The study of history has sometimes been classified as part of the humanities and at other times as part of the social sciences. It can also be seen as a bridge between those two broad areas, incorporating methodologies from both. Some individual historians strongly support one or the other classification. In the 20th century, French historian Fernand Braudel revolutionized the study of history, by using such outside disciplines as economics, anthropology, and geography in the study of global history. Showing 61-80 of 281
![Image for <b> Selma: Queen City of the Blackbelt </b>[Alabama]](/assets/images/product/010683_1)
By: Fitts, Alston
Price: $29.95
Publisher: Selma, Alabama, Clairmont Press: 1989
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 010683
Condition: Very Good
SIGNED by the author with no inscription. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo; 10 inches tall; 230 pages with index, illustrated with historical photographs. A through history of this fascinating city of the Deep South. Bindings tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear. View more info
By: Foege, Alec
Price: $12.95
Publisher: New York, Basic Books: 2013
Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
Seller ID: 010612
ISBN: 0465009239
Condition: New
No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. Recently, Americans have come to question whether our tinkering spirit has survived the pressures of ruthless corporate organization and bottom-line driven caution. But as Alec Foege shows in The Tinkerers, reports of tinkering's death have been greatly exaggerated. View more info
![Image for India Past and Present [Volume 2 of 2]](/assets/images/product/011471_1)
Price: $45.00
Publisher: Philadelphia, The John C. Winston Co.: 1903
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 011471
Condition: Near Fine
This account of India in the early 20th century affords an overview of the country's colorful history and culture, and then examines the regions in detail. Photographs of the exotic locales enhance interest. The work ends with a glossary of commonly-used Indian words, some of which bungalow, khaki, and bazaar, for example have entered the English language. Near fine; No flaws to book but minimal handling with issued cloth dust jacket which shows light shelf handling and age darkening on its spine. Previous owner's bookplate on front pastedown. ----- First Edition, First Printing. Volum... View more info
By: Forty, Simon
Price: $24.00
Publisher: USA, PRC Publishing: 2004
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 010940
ISBN: 1856487334
Condition: Fine
No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal shelf handling; Still Gift Quality. Based on the unique collection at the Public Record Office in Kew, England, this amazing assortment of more than 100 military maps charts the Napoleonic conflict from its start in 1803 to the defeat at Waterloo in 1815. Each one is beautifully hand drawn, accompanied by a caption explaining its significance. View more info
By: Fowke, Edith
Price: $49.95
Publisher: Austin, TX and London, University of Texas Press: 1970
Seller ID: 006722
Condition: Near Fine
Tunes transcribed by Norman Cazden.Edith Fowke's collection of sixty-five songs, recorded from former shantyboys, is unique, being the first in this field to exclude the more general songs popular in the bunkhouse. Mrs. Fowke presents a vivid picture of life in the north woods before the days of mechanization. Unused, no flaws but minimal shelf handling; Dust Jacket in new clear protective Mylar sleeve. View more info
By: Fowler, Marian
Price: $19.95
Publisher: New York, St Martins Press: 1994
Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
Seller ID: 011116
ISBN: 0312112890
Condition: New
In the tradition of Edith Wharton's Age of Innocence, this is an intimate nonfiction look at the lives of celebrated American heiresses who married into British nobility.No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. View more info
By: Foxell, Simon
Price: $85.00
Publisher: UK, Black Dog Publishing: 2007
Seller ID: 011389
ISBN: 1906155070
Condition: New
No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. Over 200 maps, from literary imaginings and utopian prophecies to portrayals of London in contemporary computer games. --- The book is split into four sections, each beginning with a short introduction and beautifully illustrated by the maps themselves: London Change and Growth; Serving the City; Living in the City, and Imagining London. View more info
By: Franklin, Thomas
Price: $165.00
Publisher: Huntsville, Alabama, Christopher Kaylor Publishing: 1987
Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 011558
ISBN: 0916039048
Condition: Near Fine
Signed by the author with a non-personalized inscription. First Edition, First Printing.The Story of Arthur Rudolph, the prominent NASA scientist who led America to the moon, then was stripped of his citizenship because of accusations concerning his role in building Hitler's V-2 rocket. Fine in a Near Fine Dust Jacket. No Flaws or Blemishes but two small closed tears on the top edge of Jacket. 8vo; 8.5 inches tall; 366 pages. View more info
By: Fraser, Flora
Price: $24.00
Publisher: New York, Knopf: 1996
Inscription: Signed by the author
Seller ID: 010649
ISBN: 0394561465
Condition: Fine
The life of the disgraced Queen Caroline, discarded wife of George IV of EnglandSIGNED with a gift inscription from the author on the top of the title page. Fine in a Fine Dust Jacket. Third Printing. Illustrated with color. View more info
Price: $49.95
Publisher: New York, Scribner: 1997
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 011398
ISBN: 0684837838
Condition: New
All unquestioned masterpiece of the historian's art, and a towering landmark in the literature of the American Civil War. Lee's Lieutenants: A Study in Command is the most colorful and popular of all of Douglas Southall Freeman's works; it is generally considered the most penetrating study ever written of military personalities and tactics during the American Civil War.No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. 8vo; 9.5 inches tall; 773 pages; appendix and index. -------------- View more info
By: Freidel, David A,; Schele, Linda; Parker, Joy
Price: $19.95
Publisher: New York:, William Morrow & Co,: 1993
Seller ID: 008604
ISBN: 0688100813
Witnessing the practice of ancient Maya religion in modern Latin America and explaining archaeological discoveries about Maya myth, a study of Maya culture shows how the Maya have survived centuries of religious oppression.Unread; Unused. No flaws but some minor spotting top edge of front text-block .4to; 543 pages with index, chapter notes and bibliography. View more info
Price: $12.95
Publisher: New York, Farrar, Straus and Giroux: 2002
Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
Seller ID: 011354
ISBN: 0374190666
Condition: New
America's leading observer of the international scene on the minute-by-minute events of September 11th--before, during and after.No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. 8vo; 9.25 inches tall; 383 pages. View more info
![Image for <b>George F. Kennan: An American Life </b><br>[Politics & Government]](/assets/images/product/008635_ed6869f01d267ca15246f4a4142ec797.jpg)
Price: $14.95
Publisher: New York:, Penguin Press,: 2011
Edition: First Edition, Second Printing.
