Privateers of the Americas

Privateers of the Americas
Author: David Head (Historian)
Publisher: University of Georgia Press
Total Pages: 222
Release: 2015
Genre: History
ISBN: 0820344001

Head examines raids on Spanish shipping conducted from the United States during the early 1800s. Because privateering further complicated international dealings during the already tumultuous Age of Revolution, this study offers a new perspective on the diplomatic and Atlantic history of the early American republic.

Supreme Injustice

Supreme Injustice
Author: Paul Finkelman
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 301
Release: 2018-01-08
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0674051211

In ruling after ruling, the three most important pre–Civil War justices—Marshall, Taney, and Story—upheld slavery. Paul Finkelman establishes an authoritative account of each justice’s proslavery position, the reasoning behind his opposition to black freedom, and the personal incentives that embedded racism ever deeper in American civic life.

Photography and the Art of Chance

Photography and the Art of Chance
Author: Robin Kelsey
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 409
Release: 2015-05-26
Genre: Art
ISBN: 0674744004

As anyone who has wielded a camera knows, photography has a unique relationship to chance. It also represents a struggle to reconcile aesthetic aspiration with a mechanical process. Robin Kelsey reveals how daring innovators expanded the aesthetic limits of photography in order to create art for a modern world.

Gun Violence in America

Gun Violence in America
Author: Alexander DeConde
Publisher: UPNE
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2003
Genre: History
ISBN: 9781555535926

An in-depth analysis of the folklore surrounding gun use and the state of the debate in today's political climate.

The Oxford History of Modern War

The Oxford History of Modern War
Author: Charles Townshend
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 430
Release: 2005
Genre: History
ISBN: 0192806459

Offering a comprehensive overview of military conflict over several centuries, this book consists of fascinating thematic chapters covering air and sea warfare, combat experience, technology, and even opposition to war.