American History Books – Bücher, Blu-ray Discs, CDs und mehr, Seite 4

Quartez Harris,
Go Tell It

"A boy who loves stories grows into a teenager who escapes into his writing and then a young man who plays his typewriter like a piano to show the fullness of Black life, in this lyrical picture book…

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Erika Lee, Christina Soontornvat
Made in Asian America: A History for Young People

"Powerful. . . . Made in Asian America isn't just about the past. It's about the history being made right now by young people, inspired by the Asian Americans who came before them to ensure that our …

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Tonya Abari,
The Six Triple Eight

A powerful and vibrantly illustrated account of the resilience and dedication of the unsung Black heroines who played a major role in World War II. Perfect for fans of Hidden Figures , Opal Lee and What I…

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Ricky Riccardi
Stomp Off, Let's Go

In Stomp Off, Let's Go, author Ricky Riccardi offers a fresh take on the most widely discussed period of Louis Armstrong's life. Tracing the trumpeter's meteoric rise to fame from childhood in New Orleans…

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Willis Salomon
Jazz, Race, and Writing, 1945-1970

This book widens the context of our understanding of the "modern" American jazz of the 1940s, 50s, and 60s by looking at writing about it by both musicians and commentators.Jazz, Race, and Writi…

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Anna Harwell Celenza
On the Record

In On the Record: Music That Changed America , Anna Harwell Celenza uncovers the sometimes-surprising influence of music on American politics and culture. From "The Star-Spangled Banner" and Bil…

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Patricia Zarate de Perez
Reimagining Panama's Musical and Cultural Narratives of Jazz

Reimagining Panama's Musical and Cultural Narratives of Jazz: Panamanian Suite narrates the complex relationship between Panama and the United States by tracing the paths of their music, tracking the deve…

lieferbar ab 30.4.2026.

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Alice Randall
My Black Country

From Vanderbilt Professor, award-winning songwriter, novelist, and author Alice Randall comes a lyrical account of the unrecognized First Family of Black Country alongside an unflinching and deeply person…

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Samantha Ege
South Side Impresarios

"Between the world wars, Chicago Race women nurtured a local yet widely resonant Black classical music community entwined with Black civic life. Samantha Ege tells the stories of the Black women whos…

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Daria Peoples,
Be the Light

"A biography of the Civil Rights icon, activist, and scholar Angela Davis"--

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Anne Wynter,
So Many Years

"With lyrical text from Anne Wynter and ... artwork from Jerome Pumphrey, this poetic picture book explains the history behind Juneteenth celebrations. [It] simultaneously acknowledges the history of…

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Walter Westcote
Books on the American Civil War Era: A Critical Bibliography

Tens of thousands of books have been published on the Civil War. In an effort to list some of most important titles, in 1997 the University of Illinois Press published The Civil War in Books: An Analytica…

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Christopher Lynch
Formulating Foster

Formulating Fosterhumanizes the composer Stephen C. Foster (1826--64), long regarded as a founding father in American cultural history, pulling him down from the pedestal on which he has been placed to th…

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Mark Quintanilla
The Letter Book of Charles Winstone of Dominica, 1767-1784

Charles Winstone's letter book offers a rich first-hand account of Caribbean history during the American Revolution, the French invasion, and the occupation of Dominica.

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Jacob Abbott
Aboriginal America

Jacob Abbott was a 19th-century American writer and educator best known for his contributions to children's literature and educational texts. Abbott authored numerous books aimed at instructing young read…

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Chuck D,
In the Hour of Chaos

A profound meditation on hip hop's transformative power, In the Hour of Chaostakes us deep into the mind of the genre's most unabashed revolutionary .This book is not an autobiography. It's not a manifest…

lieferbar ab 10.2.2026.

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Felicia Brower
Technology of the American Civil War (a True Book: Exploring the Civil War)

"Photography, railroads, telegraphs, advanced weaponry . . . many of these technologies existed before the Civil War, but their use in the conflict played a huge role in changing the course of histor…

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Fritz Eichenberg,
Nantucket Woodcuts, a Microcosm of American History

This picture book reissue from 1967, from internationally renowned Japanese Canadian woodcut artist Naoko Matsubara and famed artist and author Fritz Eichenberg, celebrates the island of Nantucket and its…

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Felicia Brower
Technology of the American Civil War (a True Book: Exploring the Civil War)

"Photography, railroads, telegraphs, advanced weaponry . . . many of these technologies existed before the Civil War, but their use in the conflict played a huge role in changing the course of histor…

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DK Super History George Washington and the American Revolution

This series explores history through modern topic books that enhance literacy and background knowledge while aligning with the curriculum.DK Super History: George Washington and the American Revolution is…

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