Don't Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned (Don't Know Much About...)
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • A Whistle-Stop Tour of American History
  • A Pretty Good Summary of U.S. History With Racial Forays
  • Ken Davis writes a great one, here
  • Good book, very readable and fun makes reading history interesting
  • Liberal view of history. NO NEED TO READ.
Don't Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned (Don't Know Much About...)
Kenneth C. Davis
Manufacturer: Avon Books
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

GeneralGeneral | United States | Americas | History | Subjects | Books
GeneralGeneral | World | History | Subjects | Books
Davis, Kenneth C.Davis, Kenneth C. | ( D ) | Authors, A-Z | Teens | Subjects | Books
Similar Items:
  1. Don't Know Much About the Bible: Everything You Need to Know About the Good Book but Never Learned Don't Know Much About the Bible: Everything You Need to Know About the Good Book but Never Learned
  2. Don't Know Much About Mythology: Everything You Need to Know About the Greatest Stories in Human History but Never Learned (Don't Know Much About...) Don't Know Much About Mythology: Everything You Need to Know About the Greatest Stories in Human History but Never Learned (Don't Know Much About...)
  3. Don't Know Much About American History (Don't Know Much About) Don't Know Much About American History (Don't Know Much About)
  4. Don't Know Much About the Presidents (Don't Know Much About) Don't Know Much About the Presidents (Don't Know Much About)
  5. Don't Know Much About the Civil War : Everything You Need to Know About America's Greatest Conflict but Never Learned (Don't Know Much About...(Paperback)) Don't Know Much About the Civil War : Everything You Need to Know About America's Greatest Conflict but Never Learned (Don't Know Much About...(Paperback))

ASIN: 0060083824
Release Date: 2004-04-13

Amazon.com

Finally, someone who tells history like it was, without the old textbook gloss that's put so many students into premature naptime and misinformed the few who stayed awake. Davis corrects the myths and misconceptions from Columbus up through the Clinton administration, and shows that truth is more entertaining than propaganda.

Amazon.com Audiobook Review

Kenneth Davis's aim in this program, as it is in all the titles of this popular series, is to make learning relevant and fun. He succeeds marvelously. Davis has an easygoing style and a good sense of humor. And most importantly, he knows how to present the "big picture." His history of the United States is not a series of isolated incidents that happened long ago with no bearing on contemporary American life. Listening to this presentation, we recognize patterns, notice how problems of the past resurface in our own present, and realize that history is what makes us today. We are also presented with a look at American history that is far more honest than anything gleaned from traditional textbooks. Heroes and villains alike are presented, warts and all, and the "less savory moments" in America's past are discussed frankly. For, as Davis explains, "the real picture is much more interesting than the historical tummy tuck." The theme running through the program, from pre-European settlement to the Reagan years, is the struggle for power--the never-ending battle between the haves and have-nots that is the "essence of history." Six hundred years of history are broken up into manageable segments though a series of questions (spoken in a number of different voices to help distinguish them from the main narration), each of which is given a specific answer and then discussed in the context of its contemporary setting and perhaps past and future events. This is a crash course that focuses on the basics but will inspire listeners to want to know more--which is really what learning's all about. (Running time: six hours, four cassettes) --Uma Kukathas

Book Description

Who really discovered America? What was "the shot heard 'round the world"? Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings: Did he or didn't he?

From the arrival of Columbus through the bizarre election of 2000 and beyond, Davis carries readers on a rollicking ride through more than 500 years of American history. In this updated edition of the classic anti-textbook, he debunks, recounts, and serves up the real story behind the myths and fallacies of American history.

Download Description

"Don¿t Know Much About Kenneth C. Davis: An Interview with the Author

In this new and completely revised, expanded and updated edition of the million-selling book that launched the Don't Know Much About® series, Kenneth C. Davis uses humor, wit, great stories and his trademark question-and-answer style to bring Americans a fresh new take on history. Perfect for history buffs and history-phobes alike.

A new, completely revised, expanded and updated edition of the million-selling New York Times bestseller that launched the entire Don't Know Much About® series

When Don't Know Much About® History first appeared thirteen years ago, it created a sensation. With humor, wit, great stories, and a trademark conversational style, the book brought Americans a fresh new take on history. Shattering myths and vividly bringing the past to life, it spent thirty-five consecutive weeks on the New York Times bestseller list. Davis proved that Americans don't hate history -- they just hate the dull textbook version they were force-fed in school. The book became an instant classic, an ""anti -textbook"" that has sold more than 1.3 million copies.

