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De: David O. Stewart
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Lone Star
- A History of Texas and the Texans
- De: T. R. Fehrenbach
- Narrado por: John McLain
- Duración: 39 h y 17 m
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Here is a must-listen history of the Lone Star State, together with an insider's look at the people, politics, and events that have shaped Texas from the beginning right up to our days. Never before has the story been told with more vitality and immediacy. Fehrenbach re-creates the Texas saga from prehistory to the Spanish and French invasions to the heyday of the cotton and cattle empires. He dramatically describes the emergence of Texas as a republic, the vote for secession before the Civil War, and the state's readmission to the Union after the War.
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Top -10
- De JNW en 03-29-18
De: T. R. Fehrenbach
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Gone to Texas
- A History of the Lone Star State
- De: Randolph B. Campbell
- Narrado por: Jacob Sommer
- Duración: 28 h y 21 m
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Gone to Texas engagingly tells the story of the Lone Star State, from the arrival of humans in the Panhandle more than 10,000 years ago to the opening of the 21st Century. Focusing on the state's successive waves of immigrants, the audiobook offers an inclusive view of the vast array of Texans who, often in conflict with each other and always in a struggle with the land, created a history and an idea of Texas.
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Good history from year zero through about 1962
- De Jim In Texas! en 03-24-14
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The American Slave Coast
- A History of the Slave-Breeding Industry
- De: Ned Sublette, Constance Sublette
- Narrado por: Robin Eller
- Duración: 30 h y 37 m
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The American Slave Coast tells the horrific story of how the slavery business in the United States made the reproductive labor of "breeding women" essential to the expansion of the nation. The book shows how slaves' children, and their children's children, were human savings accounts that were the basis of money and credit. This was so deeply embedded in the economy of the slave states that it could be decommissioned only by emancipation, achieved through the bloodiest war in the history of the United States.
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- De Ary Shalizi en 11-28-16
De: Ned Sublette, y otros
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Jacksonland
- President Andrew Jackson, Cherokee Chief John Ross, and a Great American Land Grab
- De: Steve Inskeep
- Narrado por: Steve Inskeep
- Duración: 11 h y 48 m
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Jacksonland is the thrilling narrative history of two men - President Andrew Jackson and Cherokee chief John Ross - who led their respective nations at a crossroads of American history. Five decades after the Revolutionary War, the United States approached a constitutional crisis. At its center stood two former military comrades locked in a struggle that tested the boundaries of our fledgling democracy. Jacksonland is their story.
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Fantastic and Thoughtful
- De Elizabeth Westbrook en 05-05-16
De: Steve Inskeep
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A History of the American People
- De: Paul Johnson
- Narrado por: Nadia May
- Duración: 48 h y 15 m
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Johnson's monumental history of the United States, from the first settlers to the Clinton administration, covers every aspect of American culture: politics, business, art, literature, science, society and customs, complex traditions, and religious beliefs. The story is told in terms of the men and women who shaped and led the nation and the ordinary people who collectively created its unique character.
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A British conservative's view of American history.
- De Mike From Mesa en 06-17-09
De: Paul Johnson
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The Broken Heart of America
- St. Louis and the Violent History of the United States
- De: Walter Johnson
- Narrado por: Jamie Renell
- Duración: 15 h y 46 m
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From Lewis and Clark's 1804 expedition to the 2014 uprising in Ferguson, American history has been made in St. Louis. And as Walter Johnson shows in this searing book, the city exemplifies how imperialism, racism, and capitalism have persistently entwined to corrupt the nation's past. St. Louis was a staging post for Indian removal and imperial expansion, and its wealth grew on the backs of its poor Black residents, from slavery through redlining and urban renewal.
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Sad & True,With Fascinating Facts of St.Louis Past
- De Ron G en 04-26-20
De: Walter Johnson
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John Brown, Abolitionist
- The Man Who Killed Slavery, Sparked the Civil War, and Seeded Civil Rights
- De: David S. Reynolds
- Narrado por: P.J. Ochlan
- Duración: 25 h y 14 m
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Few historical figures are as intriguing as John Brown, the controversial Abolitionist who used terrorist tactics against slavery and single-handedly changed the course of American history. This brilliant biography of Brown (1800-1859) by the prize-winning critic and cultural biographer David S. Reynolds brings to life the Puritan warrior who gripped slavery by the throat and triggered the Civil War. When does principled resistance become anarchic brutality? How can a murderer be viewed as a heroic freedom fighter? The case of John Brown opens windows on these timely issues.
