U.S. History


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U.S. History is designed to meet the scope and sequence requirements of most introductory courses. The text provides a balanced approach to U.S. history, considering the people, events, and ideas that have shaped the United States from both the top down (politics, economics, diplomacy) and bottom up (eyewitness accounts, lived experience). U.S. History covers key forces that form the American experience, with particular attention to issues of race, class, and gender.




South America


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This book describes a journey through western and southern South America from Panama to Argentina and Brazil via the Straits of Magellan.




Earth Church


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The Lone Star and the Swastika


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Presents an analysis of the prisoner of war program as it was carried out in Texas during World War II, looking at how camps were selected and constructed, camp routine, the treatment of prisoners, and the problems encountered with the pro-Nazi prisoners.




From a Watery Grave


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An account of the discovery and excavation of the French ship La Belle, shipwrecked in 1686 in Matagorda Bay, Texas.










JosĂ© Rangel CantĂș


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Genetically Engineered Food


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That world exists. These events are happening now, and they are happening to us all. Genetically engineered foods -- from plants whose genetic structures are altered by scientists in ways that could never occur in nature -- are already present in most of the products you buy in supermarkets. They are unlabeled, unwanted, and largely untested.