In his irreverent and popular question-and- answer style, Davis now returns with a completely revised edition that brings history right up to the moment -- covering such topics as the end of the Cold War, Clinton's impeachment, the bizarre election of 2000, and the events that led to September 11.

Incorporating new research and discoveries, Davis also updates and expands on such long-standing American controversies as the Jefferson-Hemings affair, the Alger Hiss trial, and the Rosenberg spy case. And he includes an expanded ""civics lesson"" that examines some of America's hottest social and political issues, such as the death penalty, gun control, and school prayer.

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars A Whistle-Stop Tour of American History.......2007-09-12

This audio book was probably the best overview I've heard in terms of telling the US story. Wonderfully narrated, the listener gets a crash course in the rich, sometimes depressing and sometimes hilarious history of the United States. I realized while listening that conventional schooling often teaches us to memorize names and mini-articles but we don't really know the whole story surrounding a particular historical happening. Davis does a wonderful job of keeping the narrative concise yet expounding on the more interesting points of celebrated events. I loved this audio book for what it is, a broad brush of a denser topic, seemingly designed for the academic type who wants to refresh a bit or the amatuer who just wants an entertaining and engaging listen of a great story. I finished this while commuting and found I couldn't help myself from running across these stories referenced in everyday life, and found it a worthwhile few hours spent checking it out.

4 out of 5 stars A Pretty Good Summary of U.S. History With Racial Forays.......2007-08-26

This is a pretty good book. I enjoyed reading most of it, and it allowed me to relearn a lot of what I'd forgotten from my junior high and high school history classes, and it only took me few days to read it.

For those areas of history that you're not familiar with, this book is a good summary. For those areas you know about, you'll find the book is quite brief, and not always accurate. For example, in talking about the Battle of the Little Big Horn, the author says that Custer attacked the Indians with just over 200 soldiers. In fact, Custer's forces numbered over 400. He's criticized for dividing his forces and attacking the Indian village at several points, which may have been why he was wiped out. (After dividing his forces, Custer and his group numbered just over 200 men.)

As other readers have pointed out, the author goes off on forays into the plight of the negro/black/African American population. His points are accurate, but the amount of attention he gives to this topic makes it seem like a more significant part of our history than it deserves.

It's interesting also to read the difference in the author's writing tone and the attention he gives to events as he moves from historic research to the last 50 years, which he is writing about, in large part, from the memories of having lived through it rather than heard or read about it.

I like the book and recommend it.

5 out of 5 stars Ken Davis writes a great one, here.......2007-08-15

This book is absolutely spectacular in showing the truth about a lot of historical myths that too many people take at face value. Davis doesn't seem to write from any particular political viewpoint, in my perspective, but lets the facts speak out. I suppose this is why some people think he has some sort of political agenda - but if the truth is considered "liberal" or "conservative", then perhaps the bias of the reader is showing!

5 out of 5 stars Good book, very readable and fun makes reading history interesting.......2007-07-26

If you have a lay interest in US history this book is a must read. I like reading about history and I just love this book. Kenneth Davis uses what I like to call a fun encyclopedic style to cover the big topics in US history. None of the topics are covered at any significant depth but this is a fun, interesting and worthwhile review of what you should have learned in school.

1 out of 5 stars Liberal view of history. NO NEED TO READ........2007-07-21

This is the liberal view of history. (They never see anything good.)
This is the whole book.
We hurt the Indians.
We hurt blacks.
We hurt the Viet Cong.
Conservatives are bad.
Don't Know Much About the Civil War: Everything You Need to Know About America's Greatest Conflict but Never Learned (Don't Know Much About...)
Average customer rating: 3.5 out of 5 stars
  • Fails to Prove its Thesis
  • Don't know mcuh about the civil war
  • Entertaining, but somewhat Shallow
  • A perfect place to start, with one excception
  • Biased
Don't Know Much About the Civil War: Everything You Need to Know About America's Greatest Conflict but Never Learned (Don't Know Much About...)
Kenneth C. Davis
Manufacturer: Harper Paperbacks
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback

