jackson’s

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How Did the Nullification Crisis of 1832-1833 Impact American History?
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Why was the Construction of the Alaska Highway so important to American History?
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====A Great Resource for History Teachers==== * [[51 Great Online Resources for History Teachers]]

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Media History Top Ten Booklist
...n offered his provocative entry into the little-known canon of campanarian history, considering how bells resonated across the “auditory landscape” of rur ...ch and complicated place of media within cultural, political, and economic history. Works such as Elena Razlogova’s The Listener’s Voice (on radio), Fred

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History of Sex (American Version) Top Ten Booklist
...ally changed throughout its history. These books seek to explain and place American views of sex in an historical perspective. As per usual, we included some c ...ot interested in trying to separate them for the purposes of our booklist (American Version).

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American Legal History Top Ten Booklist
...ooks helped us think about legal history in new ways. Excitement and legal history are terms that are rarely used together, but after you read these books we ...prolific, and he has also published another twenty books on law and legal history. In fact, there is a very good chance that he wrote and published another

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19th Century Overview of United States History Top Ten Booklist
[[File:Reconstruction.jpeg|thumbnail|left|Reconstruction: American Unfinished Revolution by Eric Foner]] ...393329216&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=JRD5IXV4RUTYNVCZ The Rise of American Democracy: Jefferson to Lincoln]'' (New York: W.W. Norton and Company, 2005

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Gilded Age/Progressive Era History Top Ten Booklist
[[File:AmericanColossus.jpg|thumbnail|300px|left|American Colossus: The Triumph of Capitalism, 1865-1900 by H.W. Brands]] ...nts that can be pointed to for defining eras such as Colonial America, the American Civil War, Reconstruction or the Cold War. Arguably, even the term Gilded A

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What were the major United States slave revolts
Slavery represented the opposite of freedom. In the period of human history variously known as the modern era or the Age of Discovery, this form of unf ...06057&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=4897487de0288081715e63265996a90f American Negro Slave Revolts]'' New York: International Publishers, 1983.

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19th Century American Intellectual History Top Ten Booklist
...eply concerned with the history of ideas. Intellectual history is not the history of old, white philosophers stroking their beards behind mahogany desks. ...contained important intellectual ideas that changed the course of American history. Each of these books, in their own way, accomplish this delicate balancing

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Social History of American Medicine Top Ten Booklist
...ential reference. Pretty much anyone who has written about the history of American medicine has cited it. Should you read it? Yes. Check it out or buy it a ...44274&linkCode=as2&tag=dailyh0c-20&linkId=93c00467091eecc6a379c0f7dba5f7ec American Physicians in the Nineteenth Century: From Sects to Science] (Johns Hop

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The Cold War, Sexuality, and American Medicine: Interview with Carolyn Herbst Lewis
...her about it. Carolyn Herbst Lewis is currently a Assistant Professor of History at Grinnell College in Grinnell, Iowa. Her current research focuses on Dr. ...century United States, but also the forces shaping professional shifts in American medicine in this same period, as well as the overlap between the two."

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How did Akhenaten Radically Change Egyptian Religion and Culture
...Donald B. “Akhenaten: New Theories and Old Facts.” Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research 269: 4-15</ref> ...rendered has come to be called the Amarna style. It is unique in Egyptian history due to its dramatic departure from traditional artistic conventions.

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How did the Boxer Rebellion unite Imperial Powers and create Chinese Nationalism
The Boxer Uprising (1899-1901) was a key event in the history of China, as it reflected the colonial powers increasing influence in Chine ...foreign presence in the 19th century, Duara, Prasenjit. 1995. Rescuing History from the Nation: Questioning Narratives of Modern China. Chicago: Unive

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What was the Albany Plan of Union of 1754
...ernment. On July 10, 1754, representatives from seven of the British North American colonies adopted the plan. Although never carried out, the Albany Plan was {{#dpl:category=Colonial American History|ordermethod=firstedit|order=descending|count=7}}

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How did Great Britain win the French Indian War (Seven Years War)
[[File:Nouvelle-France1750.png|thumbnail|left|250px|Map of North American in 1750]]__NOTOC__ ...ying the war’s expenses led to colonial discontent and ultimately to the American Revolution. In terms of the treaty, France gave up all its territories in m

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Why did Westward Expansion Lead to the American Revolution
...l dissatisfaction with imperial rule and, ultimately, to the causes of the American Revolution. ...ssippi came under British control. With the official end of the war, Anglo-American colonists began to pour over the Appalachian Mountains in search of land.

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What is the history of summer camps in the United States
For children and adolescents, summer camp has been a fixture of American life. In the summer months, parents have often placed their children in sum The history of summer camps has in the United States has its origin in the evolution of

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Did Theodore Roosevelt really save Football
In 1905, American football faced an crisis. Far to many young men were being killed while pla .... <ref>Klein, Christopher, ”How Teddy Roosevelt helped save football,” history.com, September 6, 2012</ref>

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How did Edwin Drake create the World's first oil well
...f the oil well fundamentally altered the course of the 20th century. <ref>American Chemical Society, “The Development of the Pennsylvania Oil Industry,” ...cked in technical expertise he more than made up for in the quintessential American trait - stick-to-itiveness.

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What are the "Six Flags" that have Flown over Texas
...real history, which when dissected, encapsulates about 400 years of early American settlement. ...sections, a la Disneyland, with each representing a period of the state's history which came alive with miniature towns, shows, and attractions.

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What was George Washington's military experience before the American Revolution
...tinguished. What qualified Washington for the supreme confidence the young American rebels placed in him? ...lderness were not over. The British mounted the largest military force the American colonies had ever seen under Edward Braddock, the commander-in-chief of the

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