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Turning Points, Actual and Alternate Histories - Colonial America from Settlement to the Revolution
By: Carlisle, Rodney P. (ed.); Golson, J. Geoffrey (ed.)
Published by: ABC-Clio
This work is a thought-provoking look at the original 13 colonies, presenting the facts and engaging the reader by using alternate history—what if key events had turned out differently?—to help develop critical thinking skills. What would American history look like if Sweden had been more successful with its original colony in Delaware? How close did the United States come to being a French-speaking nation? These questions and more are answered in this history of colonial America, both as it was, and as it might have been.
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Price: $119.00
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Turning Points, Actual and Alternate Histories - Native America from Prehistory to First Contact
By: Carlisle, Rodney P. (ed.); Golson, J. Geoffrey (ed.)
Published by: ABC-Clio
This work is a fascinating history of precontact North America, presenting the facts and engaging the reader by using alternative history—what if key facts were different?—to help develop critical thinking skills. What if Native Americans had used their overwhelming numbers to expel the first explorers and settlers? What if Mesoamerican Indians had developed better irrigation? This book answers these and other questions in a fascinating treatment of pre-Columbian America, both as it was and as it might have been.
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Price: $119.00
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Turning Points—Actual and Alternate Histories
By: Carlisle, Jeffrey (ed.); Golson, J. (ed.)
Published by: ABC-Clio
This volume in the Turning PointsóActual and Alternative Histories series looks at a tumultuous recent era in American history, a time when pivotal, often tragic, world-changing events seemed to be happening at an alarming rate.||America in Revolt during the 1960s and 1970s looks at 12 significant events, from the assassination of John F. Kennedy to the passage of the Civil Rights Act, from the student killings at Kent State to Richard Nixonís resignation. Drawing on the concepts of alternative history, the book portrays each event as it happened, then considers some plausible alternative scenarios of how history would have been different if these events had not occurred. It is a uniquely thought provoking way of exploring an explosive era, whose aftershocks continue to shape the American experience today.
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Turning Points—Actual and Alternate Histories
By: Carlisle, Jeffrey (ed.); Golson, J. (ed.)
Published by: ABC-Clio
Turning PointsóActual and Alternate Histories: The Reagan Era explores a time which saw the rise of the political conservatism that has dominated U.S. politics in recent years, as well as the end of the Cold War that drove American foreign policy for nearly a half century.||What if Jimmy Carter had successfully navigated the energy shortage and the Iranian hostage crisis? What if the assassination attempt on Reagan had succeed? What if IranñContra had not become a scandal? These are among the specific topics examined in |The Reagan Era, which looks at 11 crucial events and speculates on the effects of alternative outcomes. By showing how easily the world might be different, The Reagan Era reveals the lasting impact of that eraís defining moments.
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Two Histories of England
By: Austen, Jane; Dickens, Charles
Published by: Harper Collins
In these two forgotten gems of English literature, Jane Austen and Charles Dickens offer delightful, irreverent histories of their native land. When she was only sixteen years old, Jane Austen composed her bitingly satirical History of England for performance in her family's drawingroom. A startling and precocious example of her celebrated wit—not to mention a brilliant social commentary—this lively piece sweeps rapidly across almost four centuries of British monarchy. In rambunctious and wicked
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What If? 2
By: Cowley, Robert
Published by: Berkley
A second volume of historical speculation by experts in the field wonders what if Socrates had died on the battlefield at Delium or Eisenhower had finished off the Nazis in 1944, among other intriguing scenarios.
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Price: $15.95
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What Ifs? Of American History
By: Cowley, Robert
Published by: Berkley
A collection of essays on pivotal moments in American history includes Caleb Carr on America had there been no Revolution, and Robert Dallek on what might have happened if JFK had not been assassinated.
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