GeneralGeneral | 19th Century | United States | Americas | History | Subjects | Books
GeneralGeneral | United States | Americas | History | Subjects | Books
GeneralGeneral | Civil War | United States | Americas | History | Subjects | Books
ReferenceReference | Historical Study | History | Subjects | Books
GeneralGeneral | Military | History | Subjects | Books
Davis, Kenneth C.Davis, Kenneth C. | ( D ) | Authors, A-Z | Teens | Subjects | Books
Similar Items:
  1. Don't Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned (Don't Know Much About...) Don't Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned (Don't Know Much About...)
  2. Don't Know Much About the Bible: Everything You Need to Know About the Good Book but Never Learned Don't Know Much About the Bible: Everything You Need to Know About the Good Book but Never Learned
  3. Don't Know Much About the Presidents (Don't Know Much About) Don't Know Much About the Presidents (Don't Know Much About)
  4. Don't Know Much About American History (Don't Know Much About) Don't Know Much About American History (Don't Know Much About)
  5. Don't Know Much About the Universe: Everything You Need to Know About the Cosmos but Never Learned Don't Know Much About the Universe: Everything You Need to Know About the Cosmos but Never Learned

ASIN: 0380719088
Release Date: 2004-07-27

Amazon.com

By the vastly amusing author of Don't Know Much About History and Don't Know Much About Geography, this fresh look at America's greatest conflict will dispel all those misconceptions you acquired by watching "Gone With the Wind". Davis has a genius for bringing history to life, sorting out the players, the politics and the key events -- Harpers Ferry, Shiloh, Gettysburg, Emancipation, Reconstruction -- in a way that will enlighten even the most dedicated back-of-the-class napper. A brilliant crash course, this book vividly brings to life the people -- from Dred Scott to Abraham Lincoln -- and the everyday details that make up History with a capital H.

Amazon.com Audiobook Review

Historian Kenneth C. Davis brings his remarkable ability for making the past vital and entertaining to this in-depth study of the United States' bloodiest conflict. Not content to rehash the one-dimensional accounts that traditional history textbooks have foisted upon students, Davis reexamines with a fresh, critical eye the situations leading up to and the key events that shaped the Civil War. He begins by reaching back to the earliest days of American history to understand the political, economic, and social conditions that allowed a nation founded upon the notion that "all men are created equal" to enslave and degrade 12 million human souls. In his detailed account of the war's battles and political power struggles, he introduces us to the personalities--from Abraham Lincoln, General Robert E. Lee, and Frederick Douglas to common soldiers and war widows--whose vision, compromises, determination, and powerlessness together made history. Davis also brings to light little-known facts and episodes that for generations were ignored or swept under the rug of the American conscience--including the role of women in the war effort and the massacre of blacks at the hands of Union civilians. All Americans would do well to take a new look at this period of history that "shaped the country's political landscape like the great glaciers had once carved America" because, as Davis explains, its effects linger today. "The Civil War," he says, "remains at the core of our greatest national problem: the great racial divide that grew from slavery." Few programs speak with such intelligence and eloquence about how far the United States has come in terms of what the war taught--and how far it still has to go. (Running time: six hours, four cassettes) --Uma Kukathas

Book Description

Why did Abraham Lincoln sneak into Washington for his inauguration? Was the Gettysburg Address written on the back of an envelope?Where did the Underground Railroad run?

Can you answer these questions? If not, you're not alone! New York Times-bestselling author Kenneth C. Davis comes to the rescue, deftly sorting out the players, the politics, the key events -- Emancipation and Reconstruction, Shiloh and Gettysburg, Generals Grant and Lee, Harriet Beecher Stowe -- and providing little-known facts that will enthrall even learned Civil War buffs. Vivid, informative, and hugely entertaining, Don't Know Much About® the Civil War is the only book you'll ever need on "the war that never ended."

Download Description

"

Why did Abraham Lincoln sneak into Washington for his inauguration? Was the Gettysburg Address written on the back of an envelope?Where did the Underground Railroad run?

Can you answer these questions? If not, you're not alone! New York Times-bestselling author Kenneth C. Davis comes to the rescue, deftly sorting out the players, the politics, the key events - Emancipation and Reconstruction, Shiloh and Gettysburg, Generals Grant and Lee, Harriet Beecher Stowe -- and providing little-known facts that will enthrall even learned Civil War buffs. Vivid, informative, and hugely entertaining, Don't Know Much About® the Civil War is the only book you'll ever need on ""the war that never ended.""