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The story of the man who saved America from itself
- De Marc en 09-29-20
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Battle Cry of Freedom
- The Civil War Era
- De: James M. McPherson
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 39 h y 40 m
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Battle Cry of Freedom vividly traces how a new nation was forged when a war both sides were sure would amount to little dragged for four years and cost more American lives than all other wars combined. Narrator Jonathan Davis powerful reading brings to life the many voices of the Civil War.
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Excellent Book
- De J. Weston en 12-11-20
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Confederate Reckoning
- Power and Politics in the Civil War South
- De: Stephanie McCurry
- Narrado por: Teri Schnaubelt
- Duración: 16 h y 30 m
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The story of the Confederate States of America, the proslavery, antidemocratic nation created by white Southern slaveholders to protect their property, has been told many times in heroic and martial narratives. Now, however, Stephanie McCurry tells a very different tale of the Confederate experience. Confederate Reckoning is the startling story of this epic political battle in which women and slaves helped to decide the fate of the Confederacy and the outcome of the Civil War.
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Good view of the confederate inner workings.
- De Amazonian en 08-10-22
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Sweet Taste of Liberty
- A True Story of Slavery and Restitution in America
- De: W. Caleb McDaniel
- Narrado por: Paul Heitsch
- Duración: 9 h y 51 m
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Born into slavery, Henrietta Wood was taken to Cincinnati and legally freed in 1848. In 1853, a Kentucky deputy sheriff named Zebulon Ward colluded with Wood's employer, abducted her, and sold her back into bondage. She remained enslaved throughout the Civil War, giving birth to a son in Mississippi and never forgetting who had put her in this position. By 1869, Wood had obtained her freedom for a second time and returned to Cincinnati, where she sued Ward for damages in 1870. Astonishingly, after eight years of litigation, Wood won her case: In 1878, a Federal jury awarded her $2,500.
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insightful and educational
- De Mark W. en 06-29-20
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Empire of Mud
- The Secret History of Washington, DC
- De: J. D. Dickey
- Narrado por: John Lescault
- Duración: 9 h y 20 m
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Washington, DC, gleams with stately columns and neoclassical temples, a pulsing hub of political power and prowess. But for decades it was one of the worst excuses for a capital city the world had ever seen. Empire of Mud unearths and untangles the roots of our capital’s story and explores how the city was tainted from the outset, nearly stifled from becoming the proud citadel of the republic that George Washington and Pierre L’Enfant envisioned more than two centuries ago.
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Not what I thought
- De William Elliott en 09-30-20
De: J. D. Dickey
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Here is the story of how, beginning well before the advent of machine production in the 1780s, these men captured ancient trades and skills in Asia, combined them with the expropriation of lands in the Americas and the enslavement of African workers to crucially recast the disparate realms of cotton that had existed for millennia. We see how industrial capitalism then reshaped these worlds of cotton into an empire, and how this empire transformed the world.
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A New History of Global Capitalism
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Maybe better in print
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indigenous Continent
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Against long odds, the Anishinaabeg resisted removal, retaining thousands of acres of their homeland in what is now Michigan, Wisconsin, and Minnesota. Their success rested partly on their roles as sellers of natural resources and buyers of trade goods, which made them key players in the political economy of plunder that drove white settlement and US development in the Old Northwest. But, as Michael Witgen demonstrates, the credit for Native persistence rested with the Anishinaabeg themselves.
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Crucible of War
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In this vivid and compelling narrative, the Seven Years' War - long seen as a mere backdrop to the American Revolution - takes on a whole new significance. Relating the history of the war as it developed, Anderson shows how the complex array of forces brought into conflict helped both to create Britain's empire and to sow the seeds of its eventual dissolution. Beginning with a skirmish in the Pennsylvania backcountry involving an inexperienced George Washington, the Iroquois chief Tanaghrisson, and the ill-fated French emissary Jumonville, Anderson reveals a chain of events that would lead to world conflagration.
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A Detailed History
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The Urge
- Our History of Addiction
- De: Carl Erik Fisher
- Narrado por: Mark Deakins
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As a psychiatrist in training fresh from medical school, Carl Erik Fisher found himself face-to-face with an addiction crisis that nearly cost him everything. Desperate to make sense of his condition, he turned to the history of addiction, learning that our society’s current quagmire is only part of a centuries-old struggle to treat addictive behavior.