Seller ID: 008635
ISBN: 9781594203121<br>
Condition: Fine in a Fine Dust Jacket
In the late 1940s, George Kennan wrote two documents, the "Long Telegram" and the "X Article," which set forward the strategy of containment that would define U.S. policy toward the Soviet Union for the next four decades. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize in 2012.This achievement alone would qualify him as the most influential American diplomat of the Cold War era. But he was also an architect of the Marshall Plan, a prizewinning historian, and would become one of the most outspoken critics of American diplomacy, politics, and culture during the last half of the twentieth century. Now the... View more info
By: Gallagher, Don
Price: $24.00
Publisher: Florida Keys, Pigeon Key Foundation , Inc.: 1999
Seller ID: 011311
ISBN: 096495673X
Condition: Fine
Henry M. Flagler extended his successful Florida East Coast Railway from Homestead to Key West in the early 1900s. The Key West Extension spawned a small town in the jungle and mangroves of Key Vaca in the Florida Keys. Given the name Marathon, this town and nearby areas were the heart of the Extension project. For a few short years, the Marathon area was the command post for the growing railway, and was also the southernmost rail-steamer connection in the U.S. Time and progress have obliterated nearly all traces of this town, but photographs and stories remain to tell us of the first ... View more info
Price: $39.95
Publisher: Chapel Hill, NC, The University of North Carolina Press: 1998
Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
Seller ID: 010575
ISBN: 080782402X
Condition: New
Some of the most important and innovative scholarship on Civil War battles and their political and social impact has appeared in the volumes of the Military Campaigns of the Civil War series. I strongly recommend these essays to everyone who is interested in the latest findings and interpretations. [James M. McPherson]No Flaws or Blemishes but minimal retail handling; Still Gift Quality. Dust Jacket with price is in a new clear protective Mylar sleeve. First Edition, First Printing. 8vo; 9.25 inches tall; 272 pages with index; Illustrated. View more info
By: Gamble, Bruce
Price: $12.95
Publisher: USA, Zenith Press: 2013
Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
Seller ID: 010598
ISBN: 0760345597
Condition: New
Fortress Rabaul has been hailed as the triumphant midpoint of Bruce Gamble's award-winning military nonfiction trilogy, following his critically acclaimed Darkest Hour (December 2006) and preceding Target: Rabaul. No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. View more info
By: Gannon, Michael
Price: $49.95
Publisher: New York, HarperCollins: 1998
Edition: First Edition, First Printing.
Inscription: Signed by Author
Seller ID: 011438
ISBN: 0060178191
Condition: New
Black May does the best job I have seen yet of describing in detail why the U-boats lost the Battle of the Atlantic.....It is a significant addition to the history of World War II. [Vice Admiral James F. Calvert, USN (Retired)]No Flaws or Blemishes; Gift Quality. SIGNED with no personalization on the half-title page. View more info
Price: $24.00
Publisher: Gainesville, Florida, University of Florida Press: 1967
Inscription: Inscribed by Author
Seller ID: 010494
Condition: Very Good
SIGNED with a personal inscription by the author. Second Printing. The definitive history of the arrival and growth of Catholicism in Florida. Franciscan Missionary influence from Georgia to St. Augustine; focusing on St. Augustine and East Florida. The author Gannon offers an interesting portrait of cantankerous parish leaders, Jesuit missionaries, conquistadors, Franciscan martyrs, and frustrated bishops. Tan buckram with titles and decorations in brown. Bindings tight and square; Boards with a bit of flair outwards. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate handling wea... View more info
Price: $45.00
Publisher: New York:, Columbia Univ Press.: 1996.
Edition: 1st Edition.
Seller ID: 002840
ISBN: 023110474X
No flaws to this unread unopened book. Irene Gendzier's argument is tightly presented and coherent, and the overall story of the antecedent to the 1958 U.S. intervention in Lebanon is told with insight, clarity, and on the basis of an excellent use of primary research materials.This book will be looked upon as a model for the presentation of a well-evidenced argument on the nature of U.S. foreign relations with Lebanon, and more generally, with the Middle East. -- Richard Falk Princeton University View more info
Price: $21.45
Publisher: Mystic, CT, U.S.A., Mystic Seaport Museum, Incorporated: 1982
Edition: 1st Edition
Seller ID: 003220
ISBN: 0913372269
Condition: Fine
No flaws to book. Minimal wear top spine dust jacket; Now in a protective Mylar sleeve.Picturesque T Wharf was long the home of Boston's fishing industry. Henry D. Fisher created a remarkable photographic record of the fishing fleet in Boston Harbor between 1908 and 1920, when Boston was America's largest fish market. This book's 117 photographs, accompanied by an equally vivid text, recreate the fishing vessels and markets of a vanished era. The North American Society for Oceanic History named Down on T Wharf the best book on American maritime history published in 1982. View more info