"

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Fails to Prove its Thesis.......2006-11-17

When I was in high school, we were assigned to write a paper on the causes of the Civil War. I think of the 30 people in my class, 29 wrote their papers on slavery; I wrote mine on state's rights. I focussed on the threats to the Union encountered by Andrew Jackson. When this book began with the thesis that the Civil War was caused primarily and perhaps exclusively by slavery, I was willing to let the author make his case. After completing the book, I am not convinced. The South was vanquished, slavery abolished, and 140 years later the South is still almost diametrically opposed politically to the North. Look at the results of the last two presidencial elections. Slavery is gone and all of the state's rights issues are still there. The South is as anti-Federal now as they were before the Civil War. It was this difference in basic philosophy that led to the war, slavery made the differences more noticeable.

4 out of 5 stars Don't know mcuh about the civil war.......2006-08-10

I was looking for verification of facts, like who was behind Lincoln's assassination, but this work didn't satisfy that curiosity, yet I learned much, since I didn't do American history in school.

4 out of 5 stars Entertaining, but somewhat Shallow.......2006-07-06

I listened to this book on tape and enjoyed it overall. I confess, I had some issues as I listened to the book as I am apparently in that class of people who actually does enjoy and study history. I found the anecdotes entertaining and overall found the book appropriate for its purpose as a primer for a majority of the populace who apparently doesn't have even a cursory grasp of the keystone event in American History. It does have a tendency however to oversimplify some of the issues in an apparent effort to create a framework to understand not only the events, but their socio-economic-political implications.

You have only to read the other reviews of this work for evidence that many of the philosophical and political battles of the civil war are still being fought in American Society.

Most criticism of this work seems to be directed at Davis' contention that slavery was the issue of the Civil War. Davis does go to great lengths to make this point. It is by no means a slam dunk as there are many reputable historians who downplay this claim as an over-simplification.

However, Davis is not writing this book as a competitor or replacement for the weighty works of academia that address this question. Davis is writing to a more general audience that he appears to perceive as attempting to sluff over or bypass this issue from the civil way, perhaps in some effort to minimize or bypass the issues of racism and civil rights inequities today.

In those terms, Davis seems to be going to great lengths to address the issue in order to convince them that:

1. Slavery is not a new issue.
2. Slavery was integrally entwined within many of the issues cited then and since for the Civil War.

States rights were an issue? Of course they were! What were the states primarily asserting their rights to control that they believed the North and then Lincoln were threatening? Slavery was primary in this regard.

Were taxes and tariffs tied into the argument. Yes it was. What were the taxes and tariffs centered around? Issues related to the agricultural South and the industrial North who preferred to see these applied to the others and not themselves. What drove the southern agricultural system and undergirded it in the context of the times? Was it state's rights? Yes, but primarily as those state's rights applied to slavery!

Are detractors correct when they claim that many who fought the war from the North were equally racist and had no real desire to benefit negro slaves? Yes, that is undeniably true. Were there many who fought on the Southern side who did not own slaves and would have been just as happy to see slavery ended? Absolutely.

The truth of the matter is, however, that slavery as a political issue was inextrably in the weave of all the issues leading up to Lincoln's election and succession.

In this regard, maybe Davis is overstating and oversimplifying things from the point of view of anyone who is already familiar with the events of and surrounding the civil war. The point to be made, is perhaps he needs to do this with his intended audience of neophytes and newcomers who need to be slapped in the face with it to dispel the opposite error which seems to have diminished the role of slavery and then civil rights development within the US.

That said, if you have questions after reading or listening to this book, then you'll at least have a platform from which to do further research.

So, I recommend this book. It does what it sets out to do which is to introduce people with little or no historical background not only into the events of the Civil War, but the political and societal context of it.

In order to do that you have to take a stand and make a case for what you are saying. Like it or not; agree with it or not; Davis does just that and he does a credible job.

Those criticizing it on that basis are beyond the purpose of the book and for whatever reasons still fighting the original battles.

Better here than on the battlefield!

Read it. Learn. Then move on and question the premises in additional reading after this fine introduction.