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The Best Addiction/Recovery Book
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The Origin of Capitalism
- A Longer View
- De: Ellen Meiksins Wood
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Ellen Meiksins Wood offers a clear and accessible introduction to the theories and debates concerning the birth of capitalism, imperialism, and the modern nation state. Capitalism is not a natural and inevitable consequence of human nature, nor simply an extension of age-old practices of trade and commerce. Rather, it is a late and localized product of very specific historical conditions, which required great transformations in social relations and in the relationship between humans and nature.
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incredibly dence.
- De Jake Fahey en 10-22-21
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Unworthy Republic
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Read it and Weep
This is a sad story with details that every American needs to know lest we continue down the road of raping and pillaging to line the pockets of greedy capitalists.
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American Carnage
Excruciatingly details the cruelty and dehumanization entailed in the white conquest of America and expulsion of native Americans from their homelands to make room for expansion of the brutal slave plantation economy in the South. Essential reading for anyone who wants to come to grips with the legacy of white supremacist ideology in the United States.
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- janet
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Excellent book, lots of details
Excellent book, thoroughly enjoyed it. Contains lots of details; I probably would have preferred a slightly condensed version, but it’s still a worthwhile listen.
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- Chaz Briggs
- 10-08-20
Eye opening!
A hard read but a necessary one to understand the history of America.Saunt's detailed synopsis of the Indian removal/extermination acts shows exactly why we should be lamenting our history instead of celebrating.
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- Brandon D.
- 09-22-21
Very educational, highly recommend
Brutally honest of the atrocities committed by the United States government in the 1820-50s. This book goes into wonderful detail in how there truly was a systematic genocide and forceful removal of indigenous people near and within the growing United States. virtually none of this is covered in United States history and it is a real shame as this adds quite a bit context to both the following United States Civil War and the contemporary idea of Manifest Destiny. I appreciate that there is no real commentary because commentary allows you to then easy to skew perspective once that begins to take place. However this book constantly refers to such a numerous amount of primary sources that it gives you a very solid look into the actions of individuals and the United States government speak for themselves, and it is not pretty.
It can be a bit dry, there is virtually no commentary or break in the information given to you as it is almost entirely primary sources. However it did cause me to have to go back and rewind or take a break from time to time
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- Solomon G.
- 07-29-22
Should be required reading
The depth of this book’s research is nothing short of awe-inspiring. An encyclopedic, unflinching look at one of US history’s most consequential, but least discussed, atrocities.
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- Hervé DuThé
- 04-20-20
A Slow Burn
This is history done right, a book of extraordinary scholarship, made accessible and riveting by the author’s ability to organize his research and drive home the story. What Claudio Saunt makes clear is the extent to which layers and layers of hypocrisy, self-interest and double dealing led to one of the most shameful episodes in the history of the United States. And none of it was inevitable, as Saunt makes abundantly clear.
Imagine, for example, the extreme posturing required to assert (as Georgia politicians did) that the Cherokees’ presence in the immediate vicinity of white settlers was detrimental to the Cherokees, while at the same time asserting that the black slave population’s presence was enhanced and improved by their proximity to the whites. Indian land, once reclaimed, became plantation land, with vast numbers of slaves supplanting the Cherokees who had been unceremoniously driven out of their ancestral homes.
The role of rhetoric, especially the kind known nowadays as “whataboutism” (appeal to hypocrisy) is also clearly demonstrated, with senators and representatives from the South cynically mocking the politicians and activists of the North (not without justification, but still cynically) for their treatment of Native populations on their own soil. Andrew Jackson’s role in bullying and threatening politicians with retribution unless they voted his way, and the way these politicians valued their jobs above any principles of decency and fairness again reminds me of the compliant and spineless politicians of today, who choose to ignore a multitude of wrongdoings by their leaders and are therefore deeply implicated. When your job becomes more important than your soul, something is wrong. It is both revelatory and infuriating to discover how not much has changed. Cynicism is the enemy, and lack of empathy for the plight of fellow humans, now as then.
Well narrated too! Easily a five star rating.
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- Stephen
- 10-11-21
Brutal Chapter in US History
this is a comprehensive, detailed history of the travesty inflicted on indigenous people in the South on the early 1830s. White Americans, driven by greed, expelled and exterminated thousands of Creeks, Cherokees, and Seminoles to take their land.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-30-22
Read it for a class
A great story of Indian expulsion and extermination, it gives a comprehensive break down of the events leading up to and following Indian removal
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- Rhodell G. Fields
- 05-11-20
Truth
In order to know who we are, we have to acknowledge who we were. Willful ignorance of our past is not acceptable. Being truthful about shameful chapters of our past empowers us to be better.
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