North American historical atlases

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1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created is a nonfiction book by Charles C. Mann first published in 2011. It covers the global effects of the Columbian Exchange, following Columbus's first landing in the Americas, that led to our current globalized world civilization. It follows on from Mann's previous book on the Americas prior to Columbus, 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus. In his book, Mann argues that Columbus paved the way to the homogenocene, a particular feature of the anthropocene that is marked by a global homogenization of (agricultural) species, diseases, and tools brought about by the migration and transport that set in with the discovery of the new world. Modern global food production largely relies on “invasive species” (crops, livestock) that existed only regionally before the establishment of the new trade and transport paths.

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The colonies

Rebecca Stefoff, Helen Ainslie Smith

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The Revolutionary War

Elizabeth Raum, Rebecca Stefoff, Cynthia Fitterer Klingel, Carl R. Green, Street, James H.

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"Describes the events of the American Revolutionary War and explains the significance of the war today. The reader's choices reveal the historical details from the perspective of a young girl, a patriot fighter, and a loyalist determined to keep America under British rule"--Provided by publisher.

The Civil War and Reconstruction

Rebecca Stefoff, James G. Randall, David Herbert Donald, William E. Gienapp

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Discusses the Civil War and Reconstruction and their effects on the nation and on Black Americans in particular.

Growth in America

Rebecca Stefoff

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The Indian wars

Richard B. Morris, Rebecca Stefoff, Anton Treuer, Robert Marshall Utley, Don Nardo

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Texas and the far west

Rebecca Stefoff

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Details the American expansion into Texas and the far west from the late eighteenth- to the mid-nineteenth century, including information on the Oregon Trail, the war with Mexico, and the California gold rush.

The Civil War, 1861-1863

Rebecca Stefoff

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Presents information on some of the causes of the Civil War, the battles fought between 1861 and 1863, and the signing of the Emancipation Proclamation.

Exploring the New World

Rebecca Stefoff

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Traces the exploration of America from the arrival of Asian hunters in Alaska more than 15,000 years ago to the English and French settlers in the early 1600s.

First frontier

Rebecca Stefoff

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Chronicles the exploration and settlement of lands west of the Appalachian Mountains during the late 1700s and early 1800s.