4 out of 5 stars A perfect place to start, with one excception.......2006-03-17

For anyone wanting a basic education about the American Civil War, either as an educational requirement or as perhaps a lifetime hobby of interest, this is the perfect place to start. Author Davis covers every aspect of this great confrontation (except one) from the real reasons it was fought to how it came to its conclusion. There are thumbnail sketches of most of the participants on both sides, some in great detail; all of the major battles are incorporated, including the strategies and reasons for their outcome; myths are busted (no, Lincoln did not write the Gettysburg Address on an envelope); heroes and cowards receive their just desserts. My only complaint: Not one map. How can you write a history book without maps? How can your write a book about war without battlefield sketches? The book is presented chronologically in an expanded outline form, with questions asked and then answers given, making this an easy tome to return to and find quick information about specific topics. The index is equally complete in listing names and places. There is a terrific appendix giving complete documentation on such important aspects as The Emancipation Proclamation, The Dred Scott decision, Amendments to the Constitution, and much more. Even with all this detail, the book is very readable. Within this book, a person could find a narrow scope that intrigues and can lead to further exploration, whether it is Andersonville, The Underground Railroad, Gideon Welles, or the burning of Atlanta. To aid in this exploration, there is a 16-page bibliography that, in addition to title information, describes briefly what area each book covers. This is a treasure trove. But, bring your own maps.

1 out of 5 stars Biased.......2006-02-06

I found this book very biased, which is why I continued reading. The history is horrible, but I was curious the extent to which Mr. Davis wants to cement his moral crusade view of history in lay people's minds. At one point the comparison is made between the opporators of the underground railroad and the people who resisted the Nazis. By extention Mr. Davis makes the implicit and fallacious argument, slavery is like the holocaust.

The title should be "Don't know much about slavery: How white men's stupidity continues in perpetuity."
2 Books: 1) Don't Know Much About the Bible: Everything You Need to Know About the Good Book but Never Learned / 2) Don't Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned (Unboxed Set of Books)
Average customer rating: Not rated
    2 Books: 1) Don't Know Much About the Bible: Everything You Need to Know About the Good Book but Never Learned / 2) Don't Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned (Unboxed Set of Books)
    Kenneth C. David
    Manufacturer: various
    ProductGroup: Book
    Binding: Paperback
    ASIN: B000WLY0D0

    Product Description

    2 Books: 1) Don't Know Much About the Bible: Everything You Need to Know About the Good Book but Never Learned / 2) Don't Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned (Unboxed Set of Books), in either Hard or Softcover, (See Seller Condition Comments), Shipped in one package to save on shipping costs.
    3 Books: 1) Handy History Answer Book / 2) Don't Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned / 3) An Encyclopedia of American History in Chronological Order (Unboxed Set of American History Books)
    Average customer rating: Not rated
      3 Books: 1) Handy History Answer Book / 2) Don't Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned / 3) An Encyclopedia of American History in Chronological Order (Unboxed Set of American History Books)
      Rebecca Nelson , Kenneth C. Davis , Irving S. Kull , and Nell M. Kull
      Manufacturer: various
      ProductGroup: Book
      Binding: Paperback
      ASIN: B000X2UBO0

      Product Description

      3 Books: 1) Handy History Answer Book / 2) Don't Know Much About History: Everything You Need to Know About American History but Never Learned / 3) An Encyclopedia of American History in Chronological Order (Unboxed Set of American History Books), in either Hard or Softcover, (See Seller Condition Comments), Shipped in one package to save on shipping costs.
      Don't Know Much About History - Everything You Need To Know About American History But Never Learned
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        Don't Know Much About History - Everything You Need To Know About American History But Never Learned
        Kenneth C. Davis
        Manufacturer: Crown Publishers, Inc
        ProductGroup: Book
        Binding: Paperback

        Davis, Kenneth C.Davis, Kenneth C. | ( D ) | Authors, A-Z | Teens | Subjects | Books
        Similar Items:
        1. America: A Narrative History, Full Sixth Edition, Volume Two America: A Narrative History, Full Sixth Edition, Volume Two
        2. America: A Narrative History (6th Edition, Volume One) America: A Narrative History (6th Edition, Volume One)

        ASIN: B000HYN40W

        Product Description

        Facts about American History.
        Don't Know Much About History - Everything You Need To Know About American History But Never Learned
        Average customer rating: Not rated
          Don't Know Much About History - Everything You Need To Know About American History But Never Learned
          Kenneth C. Davis
          Manufacturer: Avon Books
          ProductGroup: Book
          Binding: Paperback

