Greater Portland : Urban Life and Landscape in the Pacific Northwest

Carl Abbott
Paperback - $56.95

Carl Abbott reports how Portland became a model of American urban planning.

The Great Extravaganza : Portland and the Lewis and Clark Exposition

Carl Abbott
Paperback - $24.95

A fascinating account of Portland's 1905 World's Fair that captures the optimism and ambition of Portland's early entrepreneurs and politicians.

Peter Stuyvesant the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam

John S. C. Abbott
Hardcover - $75.95

The remarkable character and career of Peter Stuyvesant, the most illustrious of the Dutch governors of New Amsterdam,

Peter Stuyvesant, the Last Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam

John S. C. Abbott
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The remarkable character and career of Peter Stuyvesant, the most illustrious of the Dutch governors of New Amsterdam,

Tales from the Big Thicket

Francis Edward Abernethy
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The secretive beauty and mystery of the Big Thicket of East Texas would inevitably inspire tales -- and the pioneers who came to terms with this land were an individualistic and legend-creating lot. In Tales from the Big Thicket, Francis E. Abernethy ...

From Frontier to Plantation in Tennessee - A Study in Frontier Democracy

Thomas Perkins Abernethy
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Arab Detroit : From Margin to Mainstream

Nabeel Abraham
Paperback - $61.95

Metropolitan Detroit is home to one of the largest and most diverse Arab communities outside the Middle East. Arabic-speaking immigrants have been coming to Detroit for more than a century, yet the community they have built is barely visible on the l ...

Jews of Brooklyn

Ilana Abramovitch
Hardcover - $62.95

Over 40 historians, folklorists, and ordinary Brooklyn Jews present a vivid, living record of this astonishing cultural heritage. 150 illustrations. Map.

The Pilgrims and Pocahontas : Rival Myths of American Origin

Ann U. Abrams
Hardcover - $57.95

A fascinating comparative study of two myths that have shaped American culture not only at Thanksgiving and in the recent Disney film, Pocahontas, but also in the division between North and South in the Civil War and the way in which we have come to ...

Encyclopedia of Appalachia

Rudy Abramson
Hardcover - $122.95

Appalachia holds a curious place in the American psyche. There is a pervasive perception of the region as a hinterland inhabited by a backward and developmentally stunted people. Economically, culturally, and technologically suspended in an era gone ...