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Genius of the People: The Making of the Constitution by Charles L. Mee Jr.
The Battle of Fort Sumter : The First Shots of the American Civil War
American Crimes and the Liberation of Paris : Robbery, Rape and Murder by Renegade GIs, 1944–1947
Hollywood from Vietnam to Reagan . . . and Beyond by Robin Wood
Elder Brother and the Law of the People: Contemporary Kinship and Cowessess First Nation (Critical Studies in Native History) by Robert Alexander Inn

*Genius of the People: The Making of the Constitution by Charles L. Mee Jr.

English | November 20, 2016 (1987) | ISBN: 006015702X, 154050431X | EPUB | 348 pages | 4.6 MB
"Charles Mee has recreated the vivid drama of 1787 . . . Genius of the People is an absorbing look at the incomparable personalities who brought us our Constitution."
- Michael Beschloss
Genius of the People is a timely account of the birth of America's national government during the Constitutional Convention of 1787. Charles L. Mee Jr. vividly describes the personalities, issues, conflicts, compromises, and implications of an epoch-making meeting of brilliant and not-so-brilliant political leaders, whose vision and shortsightedness still direct our lives today.

*The Battle of Fort Sumter : The First Shots of the American Civil War

English | 2016 | ISBN: 1138783471 | 221 Pages | PDF | 5.2 MB
On April 12, 1861, the long-simmering tensions between the American North and South exploded as Southern troops in the seceding state of South Carolina fired on the Federal forces at Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor. The battle of Fort Sumter marked the outbreak of Civil War in the United States. The attack provoked outrage in the North, consolidated support for the newly inaugurated President Lincoln, and fueled the onset of the war that would consume and reshape the country.
In this concise narrative, Wesley Moody explores the long history of tensions that lead to the events at Fort Sumter, the details of the crisis and battle, the impact of Fort Sumter on the unfolding Civil War, and the battle's place in historical memory. Supplemented by primary documents including newspaper coverage, first-person accounts, letters, and government documents, and supported by a companion website, this book provides students with a nuanced understanding of both the long-term and immediate origins of the American Civil War.

*American Crimes and the Liberation of Paris : Robbery, Rape and Murder by Renegade GIs, 1944–1947

English | 2016 | ISBN: 0786496800 | 241 Pages | PDF | 76 MB
The Allies' triumphant march into Paris in 1944 was met with cheering crowds of liberated Parisians. After the cheering stopped, American deserters and their French cohorts violently exploited the city with the ruthless efficiency of the Chicago mobs of the 1920s. Well organized, and heavily armed, these GIs-turned-gangsters made huge profits on the thriving black market with their unlimited supplies of gasoline, cigarettes and other commodities. Along with this illicit enterprise came rape, murder, robbery, prostitution and epidemic venereal disease. American military justice worked at controlling the crime wave, handling nearly 8,000 criminal investigations in the year after liberation, but only the end of the war in 1945 put a stop to it. This book identifies both French and American offenders.

*Hollywood from Vietnam to Reagan . . . and Beyond by Robin Wood

English | July 15, 2003 | ISBN: 0231129661, 023112967X | EPUB | 480 pages | 30.3 MB
This classic of film criticism, long considered invaluable for its eloquent study of a problematic period in film history, is now substantially updated and revised by the author to include chapters beyond the Reagan era and into the twenty-first century. For the new edition, Robin Wood has written a substantial new preface that explores the interesting double context within which the book can be read-that in which it was written and that in which we find ourselves today.
Among the other additions to this new edition are a celebration of modern "screwball" comedies like My Best Friend's Wedding, and an analysis of '90s American and Canadian teen movies in the vein of American Pie, Can't Hardly Wait, and Rollercoaster. Also included are a chapter on Hollywood today that looks at David Fincher and Jim Jarmusch (among others) and an illuminating essay on Day of the Dead.

*Elder Brother and the Law of the People: Contemporary Kinship and Cowessess First Nation (Critical Studies in Native History) by Robert Alexander Inn

English | 2013 | ISBN: 0887557465 | 216 pages | EPUB | 0,5 MB
In the pre-reserve era, Aboriginal bands in the northern plains maintained fluid and inclusive membership through traditional kinship practices governed by the Law of the People as described in traditional Elder Brother stories. Elder Brother stories outlined social interaction, marriage, adoption, and kinship roles and responsibilities.
In Elder Brother and the Law of the People, Innes offers a detailed analysis of the role of Elder Brother stories in historical and contemporary kinship practices in Cowessess First Nation, located in southeastern Saskatchewan. He reveals how these practices undermine legal and scholarly definitions of “Indian” and counter the perception that First Nations people have internalized such classifications. Elder Brother and the Law of the People presents an entirely new way of viewing Aboriginal cultural identity on the northern plains.