          Davis, Kenneth C.Davis, Kenneth C. | ( D ) | Authors, A-Z | Teens | Subjects | Books
          ASIN: B000K1ORMG
          Don't Know Much About History - Everything You Need To Know About The American History But Never Learned
          Average customer rating: Not rated
            Don't Know Much About History - Everything You Need To Know About The American History But Never Learned
            Kenneth C. Davis
            Manufacturer: Avon Books
            ProductGroup: Book
            Binding: Paperback

            Davis, Kenneth C.Davis, Kenneth C. | ( D ) | Authors, A-Z | Teens | Subjects | Books
            ASIN: B000RIWZ12
            DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HISTORY: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT AMERICAN HISTORY BUT NEVER LEARNED
            Average customer rating: Not rated
              DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HISTORY: EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT AMERICAN HISTORY BUT NEVER LEARNED
              Kenneth C. Davis
              Manufacturer: Avon Books
              ProductGroup: Book
              Binding: Paperback

              Davis, Kenneth C.Davis, Kenneth C. | ( D ) | Authors, A-Z | Teens | Subjects | Books
              ASIN: B000NY3VGS
              Don't Know Much About the Civil War Everything You Need to Know About America's Greatest Conflict but Never Learned
              Average customer rating: Not rated
                Don't Know Much About the Civil War Everything You Need to Know About America's Greatest Conflict but Never Learned
                Kenneth C. Davis
                Manufacturer: William Morrow & Co.
                ProductGroup: Book
                Binding: Hardcover

                Davis, Kenneth C.Davis, Kenneth C. | ( D ) | Authors, A-Z | Teens | Subjects | Books
                ASIN: B000J0KGAK
                Don't Know Much About History: Everything You Need To Know About American History But Never Learned (Don't Know Much About...(Turtleback))
                Average customer rating: Not rated
                  Don't Know Much About History: Everything You Need To Know About American History But Never Learned (Don't Know Much About...(Turtleback))
                  Kenneth C. Davis
                  Manufacturer: Turtleback Books Distributed by Demco Media
                  ProductGroup: Book
                  Binding: Turtleback

                  GeneralGeneral | United States | Americas | History | Subjects | Books
                  Davis, Kenneth C.Davis, Kenneth C. | ( D ) | Authors, A-Z | Teens | Subjects | Books
                  ASIN: 0606301119

                  Anarchist Portraits
                  Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                  • An excellent study of anarchists
                  Anarchist Portraits
                  Paul Avrich
                  Manufacturer: Princeton University Press
                  ProductGroup: Book
                  Binding: Paperback

                  GeneralGeneral | Popular Economics | Business & Investing | Subjects | Books
                  GeneralGeneral | 20th Century | United States | Americas | History | Subjects | Books
                  GeneralGeneral | United States | Americas | History | Subjects | Books
                  GeneralGeneral | World | History | Subjects | Books
                  Social HistorySocial History | Historical Study | History | Subjects | Books
                  Communism & SocialismCommunism & Socialism | Ideologies | Politics | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
                  Radical ThoughtRadical Thought | Ideologies | Politics | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
                  TerrorismTerrorism | Current Events | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
                  SocialismSocialism | Political Doctrines | Political Science | Social Sciences | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
                  All TitlesAll Titles | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books
                  Business & InvestingBusiness & Investing | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books
                  NonfictionNonfiction | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books
                  Similar Items:
                  1. Anarchist Voices Anarchist Voices
                  2. Anarchism: A Beginner's Guide (Oneworld Beginners' Guides) Anarchism: A Beginner's Guide (Oneworld Beginners' Guides)
                  3. Sacco and Vanzetti Sacco and Vanzetti
                  4. The Haymarket tragedy The Haymarket tragedy
                  5. No Gods No Masters No Gods No Masters

                  ASIN: 0691006091

                  Book Description

                  The biographies here, intriguing in themselves, have a powerful cumulative effect that increases our awareness of the influence of the anarchist movement during its heyday in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries-and of the appeal that it had for members of protest movements during the 1960s and 1970s.

                  Customer Reviews:

                  5 out of 5 stars An excellent study of anarchists.......2000-03-29

                  Paul Avrich is the best mainstream historian of anarchism out there. This book is a vital addition to anybody's library if they want a clue about anarchism, which is so often shrouded in myth and mystery.

                  The book traces the history and culture of anarchism, tracing its progression during its "Golden Age" (the 19th century, mostly) and the early 20th century.

