History - Modern (1750+)

The English Utilitarians, Volume 2 (of 3) James Mill

Leslie Stephen

The work is a scholarly biography that situates James Mill within the broader sweep of English…

Khartoum Campaign, 1898; or the Re-Conquest of the Soudan

Bennet Burleigh

Bennett Burleigh’s work is a first‑hand chronicle of the British‑Egyptian campaign that culminated in the…

Memoirs of the Duchesse de Dino (Afterwards Duchesse de Talleyrand et de Sagan), 1836-1840

Dino, Dorothée, duchesse de

The work is a memoir by Dorothée Dino, later Duchess of Talleyrand and of Sagan, that records the political…

The Conquest of Canada, Vol. 1

George Warburton

The work is a sweeping historical survey of the struggle for dominance in North America up to 1763, focusing…

The Story of the Upper Canadian Rebellion, Volume 1

John Charles Dent

John Charles Dent’s The Story of the Upper Canadian Rebellion, Volume 1 is a nineteenth‑century historical…

Louis Philippe Makers of History Series

John S. C. Abbott

The work is a nineteenth‑century historical biography that traces the extraordinary fortunes of Louis…

The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave

Mary Prince

The work is a first‑person slave narrative, presented as “The History of Mary Prince, a West Indian Slave”…

The Stars and Stripes, Vol. 1, No. 1, February 8, 1918 The American Soldiers' Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919

United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces

The Stars and Stripes, Vol. 1, No. 1 (February 8, 1918) is the inaugural issue of the American Expeditionary…

Expansion and Conflict

William Edward Dodd

William E. Dodd’s Expansion and Conflict is a scholarly survey of American political, economic, and social…

Architecture: Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries

Henry-Russell Hitchcock

Napoleon

Herman Théodore Chappuis

Dit werk is een historisch overzicht van het leven van Napoleon I, samengesteld door luitenant‑kolonel H. Th.

Union and Democracy

Allen Johnson

Allen Johnson’s Union and Democracy is a scholarly survey of the United States from the end of the…

The Magnificent Montez: From Courtesan to Convert

Horace Wyndham

The work is a biographical study that treats the life of Lola Montez, the 19th‑century dancer‑courtesan who…

The New Nation

Frederic L. Paxson

Frederic L. Paxson’s The New Nation is a scholarly survey of United States history from the end of the Civil…

Magna Carta: A Commentary on the Great Charter of King John With an Historical Introduction

William Sharp McKechnie

William Sharp McKechnie’s work is a scholarly commentary on the 1215 Magna Carta, paired with a detailed…

Steam, Its Generation and Use

Babcock & Wilcox Company

Steam, Its Generation and Use is a technical history that traces the evolution of steam power from antiquity…

Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality. Vol. 08 (of 15), Russian

Charles Morris

Historic Tales: The Romance of Reality, Volume 8, is a sweeping survey of early Russian history that begins…

The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa

Paul Barron Watson

The work is a scholarly history of Gustav I Vasa, king of Sweden from 1523 to 1560, written by Paul Barron…

Policing the plains: being the real-life record of the famous Royal North-West Mounted Police

R. G. MacBeth

Policing the Plains offers a detailed, nonfiction account of the Royal North‑West Mounted Police, later the…

The life and times of the Rev. John Wesley, M.A., founder of the Methodists. Vol. 3 (of 3)

L. Tyerman

The third volume of Luke Tyerman’s three‑part biography of John Wesley offers a dense chronicle of the…

The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11

The volume opens with a sweeping assessment of early‑seventeenth‑century Europe, tracing how the decline of a…

Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I

Sir John Ross

The work is a meticulously compiled memoir and correspondence of Admiral Lord James Saumarez, presented in a…

Chicago and the Old Northwest, 1673-1835 A study of the evolution of the northwestern frontier, together with a history of Fort Dearborn

Milo Milton Quaife

Milo Milton Quaife’s work is a scholarly history of Chicago’s earliest years, tracing the region’s…

The Influence of Sea Power Upon History, 1660-1783

A. T. Mahan

The work is a scholarly survey that sets out to demonstrate how control of the seas shaped the political and…