Category - History
-
The Apocalypse of Settler Colonialism: The Roots of Slavery, White Supremacy, and Capitalism in 17th Century North America and the Caribbean
PaperbackOriginal price $25.00 - Original price $25.00Original price $25.00$36.99$36.99 - $36.99Current price $36.99| /Chronicles how American culture - deeply rooted in white supremacy, slavery and capitalism - finds its origin story in the 17th century European ...
View full details -
Fire This Time: The Watts Uprising and the 1960s
PaperbackOriginal price $24.99Original price $24.99 - Original price $24.99Original price $24.99Current price $23.99$23.99 - $23.99Current price $23.99| /In August 1965 the predominantly black neighborhood of Watts in Los Angeles erupted in flames and violence following an incident of police brutalit...
View full details -
The White Pacific: U.S. Imperialism and Black Slavery in the South Seas After the Civil War
PaperbackOriginal price $31.00 - Original price $31.00Original price $31.00$41.99$41.99 - $41.99Current price $41.99| /Worldwide supplies of sugar and cotton were impacted dramatically as the U.S. Civil War dragged on. New areas of production entered these lucrative...
View full details -
From the Barrel of a Gun: The United States and the War Against Zimbabwe, 1965-1980
PaperbackOriginal price $55.00 - Original price $55.00Original price $55.00$66.99$66.99 - $66.99Current price $66.99| /In November 1965, Ian Smith's white minority government in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) made a unilateral declaration of independence, breaking...
View full details -
Negro Comrades of the Crown: African Americans and the British Empire Fight the U.S. Before Emancipation
PaperbackOriginal price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price $30.00$41.99$41.99 - $41.99Current price $41.99| /While it is well known that more Africans fought on behalf of the British than with the successful patriots of the American Revolution, Gerald Horn...
View full details -
The Deepest South: The United States, Brazil, and the African Slave Trade
PaperbackOriginal price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price $30.00$41.99$41.99 - $41.99Current price $41.99| /During its heyday in the nineteenth century, the African slave trade was fueled by the close relationship of the United States and Brazil. The Deep...
View full details -
The Counter-Revolution of 1776: Slave Resistance and the Origins of the United States of America
PaperbackOriginal price $28.00 - Original price $28.00Original price $28.00$39.99$39.99 - $39.99Current price $39.99| /Illuminates how the preservation of slavery was a motivating factor for the Revolutionary War The successful 1776 revolt against British rule in N...
View full details -
Black and Brown: African Americans and the Mexican Revolution, 1910-1920
PaperbackOriginal price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price $30.00$41.99$41.99 - $41.99Current price $41.99| /Winner of a 2005 Gustavus Myers Outstanding Book Award (Honorable Mention) Horne brings to light the lives of black Americans living along the Mexi...
View full details -
Facing the Rising Sun: African Americans, Japan, and the Rise of Afro-Asian Solidarity
HardcoverOriginal price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price $30.00$41.99$41.99 - $41.99Current price $41.99| /The surprising alliance between Japan and pro-Tokyo African Americans during World War II In November 1942 in East St. Louis, Illinois a group of ...
View full details -
Race War!: White Supremacy and the Japanese Attack on the British Empire
PaperbackOriginal price $30.00 - Original price $30.00Original price $30.00$41.99$41.99 - $41.99Current price $41.99| /Japan's lightning march across Asia during World War II was swift and brutal. Nation after nation fell to Japanese soldiers. How were the Japanese ...
View full details -
Storming the Heavens: African Americans and the Early Fight for the Right to Fly
PaperbackOriginal price $18.95 - Original price $18.95Original price $18.95$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /The recent Hollywood film Hidden Figures presents a portrait of how African-American women shaped the U.S. effort in aerospace during the height of...
View full details