                  Anarchists were originally called "internationalists", and this is brought to bear in Avrich's portraits. It follows various anarchists from disparate cultures and countries, from Russia and the Ukraine, to the USA, to Italian, French, Brazilian, Mexican, Australian, and Jewish immigrant anarchism.

                  It brings out the international flavor that permeates anarchism, showing it to be a very human movement, rather than the product of any given nationality. The photographs inside are good as well, putting a human face on various prominent anarchists.

                  If anything, this book will whet your appetite regarding anarchism. You'll want to read and learn more about it.
                  Angels, Anarchists & Gods
                  Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                  • Where to from here . . .
                  Angels, Anarchists & Gods
                  Christopher Felver
                  Manufacturer: Louisiana State Univ Pr
                  ProductGroup: Book
                  Binding: Hardcover

                  Collections, Catalogues & ExhibitionsCollections, Catalogues & Exhibitions | Photography | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
                  GeneralGeneral | Photography | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
                  GeneralGeneral | Photographers, A-Z | Photography | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
                  Photo EssaysPhoto Essays | Photography | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
                  PortraitsPortraits | Photography | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
                  GeneralGeneral | Exhibition Catalogs | Museums | Museums & Collections | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
                  ASIN: 0807120855

                  Customer Reviews:

                  5 out of 5 stars Where to from here . . ........2000-02-18

                  Know this in advance: Angels, Anarchists & Gods is only black & white portraits without much explanation. It is a photo album of some special people in some of our lives. For us we will know these people and delight in seeing them again.

                  In this photo album are many of the people who expanded and kept truth and freedom and creativity and peace alive. They did this and we did this primarily in the 1950's, 1960's and 1970's. While some are no longer among us, the wonderful portraits are not as these folks looked then. The photos are of these great human beings in middle or late age or as they are currently. They are still beautiful. They look great and there is still much sparkle and energy.

                  The portraits are top notch from a photo art standpoint. Each one really brings out the subject and in some cases their world. For me, the even grater value of this publication is it's providing a photo album of key individuals that changed our lives for the better. Having this book reminds me not only of these people, but of the messages their leadership brought.

                  These challanges are alive and need to be met today as ever before to keep peace, freedom, brotherhood, sisterhood, truth and creativity alive. These challanges did not start nor end in the sixties and seventies. We still have much to do.

                  I hesitate to list some of the people in this photo album, because I could not possibly come close to listing them all. I will leave it as a very pleasent suprise for those rare folks who will buy this unique book. Enjoy.

                  P.S. - If by chance one purchased and enjoyed Linda McCartney's Sixties - Portrait Of An Era, then Christopher Felver's Angels, Anarchists & Gods is a must have. While few of the folks presented are musicians (as with Ms. McCartney's wonderful book) these people were very much a part of the important movements in the 50's, 60's and 70's or in some cases, at least part of the fun of those times. As Felver's book will show, these people are, in many cases, alive and well and their ideas and gifts are too.
                  Bakounine et les autres: Esquisses et portraits contemporains d'un revolutionnaire (10/18 [i.e. Dix/dix-huit] ; 1051)
                  Average customer rating: Not rated
                    Bakounine et les autres: Esquisses et portraits contemporains d'un revolutionnaire (10/18 [i.e. Dix/dix-huit] ; 1051)

                    Manufacturer: Union generale d'editions
                    ProductGroup: Book
                    Binding: Mass Market Paperback

                    NonfictionNonfiction | French | Foreign Language Books | Specialty Stores | Books
                    All French BooksAll French Books | French | Foreign Language Books | Specialty Stores | Books
                    GeneralGeneral | Political Doctrines | Political Science | Social Sciences | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
                    SocialismSocialism | Political Doctrines | Political Science | Social Sciences | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
                    FrenchFrench | Foreign Language Nonfiction | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
                    ASIN: 2264000872
                    Carlo Tresca: Portrait of a Rebel (Italian & Italian American Studies)
                    Average customer rating: Not rated
                      Carlo Tresca: Portrait of a Rebel (Italian & Italian American Studies)
                      Nunzio Pernicone
                      Manufacturer: Palgrave Macmillan
                      ProductGroup: Book
                      Binding: Hardcover

                      GeneralGeneral | Biographies & Memoirs | Subjects | Books
                      PoliticalPolitical | Leaders & Notable People | Biographies & Memoirs | Subjects | Books
                      Labor UnionsLabor Unions | Politics | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
                      ActivismActivism | Politics | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
                      Customs & TraditionsCustoms & Traditions | Social Sciences | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
                      GeneralGeneral | Sociology | Social Sciences | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
                      Ethnic StudiesEthnic Studies | Special Groups | Social Sciences | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
                      GeneralGeneral | Political Science | Social Sciences | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
                      GeneralGeneral | Italy | Europe | History | Subjects | Books
                      GeneralGeneral | Americas | History | Subjects | Books
                      All TitlesAll Titles | Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007 | Stores | Books
                      Similar Items:
                      1. All the Right Enemies: The Life and Murder of Carlo Tresca All the Right Enemies: The Life and Murder of Carlo Tresca

                      ASIN: 1403964785
                      Release Date: 2005-09-29

                      Book Description

                      This biography reveals the life of one of the American left's most controversial and charismatic figures in the early twentieth century: anarchist, activist, and revolutionary Carlo Tresca. Emigrating to America at age twenty-five from Italy, Tresca became a leader in the fight for workers' rights, alongside activists like Elizabeth Gurley Flynn and Emma Goldman. Tresca played many roles for his cause: newspaper editor, labor agitator and organizer, civil libertarian, anti-fascist, and an indomitable foe of Stalinism. He continued to fight for the rights of the oppressed until gunned down by Mafioso Carmine Galante, a crime which would never be prosecuted. This engaging book not only relates Tresca's adventure-filled story, but brings to life the volatile world of radical politics in early twentieth century America.
                      Portraits of Anarchists
                      Average customer rating: Not rated
                        Portraits of Anarchists
                        Casey Orr
                        Manufacturer: A K Pr Distribution
                        ProductGroup: Book
                        Binding: Paperback

                        GeneralGeneral | Photography | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
                        PortraitsPortraits | Photography | Arts & Photography | Subjects | Books
                        GeneralGeneral | Biographies & Memoirs | Subjects | Books
                        ASIN: 1873176376
                        The romantic exiles;: A nineteenth-century portrait gallery, (Penguin books)
                        Average customer rating: Not rated
                          The romantic exiles;: A nineteenth-century portrait gallery, (Penguin books)
                          Edward Hallett Carr
                          Manufacturer: Penguin Books
                          ProductGroup: Book
                          Binding: Unknown Binding

                          SocialismSocialism | Political Doctrines | Political Science | Social Sciences | Nonfiction | Subjects | Books
                          ASIN: B0007JBFHQ
                          Anarchist Portraits
                          Average customer rating: Not rated
                            Anarchist Portraits
                            Paul Avrich
                            Manufacturer: Princeton
                            ProductGroup: Book
                            Binding: Paperback
                            ASIN: B000X6EKUW

                            Books:

                            1. Everyday Life in the 1800s: A Guide for Writers, Students & Historians (Writer's Guides to Everyday Life)
                            2. Exchanging Our Country Marks: The Transformation of African Identities in the Colonial and Antebellum South
                            3. Famous First Flights That Changed History: Sixteen Dramatic Adventures (Explorers Club Classic)
                            4. Forbidden Fruit: Love Stories from the Underground Railroad
                            5. Four Volume Set: UXL Encyclopedia of Native American Tribes
                            6. Frederick Douglass : Autobiographies : Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave / My Bondage and My Freedom / Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (Library of America)
                            7. Frederick Douglass : Autobiographies : Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave / My Bondage and My Freedom / Life and Times of Frederick Douglass (Library of America)
                            8. Gibraltar Earth
                            9. Give Your Heart to the Hawks: A Tribute to the Mountain Men
                            10. Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War

                            Books Index

                            Books Home

                            Recommended Books

                            1. Heartland #17 A Season Of Hope
                            2. Basenjis
                            3. THE SUPERNATURAL READER: Angel with Purple Hair; For the Blood Is the Life; The Stranger; Mrs. Manif
                            4. The Scotch-Irish: A Social History
                            5. The Stanley Kubrick Archives
                            6. Canine Body Language: A Photographic Guide Interpreting the Native Language of the Domestic Dog
                            7. A Zoo in My Luggage
                            8. Behind the Scenes at the WTO: The Real World of International Trade Negotiations, Updated Edition
                            9. The Young Tycoons: Ten Success Stories
                            10. The Third Revolution: Creating Unprecedented Wealth and Happiness for Everyone in the New Millennium